The vain insolency of Rome, challenging salvation to her own faction discovered in two letters : the first whereof was written by a priest of the Church of Rome to a gentlewoman of York, that had got out of the snares of the popish superstition : the second sent by the same gentlewoman (instructed by a divine of the Church of England) in answer thereunto.
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             The vain insolency of Rome, challenging salvation to her own faction discovered in two letters : the first whereof was written by a priest of the Church of Rome to a gentlewoman of York, that had got out of the snares of the popish superstition : the second sent by the same gentlewoman (instructed by a divine of the Church of England) in answer thereunto.
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           THE
           VAIN
           INSOLENCY
           OF
           ROME
           ,
           Challenging
           SALVATION
           to
           her
           own
           FACTION
           ;
           Discovered
           in
           Two
           LETTERS
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           whereof
           was
           written
           by
           a
           Priest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           to
           a
           Gentlewoman
           of
           York
           ,
           that
           had
           got
           out
           of
           the
           Snares
           of
           the
           Popish
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           sent
           by
           the
           same
           Gentlewoman
           (
           instructed
           by
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           )
           in
           answer
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           endureth
           ,
           and
           is
           always
           strong
           ;
           it
           liveth
           and
           conquereth
           for
           evermore
           .
           
             1
             Esdras
             4.
             38.
             
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Royston
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           to
           the
           Kings
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           .
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           by
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Priest
          
           ,
           which
           immediately
           here
           followeth
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           easily
           perceive
           ,
           with
           what
           craft
           ,
           and
           artifice
           ,
           the
           
             Romish
             Hucksters
          
           endeavour
           to
           seduce
           the
           people
           of
           our
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           generally
           all
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             Rome
          
           .
           They
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           out
           of
           St.
           
             Peters
             Fold
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           of
           necessity
           ,
           in
           a
           state
           of
           damnation
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           greatness
           of
           Rome
           
           was
           founded
           in
           the
           eminency
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           the
           concessions
           and
           indulgence
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Emperors
           .
           But
           the
           subtile
           Popes
           ,
           perceiving
           ,
           that
           what
           former
           Emperors
           granted
           ,
           others
           ,
           in
           succeeding
           times
           ,
           might
           revoke
           ,
           perverted
           that
           
             Text
             Mat.
             16.
             18.
             
             Tu
             es
             Petrus
             ,
             &c.
          
           Thou
           art
           Peter
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           Rock
           ,
           &c.
           to
           the
           founding
           of
           a
           
             spiritual
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           claim
           of
           both
           
             Swords
             ,
             Temporal
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Spiritual
           ;
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           the
           Temporal
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Spiritual
           .
           And
           all
           
             Jesuited
             Papists
          
           (
           neither
           see
           I
           how
           any
           of
           them
           that
           submit
           to
           the
           third
           Lateran
           Council
           ,
           can
           be
           otherwise
           
           minded
           )
           hold
           that
           Princes
           excommunicated
           may
           be
           rejected
           by
           their
           own
           Subjects
           .
           What
           good
           effects
           this
           New-Gospel
           doctrine
           wrought
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           may
           appear
           in
           the
           instances
           of
           the
           murther
           of
           those
           two
           noble
           Kings
           ,
           Henry
           the
           Third
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           design
           of
           the
           Fifth
           of
           November
           amongst
           our selves
           here
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           strange
           that
           all
           Princes
           in
           the
           World
           are
           not
           alarm'd
           ,
           as
           learned
           ,
           and
           perspicacious
           King
           James
           of
           blessed
           memory
           was
           ,
           with
           these
           doctrines
           .
           For
           whatsoever
           Allegiance
           the
           Romanists
           pretend
           to
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           
           an
           instance
           may
           fall
           out
           ,
           wherein
           they
           will
           be
           forced
           to
           renownce
           their
           obedience
           ,
           either
           to
           their
           Pope
           ,
           or
           King.
           
        
         
           Take
           heed
           therefore
           ,
           if
           thou
           art
           disengaged
           from
           this
           seduction
           ,
           of
           coming
           near
           to
           such
           snares
           ;
           and
           if
           thou
           art
           (
           as
           alas
           too
           many
           of
           late
           amongst
           us
           have
           been
           )
           caught
           in
           them
           ,
           break
           them
           with
           all
           speed
           .
        
         
           That
           fearful
           instance
           of
           the
           Learned
           Latomus
           (
           of
           which
           thou
           wilt
           read
           in
           the
           Gentlewomans
           answer
           to
           the
           Priest's
           Letter
           ,
           here
           annexed
           ,
           will
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           sticklers
           for
           
           Rome's
           interest
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           most
           
           need
           it
           ,
           will
           find
           little
           peace
           .
           For
           that
           may
           be
           said
           of
           this
           spiritual
           ,
           which
           Solomon
           spake
           of
           the
           
             carnal
             Harlot
             ,
             Prov.
             7.
             26
             ,
             27
             She
             hath
             cast
             down
             many
             wounded
             :
             yea
             many
             strong
             men
             have
             been
             slain
             by
             her
             .
             Her
             house
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Hell
             ,
             going
             down
             to
             the
             chambers
             of
             Death
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           IMPRIMATUR
        
         
           
             Tho.
             Tomkyns
             .
          
