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             Reasons humbly offer'd for a law to enact the castration of popish ecclesiastics, as the best way to prevent the growth of popery in England
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           REASONS
           Humbly
           offer'd
           For
           a
           LAW
           to
           enact
           the
           CASTRATION
           OF
           Popish
           Ecclesiastics
           ,
           As
           the
           best
           way
           to
           prevent
           the
           Growth
           of
           POPERY
           IN
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             A.
             Baldwin
          
           in
           Warwicklane
           ,
           1700.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           REASONS
           Humbly
           offer'd
           for
           a
           Law
           to
           enact
           the
           Castration
           of
           
             Popish
             Ecclesiasticks
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THE
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Commons
           having
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           take
           into
           their
           Consideration
           the
           unaccountable
           growth
           of
           Popery
           amongst
           us
           of
           late
           ,
           and
           to
           appoint
           a
           Committee
           to
           consider
           of
           Ways
           and
           Means
           for
           preventing
           the
           same
           :
           It
           is
           thought
           fit
           ,
           among
           the
           croud
           of
           Proposals
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           to
           publish
           what
           follows
           .
        
         
           We
           may
           ,
           without
           intrenching
           upon
           the
           Province
           of
           Divines
           ,
           make
           bold
           to
           assert
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           call'd
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             The
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Abominations
             of
             the
             Earth
          
           ;
           there
           's
           something
           else
           meant
           by
           it
           than
           a
           mere
           Religious
           Impurity
           ,
           or
           going
           a
           whoring
           after
           false
           Gods
           ,
           as
           their
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           multitudes
           of
           Mediators
           between
           God
           and
           Men
           undoubtedly
           are
           .
           We
           need
           but
           cast
           our
           Eye
           upon
           
           Platina's
           Lives
           of
           the
           Popes
           ,
           and
           turn
           over
           a
           few
           
           Leaves
           of
           the
           Historys
           of
           most
           Nations
           of
           Europe
           ,
           to
           be
           convinc'd
           that
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           have
           ever
           since
           the
           Pope's
           Usurpation
           been
           branded
           with
           Uncleanness
           .
           The
           wanton
           Observation
           made
           by
           Henry
           the
           4
           th
           of
           France
           ,
           as
           he
           passed
           one
           day
           betwixt
           a
           Friary
           and
           a
           Nunnery
           ,
           
             That
             the
             latter
             was
             the
             Barn
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             former
             were
             the
             Threshers
          
           ,
           was
           found
           to
           have
           too
           much
           of
           truth
           in
           it
           in
           all
           those
           Countrys
           where
           Monasterys
           were
           overturn'd
           or
           search'd
           upon
           the
           Reformation
           .
           The
           vast
           heaps
           of
           Childrens
           Bones
           that
           were
           found
           in
           draw-wells
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           about
           them
           ,
           were
           speaking
           ,
           tho
           not
           living
           Monuments
           of
           the
           horrid
           Impurity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           of
           those
           pretended
           Religious
           Communities
           .
           To
           insist
           any
           more
           upon
           this
           ,
           were
           to
           accuse
           the
           Age
           of
           inexcusable
           Ignorance
           in
           History
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           shall
           conclude
           this
           Introduction
           with
           an
           Observation
           from
           
           Fox's
           
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
          
           ,
           That
           before
           the
           Reformation
           the
           Priests
           alone
           were
           computed
           to
           have
           100000
           Whores
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           must
           be
           understood
           of
           what
           the
           Dialect
           of
           those
           times
           call'd
           Lemmans
           ,
           from
           the
           
             French
             L'amante
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           modern
           Phrase
           ,
           
             kept
             Misses
          
           ;
           besides
           their
           promiscuous
           Whoredoms
           with
           the
           Women
           ,
           they
           confessed
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           horrid
           Uncleanness
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           cannot
           appear
           incredible
           to
           those
           who
           consider
           ,
           that
           besides
           their
           being
           judicially
           given
           up
           of
           God
           to
           work
           all
           manner
           of
           Uncleanness
           with
           greediness
           ,
           their
           Vow
           of
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           being
           forbidden
           to
           marry
           ,
           lays
           them
           under
           a
           temptation
           peculiar
           to
           their
           Order
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           yet
           appear
           less
           strange
           if
           we
           consider
           their
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           and
           opportunity
           :
           They
           eat
           and
           
           drink
           of
           the
           best
           ,
           are
           caressed
           in
           all
           Families
           of
           their
           Way
           ;
           have
           an
           advantage
           of
           knowing
           the
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           of
           private
           converse
           with
           Women
           by
           their
           Auricular
           Confession
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           pretended
           Power
           to
           give
           Pardon
           ;
           have
           a
           Door
           open
           to
           perswade
           the
           committing
           of
           one
           Sin
           for
           expiating
           another
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           improve
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           Calumny
           ,
           that
           the
           Popish
           Laity
           themselves
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Countrys
           have
           been
           sensible
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           most
           of
           the
           Popish
           Kingdoms
           sollicited
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           to
           allow
           Priests
           marriage
           .
           But
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           Reasons
           we
           shall
           touch
           anon
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           grant
           it
           ;
           tho
           
             AEneas
             Silvius
          
           himself
           ,
           afterwards
           Pope
           ,
           was
           so
           fully
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           necessity
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Tho
             Priests
             were
             forbidden
             to
             marry
             for
             very
             good
             Reasons
             ,
             yet
             there
             were
             better
             Reasons
             to
             allow
             it
             .
          
        
         
           They
           that
           have
           travel'd
           in
           Popish
           Countrys
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           their
           Priests
           and
           Monks
           ,
           know
           ,
           that
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           they
           carry
           about
           them
           no
           marks
           of
           that
           Austerity
           and
           Mortification
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           .
           They
           look
           as
           fat
           ,
           and
           generally
           fatter
           than
           other
           Men
           ;
           which
           is
           an
           infallible
           Token
           that
           they
           fare
           as
           well
           ,
           if
           not
           better
           ,
           than
           others
           do
           .
           You
           shall
           see
           as
           white
           and
           plump
           a
           Hand
           under
           a
           Monk's
           Hood
           ,
           as
           in
           any
           Family
           of
           Quality
           ;
           and
           a
           Foot
           as
           clean
           and
           neat
           many
           times
           in
           a
           Sandal
           ,
           as
           is
           to
           be
           found
           under
           a
           Spanish
           Leather
           Shoe
           and
           silk
           Stockin
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           Secret
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           of
           Convents
           there
           's
           as
           good
           Diet
           prepar'd
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Monks
           and
           Nuns
           ,
           as
           comes
           to
           Gentlemens
           Tables
           .
           Nay
           ,
           those
           very
           places
           of
           Retirement
           ,
           with
           their
           large
           Gardens
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Walks
           and
           Shades
           ,
           and
           many
           