           
             Ex
             Aed
             .
             Lamb.
             
               Martii
               6.
               1672.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Priests
           Letter
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           my
           departure
           from
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           forgot
           your
           engaging
           Charity
           ;
           what
           regret
           may
           ,
           I
           well
           have
           ,
           that
           contrary
           to
           your
           promise
           in
           the
           long
           Gallery
           ,
           you
           have
           forgot
           your
           Soul
           ,
           so
           pretious
           to
           God!
           Madam
           ,
           return
           home
           .
           I
           labour
           to
           get
           your
           dear
           Son
           Pic.
           to
           return
           home
           .
           You
           may
           come
           home
           again
           ;
           no
           loss
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           like
           the
           loss
           of
           a
           Soul
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           glad
           to
           suffer
           death
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           accept
           of
           life
           .
           Some
           years
           past
           ,
           I
           was
           in
           hopes
           the
           charitable
           Boxes
           of
           *
           Lozanges
           you
           did
           send
           me
           ,
           would
           bring
           you
           
           in
           again
           to
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Fold
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           no
           Salvation
           .
           Sweet
           Jesus
           and
           his
           unspotted
           Mother
           grant
           you
           grace
           to
           do
           well
           by
           St.
           
             Francis
             Xaverius
          
           his
           intercession
           .
           Cordially
           wished
           by
           ,
           Madam
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             engaged
             well
             wishing
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Gentlewomans
           Answer
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           Letter
           ,
           and
           ,
           though
           I
           cannot
           despise
           the
           zeal
           of
           your
           Charity
           ,
           yet
           (
           I
           thank
           God
           )
           that
           ,
           through
           his
           goodness
           ,
           I
           can
           now
           discern
           the
           errour
           of
           it
           .
           I
           wish
           (
           and
           truly
           ,
           I
           account
           my self
           bound
           thereunto
           ,
           in
           requital
           of
           the
           care
           which
           you
           profess
           for
           my
           Soul
           )
           that
           you
           were
           your self
           in
           as
           good
           a
           way
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           your
           communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           my
           return
           to
           my
           dear
           Mother
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Since
           I
           saw
           you
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           little
           better
           considered
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           I
           perceive
           nothing
           commended
           to
           my
           Faith
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           either
           expresly
           conteined
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           or
           deducible
           ,
           by
           very
           good
           consequence
           ,
           
           from
           them
           .
           But
           I
           am
           very
           well
           assured
           by
           those
           ,
           that
           know
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           Councils
           lately
           held
           by
           your
           Church
           ,
           and
           particularly
           that
           of
           Trent
           ,
           there
           are
           divers
           Canons
           (
           to
           which
           you
           will
           expect
           my
           consent
           )
           neither
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           nor
           consonant
           to
           the
           purer
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           yet
           your
           
             Pope
             Pius
          
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           curseth
           all
           that
           are
           not
           of
           that
           Faith
           ,
           and
           excludeth
           all
           from
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           believe
           not
           according
           to
           the
           Tenour
           of
           them
           .
           Bishop
           Morton
           was
           a
           Learned
           man
           ,
           and
           he
           took
           pains
           to
           examine
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           peremptory
           decree
           of
           that
           Pope
           ;
           the
           Book
           wherein
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           is
           called
           the
           
             Grand
             Imposture
             of
             the
             now
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           .
           I
           pray
           peruse
           it
           heedfully
           and
           candidly
           ,
           and
           submit
           to
           the
           truths
           conteined
           therein
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           
             my
             promise
             in
             the
             Long
             Gallery
             ,
          
           whereof
           you
           re-mind
           me
           ,
           I
           confess
           my
           errour
           in
           making
           
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           told
           that
           it
           being
           unlawful
           in
           the
           matter
           (
           I
           mean
           to
           adhere
           to
           your
           
             corrupt
             Church
          
           )
           my
           sin
           of
           
             rash
             engagement
          
           would
           be
           heightned
           by
           performance
           ,
           whereas
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           any
           ,
           to
           break
           it
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           my
           obligation
           so
           to
           do
           .
           David
           rashly
           swore
           to
           destroy
           all
           the
           Males
           in
           Nabals
           Family
           ,
           but
           ,
           by
           the
           good
           counsel
           of
           Abigail
           ,
           rather
           broke
           his
           oath
           ,
           than
           proceeded
           to
           add
           murder
           to
           his
           passion
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           though
           you
           may
           think
           it
           presumption
           in
           me
           ,
           to
           give
           advice
           to
           a
           person
           of
           your
           calling
           and
           gravity
           ;
           yet
           when
           I
           consider
           that
           David
           ,
           a
           great
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           then
           anointed
           ,
           despised
           not
           the
           good
           counsel
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           but
           said
           with
           all
           meekness
           ,
           
             Blessed
             be
             thy
             advise
             ,
             and
             blessed
             be
             thou
             .
             (
             1
             Sam.
          
           25.
           33.
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           repent
           that
           I
           prompt
           these
           intimations
           unto
           you
           ,
           but
           rather
           earnestly
           ,
           yet
           humbly
           request
           you
           ,
           ay
           ,
           and
           adjure
           you
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           
           God
           ,
           to
           break
           your
           engagement
           to
           that
           
             pestilent
             Society
          
           ,
           to
           which
           ,
           perhaps
           you
           are
           as
           solemnly
           under
           the
           bond
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           was
           ,
           I
           hear
           ,
           Pope
           Pius
           his
           injunction
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           to
           embrace
           the
           Trent
           Faith
           )
           engaged
           ,
           as
           David
           was
           to
           avenge
           himself
           .
        
         
           St.
           Augustine
           (
           I
           have
           heard
           )
           was
           entangled
           in
           the
           heresies
           of
           the
           
             Manichees
             ,
          
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           taught
           in
           the
           sacred
           History
           ,
           that
           St.
           Paul
           once
           
             persecuted
             the
             faith
             of
             Christ
          
           .
           Both
           these
           came
           ,
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           to
           the
           sight
           of
           their
           foul
           errours
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           defended
           the
           Faith
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           opposed
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           your
           present
           perswasion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           Office
           ,
           have
           seen
           their
           Snares
           ,
           and
           got
           (
           through
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           )
           their
           feet
           out
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           publickly
           given
           the
           account
           of
           their
           change
           ;
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           their
           Books
           ,
           better
           known
           possibly
           (
           and
           I
           wish
           accordingly
           considered
           )
           to
           your self
           than
           me
           .
           
           I
           cannot
           urge
           you
           upon
           more
           weighty
           terms
           ,
           than
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           prompt
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             the
             due
             remembrance
             of
             the
             worth
             of
             your
             immortal
             Soul.
             
          
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           emulate
           your
           own
           Charity
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           say
           in
           your
           behalf
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           in
           mine
           ,
           
             I
             should
             be
             glad
             to
             suffer
             death
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             accept
             of
             life
             .
             No
             loss
             you
             say
          
           (
           and
           you
           say
           truly
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           you
           speak
           in
           conformity
           to
           the
           language
           of
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           
             What
             shall
             it
             profit
             a
             man
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             gain
             the
             whole
             World
             and
             lose
             his
             own
             Soul
             ?
             )
             like
             the
             loss
             of
             a
             Soul.
          
           Precious
           it
           is
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           should
           it
           be
           vile
           to
           our selves
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           damage
           will
           be
           only
           prejudicial
           ?
           God
           the
           Father
           sent
           his
           Son
           to
           redeem
           it
           ,
           God
           the
           Son
           shed
           his
           blood
           to
           ransom
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           is
           plased
           to
           seal
           it
           with
           his
           signature
           ,
           as
           the
           peculiar
           treasure
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Now
           then
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           Sir
           〈◊〉
           weigh
           with
           your self
           the
           dange●…
           
           
           
           
           
           you
           expose
           this
           precious
           Soul
           of
           yours
           unto
           ,
           and
           not
           your
           own
           only
           ,
           but
           the
           Souls
           also
           of
           as
           many
           ,
           as
           you
           win
           to
           your
           own
           errour
           ,
           whilst
           you
           tell
           them
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           me
           ,
           
             that
             Salvation
             is
             not
             to
             be
             had
             out
             of
             St.
          
           Peter
           
             's
             Fold
          
           ,
           meaning
           thereby
           ,
           the
           present
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           in
           which
           (
           to
           speak
           my
           mind
           freely
           to
           you
           )
           I
           think
           that
           Salvation
           can
           very
           scarcely
           ,
           if
           at
           all
           ,
           be
           procured
           by
           those
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           dye
           in
           the
           constant
           defence
           of
           the
           pernicious
           errours
           maintained
           generally
           by
           all
           that
           adhere
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           speak
           nothing
           of
           the
           manifold
           ,
           and
           gross
           deviations
           of
           your
           Church
           from
           both
           Sacred
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           primitive
           antiquity
           ;
           as
           
             half-Communion
             ,
             the
             absurd
             doctrine
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             Purgatory
             ,
             Divine
             Service
             in
             a
             tongue
             not
             known
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             should
             perform
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           say
           to
           speak
           nothing
           of
           these
           ,
           what
           strange
           ●xpressions
           fall
           from
           your
           own
           
           Pen
           in
           the
           little
           Note
           ,
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           ;
           
             Sweet
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             his
             unspotted
             Mother
             ,
             grant
             you
             grace
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             by
             St.
          