           times
           water'd
           by
           pleasant
           Fountains
           or
           murmuring
           Streams
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           idle
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           seem
           to
           be
           accommodated
           to
           inspire
           them
           with
           amorous
           Sentiments
           ,
           against
           which
           their
           Vows
           of
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Preservatives
           ,
           that
           they
           only
           add
           Fewel
           to
           their
           Flames
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           commit
           Sin
           with
           the
           higher
           relish
           .
           So
           that
           when
           they
           go
           abroad
           from
           their
           Monasterys
           ,
           they
           are
           like
           so
           many
           fed
           Horses
           neighing
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           expresses
           it
           of
           the
           lustful
           Iews
           ,
           after
           every
           Woman
           they
           see
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           have
           not
           opportunity
           of
           giving
           vent
           to
           their
           Lusts
           that
           way
           ,
           they
           many
           times
           do
           it
           by
           other
           methods
           ,
           which
           Nature
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Religion
           forbids
           to
           name
           .
           This
           we
           may
           justly
           suppose
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Motive
           that
           induc'd
           
             Emanuel
             de
             Saa
          
           in
           his
           Aphorisms
           to
           maintain
           that
           
             Fornication
             ,
             Adultery
          
           and
           Sodomy
           did
           not
           make
           a
           Priest
           irregular
           ,
           whereas
           Marriage
           did
           .
        
         
           If
           besides
           their
           being
           forbidden
           to
           marry
           ,
           we
           consider
           that
           they
           are
           provided
           for
           by
           the
           sweat
           of
           other
           mens
           Faces
           ,
           have
           no
           Familys
           to
           take
           care
           of
           ,
           have
           no
           hard
           Labour
           to
           mortify
           and
           keep
           them
           low
           ,
           and
           are
           under
           no
           Obligation
           to
           study
           hard
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           there
           's
           no
           Reason
           to
           wonder
           if
           they
           be
           more
           inclinable
           to
           Venery
           than
           any
           other
           Men
           whatsoever
           :
           and
           since
           by
           experience
           it
           is
           found
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           forbidding
           them
           Marriage
           may
           well
           be
           call'd
           
             a
             Doctrine
             of
             Devils
          
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           its
           Original
           and
           Effects
           .
           That
           it
           comes
           from
           the
           Devil
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Lies
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           the
           Author
           of
           every
           false
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           controverted
           ,
           since
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           commands
           us
           to
           increase
           and
           multiply
           ,
           and
           fits
           us
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           might
           be
           in
           a
           regular
           way
           ,
           
           God
           himself
           instituted
           Marriage
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             that
             Marriage
             is
             honourable
             in
             all
             :
          
           and
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           devilish
           in
           its
           Effects
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           horrid
           impurity
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           abovemention'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Mischiefs
           they
           do
           by
           it
           to
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           Families
           ,
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           Commonwealths
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           next
           to
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           why
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           does
           so
           stifly
           insist
           on
           the
           Celibacy
           of
           their
           Clergy
           ,
           which
           will
           further
           demonstrate
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           Guelding
           them
           ,
           to
           prevent
           their
           infesting
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Tho
           Rome
           pretends
           to
           have
           changed
           her
           Religion
           ,
           and
           hath
           actually
           changed
           her
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           by
           taking
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           instead
           of
           a
           Temporal
           Head
           ;
           yet
           it
           's
           visible
           she
           hath
           abated
           nothing
           of
           her
           Ambition
           ,
           to
           be
           mistress
           of
           the
           Universe
           ,
           and
           did
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           effect
           it
           by
           her
           Papacy
           ,
           to
           which
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           those
           call'd
           Christian
           Nations
           submitted
           before
           the
           Reformation
           .
           So
           as
           Catiline
           ,
           when
           Rome
           was
           Heathen
           ,
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           debauch
           the
           Women
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           carry
           on
           his
           Conspiracy
           against
           the
           Government
           by
           their
           Interest
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           influence
           leud
           Women
           had
           upon
           the
           loose
           Rabble
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           could
           either
           murder
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           or
           bring
           them
           over
           to
           his
           Party
           .
           Rome
           since
           it
           became
           Antichristian
           ,
           hath
           injoin'd
           Celibacy
           upon
           her
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           rendered
           the
           more
           apt
           to
           debauch
           Women
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Interest
           in
           order
           to
           deprive
           the
           Civil
           Magistrates
           of
           their
           Right
           ,
           and
           to
           usurp
           the
           Temporal
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Spiritual
           Sword.
           
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Because
           they
           know
           that
           Nature
           having
           inclin'd
           all
           Men
           to
           propagate
           their
           Species
           ,
           their
           Priests
           so
           and
           so
           circumstantiated
           ,
           as
           beforementioned
           ,
           could
           not
           possibly
           refrain
           from
           the
           Act
           ,
           tho
           they
           were
           not
           allow'd
           to
           do
           it
           in
           a
           regular
           way
           :
           and
           therefore
           so
           many
           Women
           as
           they
           debauch
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           by
           their
           Circumstances
           and
           Opportunity
           must
           needs
           be
           innumerable
           ,
           so
           many
           Proselytes
           they
           were
           sure
           of
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           they
           knew
           that
           their
           Clergy
           being
           pamper'd
           and
           restrain'd
           from
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Marriage-Bed
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           more
           inclinable
           to
           Venery
           than
           other
           Men
           ,
           and
           consequently
           more
           pleasing
           Companions
           to
           insatiable
           Women
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           better
           fitted
           for
           the
           practice
           of
           
             creeping
             into
             Houses
             ,
             and
             leading
             captive
             silly
             Women
             ,
             laden
             with
             divers
             Lusts
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           expresses
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Because
           they
           knew
           that
           their
           Clergy
           by
           this
           means
           having
           an
           Opportunity
           of
           bringing
           to
           their
           Lure
           a
           buxom
           Wife
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           has
           a
           sickly
           ,
           weak
           ,
           or
           absent
           Husband
           ,
           a
           Green-sickness
           Daughter
           ,
           or
           a
           wanton
           Maid
           ;
           they
           would
           by
           the
           same
           Means
           become
           masters
           in
           a
           manner
           of
           all
           that
           belong'd
           to
           the
           Family
           ,
           have
           the
           command
           of
           their
           Purses
           ,
           know
           all
           their
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           improve
           all
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           indulg'd
           them
           thus
           with
           a
           
           Mahomet's
           Paradise
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           By
           restraining
           their
           Clergy
           from
           Marriage
           ,
           they
           knew
           it
           would
           make
           them
           the
           more
           impetuous
           to
           satisfy
           their
           desires
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           might
           have
           the
           better
           Opportunity
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           injoin'd
           by
           their
           Directory
           in
           confessing
           Women
           to
           examine
           them
           most
           as
           to
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           which
           they
           
           tell
           'em
           they
           must
           discover
           on
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           .
           This
           being
           a
           ready
           Method
           to
           inflame
           them
           mutually
           ,
           attended
           with
           Secrecy
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           pretended
           Power
           of
           giving
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           they
           knew
           it
           could
           not
           miss
           of
           the
           design'd
           Effect
           ;
           they
           knew
           also
           that
           so
           many
           of
           those
           silly
           Women
           as
           they
           captivated
           ,
           so
           many
           Champions
           and
           Advocates
           for
           their
           Religion
           they
           should
           have
           in
           Families
           ,
           Courts
           ,
           or
           elsewhere
           ;
           for
           they
           might
           assure
           themselves
           that
           such
           Women
           would
           not
           easily
           part
           with
           a
           Religion
           that
           did
           so
           much
           gratify
           their
           depraved
           Appetites
           ,
           by
           allowing
           them
           as
           many
           Men
           ,
           tho
           not
           Husbands
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           Priests
           or
           Confessors
           .
           And
           therefore
           many
           of
           the
           wise
           Popish
           Laicks
           have
           been
           of
           Opinion
           themselves
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           ought
           to
           confess
           a
           Wife
           but
           her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Daughter
           ought
           to
           be
           confess'd
           by
           none
           but
           her
           Father
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Another
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           of
           the
           least
           Reasons
           why
           they
           forbid
           Marriage
           to
           their
           Ecclesiasticks
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           had
           Wives
           or
           Families
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           so
           easily
           be
           sent
           on
           Missions
           ,
           and
           encompass
           Sea
           and
           Land
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           .
           They
           would
           not
           be
           so
           ready
           ,
           nor
           so
           fit
           to
           engage
           in
           Assassinations
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           Rebellions
           against
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           at
           the
           Commands
           of
           their
           Superior
           :
           Nor
           could
           they
           by
           their
           Whoredoms
           so
           much
           propagate
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           great
           Harlot
           ;
           for
           then
           their
           Wives
           would
           be
           so
           many
           checks
           and
           spies
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           it
           seems
           reasonable
           to
           infer
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           way
           to
           rid
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           them
           who
           shall
           be
           discover'd
           in
           England
           ,
           except
           such
           as
           are
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           allowed
           
           to
           Foreign
           Ambassadors
           ,
           shall
           be
           Guelded
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           Sweden
           ;
           where
           since
           the
           same
           was
           Enacted
           into
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           practis'd
           upon
           a
           few
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           Kingdom
           hath
           never
           been
           infested
           with
           Popish
           Clergy
           ,
           or
           Plots
           ,
           nor
           their
           Women
           reproach'd
           with
           want
           of
           Chastity
           .
        
         
           This
           will
           appear
           the
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           the
           Havock
           they
           are
           allow'd
           to
           make
           of
           Womens
           Chastity
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           principal
           things
           that
           induces
           lustful
           Fellows
           to
           take
           Romish
           Orders
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           ingage
           in
           desperate
           Designs
           to
           promote
           the
           Interest
           of
           that
           Church
           .
           This
           any
           Man
           may
           easily
           be
           convinc'd
           of
           ,
           that
           will
           give
           himself
           leave
           to
           consider
           ,
           what
           dangers
           other
           Men
           of
           better
           Principles
           ,
           and
           who
           may
           have
           Opportunities
           of
           satisfying
           Nature
           by
           lawful
           Marriage
           ,
           do
           many
           times
           expose
           themselves
           to
           ,
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           their
           brutish
           Passions
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           frequently
           sacrifice
           Honour
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Estate
           ,
           with
           the
           peace
           of
           their
           Families
           and
           Consciences
           ,
           to
           their
           irregular
           Appetites
           of
           that
           sort
           .
        
         
           The
           Case
           then
           being
           thus
           ,
           let
           's
           consider
           what
           a
           deluge
           of
           Uncleanness
           may
           be
           pour'd
           out
           upon
           this
           Nation
           by
           1000
           or
           2000
           ,
           supposing
           there
           were
           no
           more
           of
           those
           Popish
           Ecclesiasticks
           in
           England
           at
           a
           time
           ;
           especially
           since
           they
           look
           upon
           it
           to
           be
           their
           Interest
           to
           debauch
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Expedients
           to
           advance
           Popery
           ,
           as
           was
           evident
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           late
           Reigns
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           natural
           way
           of
           obviating
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Romish
           Ecclesiasticks
           uncapable
           of
           promoting
           it
           by
           that
           Method
           which
           they
           like
           best
           ,
           and
           find
           most
           successful
           .
        
         
         
           It
           will
           still
           appear
           to
           be
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           vow'd
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           own
           Confession
           have
           no
           occasion
           for
           those
           Seminary
           Vessels
           ;
           therefore
           if
           they
           resolv'd
           to
           live
           as
           they
           have
           sworn
           to
           do
           ,
           they
           would
           willingly
           unman
           themselves
           as
           Origen
           did
           ;
           so
           far
           would
           they
           be
           from
           having
           any
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           if
           others
           should
           do
           it
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           can
           no
           ways
           be
           reckon'd
           cruel
           ,
           since
           it
           may
           be
           done
           without
           hazard
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           common
           Experience
           shews
           both
           in
           Man
           and
           Beast
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           less
           to
           be
           complain'd
           of
           ,
           than
           those
           Laws
           which
           condemn
           them
           to
           the
           Gallows
           .
           There
           have
           been
           more
           Priests
           put
           to
           death
           in
           England
           ,
           than
           ever
           were
           guelded
           in
           Sweden
           ;
           yet
           Experience
           teaches
           us
           it
           hath
           not
           had
           near
           so
           good
           an
           effect
           .
           This
           is
           demonstrable
           from
           the
           many
           Conspiracies
           against
           our
           Princes
           and
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           Priests
           have
           form'd
           since
           the
           enacting
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           great
           progress
           their
           Idolatry
           makes
           among
           us
           at
           this
           very
           day
           ;
           whereas
           Sweden
           ,
           since
           the
           enacting
           of
           that
           Law
           ,
           hath
           been
           liable
           to
           none
           of
           these
           Misfortunes
           .
           This
           Law
           of
           Castration
           occasion'd
           a
           pleasant
           Raillery
           upon
           the
           Jesuits
           at
           Brussels
           by
           Queen
           Christina
           of
           Sweden
           .
           When
           those
           Fathers
           came
           to
           congratulate
           her
           there
           upon
           her
           Conversion
           ,
           they
           entertain'd
           her
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           with
           the
           wonderful
           Effects
           of
           their
           Missions
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           other
           remote
           parts
           :
           That
           Princess
           applauded
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           same
           time
           rebuk'd
           their
           Indifference
           for
           her
           Country
           of
           Sweden
           ,
           where
           their
           Indeavours
           were
           so
           much
           needed
           :
           She
           pleasantly
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           tho
           the
           Law
           of
           Castration
           was
           a
           Bar
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           prefer
           the
           keeping
           of
           those
           things
           of
           which
           they
           