           Francis
           Xaverius
           
             his
             Intercession
          
           ?
        
         
           Had
           you
           commended
           me
           to
           the
           grace
           of
           Christ
           alone
           ,
           you
           had
           done
           it
           with
           good
           warranty
           from
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           in
           whom
           you
           boast
           .
           Thus
           speaketh
           he
           ,
           Epist
           .
           I.
           5.
           10.
           
           
             The
             God
             of
             all
             grace
             ,
             &c.
             make
             you
             perfect
             ,
             stablish
             ,
             strengthen
             ,
             settle
             you
             .
          
           Christ
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           blessed
           Spirit
           are
           one
           God
           you
           know
           ;
           from
           any
           of
           the
           blessed
           Persons
           ,
           we
           may
           ask
           Grace
           ,
           and
           wish
           it
           for
           others
           ,
           securely
           .
           But
           to
           crave
           it
           from
           Creatures
           (
           such
           is
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           glorious
           )
           is
           very
           dangerous
           ,
           if
           not
           blasphemous
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           Divines
           make
           it
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           Divinity
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           third
           Persons
           in
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Scripture
           stile
           ,
           Grace
           is
           wished
           from
           them
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           
           with
           the
           first
           .
           Thus
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           salute
           ,
           and
           thus
           they
           frequently
           take
           their
           leave
           of
           the
           Churches
           to
           which
           they
           write
           .
           *
           No
           mention
           in
           these
           forms
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           she
           is
           never
           joined
           to
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           in
           such
           prayers
           for
           Grace
           ;
           and
           indeed
           if
           God
           (
           as
           St.
           Peter
           speaks
           )
           be
           the
           Author
           
             of
             all
             Grace
          
           ,
           what
           Grace
           need
           we
           ask
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ?
        
         
           And
           then
           again
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           little
           startled
           at
           these
           words
           ,
           
             unspotted
             Mother
          
           ,
           if
           you
           mean
           no
           more
           by
           it
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           since
           her
           death
           is
           discharged
           from
           all
           sin
           ,
           and
           defilement
           incident
           (
           through
           the
           fall
           of
           our
           first
           Parents
           )
           or
           rather
           unavoidable
           to
           our
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           I
           can
           easily
           admit
           the
           term
           unspotted
           ;
           but
           if
           by
           the
           word
           unspotted
           ,
           you
           insinuate
           our
           Ladies
           
             immaculate
             conception
          
           ,
           I
           expect
           better
           reasons
           ,
           than
           ever
           yet
           I
           have
           heard
           alledged
           ,
           before
           I
           can
           sign
           such
           an
           
           Article
           with
           my
           faith
           .
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           that
           Saint
           Anselm
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Mother
           of
           our
           Lord
           was
           conceived
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           why
           we
           should
           not
           believe
           him
           ,
           speaking
           so
           agreeably
           to
           the
           language
           of
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           exempts
           none
           ,
           but
           our
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           from
           the
           
             common
             Contagion
          
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           .
        
         
           What
           were
           the
           Vertues
           of
           your
           Saint
           
             Francis
             Xaverius
          
           (
           to
           whose
           intercession
           also
           you
           think
           fit
           to
           commend
           me
           )
           to
           me
           is
           uncertain
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           am
           most
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           intercession
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           with
           his
           Father
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           for
           me
           ;
           that
           he
           hath
           commanded
           all
           ,
           
             that
             labour
             ,
             and
             are
             heavy
             laden
             ,
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             .
             Mat.
          
           11.
           28.
           and
           that
           such
           as
           
             do
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             in
             no
             wise
             cast
             out
             ,
             John
          
           6.
           37.
           
        
         
           I
           confess
           ,
           when
           I
           made
           my
           application
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           was
           in
           great
           trouble
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           sudden
           ease
           ,
           was
           ready
           to
           flie
           unto
           any
           profession
           ,
           that
           would
           offer
           me
           
             present
             
             relief
          
           .
           Alas
           ,
           you
           know
           ,
           people
           falling
           from
           an
           high
           place
           ,
           catch
           at
           any
           thing
           within
           their
           reach
           ;
           if
           sharp
           Swords
           ,
           or
           
             red
             hot
             Irons
          
           were
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           they
           would
           lay
           hold
           on
           them
           .
           It
           was
           (
           I
           now
           perceive
           )
           no
           small
           stupidity
           ,
           and
           blindness
           in
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           did
           not
           so
           fully
           ,
           as
           I
           should
           have
           done
           ,
           consider
           the
           
             excellent
             constitution
             ,
             and
             pure
             doctrine
             of
             our
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
           For
           therein
           I
           now
           see
           all
           the
           comforts
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           requisite
           unto
           
             distressed
             Souls
          
           ,
           are
           abundantly
           offered
           unto
           me
           .
           I
           have
           the
           Scriptures
           accurately
           translated
           ;
           I
           have
           the
           sense
           of
           my
           dear
           Mother
           ,
           in
           exact
           conformity
           to
           them
           ,
           laid
           before
           me
           in
           our
           39
           Articles
           ;
           I
           may
           have
           access
           unto
           my
           Confessor
           ,
           in
           all
           cases
           of
           my
           perplexities
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           such
           of
           our
           Priests
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           have
           made
           my
           
             applications
             ,
             compassionate
             ,
             grave
          