           stood
           in
           no
           need
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           she
           hop'd
           they
           made
           no
           use
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Catholic
           Faith.
           But
           this
           ,
           tho
           the
           severest
           Reproof
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           has
           never
           been
           able
           to
           bring
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           to
           so
           much
           sense
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           as
           to
           renew
           their
           Attempts
           of
           converting
           Sweden
           .
           This
           may
           serve
           to
           confirm
           the
           Story
           told
           us
           of
           an
           old
           Capuchin
           in
           the
           Menagiana
           ,
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Abbot
           Menage
           ,
           that
           he
           rejected
           the
           Advice
           of
           his
           Physicians
           to
           be
           cut
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           for
           fear
           it
           should
           make
           him
           Impotent
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           then
           80
           Years
           of
           Age.
           
        
         
           
             Namque
             ad
             Vivendum
             castrari
             valde
             recusat
             ,
          
           
             Et
             propter
             vitam
             vivendi
             perdere
             causam
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Romish
           Clergy
           have
           so
           much
           accustom'd
           themselves
           to
           those
           impure
           Pleasures
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           avoid
           those
           Countrys
           where
           they
           must
           be
           rendred
           uncapable
           of
           injoying
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           thought
           that
           the
           Laws
           already
           made
           will
           be
           more
           effectual
           against
           them
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           need
           of
           repealing
           them
           ,
           tho
           a
           new
           one
           of
           Castration
           be
           added
           .
           Since
           that
           hath
           had
           so
           good
           an
           Effect
           in
           Sweden
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           despair
           of
           the
           like
           here
           .
           It
           's
           generally
           concluded
           ,
           that
           our
           English
           Women
           are
           as
           tempting
           as
           any
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           as
           likely
           to
           prevail
           on
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           to
           venture
           hanging
           to
           injoy
           their
           Favours
           as
           any
           others
           :
           But
           if
           they
           be
           rendred
           uncapable
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           temptation
           will
           have
           no
           force
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Priests
           will
           save
           their
           Lives
           ,
           our
           Women
           will
           preserve
           their
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           our
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           will
           be
           freed
           from
           their
           Attaques
           .
        
         
         
           The
           only
           Objection
           of
           weight
           that
           can
           be
           made
           against
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           provoke
           our
           Popish
           Allies
           ,
           and
           other
           Popish
           Princes
           ,
           to
           treat
           Protestant
           Ministers
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           .
           To
           which
           we
           answer
           ,
           That
           admitting
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           half
           so
           bad
           as
           to
           have
           them
           broke
           on
           the
           Wheel
           ,
           Hang'd
           ,
           or
           sent
           to
           the
           Gallies
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           there
           's
           not
           the
           like
           Reason
           for
           treating
           Protestant
           Ministers
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           for
           they
           generally
           marry
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           be
           guilty
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           are
           thrust
           from
           the
           Ministry
           .
           And
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           Reason
           why
           we
           should
           have
           any
           more
           regard
           to
           our
           Allies
           ,
           or
           other
           Popish
           Princes
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           to
           us
           .
           We
           hear
           every
           day
           of
           the
           cruel
           Persecution
           in
           France
           and
           Germany
           ,
           notwithstanding
           our
           mildness
           to
           the
           Papists
           here
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           enacting
           a
           Law
           of
           Castration
           cannot
           possibly
           make
           them
           persecute
           the
           Protestants
           more
           severely
           than
           they
           do
           ,
           but
           may
           rather
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           that
           the
           Protestants
           should
           be
           so
           much
           wanting
           in
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           so
           little
           sensible
           of
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           so
           Warlike
           and
           Zealous
           a
           
             Protestant
             Prince
          
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           agree
           on
           Methods
           for
           obliging
           the
           Papists
           to
           forbear
           that
           barbarous
           Persecution
           of
           their
           Brethren
           .
           Endeavours
           of
           that
           nature
           were
           us'd
           in
           some
           of
           those
           Reigns
           when
           Popery
           had
           so
           much
           Interest
           at
           Court
           ,
           that
           it
           seem'd
           to
           have
           a
           share
           of
           the
           Throne
           ;
           therefore
           it
           's
           strange
           if
           nothing
           shou'd
           be
           attempted
           towards
           it
           in
           this
           Reign
           .
           To
           effect
           this
           would
           ,
           humanly
           speaking
           ,
           seem
           to
           be
           no
           difficult
           Work
           ,
           since
           the
           Naval
           Strength
           of
           Europe
           is
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ;
           
           and
           that
           the
           Strength
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           and
           Holland
           is
           now
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           one
           Prince
           who
           is
           the
           Hero
           of
           his
           Age.
           
        
         
           This
           our
           own
           Safety
           seems
           to
           require
           ,
           and
           Charity
           and
           Compassion
           to
           our
           Brethren
           beyond
           Sea
           does
           loudly
           call
           for
           ;
           but
           if
           for
           Reasons
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           be
           found
           impracticable
           for
           us
           to
           interpose
           in
           behalf
           of
           persecuted
           Protestants
           abroad
           ,
           there
           's
           nothing
           can
           hinder
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           willing
           to
           secure
           our selves
           against
           Popery
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           putting
           the
           old
           Laws
           in
           Execution
           ,
           or
           enacting
           new
           ones
           .
        
         
           This
           seems
           to
           be
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           ,
           either
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Protestants
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           or
           our
           own
           Condition
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           abroad
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           which
           was
           once
           so
           considerable
           in
           France
           ,
           quite
           ruin'd
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Causes
           of
           its
           being
           so
           ,
           was
           the
           neglect
           of
           our
           English
           Governments
           since
           Queen
           
           Elizabeth's
           time
           :
           we
           have
           done
           nothing
           effectual
           for
           them
           since
           then
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           mighty
           oversight
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           .
           That
           it
           was
           our
           Duty
           ,
           will
           scarcely
           be
           deny'd
           by
           any
           Man
           that
           has
           any
           true
           Impressions
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           That
           it
           was
           our
           Interest
           is
           demonstrable
           ,
           because
           ,
           had
           the
           Protestants
           of
           France
           been
           supported
           by
           our
           Mediation
           and
           Assistance
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           have
           concurr'd
           in
           any
           ambitious
           Design
           of
           their
           Monarchs
           against
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           ,
           or
           this
           Nation
           :
           and
           perhaps
           the
           fears
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           prove
           a
           Curb
           upon
           their
           Designs
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           was
           none
           of
           the
           least
           Causes
           of
           their
           having
           ruin'd
           them
           by
           the
           most
           ungrateful
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
           the
           most
           barbarous
           Persecution
           that
           ever
           was
           known
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           will
           naturally
           result
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           to
           save
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           the
           Remnant
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ,
           by
           some
           effectual
           Interposition
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           a
           little
           further
           into
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Valleys
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           Antient
           Church
           almost
           totally
           ruin'd
           and
           disperst
           .
           If
           we
           turn
           our
           Eye
           towards
           
             Hungary
             ,
             Transilvania
          
           ,
           and
           Poland
           ,
           the
           Reformed
           Interest
           is
           almost
           quite
           exterminated
           in
           those
           Countrys
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           totally
           ruin'd
           in
           Bohemia
           :
           What
           danger
           it
           is
           liable
           to
           in
           the
           neighbouring
           Country
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           every
           one
           ,
           since
           that
           Country
           ,
           whose
           Prince
           was
           the
           first
           that
           embrac'd
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           is
           now
           under
           a
           Popish
           Government
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           come
           nearer
           home
           to
           the
           Palatinate
           ,
           there
           we
           shall
           also
           find
           a
           Protestant
           Church
           ,
           once
           the
           most
           flourishing
           ,
           and
           best
           reformed
           in
           all
           Germany
           ,
           under
           an
           unreasonable
           and
           cruel
           Persecution
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Reswick
           ,
           by
           that
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           German
           Protestants
           despoil'd
           of
           eight
           or
           nine
           hundred
           Churches
           :
           The
           once
           famous
           Protestant
           City
           of
           Strasburgh
           deliver'd
           in
           prey
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Alsace
           ,
           and
           the
           neighbouring
           Principalities
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           as
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Montbelliard
           ,
           County
           of
           Veldents
           ,
           &c.
           subject
           to
           Popish
           Incroachments
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Empire
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Diet
           at
           Ratisbon
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Popish
           Interest
           every
           where
           rampant
           ,
           and
           incroaching
           upon
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           and
           most
           Solemn
           Treatys
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
           If
           we
           cast
           an
           Eye
           upon
           Swisserland
           ,
           the
           little
           Republick
           
           of
           Geneva
           ,
           and
           the
           Principality
           of
           Neufchatel
           ,
           there
           also
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           threatned
           and
           languishing
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           Northward
           ,
           there
           we
           find
           the
           Protestant
           Kingdoms
           of
           Sweden
           and
           Denmark
           ready
           to
           ingage
           in
           a
           War
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Quarrels
           betwixt
           them
           are
           fomented
           by
           those
           who
           carry
           on
           an
           Interest
           ,
           which
           is
           destructive
           both
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Civil
           Liberties
           of
           Europe
           .
           This
           is
           sufficient
           to
           discover
           the
           bad
           State
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           abroad
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           posture
           of
           Affairs
           at
           home
           ,
           it
           's
           evident
           from
           a
           late
           printed
           Letter
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           wrote
           by
           a
           worthy
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           to
           a
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           Popery
           comes
           in
           upon
           us
           like
           a
           Flood
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           denied
           that
           there
           's
           a
           Party
           in
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           who
           favour
           the
           Title
           of
           an
           Abdicated
           Popish
           Prince
           and
           his
           pretended
           Succession
           ,
           against
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Succession
           establish'd
           by
           Law.
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           forgot
           ,
           that
           their
           Interest
           was
           so
           strong
           as
           to
           advance
           a
           Popish
           King
           to
           our
           Throne
           ;
           and
           tho
           they
           could
           not
           keep
           him
           there
           ,
           because
           he
           dismounted
           himself
           by
           a
           furious
           Career
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           endanger'd
           us
           since
           by
           repeated
           Plots
           against
           his
           present
           Majesty's
           Life
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           French
           Invasion
           upon
           us
           .
           It
           is
           also
           known
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           mighty
           discontents
           fomented
           and
           nourish'd
           in
           all
           the
           three
           Nations
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           Trade
           ,
           Parties
           ,
           and
           different
           Pretensions
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           gives
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           an
           opportunity
           of
           adding
           fewel
           to
           our
           Flames
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           likewise
           evident
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Interest
           is
           in
           danger
           at
           home
           .
        
         
         
           This
           is
           further
           demonstrable
           from
           the
           Trouble
           the
           Papists
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           given
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           give
           to
           our
           Government
           and
           Parliaments
           ;
           what
           's
           the
           meaning
           else
           of
           those
           Proclamations
           formerly
           and
           lately
           emitted
           ,
           commanding
           Papists
           to
           retire
           from
           London
           ?
           &c.
           What
           else
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           those
           Bills
           brought
           in
           to
           prevent
           their
           disinheriting
           their
           Protestant
           Heirs
           ,
           and
           to
           hinder
           their
           sending
           Children
           abroad
           to
           foreign
           Seminaries
           ,
           to
           be
           bred
           up
           in
           Idolatry
           ,
           or
           made
           Priests
           ,
           Monks
           and
           Nuns
           ?
           This
           ,
           besides
           the
           danger
           that
           accrues
           thereby
           to
           our
           Religion
           and
           Libertys
           ,
           takes
           vast
           Sums
           of
           Money
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           yearly
           .
           They
           likewise
           give
           trouble
           to
           our
           Parliaments
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           Bills
           for
           discovering
           Estates
           and
           Money
           given
           to
           superstitious
           Uses
           ,
           which
           is
           every
           way
           mighty
           prejudical
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           enables
           the
           Papists
           to
           breed
           Vipers
           in
           our
           Bowels
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           rend
           us
           in
           pieces
           .
        
         
           Then
           since
           it
           is
           undeniable
           that
           we
           are
           in
           danger
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           whether
           we
           consider
           the
           State
           of
           Affairs
           at
           home
           or
           abroad
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Laws
           hitherto
           enacted
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           prevent
           the
           recourse
           of
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           &c.
           nor
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           what
           should
           hinder
           us
           from
           trying
           new
           Methods
           ,
           and
           particularly
           this
           Law
           of
           Castration
           ?
        