           ,
           and
           faithful
           unto
           me
           .
           But
           they
           tell
           me
           (
           and
           I
           am
           very
           well
           
           pleased
           to
           hear
           it
           from
           them
           )
           that
           I
           must
           not
           be
           discouraged
           ,
           though
           I
           find
           not
           that
           present
           ease
           that
           I
           long
           for
           .
           Upon
           my
           profession
           of
           repentance
           ,
           and
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           they
           are
           ready
           to
           dispense
           unto
           me
           the
           benefit
           ,
           and
           blessing
           of
           their
           absolution
           ,
           but
           if
           I
           find
           not
           presently
           that
           transport
           of
           rejoycing
           ,
           which
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           I
           too
           hastily
           catch
           at
           ;
           they
           advise
           me
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           too
           much
           discouraged
           ,
           but
           to
           wait
           the
           Lords
           leisure
           ;
           who
           will
           have
           us
           ,
           even
           after
           he
           hath
           received
           us
           to
           pardon
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           experience
           find
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           speech
           in
           the
           Holy
           Prophet
           
             Jerem.
             2.
             19.
             
             It
             is
             an
             evil
             and
             bitter
             thing
             that
             thou
             hast
             forsaken
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             and
             that
             my
             fear
             is
             not
             in
             thee
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             Hosts
             .
          
        
         
           They
           support
           me
           with
           this
           assurance
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           repent
           ,
           and
           believe
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             I
             shall
             certainly
             be
             saved
          
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           offer
           me
           Consolation
           upon
           other
           terms
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           delude
           
           me
           .
           Whatsoever
           my
           discouragements
           are
           ,
           they
           exhort
           me
           to
           patience
           ,
           and
           the
           doctrine
           is
           the
           more
           satisfactory
           unto
           me
           ,
           because
           I
           see
           it
           to
           be
           agreeable
           to
           that
           meek
           resolution
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           Mic.
           7.
           9.
           
           Where
           ,
           in
           her
           affliction
           ,
           I
           see
           her
           pitching
           upon
           this
           conclusion
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             will
             bear
             the
             indignation
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             I
             have
             sinned
             against
             him
             .
          
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           at
           all
           affrighted
           at
           your
           denial
           of
           
             Salvation
             to
             all
             out
             of
             Saint
          
           Peter
           
             's
             Fold
          
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           all
           
             penitent
             Believers
             are
             of
             the
             Fold
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           in
           which
           ,
           except
           St.
           Peter
           himself
           had
           been
           a
           Sheep
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Pastour
           under
           the
           great
           Shepherd
           ,
           he
           had
           undoubtedly
           perished
           .
           He
           preached
           as
           well
           ,
           and
           as
           good
           doctrine
           at
           other
           places
           as
           he
           did
           at
           Rome
           ;
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Holy
           Apostles
           ,
           wheresoever
           they
           preached
           ,
           delivered
           the
           same
           truths
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           ,
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           If
           Rome
           in
           succeeding
           times
           (
           by
           being
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Emperours
           )
           became
           a
           more
           eminent
           City
           than
           her
           Sisters
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishops
           of
           it
           obtained
           any
           
             extraordinary
             priviledges
          
           by
           their
           favours
           ;
           all
           these
           things
           are
           extrinsecal
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ;
           which
           ,
           when
           Rome
           ceased
           to
           deliver
           in
           that
           purity
           wherein
           St.
           Peter
           taught
           it
           ,
           she
           can
           with
           no
           better
           pretensions
           lay
           claim
           to
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           than
           the
           Jews
           of
           old
           did
           to
           Moses
           .
           Whom
           Christ
           tells
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           their
           boasting
           in
           him
           )
           that
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           his
           writings
           .
           And
           truly
           I
           think
           the
           same
           might
           now
           be
           said
           in
           several
           instances
           ,
           to
           those
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           of
           whom
           she
           glorieth
           .
           Had
           they
           believed
           St.
           Peters
           writings
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           condemn
           those
           Churches
           ,
           as
           Heretical
           ,
           which
           in
           no
           point
           deny
           them
           .
        