         
           It
           would
           certainly
           be
           a
           Punishment
           very
           proper
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           might
           make
           them
           read
           their
           Sin
           in
           their
           Judgment
           ;
           since
           it
           's
           evident
           that
           by
           their
           own
           personal
           Villany
           ,
           and
           their
           loose
           Doctrine
           of
           Pardons
           ,
           &c.
           which
           incourages
           People
           in
           Licentiousness
           ,
           
           they
           make
           more
           Proselytes
           than
           by
           any
           other
           Method
           .
        
         
           Those
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           would
           scruple
           to
           be
           any
           ways
           Instrumental
           in
           taking
           these
           Priests
           ,
           when
           the
           Penalty
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           by
           Law
           is
           Death
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           so
           scrupulous
           to
           take
           and
           discover
           them
           when
           the
           Punishment
           is
           only
           Castration
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           be
           more
           diligent
           to
           put
           the
           Laws
           in
           Execution
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           also
           be
           reckon'd
           a
           deserved
           Punishment
           ,
           since
           under
           the
           Seal
           of
           Confession
           they
           commit
           Uncleanness
           with
           those
           they
           have
           the
           Trust
           of
           as
           Ghostly
           Fathers
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           spiritual
           Incest
           ,
           and
           a
           destroying
           People
           with
           Arms
           that
           make
           no
           Report
           ;
           both
           which
           Crimes
           are
           capital
           in
           all
           well
           govern'd
           States
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Punishment
           of
           Castration
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           accounted
           mild
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           that
           tho
           some
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           be
           guilty
           of
           Incontinence
           ,
           yet
           all
           of
           them
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           and
           therefore
           such
           only
           are
           to
           be
           punish'd
           in
           that
           manner
           as
           are
           convicted
           of
           the
           Crime
           :
           It
           's
           easy
           to
           answer
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           equally
           true
           ,
           that
           all
           of
           them
           are
           not
           guilty
           of
           Conspiring
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           possible
           to
           convict
           all
           of
           'em
           of
           perverting
           the
           Subjects
           ;
           yet
           the
           27
           th
           of
           Elizabeth
           makes
           it
           Treason
           for
           any
           Popish
           Priest
           ,
           bred
           up
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           to
           be
           here
           ,
           or
           to
           return
           into
           England
           without
           submitting
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           taking
           the
           Oath
           of
           Supremacy
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           but
           reasonable
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           for
           their
           being
           here
           supposes
           their
           Design
           ;
           and
           therefore
           there
           's
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           punish
           them
           ,
           tho
           we
           cannot
           prove
           the
           Overt
           
           Acts
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           to
           punish
           Thieves
           for
           coming
           into
           our
           Houses
           in
           an
           illegal
           manner
           ,
           tho
           we
           cannot
           prove
           that
           they
           have
           robb'd
           us
           ,
           or
           stole
           any
           thing
           .
           If
           we
           find
           a
           Wolf
           ,
           or
           other
           Beast
           of
           Prey
           among
           our
           Flocks
           ,
           we
           take
           their
           design
           of
           destroying
           them
           for
           granted
           ,
           and
           treat
           them
           accordingly
           ,
           tho
           we
           don't
           see
           the
           Limbs
           of
           our
           Cattle
           in
           their
           mouths
           .
           And
           therefore
           since
           the
           Practices
           and
           Principles
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           are
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           their
           being
           found
           in
           the
           Nation
           ought
           to
           be
           sufficient
           Conviction
           .
        
         
           It
           still
           remains
           a
           Question
           ,
           how
           they
           shall
           be
           discovered
           ?
           But
           the
           Answer
           is
           at
           hand
           :
           Let
           a
           competent
           and
           certain
           Reward
           be
           propos'd
           for
           such
           as
           shall
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Reward
           ,
           and
           a
           Pardon
           to
           any
           of
           their
           own
           Number
           that
           shall
           discover
           the
           rest
           ;
           or
           let
           Provision
           be
           made
           for
           some
           of
           every
           English
           Seminary
           beyond
           Sea
           that
           turn
           Protestants
           ,
           plant
           some
           of
           them
           in
           the
           several
           Ports
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           let
           some
           of
           each
           of
           those
           Seminarys
           be
           likewise
           constantly
           in
           London
           to
           assist
           in
           Searches
           ,
           and
           view
           those
           that
           are
           taken
           up
           on
           Suspicion
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           let
           provision
           be
           made
           for
           such
           as
           will
           inform
           of
           all
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           that
           haunt
           the
           great
           Families
           of
           that
           Opinion
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           an
           effectual
           discovery
           in
           a
           little
           time
           :
           for
           besides
           the
           influence
           that
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           Reward
           will
           have
           ,
           those
           Goatish
           Fellows
           ,
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           ,
           do
           many
           times
           disoblige
           Familys
           of
           their
           own
           way
           ,
           by
           attempting
           to
           debauch
           their
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           or
           Servants
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           have
           so
           much
           Virtue
           as
           to
           reject
           the
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           to
           hate
           the
           Tempters
           ;
           and
           many
           times
           their
           blind
           
           Zeal
           occasions
           them
           likewise
           to
           take
           indiscreet
           Methods
           to
           pervert
           Protestant
           Servants
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           be
           wanting
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           such
           provision
           as
           above-mention'd
           ,
           to
           discover
           those
           dangerous
           Fellows
           .
        
         
           To
           inflict
           this
           Punishment
           of
           Castration
           upon
           them
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           the
           less
           to
           be
           thought
           cruel
           or
           unreasonable
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           so
           ordinary
           in
           Italy
           ,
           and
           other
           Popish
           Countries
           ,
           for
           the
           meaner
           sort
           of
           People
           to
           geld
           their
           own
           Sons
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           make
           the
           better
           market
           of
           them
           for
           singing
           Boys
           ,
           and
           Musicians
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           Catamites
           to
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           other
           Dignitaries
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           .
           In
           those
           hot
           Countries
           the
           Roman
           Clergy
           are
           much
           addicted
           to
           that
           damnable
           and
           unnatural
           Crime
           :
           and
           such
           of
           them
           as
           are
           not
           ,
           keep
           lewd
           Women
           almost
           avowedly
           ;
           they
           are
           indeed
           more
           upon
           the
           Reserve
           ,
           and
           live
           according
           to
           the
           Maxim
           of
           Cauté
           ,
           tho
           not
           Casté
           ,
           in
           such
           Countries
           where
           the
           Government
           is
           Reformed
           ,
           or
           where
           the
           Protestants
           are
           numerous
           ;
           but
           then
           they
           are
           under
           the
           greater
           Temptation
           to
           perpetrate
           their
           Villanies
           ,
           on
           the
           pretext
           of
           Confessing
           Women
           :
           therefore
           there
           's
           the
           more
           Reason
           to
           enact
           a
           Law
           of
           Castration
           against
           them
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           the
           more
           ground
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Law
           duly
           executed
           would
           have
           a
           good
           Effect
           ,
           because
           the
           Lust
           of
           the
           Flesh
           is
           so
           bewitching
           and
           natural
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           continues
           to
           have
           a
           predominancy
           in
           them
           for
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           occasion'd
           ,
           and
           does
           occasion
           more
           disorders
           ,
           and
           is
           apter
           to
           engage
           Men
           over
           whom
           it
           obtains
           the
           ascendant
           in
           more
           desperate
           Undertakings
           than
           any
           other
           passion
           whatever
           .
           