         
         
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           profess
           my self
           able
           to
           contest
           with
           one
           of
           your
           profession
           ,
           neither
           have
           I
           ,
           to
           provoke
           you
           to
           disputation
           ,
           written
           so
           large
           an
           answer
           to
           your
           few
           lines
           .
           But
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           to
           whose
           Fold
           you
           invite
           me
           ,
           and
           in
           whose
           Fold
           (
           not
           excluding
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Fellow-Apostles
           ,
           for
           the
           names
           of
           all
           the
           Twelve
           were
           written
           in
           the
           twelve
           foundations
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Apocal.
          
           21.
           14.
           
           )
           because
           we
           adhere
           to
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           we
           believe
           that
           we
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           now
           live
           ,
           giveth
           me
           warrant
           to
           speak
           what
           I
           here
           declare
           ,
           when
           he
           thus
           exhorteth
           us
           1
           
             Epist
             .
             Chap.
             3.
             
             Vers
             .
             15.
             
             Be
             ready
             always
             to
             give
             an
             answer
             to
             every
             man
             that
             asketh
             you
             a
             reason
             of
             the
             hope
             that
             is
             in
             you
             ,
             with
             meekness
             and
             fear
             .
          
           In
           that
           meekness
           and
           fear
           ,
           thus
           commended
           unto
           us
           by
           ours
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           your
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           nay
           more
           ours
           than
           yours
           ,
           nay
           (
           give
           
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           it
           )
           ours
           ,
           and
           not
           yours
           ,
           in
           our
           matters
           of
           difference
           ,
           I
           humbly
           give
           you
           this
           Answer
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Novemb.
             27.
             1672.
             
          
           Your
           assured
           Friend
           ,
           and
           humble
           Servant
           in
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             BEcause
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             in
             effect
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             be
             damned
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             die
             out
             of
             the
             Communion
             of
             your
             Church
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             (
             in
             regard
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             so
             well
             able
             to
             
               argue
               rationally
            
             ,
             as
             to
             observe
             
               Historical
               passages
            
             ,
             which
             sometimes
             are
             Commentaries
             upon
             disputable
             truths
             )
             to
             acquaint
             you
             with
             a
             short
             History
             ,
             which
             I
             minded
             ,
             when
             I
             heard
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             heedfully
             ,
             because
             it
             discharged
             me
             from
             that
             fear
             ,
             which
             your
             Severity
             is
             apt
             to
             beget
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             
               unsettled
               Protestants
            
             .
             'T
             is
             this
             ;
             and
             you
             will
             find
             it
             ,
             as
             my
             Friend
             ,
             who
             translated
             it
             out
             of
             Latin
             for
             me
             ,
             assureth
             me
             ,
             in
             the
             third
             part
             of
             
               Solomon
               Glassius
            
             his
             exposition
             of
             the
             Gospels
             ,
             page
             277
             ,
             and
             278.
             
             Jacobus
             Latomus
             
               was
               in
               exceeding
               great
               reputation
               amongst
               the
               
               Divines
               of
               our
               time
               ,
               because
               he
               had
               written
               against
               the
            
             Lutherans
             
               somewhat
               more
               learnedly
               ,
               than
               either
            
             Clitopheus
             ,
             or
             Eckius
             ,
             or
             Roffensis
             ;
             
               and
               all
               thought
               him
               a
               person
               of
               candour
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               written
               according
               to
               the
               conviction
               of
               his
               own
               conscience
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Person
             ,
             when
             he
             drew
             near
             his
             death
             ,
             commanded
             our
             Masters
             to
             be
             called
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             stood
             by
             him
             ,
             with
             groans
             and
             deeep-fetcht
             sighs
             ,
             said
             ;
             I
             therefore
             commanded
             you
             to
             be
             called
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             testifie
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             doctrine
             of
             Luther
             ,
             which
             you
             furiously
             persecute
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             doctrine
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             this
             ,
             which
             you
             defend
             is
             impious
             ,
             and
             diabolical
             ;
             and
             I
             my self
             ,
             for
             certain
             writings
             of
             mine
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             lately
             ,
             against
             the
             conviction
             of
             my
             conscience
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             set
             forth
             against
             the
             Lutherans
             ,
             to
             gratifie
             you
             ,
             am
             a
             damned
             man.
             