           Histories
           are
           full
           of
           Examples
           of
           Princes
           and
           great
           Men
           ,
           that
           have
           ruin'd
           themselves
           and
           their
           Countries
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           their
           irregular
           Amours
           .
           We
           have
           no
           need
           to
           turn
           over
           foreign
           Stories
           ,
           or
           to
           go
           out
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           for
           Proofs
           of
           this
           .
           It
           is
           not
           so
           long
           ago
           as
           to
           be
           forgot
           ,
           since
           we
           had
           the
           chief
           Affairs
           of
           State
           manag'd
           ,
           and
           Parliaments
           dissolv'd
           ,
           &c.
           at
           the
           beck
           of
           Courtisans
           .
           The
           Interest
           of
           Popery
           and
           Tyranny
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           was
           chiefly
           advanc'd
           by
           such
           .
        
         
           Do
           not
           we
           find
           ,
           even
           in
           private
           Persons
           of
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           that
           where
           that
           Passion
           is
           not
           kept
           in
           due
           bounds
           ,
           or
           cur'd
           by
           the
           proper
           Remedies
           of
           a
           sutable
           Match
           ,
           that
           Honour
           ,
           Health
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           nay
           Life
           it self
           ,
           is
           many
           times
           sacrific'd
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Flesh
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Apostle
           had
           Reason
           as
           well
           as
           Revelation
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           when
           he
           rank'd
           all
           that
           is
           in
           the
           World
           under
           the
           three
           Heads
           of
           
             the
             Lust
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             the
             Lust
             of
             the
             Eye
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             Pride
             of
             Life
          
           ;
           and
           gave
           that
           of
           the
           Flesh
           the
           preference
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           from
           Experience
           ,
           that
           the
           other
           two
           are
           made
           generally
           subservient
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           is
           visible
           every
           day
           from
           that
           excess
           in
           Jewels
           ,
           Apparel
           ,
           and
           Household
           Furniture
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           Expence
           which
           the
           Gallants
           of
           both
           Sexes
           put
           themselves
           to
           in
           one
           or
           all
           of
           these
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           obtain
           the
           Favour
           of
           their
           Paramours
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           we
           may
           make
           this
           Inference
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           were
           made
           uncapable
           by
           a
           Law
           of
           enjoying
           that
           which
           they
           account
           the
           greatest
           pleasure
           of
           Life
           ,
           they
           would
           avoid
           those
           Countrys
           where
           such
           Laws
           are
           put
           in
           execution
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           avoid
           the
           Plague
           .
           'T
           would
           be
           happy
           
           if
           by
           this
           means
           we
           could
           deliver
           our
           Posterity
           from
           those
           Conspiracies
           ,
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
           Dreadful
           Fires
           ,
           Massacres
           ,
           Assassinations
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           other
           Mischiefs
           which
           these
           Kingdoms
           have
           been
           liable
           to
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           against
           which
           all
           our
           other
           Laws
           have
           hitherto
           signified
           but
           little
           to
           preserve
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           also
           found
           ,
           by
           sad
           experience
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           had
           so
           much
           influence
           as
           to
           get
           the
           Ascendant
           over
           some
           of
           our
           Princes
           ,
           by
           tempting
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           an
           Absolute
           Sway
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           not
           what
           Visionary
           Empires
           .
           By
           this
           means
           they
           prevail'd
           with
           them
           to
           overthrow
           our
           Laws
           ,
           the
           recovery
           of
           which
           hath
           cost
           the
           Nation
           so
           much
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           that
           after
           Ages
           are
           like
           to
           feel
           the
           smart
           of
           it
           :
           Tho
           they
           have
           run
           one
           of
           our
           Princes
           off
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           have
           well-nigh
           ruin'd
           their
           great
           Champion
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           formerly
           the
           Spanish
           Monarchy
           ,
           by
           spurring
           on
           those
           Princes
           to
           persecute
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           establish
           Despotical
           Government
           .
           They
           will
           never
           give
           over
           that
           Game
           ,
           but
           inspire
           all
           Princes
           to
           whom
           they
           can
           have
           access
           ,
           either
           by
           themselves
           or
           others
           ,
           with
           one
           or
           both
           of
           those
           Designs
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           England
           to
           use
           all
           possible
           means
           to
           secure
           the
           Nation
           against
           those
           Romish
           Clergymen
           ,
           for
           which
           Castration
           is
           humbly
           conceiv'd
           to
           be
           the
           properest
           Method
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           cruely
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           well
           be
           reckoned
           as
           great
           a
           piece
           of
           Clemency
           to
           Romish
           Priests
           ,
           as
           Transportation
           is
           instead
           of
           the
           Gallows
           to
           other
           condemned
           Criminals
           .
        
         
         
           In
           short
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           real
           diskindness
           to
           the
           Popish
           Laics
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           the
           greatest
           piece
           of
           Friendship
           to
           them
           imaginable
           :
           this
           we
           hope
           they
           will
           be
           the
           more
           readily
           convinc'd
           of
           ,
           if
           their
           Wives
           ,
           Daughters
           ,
           and
           Maid-servants
           ,
           cry
           out
           against
           this
           Law
           ,
           for
           then
           to
           be
           sure
           they
           have
           some
           particular
           concern
           in
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
           We
           hope
           that
           our
           Popish
           Laics
           in
           England
           are
           Men
           of
           as
           good
           Observation
           as
           those
           in
           other
           Countrys
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           France
           and
           Italy
           ,
           where
           their
           very
           Proverbs
           are
           sufficient
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           no
           great
           Opinion
           of
           their
           Clergymens
           Chastity
           .
           It
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           expose
           those
           goatish
           Fellows
           with
           more
           severity
           and
           contempt
           ,
           than
           the
           Italians
           do
           by
           saying
           
             fate
             Lui
             Coronna
          
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           sarcasm
           ,
           of
           a
           Stallion
           that
           they
           don't
           think
           performs
           his
           part
           ;
           alluding
           to
           the
           Priests
           shaven
           Crowns
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           Sacerdotal
           Character
           were
           sufficient
           even
           to
           invigorate
           a
           Horse
           .
           Their
           other
           Proverb
           of
           
             fate
             lo
             Prete
          
           ,
           let
           's
           make
           him
           a
           Priest
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           any
           ungovernable
           Wanton
           in
           a
           Family
           ,
           that
           overruns
           all
           their
           Females
           ,
           is
           akin
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           their
           covering
           their
           Stone-horses
           with
           a
           Monk's
           Frock
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           them
           indifferent
           for
           a
           Mare
           in
           season
           ,
           is
           a
           scandalous
           Reproof
           of
           those
           brutish
           Clergymen
           .
           Answerable
           to
           these
           is
           the
           French
           Proverb
           ;
           
             
               Qui
               veut
               tenir
               nette
               Maison
            
             
               Qu'il
               n'y
               souffre
               ni
               pretre
               in
               Moin
               ni
               pigeon
               .
            