          
           
             
               When
               in
               horrour
               and
               astonishment
               
               at
               this
               speech
               ,
               they
               looked
               one
               on
               another
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               were
               more
               ingenuous
               ,
               exhorted
               him
               ,
               not
               to
               dispair
               of
               the
               mercy
               of
               God
               ,
               although
               he
               were
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               done
               wickedly
               ;
               He
               ,
               commemorating
               many
               passages
               concerning
               the
               punishments
               and
               exile
               of
               godly
               men
               ,
            
             who
             by
             his
             instigation
             were
             
               either
               slain
               or
               banished
               ,
               at
               last
               ,
               with
               groanings
               ,
               added
            
             ;
             in
             vain
             you
             labour
             to
             comfort
             me
             ,
             for
             
               I
               certainly
               know
            
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             damned
             ,
             and
             with
             
               these
               words
               gave
               up
               the
               Ghost
               .
               Glassius
            
             affirmeth
             that
             he
             received
             this
             History
             out
             of
             D.
             Alesius
             in
             his
             Exposition
             of
             the
             41
             Psalm
             .
             And
             truly
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             though
             you
             may
             perhaps
             condemn
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             Fable
             ,
             yet
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             so
             far
             from
             distrusting
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             wonder
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             your
             best
             Scholars
             do
             not
             leave
             this
             World
             in
             the
             same
             convictions
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             ,
             and
             some
             times
             declare
             as
             much
             .
             But
             such
             confessions
             are
             
             like
             the
             
               Guard
               of
               Souldiers
               Narratives
            
             of
             our
             Saviours
             Resurrection
             ,
             they
             are
             strangled
             (
             as
             the
             Male-children
             were
             commanded
             to
             be
             in
             Egypt
             )
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             born
             ,
             if
             not
             by
             bribery
             ,
             yet
             by
             interest
             ,
             which
             knows
             no
             ingenuity
             ,
             nor
             will
             admit
             of
             any
             discoveries
             ,
             against
             its
             own
             concerns
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             pernicious
             .
             I
             wish
             you
             a
             better
             temper
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             hearty
             desire
             ,
             commend
             you
             to
             the
             God
             of
             truth
             ,
             assuring
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             never
             be
             (
             by
             Gods
             assistance
             )
             moved
             from
             the
             
               profession
               of
               that
               holy
               Religion
            
             ,
             wherein
             now
             I
             stand
             ,
             though
             I
             shall
             ever
             be
             ready
             to
             testifie
             my
             thanks
             to
             you
             ,
             for
             your
             charitable
             affections
             ,
             and
             remain
          
           
             
               Yours
               ,
               in
               all
               Christian
               affection
               and
               service
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           AFter
           my
           Letter
           was
           written
           ,
           but
           before
           it
           was
           sealed
           ,
           I
           considered
           a
           little
           ,
           what
           your
           Saint
           
             Francis
             Xaverius
          
           his
           merits
           might
           be
           ,
           unto
           whose
           Patronage
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           commend
           me
           .
           I
           am
           informed
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Saint
           of
           a
           late
           Canonization
           ;
           first
           a
           Proselyte
           of
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           Confederate
           with
           
             Ignatius
             de
             Loyola
          
           ;
           and
           truly
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           some
           of
           his
           
             Enthusiastical
             raptures
          
           .
           He
           ,
           with
           Ignatius
           ,
           indeed
           got
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           thirds
           approbation
           to
           be
           allowed
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Religious
             Society
          
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1540.
           
           But
           there
           is
           an
           expression
           in
           that
           Popes
           Letters
           *
           (
           of
           Grant
           )
           which
           may
           beget
           a
           jealousie
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           had
           an
           eye
           to
           the
           service
           he
           might
           have
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           devotion
           of
           the
           men
           ,
           if
           at
           least
           he
           thought
           them
           devout
           .
           His
           words
           
           I
           hear
           ,
           run
           thus
           .
           
             We
             have
             lately
             heard
             ,
             that
          
           Ignatius
           de
           Loyola
           ,
           and
           Peter
           Faber
           ,
           and
           Francis
           Xaverius
           ,
           &c.
           
             inspired
             (
             as
             't
             is
             piously
             believed
             )
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             coming
             from
             several
             quarters
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             met
             together
             ,
             and
             being
             confederate
             into
             a
             Society
             ,
             have
             renounced
             the
             snares
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             devoted
             their
             lives
             to
             the
             service
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             successours
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           suppose
           the
           Pope
           might
           have
           so
           much
           of
           
             humane
             frailty
          
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           all
           in
           good
           part
           ,
           that
           such
           
             sworn
             Servants
          
           of
           his
           should
           enterprise
           .
        
         
           Upon
           these
           grounds
           I
           believe
           the
           following
           Popes
           ,
           Gregory
           the
           fifteenth
           ,
           and
           his
           successor
           Vrbanus
           the
           eighth
           ,
           had
           such
           
             high
             estimation
          
           of
           this
           Francis
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           one
           declared
           him
           a
           Saint
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Canonized
           
           him
           .
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           so
           behaved
           himself
           in
           preaching
           to
           the
           Indians
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           called
           their
           Apostle
           .
           But
           truly
           ,
           to
           speak
           my
           mind
           freely
           to
           you
           ,
           
             his
             atchievements
          
           there
           ,
           seem
           to
           me
           very
           difficult
           to
           be
           believed
           .
           I
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           all
           the
           miracles
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           recorded
           in
           the
           Scripture
           may
           be
           equal
           to
           those
           mentioned
           in
           Vrban's
           Letters
           for
           the
           Canonization
           of
           your
           Xaverius
           .
        
         
           
             'T
             is
             said
             in
             them
          
           that
           he
           defixed
           his
           eyes
           ,
           
             in
             his
          
           exstatick
           raptures
           ,
           
             on
             the
             Heavens
             ;
             that
             his
             whole
             body
             ,
             by
          
           divine
           force
           ,
           
             would
             be
          
           elevated
           
             from
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             his
             face
             so
             inflamed
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             represent
          
           Angelical
           clarity
           ;
           
             and
             he
             would
             cry
             out
          
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           Lord
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           .
           
             And
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             Mass
             (
             the
             abomination
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             now
             celebrated
             ,
             of
             your
          
           Romish
           
             Service
             ,
             as
             the
             Learned
             Doctor
          
           Brevint
           
             excellently
             
             shews
             us
          
           )
           he
           would
           be
           so
           alienated
           from
           his
           senses
           (
           which
           indeed
           I
           believe
           )
           
             that
             the
             Ministers
             present
          
           in
           the
           service
           could
           not
           ,
           in
           some
           competent
           time
           ,
           by
           pulling
           his
           Garments
           ,
           excite
           him
           to
           his
           attendance
           on
           the
           Work
           he
           had
           ▪
           in
           hand
           .
           
             And
             otherwise
          
           ,
           the
           people
           could
           observe
           him
           advanced
           (
           wondring
           at
           the
           miracle
           )
           a
           Cubit
           above
           the
           earth
           .
           He
           wore
           such
           tattered
           
             Rags
             (
             and
             is
             this
             a
             piece
             of
             merit
             ?
          
           )
           that
           the
           Boys
           sometimes
           would
           mock
           ,
           and
           deride
           him
           .
           Of
           the
           like
           nature
           is
           his
           frequent
           walkings
           on
           the
           hot
           Sands
           ,
           and
           on
           Thorns
           themselves
           ,
           drinking
           the
           polluted
           waters
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           had
           washed
           the
           soars
           of
           diseased
           people
           .
           
             And
             then
          
           ,
           his
           ability
           to
           speak
           the
           Languages
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           learnt
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           some
           times
           ,
           by
           men
           of
           several
           tongues
           ,
           when
           he
           spake
           one
           ,
           that
           
           was
           strange
           to
           the
           Auditours
           ,
           till
           he
           began
           to
           preach
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           ,
           than
           what
           was
           granted
           to
           the
           blessed
           Apostles
           at
           the
           Feast
           of
           Penticost
           .
           
             'T
             is
             strange
             to
             me
             ,
             that
          
           he
           should
           cast
           a
           Crucifix
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           still
           the
           Waves
           ,
           
             and
             stranger
             yet
             ,
             that
          
           having
           lost
           it
           by
           violence
           of
           the
           storm
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           walked
           on
           the
           Shore
           ,
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Sea-Crab
           .
        
         
           I
           marvel
           (
           though
           you
           read
           this
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           as
           Romantick
           in
           the
           Popes
           Letters
           )
           that
           you
           can
           credit
           all
           this
           done
           by
           a
           person
           ,
           about
           an
           hundred
           years
           since
           ;
           especially
           seeing
           the
           
             Learned
             Fathers
          
           about
           four
           hundred
           years
           after
           Christ
           ,
           judged
           the
           age
           of
           miracles
           to
           be
           past
           ,
           and
           our
           belief
           of
           those
           only
           ,
           that
           are
           recorded
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           be
           sufficient
           now
           for
           our
           present
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
         
           Besides
           ,
           were
           the
           miracles
           reported
           to
           have
           been
           done
           by
           him
           true
           ,
           and
           the
           man
           as
           good
           ,
           as
           you
           think
           him
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           I
           conceive
           his
           intercession
           for
           any
           particular
           person
           to
           be
           a
           point
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           truly
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           have
           the
           intercession
           of
           Christ
           ,
           altogether
           superfluous
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           resolved
           therefore
           ,
           to
           leave
           your
           Xaverius
           to
           the
           quiet
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           felicity
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           obtained
           (
           if
           at
           least
           he
           be
           in
           a
           state
           of
           bliss
           )
           and
           to
           give
           him
           no
           interruption
           ,
           in
           any
           concerns
           of
           my
           Soul.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           
             IN
             the
             second
             Page
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             l.
             20.
             for
          
           third
           r.
           fourth
           ,
           vid
           Concil
           .
           Lateran
           .
           sub
           Innocentio
           3
           o
           cap.
           3.
           de
           Haeretic
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A64791-e780
           
             *
             Sealed
             with
             Crosses
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64791-e890
           
             *
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             3.
             2
             
             Cor.
             13.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A64791-e3190
           
             *
             Vid.
             Regul
             .
             Jesuitic
             .