          
           
           Comparing
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           to
           the
           Pigeons
           for
           their
           venereous
           Inclinations
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           Englished
           thus
           ,
           
             
               They
               that
               would
               keep
               their
               Houses
               Chast
               and
               Neat
               ,
            
             
               From
               thence
               must
               Priests
               ,
               Monks
               ,
               Nuns
               ,
               and
               Pigeons
               beat
               .
            
          
           As
           all
           Proverbs
           of
           that
           sort
           are
           founded
           upon
           something
           universally
           known
           or
           conceiv'd
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           at
           all
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           ,
           that
           their
           Chastity
           should
           be
           thus
           reflected
           upon
           in
           Countrys
           where
           they
           are
           the
           sole
           Directors
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Religion
           established
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           fixes
           it
           yet
           more
           upon
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Pope's
           Chancery
           the
           Tax
           for
           eating
           Eggs
           in
           Lent
           ,
           is
           greater
           than
           that
           for
           Sodomy
           ;
           and
           the
           Penalty
           upon
           a
           Priest
           that
           marrys
           ,
           is
           greater
           than
           upon
           those
           that
           commit
           that
           monstrous
           and
           unnatural
           Villany
           just
           now
           mention'd
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           speak
           at
           random
           who
           inform'd
           us
           that
           the
           Celibacy
           of
           such
           an
           innumerable
           multitude
           of
           Popish
           Ecclesiastics
           ,
           is
           the
           
             maximum
             Arcanum
             dominationis
             Papalis
          
           ,
           and
           
             that
             the
             Priests
             Testicles
             are
             the
             greatest
             Promoters
             of
             the
             Pope's
             Empire
             .
          
           This
           will
           appear
           yet
           more
           plain
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           of
           the
           highest
           Importance
           to
           them
           ,
           since
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           maintains
           ,
           that
           Marriage
           is
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           Sacraments
           confer
           Grace
           ,
           and
           yet
           denys
           it
           to
           her
           Clergy
           ;
           a
           manifest
           Indication
           that
           they
           have
           their
           graceless
           Designs
           to
           promote
           by
           it
           ,
           
           especially
           since
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           want
           of
           those
           Parts
           which
           they
           will
           not
           allow
           them
           to
           make
           use
           of
           in
           a
           regular
           way
           ,
           renders
           them
           uncapable
           of
           being
           Priests
           according
           to
           their
           Canons
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           are
           so
           kind
           to
           their
           gelded
           Martyrs
           ,
           as
           to
           allow
           it
           to
           be
           sufficient
           if
           they
           have
           them
           about
           them
           ,
           in
           Pouder
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           way
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           confirm
           ,
           in
           a
           literal
           sense
           ,
           the
           odious
           Characters
           given
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           the
           Revelations
           ,
           Chap.
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           
             the
             great
             Whore
             ,
             with
             whom
             the
             Kings
             and
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Earth
             have
             committed
             Fornication
             ;
             the
             Mother
             of
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             Abominations
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             having
             a
             golden
             Cup
             in
             her
             hand
             full
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Filthiness
             of
             her
             Fornications
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Then
           since
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           is
           such
           an
           impure
           and
           lascivious
           Crew
           ,
           it
           makes
           a
           Law
           of
           Castration
           a
           just
           and
           adequate
           Punishment
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ;
           Since
           our
           King
           and
           Parliament
           have
           both
           testified
           their
           Zeal
           and
           Forwardness
           to
           suppress
           Immorality
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           it
           follows
           naturally
           that
           such
           a
           Law
           as
           this
           deserves
           their
           serious
           Thoughts
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           suppress
           reigning
           Vice
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           those
           goatish
           Fellows
           are
           suffered
           to
           swarm
           among
           us
           .
           They
           not
           only
           corrupt
           the
           Morals
           of
           People
           themselves
           by
           such
           Practices
           and
           Principles
           as
           above-mention'd
           ,
           but
           bring
           over
           and
           encourage
           others
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           particularly
           those
           Italians
           ,
           &c.
           who
           sell
           and
           print
           
           Aretin's
           Postures
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           to
           debauch
           the
           Minds
           of
           Women
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           them
           guilty
           of
           nnnatural
           Crims
           ,
           invent
           and
           sell
           'em
           such
           things
           as
           Modesty
           forbids
           to
           name
           .
           'T
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           as
           Popery
           advanc'd
           upon
           us
           in
           the
           late
           Reigns
           ,
           Debauchery
           
           gain'd
           ground
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           for
           they
           naturally
           make
           way
           for
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           can
           never
           suppress
           Immorality
           ,
           without
           securing
           our selves
           effectually
           against
           Popery
           .
           If
           this
           should
           be
           attempted
           by
           a
           Law
           of
           Castration
           against
           Romish
           Priests
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           own'd
           that
           it
           would
           be
           more
           charitable
           and
           humane
           to
           save
           our selves
           from
           Popish
           Superstition
           ,
           and
           all
           its
           mischievous
           Consequences
           ,
           by
           that
           Method
           alone
           ,
           than
           to
           practise
           it
           ,
           together
           with
           other
           Punishments
           ,
           upon
           such
           of
           those
           Wretches
           as
           come
           to
           the
           Gibbet
           for
           Treason
           ;
           the
           cutting
           off
           their
           Privities
           in
           such
           Cases
           ,
           and
           throwing
           'em
           in
           the
           Fire
           ,
           just
           before
           they
           be
           totally
           bereft
           of
           Life
           ,
           can
           be
           of
           no
           manner
           of
           use
           ,
           whereas
           Castration
           alone
           beforehand
           might
           have
           sav'd
           us
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           Plots
           ,
           and
           prevented
           themselves
           from
           coming
           to
           the
           Gallows
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .