Serious considerations for repressing of the increase of Iesvites, priests, and papists without shedding blood written by Sir R.C. and presented to King James of happie memory.
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             Serious considerations for repressing of the increase of Iesvites, priests, and papists without shedding blood written by Sir R.C. and presented to King James of happie memory.
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           SERIOVS
           CONSIDERATIONS
           for
           repressing
           of
           the
           increase
           of
           IESVITES
           ,
           PRIESTS
           ,
           and
           PAPISTS
           ,
           without
           shedding
           of
           Blood
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Sir
           
             R.
             C.
          
           and
           
             Presented
             to
             King
          
           IAMES
           
             of
             happie
             Memory
             .
          
        
         
           Printed
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           MDCXLI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           CONSIDERATIONS
           FOR
           THE
           REPRESSING
           of
           Priests
           ,
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           Recusants
           ,
           without
           drawing
           of
           Blood
           .
        
         
           I
           Am
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           this
           later
           Age
           hath
           brought
           forth
           a
           swarm
           of
           busie
           heads
           ,
           which
           measure
           the
           great
           mysteries
           of
           State
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           their self-conceited
           wisdome
           ;
           But
           if
           they
           would
           cōsider
           ,
           that
           the
           Common-wealth
           governed
           by
           grave
           Counsellors
           ,
           is
           like
           unto
           a
           Ship
           directed
           by
           a
           skilfull
           Pylot
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           necessities
           of
           occasions
           and
           grounds
           of
           Reason
           ,
           why
           hee
           steereth
           the
           Helme
           to
           this
           or
           that
           point
           of
           the
           Compasse
           ,
           are
           better
           knowne
           ,
           then
           to
           those
           that
           stand
           aloofe
           off
           ;
           they
           would
           perhaps
           be
           more
           sparing
           if
           not
           more
           wary
           in
           their
           Resolutions
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           owne
           particular
           ,
           J
           must
           confesse
           ,
           that
           J
           am
           naturally
           too
           much
           inclined
           to
           his
           
           opinion
           ,
           who
           once
           said
           ;
           
             Qui
             bene
             latuit
             ,
             bene
             vixit
             ,
          
           and
           freshly
           recalling
           to
           mind
           ,
           the
           saying
           of
           
             Functius
          
           to
           his
           Friend
           at
           the
           houre
           of
           his
           untimely
           Death
           :
           
             
               Disce
               ,
               meo
               exemplo
               ,
               mandato
               munere
               fungi
               :
            
             
               Et
               fuge
               ceu
               Pestem
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           J
           could
           easily
           forbeare
           to
           make
           my
           hand-writing
           the
           Record
           of
           any
           opinion
           ,
           which
           neverthelesse
           I
           protest
           to
           maintaine
           ,
           rather
           deliberatively
           then
           by
           the
           way
           of
           a
           conclusive
           assertion
           ;
           Therefore
           without
           wasting
           precious
           time
           any
           longer
           ,
           with
           needlesse
           Prologue
           ,
           I
           will
           briefly
           set
           downe
           the
           question
           in
           the
           termes
           following
           :
        
         
           Whether
           it
           be
           more
           expedient
           to
           suppresse
           Popish
           practises
           ,
           against
           the
           due
           Allegiance
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           by
           the
           strict
           execution
           of
           the
           Lawes
           Touching
           
             Jesuites
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seminary
             Priests
             ,
          
           or
           to
           restraine
           them
           to
           close
           Prison
           during
           life
           ,
           if
           no
           reformation
           following
           .
        
         
           The
           doubt
           propounded
           consisting
           of
           Two
           Branches
           ,
           necessarily
           requireth
           to
           be
           distinctly
           handled
           ,
           that
           by
           comparing
           either
           part
           the
           conveniency
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Question
           ,
           may
           be
           cleered
           with
           more
           facilitie
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           favour
           of
           the
           first
           Division
           there
           are
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           who
           grounding
           themselves
           on
           an
           ancient
           Proverbe
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             A
             dead
             man
             bites
             not
             :
          
           Affirme
           that
           such
           are
           dangerous
           to
           be
           preserved
           
           alive
           ,
           who
           being
           guilty
           ,
           condemned
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           feare
           ,
           are
           likely
           for
           purchase
           of
           life
           and
           liberty
           ,
           to
           ingage
           their
           utmost
           in
           desperate
           adventures
           against
           their
           King
           and
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           No
           lesse
           is
           it
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           that
           while
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           is
           remisse
           in
           cutting
           off
           hainous
           offenders
           ,
           against
           the
           dignity
           of
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           the
           misled
           
             Papall
          
           multitude
           in
           the
           interim
           ,
           may
           enter
           into
           a
           jealous
           suspence
           ,
           whether
           that
           forbearance
           proceed
           from
           the
           feare
           of
           exasperating
           their
           desperate
           humours
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           is
           now
           become
           questionable
           ,
           whether
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           Priests
           be
           simply
           for
           matter
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           pretended
           quarrell
           for
           Religion
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           whereas
           in
           a
           remedilesse
           inconvenience
           ,
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           use
           the
           extremity
           of
           Lawes
           against
           some
           few
           ,
           that
           many
           by
           terrour
           of
           the
           Example
           may
           be
           reformed
           ;
           what
           hope
           can
           there
           be
           ,
           that
           clemency
           may
           tame
           their
           hearts
           ,
           who
           interpret
           his
           Majesties
           grace
           in
           Transporting
           their
           Priests
           out
           of
           this
           Realme
           to
           be
           a
           meere
           shift
           ,
           to
           rid
           the
           Prisons
           of
           those
           whom
           Conscience
           could
           not
           condemne
           of
           any
           capitall
           crime
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Neither
           are
           their
           vaunting
           whisperings
           to
           be
           neglected
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           seeke
           to
           confirme
           the
           fearefull
           Soules
           of
           their
           party
           ,
           and
           to
           inveigle
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           doubtfull
           ,
           or
           discontented
           persons
           ;
           for
           if
           the
           glorious
           extolling
           of
           their
           powerfull
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           expecting
           of
           a
           golden
           day
           be
           suffered
           ,
           to
           winne
           credit
           with
           
           the
           meaner
           sort
           ,
           the
           relapse
           cannot
           be
           small
           ,
           or
           the
           meanes
           easie
           to
           reforme
           the
           Errour
           ,
           without
           a
           generall
           combustion
           of
           the
           State
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Let
           experience
           speake
           somewhat
           in
           this
           behalfe
           ,
           which
           hath
           evidently
           discryed
           within
           the
           current
           of
           few
           yeares
           ;
           That
           the
           forbearance
           of
           Severity
           hath
           multiplied
           their
           Roll
           in
           such
           manner
           ,
           that
           it
           remaines
           as
           a
           Corrasive
           to
           thousands
           of
           his
           Majesties
           well
           affected
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           To
           what
           purpose
           serves
           it
           ,
           to
           muster
           the
           names
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           to
           vaunt
           them
           to
           be
           ten
           for
           one
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           faction
           ,
           as
           if
           bare
           figures
           of
           numeration
           could
           prevaile
           against
           an
           united
           party
           resolved
           and
           advised
           aforehand
           ,
           how
           to
           turne
           their
           faces
           with
           assurance
           unto
           all
           dangers
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           nestling
           in
           vaine
           security
           ,
           suffer
           the
           weed
           to
           grow
           up
           that
           threateneth
           their
           bane
           and
           mercilesse
           ruine
           ?
        
         
           7.
           
           Sometimes
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Supremacie
          
           choked
           their
           presumptuous
           imaginations
           ,
           and
           yet
           could
           not
           that
           infernall
           smoake
           be
           wholly
           smothered
           ,
           nor
           the
           Locusts
           issuing
           there-out
           ,
           be
           cleansed
           from
           the
           face
           of
           this
           Land
           .
           Now
           that
           the
           Temporall
           power
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           contained
           in
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegeance
             ,
          
           is
           by
           the
           
             Papall
             Sea
             ,
          
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Adorers
           thereof
           ,
           impudently
           avowed
           to
           be
           unlawfull
           ;
           shall
           the
           broachers
           of
           such
           Doctrine
           be
           suffered
           to
           live
           ,
           yea
           to
           live
           and
           be
           received
           of
           us
           ,
           for
           whose
           
           destruction
           they
           groane
           daily
           ?
        
         
           8.
           
           To
           be
           a
           right
           
             Popish
             Priest
             ,
          
           in
           true
           English
           sense
           ,
           
             is
             to
             beare
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             disloyall
             Renegade
             ,
             of
             his
             naturall
             obedience
             to
             his
             Soveraigne
             ;
          
           Whom
           ,
           if
           by
           connivence
           he
           shall
           let
           slip
           or
           chastice
           with
           a
           light
           hand
           ;
           what
           immunity
           may
           not
           Trayterous
           delinquents
           in
           lesser
           degrees
           expect
           or
           challenge
           after
           a
           sort
           ,
           in
           Equity
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
           9
           
             If
             there
             were
             no
             receivers
             there
             would
             be
             no
             Theeves
             :
          
           Likewise
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Harbourers
           of
           the
           
             Iesuites
             ,
          
           it
           is
           to
           be
           presumed
           that
           they
           would
           not
           trouble
           this
           Isle
           with
           their
           presence
           ;
           Therefore
           Rigor
           must
           be
           extended
           against
           the
           Receiver
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Jesuite
          
           may
           be
           kept
           out
           of
           doores
           ;
           were
           it
           then
           indifferent
           Justice
           to
           hang
           vp
           the
           Accessary
           and
           let
           the
           Principall
           goe
           free
           ;
           namely
           to
           suffer
           the
           
             Priest
          
           to
           draw
           his
           breath
           at
           length
           ,
           while
           the
           entertainer
           of
           him
           vnder
           his
           Roofe
           submits
           his
           body
           to
           the
           Executioners
           hand
           ?
           Without
           doubt
           if
           it
           be
           fit
           to
           forbeare
           the
           chiefe
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           to
           receive
           the
           second
           offender
           into
           protection
           .
           Wherewith
           a
           mischiefe
           must
           ensue
           of
           continuall
           expence
           ;
           and
           scandalous
           restraint
           of
           so
           great
           a
           number
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           
             Reputation
          
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Principall
           Arteryes
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           which
           
             Maxime
          
           is
           so
           well
           knowne
           to
           the
           Secretaries
           of
           the
           
             Papacie
             ;
          
           That
           by
           private
           Forgeries
           and
           publicke
           impressions
           of
           Calumniations
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           
           to
           wound
           us
           in
           that
           vitall
           part
           ;
           Howsoever
           therefore
           ,
           some
           few
           of
           that
           stampe
           being
           better
           tempered
           then
           their
           fellowes
           in
           defence
           of
           this
           present
           government
           ,
           have
           not
           spared
           to
           affirme
           ;
           
             That
             tyranny
             is
             vnjustly
             ascribed
             therevnto
             ,
             for
             so
             much
             as
             freedome
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             after
             a
             sort
             ,
             may
             be
             redeemed
             for
             money
             ;
          
           Notwithstanding
           there
           want
           not
           many
           Pamphleters
           of
           their
           side
           ,
           who
           opprobriously
           cast
           in
           our
           teethes
           ,
           the
           converting
           of
           the
           Penalty
           ,
           inflicted
           on
           Recusants
           ,
           and
           refusers
           of
           the
           
             oath
             of
             alleageance
          
           from
           the
           Kings
           Exchequer
           to
           a
           particular
           purse
           :
           surely
           we
           cannot
           presume
           that
           these
           
             Libellers
          
           may
           be
           disswaded
           from
           spitting
           out
           their
           venome
           maliciously
           against
           vs
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           see
           their
           
             Priests
          
           mewed
           vp
           without
           further
           processe
           of
           Law
           :
           For
           either
           they
           will
           attribute
           this
           calme
           dealing
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           their
           cause
           ,
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           party
           or
           patience
           ,
           or
           that
           tract
           of
           time
           hath
           discovered
           our
           Lawes
           importing
           overmuch
           sharpenesse
           in
           good
           policy
           ,
           to
           be
           thought
           fitter
           for
           abrogation
           ,
           by
           non
           vsance
           ,
           then
           repealed
           by
           a
           publicke
           decree
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Moreover
           it
           is
           fore-thought
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           if
           these
           Seminaries
           be
           onely
           restrayned
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           prove
           hereafter
           like
           a
           snake
           ,
           kept
           in
           the
           Bosome
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Bonner
             ,
             Gardiner
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           same
           Livery
           shewed
           themselves
           to
           be
           after
           Liberty
           ,
           obtained
           in
           Queene
           
             Maries
          
           
           dayes
           ;
           And
           if
           the
           losse
           of
           their
           Ghostly
           Fathers
           agrieve
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           take
           Armes
           sooner
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           courage
           to
           free
           the
           Living
           ,
           then
           to
           set
           vp
           a
           Trophie
           to
           the
           dead
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           How
           soever
           the
           
             Iesuites
          
           Band
           is
           knowne
           in
           their
           Native
           soyle
           ,
           to
           be
           defective
           in
           many
           respects
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           vnderlings
           to
           the
           
             Protestants
             ;
          
           as
           in
           authority
           ,
           armes
           and
           the
           Protection
           of
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           in
           all
           :
           Neverthelesse
           ,
           they
           insinuate
           themselues
           to
           forraigne
           Princes
           ,
           favouring
           their
           party
           ,
           with
           promises
           of
           strange
           assistance
           at
           home
           ;
           if
           they
           may
           be
           well
           backed
           from
           abroad
           ;
           To
           which
           purpose
           they
           have
           divided
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           this
           Realme
           into
           foure
           Sects
           ;
           Whereof
           Ranking
           their
           Troupes
           in
           the
           first
           place
           (
           as
           due
           to
           the
           pretended
           Catholiques
           )
           they
           assumed
           a
           full
           fourth
           part
           to
           their
           property
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           part
           againe
           they
           made
           a
           Subdivision
           into
           two
           portions
           ;
           namely
           of
           those
           that
           openly
           renounced
           the
           established
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           others
           whose
           certaine
           number
           could
           not
           be
           assigned
           :
           Because
           they
           frequented
           our
           service
           ,
           our
           Sacramēts
           ,
           reserving
           their
           hearts
           to
           their
           Lord
           God
           the
           Pope
           .
           The
           second
           party
           they
           allot
           to
           the
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           who
           retaine
           yet
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           some
           Reliques
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           The
           third
           Ranke
           and
           largest
           ,
           was
           left
           vnto
           the
           
             Puritans
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           hate
           deadly
           ,
           
           in
           respect
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           hold
           no
           indifferent
           quarter
           with
           Papistry
           .
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           maniple
           ;
           They
           assigne
           to
           the
           
             Politicians
             :
             Huomini
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             Senza
             Dio
             ,
             &
             Senz
             anima
             :
          
           Men
           without
           feare
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           regard
           of
           their
           Soules
           ;
           Who
           busying
           themselves
           onely
           with
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           retaine
           no
           sense
           of
           Religion
           :
           without
           doubt
           ,
           if
           the
           Authors
           of
           this
           partition
           have
           cast
           their
           account
           aright
           ,
           we
           must
           confesse
           ,
           the
           latter
           Broode
           is
           to
           be
           ascribed
           properly
           vnto
           them
           ;
           For
           if
           the
           vndermining
           of
           the
           Parliament
           House
           ,
           the
           scandalizing
           of
           the
           King
           in
           Print
           ,
           who
           is
           Gods
           annoynted
           ;
           And
           the
           refusall
           of
           naturall
           obedience
           ,
           be
           workes
           of
           those
           that
           neither
           stand
           in
           awe
           of
           God
           or
           Conscience
           ;
           well
           may
           the
           Papists
           boast
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           assured
           of
           the
           first
           number
           ;
           and
           may
           presume
           likewise
           of
           the
           lasts
           friendship
           ,
           when
           occasion
           shall
           be
           offered
           ;
           For
           the
           preventing
           of
           which
           combination
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           sure
           way
           to
           cut
           off
           the
           Heads
           ;
           that
           should
           tye
           the
           knot
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           brand
           them
           with
           a
           marke
           in
           the
           forehead
           ,
           before
           they
           be
           dismissed
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           opinion
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           vnwelcome
           to
           the
           faeminine
           Sexe
           ;
           which
           now
           with
           great
           fervency
           imbraceth
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           Arguments
           vented
           in
           ordinary
           discourse
           ,
           by
           many
           who
           suppose
           a
           
             Priests
          
           breath
           to
           be
           contagious
           in
           our
           
             English
          
           Ayre
           ;
           others
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           maintaine
           the
           second
           part
           of
           the
           question
           ,
           with
           reasons
           
           not
           vnworthy
           of
           observance
           .
        
         
           
             Death
             is
             the
             end
             of
             Temporall
             woes
             ;
          
           But
           
             it
             may
             in
             no
             wise
             be
             accounted
             the
             grave
             of
             memory
             ;
          
           Therefore
           howsoever
           it
           is
           in
           the
           power
           of
           Justice
           to
           suppresse
           the
           person
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           the
           opinion
           for
           which
           he
           suffered
           (
           conceived
           truly
           or
           vntruely
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           a
           multitude
           )
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           the
           edge
           of
           any
           swor●
           how
           sharpe
           or
           keene
           soever
           :
           I
           confesse
           that
           the
           Teeth
           are
           soone
           blunted
           ,
           that
           byte
           only
           out
           of
           the
           malice
           of
           a
           singular
           faction
           :
           But
           where
           poyson
           is
           diffused
           through
           the
           veynes
           of
           a
           Common-wealth
           with
           intermixture
           of
           Blood
           ,
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           separation
           is
           to
           be
           made
           rather
           by
           vacuation
           ,
           then
           by
           present
           incision
           :
           The
           greatest
           byter
           of
           a
           State
           is
           
             Envie
          
           ioyned
           with
           thirst
           of
           
             Revenge
             ,
          
           which
           seldome
           declares
           it selfe
           in
           plaine
           Colours
           ,
           vntill
           a
           Jealousie
           conceived
           of
           personall
           dangers
           breaketh
           out
           into
           desperate
           resolutions
           :
           Here
           comes
           it
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           when
           one
           mal-contented
           member
           is
           grieved
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           is
           sensible
           thereof
           ;
           neither
           can
           a
           
             Priest
          
           or
           
             Iesuite
          
           be
           cut
           off
           without
           a
           generall
           murmure
           of
           their
           Secretaries
           ,
           which
           being
           confident
           in
           their
           number
           ,
           secretly
           arme
           for
           opposition
           ,
           or
           confirmed
           with
           their
           Martyrs
           blood
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           are
           perswaded
           )
           resolve
           by
           patience
           and
           sufferance
           to
           glorifie
           their
           cause
           ;
           and
           to
           merit
           heaven
           .
           Doe
           we
           not
           daily
           see
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           easier
           to
           confront
           a
           private
           Enemy
           ,
           then
           a
           society
           or
           Corporation
           :
           And
           that
           the
           hatred
           
           of
           a
           State
           is
           more
           immortall
           then
           the
           spleene
           of
           a
           Monarchy
           ;
           Therefore
           except
           it
           be
           demonstrated
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           
             Roman
          
           City
           which
           consists
           not
           of
           one
           broode
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           succession
           of
           Persons
           may
           be
           cut
           off
           at
           the
           first
           stroake
           ,
           as
           one
           entrei
           head
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           cause
           to
           thinke
           our
           state
           secured
           by
           sitting
           on
           the
           skirts
           of
           some
           few
           
             Seminaries
             ,
          
           leaving
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           a
           multitude
           of
           snarlers
           abroad
           ,
           who
           already
           shew
           their
           Teeth
           and
           onely
           waite
           opportunity
           to
           bite
           fiercely
           .
           I
           will
           not
           deny
           ,
           that
           whom
           we
           feare
           ,
           we
           commonly
           hate
           ;
           provided
           alwaies
           ,
           that
           no
           merit
           hath
           interceeded
           a
           reconciliation
           ;
           For
           there
           is
           great
           difference
           between
           hatred
           conceived
           against
           him
           that
           will
           take
           away
           the
           life
           ,
           and
           him
           that
           may
           justly
           doe
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           Clemency
           forbeares
           to
           put
           it
           in
           effect
           ,
           For
           the
           latter
           breedeth
           reverent
           awe
           ,
           whereas
           the
           former
           subjecteth
           to
           servile
           feare
           ,
           alwaies
           accompanied
           with
           desire
           of
           innovations
           .
           And
           although
           it
           hath
           bin
           affirmed
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ;
             Quod
             Pontificium
             genus
             semper
             crudele
             ;
          
           Neverthelesse
           out
           of
           Charity
           ,
           let
           us
           hope
           that
           all
           Devils
           are
           not
           so
           black
           as
           they
           are
           paynted
           ;
           Some
           or
           perhaps
           many
           of
           them
           there
           are
           ,
           whom
           Conscience
           or
           in
           default
           thereof
           ,
           pure
           shame
           of
           the
           world
           will
           constrain
           to
           confesse
           ,
           that
           his
           Majestie
           most
           graciously
           distinguisheth
           the
           
             Theory
          
           of
           Popery
           ,
           from
           the
           Active
           part
           thereof
           ;
           as
           being
           naturally
           inclined
           ;
           
             Parvis
             peccatis
             
             veniam
             ,
             magnis
             sever
             itatem
             commodare
             ;
             nec
             poena
             semper
             ,
             sed
             Saepius
             poenitentia
             Contentus
             esse
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           Mistaking
           of
           punishments
           ,
           legally
           inflicted
           ,
           commonly
           proceeds
           from
           fond
           pitty
           ,
           or
           the
           interest
           which
           we
           have
           in
           the
           same
           cause
           ,
           both
           which
           beget
           blind
           partiality
           .
           Admit
           then
           that
           the
           Papall
           side
           ,
           affecting
           merit
           ,
           by
           compassion
           may
           be
           meerely
           touched
           ,
           with
           the
           restraint
           of
           their
           
             Seminaries
             ;
          
           that
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           except
           they
           had
           the
           hearts
           of
           
             Tygers
             ;
          
           that
           in
           humanity
           they
           will
           preferre
           their
           ease
           of
           durance
           before
           the
           Rigor
           of
           death
           :
           And
           albeit
           that
           PARSONS
           ,
           BELLARMINE
           ,
           and
           the
           POPE
           himselfe
           ,
           constraine
           their
           spirituall
           Children
           ,
           to
           thrust
           their
           fingers
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           by
           refusing
           the
           
             oath
             of
             alleageance
             :
          
           Notwithstanding
           we
           have
           many
           Testimonies
           in
           Judiciall
           Courts
           ,
           and
           printed
           Bookes
           ,
           that
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           them
           are
           of
           that
           Theban
           Hunters
           mind
           ,
           who
           would
           rather
           have
           seen
           his
           Dogs
           cruell
           Acts
           ,
           then
           have
           felt
           them
           ,
           to
           his
           owne
           cost
           .
        
         
           
             Garnet
          
           himselfe
           also
           in
           one
           of
           his
           secret
           Letters
           lamented
           ,
           that
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           hee
           should
           not
           be
           enroled
           amongst
           the
           Martyrs
           :
           Because
           that
           no
           matter
           of
           Religion
           was
           objected
           against
           him
           ,
           yet
           it
           plainely
           appeares
           in
           his
           demeanure
           ;
           That
           hee
           would
           gladly
           have
           survived
           
           the
           possibility
           of
           that
           glory
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           hope
           had
           remained
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           to
           be
           presumed
           ,
           that
           being
           in
           prison
           ,
           he
           would
           ever
           have
           conceived
           that
           we
           durst
           not
           touch
           his
           Reverence
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Law
           was
           remisse
           ,
           which
           had
           justly
           condemned
           him
           and
           left
           his
           life
           to
           the
           Kings
           mercy
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           distance
           of
           the
           place
           and
           not
           persons
           ,
           that
           interpreted
           the
           sending
           over
           Seas
           of
           the
           
             Priests
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           greater
           Argument
           of
           their
           innocency
           ,
           then
           of
           his
           Majesties
           forbearance
           :
           For
           had
           Father
           
             Parsons
          
           himselfe
           bin
           
             Coram
             nobis
             ,
          
           his
           song
           would
           rather
           have
           been
           of
           mercy
           then
           Justice
           .
           It
           is
           truely
           said
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           all
           instructed
           ,
           
             Better
             by
             examples
             then
             precepts
             ;
          
           Therefore
           if
           the
           Lawes
           printed
           ,
           &
           indictments
           recorded
           cannot
           controle
           the
           Calumniations
           of
           those
           that
           wilfully
           will
           mistake
           Treason
           for
           Religion
           ,
           By
           the
           execution
           of
           2.
           or
           3.
           of
           that
           Backbiting
           number
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           the
           question
           may
           readily
           be
           decided
           ,
           
             Namque
             immedicabile
             vulous
             ense
             recidendum
             est
             ,
             ne
             pars
             sincera
             trahatur
             .
          
        
         
           To
           dally
           with
           Pragmaticall
           Papists
           ,
           especially
           with
           those
           that
           by
           their
           example
           &
           counsell
           pervert
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           a
           poynt
           of
           meere
           Injustice
           :
           For
           what
           comfort
           may
           the
           good
           expect
           when
           the
           bad
           are
           by
           connivence
           freed
           to
           speake
           and
           imboldened
           ,
           to
           put
           their
           disloyall
           thoughts
           in
           execution
           ?
           For
           explaining
           therefore
           of
           my
           meaning
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           
           to
           have
           a
           regard
           vnto
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Kings
           Liege
           people
           ,
           that
           are
           to
           be
           reformed
           by
           example
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           &
           other
           forrayners
           who
           will
           we
           ,
           nill
           we
           ,
           must
           be
           censurers
           of
           our
           actions
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           truly
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Nations
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           wch
           are
           most
           remote
           from
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           are
           more
           superstitiously
           enclined
           to
           the
           dregs
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           then
           the
           neare
           neighbours
           of
           
             Italy
             :
          
           whether
           that
           humour
           proceed
           from
           the
           cōplexion
           of
           the
           
             Northern
          
           bodies
           wch
           is
           naturally
           more
           retentive
           of
           old
           Customes
           ,
           then
           hotter
           Regions
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           vices
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           seated
           on
           7.
           
           Hils
           ,
           are
           by
           crafty
           Ministers
           of
           that
           Sea
           ,
           concealed
           from
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           ,
           Ilist
           not
           now
           discusse
           ,
           but
           most
           certaine
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           of
           this
           Isle
           exceed
           the
           
             Romans
          
           in
           zeale
           of
           their
           profession
           :
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Rome
          
           it selfe
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           
             English
             Fugitives
          
           taxed
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Pichiapetti
             Inglesi
             .
          
           Now
           as
           our
           Countrymen
           take
           surer
           holdfast
           of
           Papall
           Traditions
           ,
           then
           others
           :
           so
           are
           they
           naturally
           better
           fortified
           with
           a
           courage
           to
           endure
           death
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           that
           cause
           ;
           For
           this
           Clymate
           is
           of
           that
           temperature
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           
             Vegetius
          
           holdeth
           it
           fittest
           ,
           to
           choose
           a
           valiant
           souldier
           ,
           where
           the
           heart
           finding
           it self
           provided
           of
           plenty
           of
           blood
           to
           sustain
           sodain
           defects
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           soone
           apprehensive
           of
           death
           or
           dangers
           ,
           as
           where
           the
           store-house
           of
           blood
           being
           small
           ,
           every
           hazard
           maketh
           pale
           Cheeks
           and
           trembling
           hands
           
             (
             Angli
             )
          
           say
           ancient
           writers
           ,
           
             bello
             intrepidi
             ,
             nec
             mortis
             
             sensu
             deterrentur
             :
          
           And
           thereunto
           
             Botero
          
           the
           
             Italian
          
           beareth
           witnesse
           in
           his
           relations
           of
           many
           strangers
           ,
           therefore
           comming
           out
           of
           forraine
           parts
           ,
           among
           the
           Rarities
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           desired
           to
           see
           whether
           report
           hath
           not
           bin
           too
           lavish
           in
           affirming
           that
           our
           condemned
           persons
           yeeld
           their
           bodies
           to
           death
           with
           cheerfulnesse
           .
           And
           were
           it
           not
           that
           by
           daily
           experience
           ,
           we
           can
           call
           our selves
           to
           witnesse
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           J
           could
           produce
           the
           Reverend
           Judge
           
             Fortescue
             ,
          
           who
           in
           commendation
           of
           our
           
             English
             Lawes
             ,
          
           made
           suteable
           ,
           as
           he
           well
           observeth
           ,
           to
           the
           inbred
           conditions
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           this
           Soyle
           ,
           avoweth
           that
           the
           
             English
          
           people
           in
           tryall
           for
           criminall
           causes
           are
           not
           compelled
           by
           Tortures
           to
           confesse
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           Nations
           it
           is
           vsed
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           
             English
          
           is
           known
           to
           be
           lesse
           fearefull
           of
           death
           ,
           then
           of
           Torments
           ,
           for
           which
           cause
           ,
           if
           the
           Torments
           of
           the
           Civill
           Law
           were
           offered
           to
           an
           innocent
           person
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           he
           would
           rather
           yeeld
           himselfe
           guilty
           and
           suffer
           death
           ,
           then
           endure
           the
           horror
           of
           lingring
           paines
           ;
           
             Insulani
             plerumque
             fures
          
           (
           saith
           one
           )
           and
           so
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           Country
           is
           stained
           with
           that
           imputation
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           many
           are
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           others
           ,
           by
           their
           fall
           ,
           might
           learne
           in
           time
           to
           beware
           :
           if
           then
           it
           doth
           appeare
           that
           terror
           prevailes
           not
           to
           keep
           men
           from
           offences
           ,
           which
           are
           condemned
           by
           Law
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           what
           assurance
           can
           there
           be
           to
           scare
           those
           who
           are
           constantly
           satisfied
           in
           their
           minds
           ,
           that
           their
           sufferings
           are
           
           either
           expresly
           or
           by
           implication
           for
           matter
           of
           Religion
           and
           health
           of
           their
           Soules
           ;
           In
           such
           a
           case
           to
           threaten
           death
           to
           
             Englishmen
             ;
             Quibus
             nihil
             interest
             humive
             ,
             sublimive
             putrescant
             ,
          
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           small
           consequence
           ,
           
             Purpuratis
             Gallis
             ,
             Italis
             aut
             Hispanis
             ista
             minitari
             ,
             to
             a
             setled
             resolution
             of
             death
             ,
             menaces
             to
             prolong
             a
             wearisome
             life
             ,
             prevaile
             much
             more
             in
             such
             cases
             .
          
           Rightly
           did
           
             Clement
          
           the
           8th
           consider
           that
           by
           burning
           two
           
             Englishmen
          
           in
           
             Rome
          
           for
           supposed
           Heresie
           ,
           he
           rather
           impaired
           his
           cause
           ,
           then
           bettered
           it
           ;
           Jnsomuch
           that
           many
           present
           at
           the
           resolute
           death
           of
           Mr.
           
           
             Marsh
             ,
          
           who
           was
           brought
           to
           dust
           in
           
             Campo
             di
             Santa
             Fiore
             ,
          
           spared
           not
           to
           proclaime
           him
           for
           a
           
             Martyr
             ,
          
           carried
           away
           of
           his
           ashes
           for
           a
           Relique
           ,
           &
           wished
           their
           soules
           in
           the
           same
           place
           with
           his
           ;
           which
           newes
           brought
           to
           the
           
             Popes
          
           eare
           ,
           caused
           him
           (
           as
           it
           was
           bruted
           about
           in
           
             Rome
          
           )
           solemnly
           protest
           ;
           
             That
             none
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             should
             publiquely
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             ,
             be
             consumed
             with
             fire
             ;
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             if
             we
             read
             the
             volumes
             written
             in
             praise
             of
             their
             Priests
             constancy
             ,
             their
          
           Martyrologie
           
             or
          
           Kalender
           
             of
          
           Martyrs
           ,
           
             and
          
           Path
           way
           of
           salvation
           ,
           
             as
             it
             were
             chalked
             out
             vnto
             the
             Papists
             ,
             by
             sacrificing
             their
             lives
             for
             the
             Pope
             ;
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             by
             taking
             away
             of
             one
             ,
             we
             have
             confirmed
             and
             invited
             many
             ;
             whereof
             I
             could
             give
             particular
             instances
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             any
             scruple
             were
             made
             in
             that
             point
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           forraigne
           parts
           ,
           which
           hold
           with
           the
           
             Papall
             Supremacy
             ,
          
           it
           is
           cleere
           ,
           that
           they
           
           will
           be
           severe
           and
           partiall
           Judges
           in
           this
           cause
           ;
           For
           albeit
           that
           here
           in
           
             England
          
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           all
           true
           and
           loyall
           Subjects
           ;
           that
           for
           matter
           of
           
             Roman
          
           Doctrine
           ,
           no
           mans
           life
           is
           directly
           called
           into
           question
           :
           But
           that
           their
           disobedience
           in
           reason
           of
           State
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           motive
           of
           their
           prosecution
           ;
           Neverthelesse
           where
           a
           great
           Canton
           of
           Christendome
           is
           rooted
           in
           a
           contrary
           opinion
           ,
           &
           things
           in
           this
           world
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           esteemed
           by
           outward
           appearance
           ;
           this
           Land
           cannot
           escape
           malicious
           scandals
           ,
           neithet
           shal
           there
           be
           want
           of
           Colledges
           to
           supply
           their
           faction
           with
           
             Seminaries
             .
          
           Therefore
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           state
           of
           the
           question
           were
           so
           set
           that
           it
           were
           possible
           by
           a
           generall
           execution
           of
           the
           
             Priests
          
           and
           their
           
             Adherents
             ,
          
           to
           end
           the
           controversie
           ,
           J
           could
           in
           some
           sort
           with
           better
           will
           subscribe
           thereunto
           ;
           But
           seeing
           J
           find
           little
           hope
           in
           that
           course
           ,
           J
           hold
           it
           safer
           to
           be
           ambitious
           of
           the
           victory
           ,
           which
           is
           purchased
           with
           lesse
           losse
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           to
           proceed
           ,
           as
           
             Tully
          
           teacheth
           his
           Orator
           ;
           
             who
             when
             he
             cannot
             wholly
             overthrow
             his
             Adversary
             ,
             yet
             ought
             he
             to
             doe
             it
             in
             some
             part
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             endeavour
             to
             confirme
             his
             owne
             party
             in
             the
             best
             manner
             that
             may
             be
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             He
             that
             forbeareth
             to
             sowe
             his
             ground
             in
             expectance
             of
             good
             winde
             ,
             or
             a
             favourable
             Moone
             ,
             commonly
             hath
             a
             poore
             Crop
             ,
             and
             a
             leane
             Purse
             ;
          
           So
           shall
           it
           fare
           with
           this
           state
           ,
           if
           private
           whisperings
           of
           discōtented
           persons
           ,
           that
           neverlearnt
           to
           speak
           well
           ,
           be
           too
           nicely
           regarded
           ;
           yet
           ought
           
           they
           not
           to
           be
           slightly
           set
           at
           nought
           ,
           lest
           our
           credit
           grow
           light
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Ballance
           of
           our
           dearest
           friends
           .
           The
           Papasticall
           Libels
           informe
           against
           vs
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           desirous
           to
           grow
           fat
           with
           sucking
           of
           their
           Blood
           ,
           the
           very
           walls
           of
           their
           
             Seminary
          
           Colledge
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           are
           bedawbed
           with
           their
           lying
           phansies
           ,
           and
           in
           every
           corner
           ,
           the
           Corner-creepers
           leave
           some
           badge
           of
           their
           malicious
           spleen
           against
           vs
           ,
           crying
           out
           of
           cruelty
           and
           persecution
           :
           But
           if
           the
           penalty
           of
           death
           be
           changed
           into
           a
           simple
           indurance
           of
           Prison
           ,
           what
           moate
           can
           they
           find
           in
           our
           eyes
           to
           pull
           out
           ;
           or
           with
           what
           Rhetorick
           can
           they
           defend
           their
           obstinate
           malipertnesse
           ,
           wch
           with
           repaying
           vs
           ill
           for
           good
           ,
           deserve
           to
           have
           coales
           of
           indignation
           powred
           vpon
           their
           heads
           ,
           
             Visne
             muliebre
             consilium
             ,
          
           said
           
             Livia
          
           to
           
             Augustus
             ,
          
           let
           severity
           sleepe
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           try
           what
           alteration
           the
           pardoning
           of
           
             Cinna
          
           mayprocure
           ;
           The
           Emperour
           harkened
           to
           her
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           thereby
           found
           his
           Enemies
           mouthes
           stopt
           ,
           and
           the
           malice
           abated
           ;
           some
           there
           are
           perchance
           ,
           that
           will
           terme
           this
           Clemency
           ,
           innovation
           ,
           and
           vouch
           the
           Precedent
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           who
           permitted
           none
           to
           propound
           new
           Lawes
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           a
           Corde
           about
           their
           necks
           ,
           ready
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           found
           voprofitable
           :
           But
           let
           such
           Stoyicks
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           great
           difference
           between
           the
           penning
           of
           a
           new
           Law
           ,
           and
           advise
           given
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           executing
           it
           ;
           neither
           by
           their
           Leaves
           ,
           are
           all
           Jnnovations
           to
           
           be
           rejected
           ;
           For
           divine
           
             Plato
          
           teacheth
           vs
           ,
           
             that
             in
             all
             Common wealths
             ,
             vpon
             just
             grounds
             ,
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             some
             changes
             ;
          
           And
           that
           
             Statesmen
          
           therein
           must
           behave
           themselves
           like
           skilfull
           Musitians
           ,
           
             Qui
             artem
             Musices
             non
             mutant
             ,
             sed
             musices
             modum
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             That
             an
             evil
             weede
             groweth
             fast
             ,
          
           by
           example
           of
           the
           new
           Catholiques
           increase
           is
           cleerely
           convinced
           ;
           
             But
             he
             that
             will
             ascribe
             this
             generation
             simply
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Heroicall
             vertue
             of
             Clemency
             ,
             argueth
             out
             of
             the
             fallacy
             which
             is
             called
          
           Ignoratio
           Elenchi
           .
           Was
           not
           the
           zeale
           of
           many
           cooled
           towards
           the
           last
           end
           of
           Queene
           
             Elizabeths
          
           Raigne
           ,
           hath
           not
           the
           impertinent
           heate
           of
           some
           of
           our
           owne
           side
           bereft
           us
           of
           part
           of
           our
           strength
           ?
           And
           the
           Papacy
           with
           tract
           of
           time
           gotten
           a
           hard
           skinne
           on
           their
           Consciences
           ;
           
             Parva
             metu
             primo
             ,
             mox
             sese
             attollit
             in
             altum
             :
             But
             if
             we
             will
             with
             a
             better
             insight
             ,
             behold
             how
             this
             great
             quantity
             of
             Spawne
             is
             multiplied
             ,
             we
             must
             especially
             ascribe
             the
             cause
             thereof
             to
             their
             Priests
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             deaths
             prepare
             and
             assure
             more
             to
             their
             sect
             ,
             then
             by
             their
             lives
             they
             could
             ever
             perswade
             .
          
           It
           were
           incivility
           to
           distrust
           a
           friend
           ,
           or
           one
           that
           hath
           the
           shew
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           franckly
           give
           his
           word
           ,
           or
           confirme
           it
           with
           a
           sacred
           Oath
           :
           But
           when
           a
           protestation
           is
           made
           upon
           the
           least
           gaspe
           of
           life
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           great
           effect
           ,
           and
           possesseth
           those
           that
           cannot
           gain
           say
           it
           upon
           
           their
           owne
           knowledge
           .
           
             The
             number
             of
             these
             Priests
             ,
             which
             now
             a
             dayes
             come
             to
             make
             a
             Tragicall
             conclusion
             ,
             is
             not
             great
             ;
          
           Yet
           as
           with
           one
           Seale
           many
           Pattents
           are
           Sealed
           ,
           so
           with
           the
           losse
           of
           few
           lives
           numbers
           of
           wavering
           spirits
           may
           be
           gained
           ,
           
             Sanguis
             martyrum
             semen
             Ecclesiae
             ;
          
           And
           though
           these
           
             Priests
          
           having
           indeed
           a
           disadvantagious
           cause
           ,
           are
           in
           very
           deed
           but
           counterfeit
           Shadowes
           of
           
             Martyrs
          
           unto
           a
           true
           vnderstanding
           ,
           yet
           will
           they
           be
           reputed
           for
           such
           by
           those
           that
           lay
           their
           soules
           to
           pawne
           vnto
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           with
           whom
           ,
           if
           we
           list
           to
           contend
           by
           multitude
           of
           voyces
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           cryed
           down
           ,
           without
           all
           peradventure
           ;
           For
           
             the
             gate
             of
             their
             Church
             is
             wide
             ,
             and
             many
             there
             are
             that
             enter
             thereinto
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             By
             divers
             meanes
             ,
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             come
             to
             one
             and
             the
             selfe-same
             end
             ;
          
           seeing
           that
           then
           the
           some
           of
           our
           welwishings
           is
           all
           one
           ;
           
             Namely
             that
             Popish
             Priests
             may
             have
             no
             power
             to
             doe
             harme
             ;
          
           It
           is
           not
           impertinent
           to
           try
           sundry
           pathes
           ,
           which
           may
           leade
           vs
           to
           the
           perfecting
           of
           our
           desires
           .
           Politicians
           distinguish
           ;
           
             Inter
             rempub
             :
             constitutā
             &
             rempub
             :
             constituend
             :
          
           According
           to
           the
           severall
           natures
           whereof
           ,
           Statists
           are
           to
           dispose
           of
           their
           Counsels
           and
           Ordinances
           .
           Were
           now
           the
           
             Rhemists
          
           and
           
             Romulists
          
           new
           hatched
           out
           of
           the
           shell
           ,
           the
           former
           course
           of
           severity
           might
           soone
           bury
           
           their
           opinions
           with
           their
           persons
           ;
           But
           sithence
           the
           disease
           is
           inveterated
           ,
           variety
           of
           Medicines
           is
           Judiciously
           to
           be
           applyed
           .
           The
           
             Romans
          
           did
           not
           punish
           all
           Crimes
           of
           one
           and
           the
           selfe-same
           nature
           with
           extremity
           of
           death
           ;
           For
           some
           they
           condemned
           to
           perpetuall
           Prison
           ,
           and
           others
           they
           banished
           into
           an
           Island
           ,
           or
           some
           remote
           Country
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           were
           very
           tender
           to
           dip
           their
           fingers
           in
           Blood
           ;
           For
           when
           
             Cato
          
           was
           Consul
           ,
           and
           it
           seemed
           good
           vnto
           the
           
             Senate
          
           to
           suppresse
           with
           violence
           the
           disordered
           
             Ceremony
          
           of
           the
           
             Bacchanals
             ,
          
           brought
           by
           a
           strange
           
             Priest
          
           into
           the
           City
           ;
           He
           withstood
           that
           Sentence
           ,
           alleadging
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           so
           apt
           ,
           to
           deceive
           men
           as
           
             Religion
             ;
          
           which
           alwaies
           presents
           a
           shew
           of
           Divinity
           ;
           And
           for
           that
           cause
           ,
           it
           behoved
           to
           be
           very
           wary
           in
           chastizing
           the
           professors
           thereof
           ,
           lest
           any
           indignation
           should
           enter
           into
           the
           Peoples
           mindes
           ,
           that
           somewhat
           was
           derogated
           from
           the
           Majestie
           of
           GOD
           .
           Others
           more
           freely
           ,
           have
           not
           spared
           to
           place
           Religion
           (
           J
           meane
           that
           Religion
           which
           is
           ignorantly
           zealous
           )
           amongst
           the
           kinds
           of
           Frensie
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           to
           bee
           cured
           otherwise
           then
           by
           time
           ,
           given
           to
           divert
           or
           qualifie
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Conceit
           ;
        
         
           Tantum
           Religio
           potuit
           suadere
           malorum
           !
        
         
         
           Howsoever
           ,
           in
           valuing
           the
           power
           of
           a
           city
           ,
           or
           strength
           of
           Arguments
           ,
           quality
           ,
           and
           worth
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           number
           :
           
             Neverthelesse
             ,
          
           where
           the
           uttermost
           of
           our
           force
           is
           not
           known
           ,
           it
           imports
           much
           to
           have
           it
           conceived
           ,
           that
           the
           multitude
           stands
           for
           us
           ;
           for
           doubts
           and
           suspitions
           cast
           in
           an
           Enemies
           way
           ,
           evermore
           make
           things
           seeme
           greater
           ,
           &
           more
           difficulty
           thā
           they
           are
           indeed
           ;
           we
           have
           by
           Gods
           mercy
           ,
           the
           sword
           of
           justice
           drawne
           on
           our
           behalfe
           ,
           which
           upon
           short
           warning
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           disunite
           the
           secret
           Vnderminers
           of
           our
           quiet
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           King
           zealous
           for
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           needeth
           not
           to
           feare
           lesse
           successe
           in
           shutting
           up
           of
           
             Priests
             ,
          
           then
           our
           late
           
             Queen
          
           had
           in
           restraining
           them
           in
           
             Wisbich
             Castle
             ;
          
           where
           lest
           their
           factious
           spirits
           should
           grow
           rusty
           ,
           they
           converted
           their
           Canker
           to
           fret
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           and
           vomiting
           out
           gall
           in
           
             quodlibets
             ,
          
           shewed
           that
           their
           Disease
           was
           chiefly
           predominant
           in
           the
           spleen
           .
           Whattempests
           they
           have
           raised
           in
           their
           Colledge
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           their
           owne
           bookes
           ,
           and
           many
           
             Travellers
          
           can
           witnesse
           ;
           The
           storme
           whereof
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           
             Sextus
             Quintus
          
           complained
           seriously
           of
           the
           vexation
           ,
           which
           he
           received
           oftner
           from
           the
           
             English
             schollers
             ,
          
           then
           
             all
             the
             Vassals
             of
             his
             Triple
             Crowne
             .
          
           And
           untruly
           is
           the
           Magistrate
           noted
           of
           
             negligence
             ,
          
           or
           overmuch
           
             severity
             ,
          
           that
           layeth
           waite
           to
           catch
           the
           Foxes
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           Foxes
           ,
           which
           spoile
           the
           
           
             Vinyard
             ;
          
           Though
           afterwards
           without
           further
           punishment
           ,
           he
           reserve
           them
           to
           the
           day
           ,
           wherein
           God
           will
           take
           account
           of
           their
           
             Stewardship
             .
          
           For
           if
           
             Aristotles
          
           City
           defined
           to
           be
           a
           society
           of
           men
           ,
           assembled
           to
           live
           well
           ,
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           in
           our
           Law
           hath
           reference
           to
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           poore
           in
           peace
           :
           so
           long
           as
           we
           taste
           of
           the
           sweet
           of
           a
           peaceable
           Government
           ;
           we
           cannot
           say
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           live
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           City
           consisting
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Walls
           ,
           is
           happily
           guided
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           An
           Oath
           is
           a
           weake
           Band
           to
           containe
           him
           that
           will
           ,
           for
           pretended
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           hold
           no
           Faith
           with
           Hereticks
           ,
           or
           by
           absolution
           from
           a
           Priest
           ,
           thinketh
           himselfe
           at
           liberty
           to
           flye
           from
           any
           promise
           ,
           or
           protestation
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           when
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             Watsone
             the
             Priest
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           his
           invectives
           against
           the
           
             Jesuites
             ,
          
           gained
           liberty
           to
           forge
           his
           trayterous
           inventions
           ,
           and
           had
           others
           of
           his
           society
           in
           the
           complot
           :
           I
           judge
           it
           safer
           to
           make
           Recluses
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           suffer
           such
           to
           dally
           with
           us
           by
           Bookes
           ,
           and
           some
           idle
           intelligences
           cast
           abroad
           onely
           ,
           as
           a
           Mist
           to
           
           bleare
           our
           eyes
           :
           but
           how
           shall
           we
           find
           the
           meanes
           to
           apprehend
           those
           disguised
           
             Romanists
             ,
          
           that
           borrow
           the
           shapes
           of
           
             Captaines
             ,
             Marchants
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
          
           and
           a●l
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           equivocation
           ,
           may
           deny
           themselves
           to
           be
           themselves
           ?
           In
           answer
           to
           this
           question
           ,
           I
           will
           first
           shew
           the
           Reason
           ,
           why
           they
           are
           not
           pursued
           and
           taken
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           make
           an
           overture
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           be
           boulted
           out
           of
           their
           Hutches
           .
           The
           Nature
           of
           Man
           ,
           howsoever
           in
           hot
           bloud
           it
           be
           thirsty
           of
           revenge
           ;
           in
           a
           cooler
           temper
           ,
           it
           hath
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Nausea
             ,
          
           as
           I
           may
           call
           it
           ,
           or
           a
           distaste
           of
           taking
           away
           of
           the
           lives
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           Nocent
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           in
           all
           
             Assizes
             and
             Sessions
             ,
          
           an
           offender
           can
           hardly
           be
           condemned
           ,
           whom
           the
           foolish
           pitty
           of
           many
           will
           not
           after
           a
           sort
           excuse
           ,
           with
           laying
           some
           imputations
           on
           the
           
             Judge
             ,
          
           part
           on
           the
           Jury
           ,
           and
           much
           on
           the
           Accuser
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           their
           blind
           affection
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Prisoner
          
           who
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           was
           never
           recommended
           for
           handsomnesse
           ,
           will
           be
           esteemed
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           the
           properest
           men
           in
           the
           company
           :
           from
           hence
           it
           comes
           ,
           that
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             Serjeant
             ,
             or
             a
             Pursevant
             is
             odious
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Executioner
           ,
           although
           he
           be
           the
           hand
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           is
           esteemed
           no
           better
           then
           an
           Enemy
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           lost
           honesty
           and
           Humanity
           in
           his
           Cradle
           .
           Reverend
           
             Master
             Foxe
          
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           Spyes
           
           accusers
           ,
           where
           necessary
           
             Members
          
           in
           a
           
             Commonwealth
             ,
          
           and
           deserved
           to
           be
           cherished
           ,
           but
           for
           his
           owne
           part
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           be
           of
           any
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           or
           wish
           his
           friends
           to
           affect
           such
           impliments
           ,
           and
           albeit
           that
           the
           Law
           permits
           and
           commands
           every
           man
           to
           apprehend
           a
           Fellon
           ;
           doe
           we
           not
           commonly
           see
           very
           many
           content
           to
           stand
           by
           and
           looke
           on
           ,
           while
           others
           performe
           that
           office
           ?
        
         
           Likewise
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           if
           such
           as
           are
           tender
           of
           their
           reputations
           ,
           be
           very
           scrupulous
           ,
           personally
           to
           
             arrest
             men
          
           for
           civill
           actions
           of
           debt
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           more
           unwilling
           instruments
           of
           drawing
           their
           bodies
           to
           the
           
             Racke
             ,
             or
             the
             Gallowes
             ;
          
           especially
           when
           their
           is
           any
           colour
           of
           
             Religion
          
           to
           be
           pretended
           in
           their
           defence
           ;
           The
           diversity
           of
           mens
           faces
           is
           great
           ,
           but
           the
           difference
           of
           their
           minds
           in
           this
           Case
           is
           more
           variable
           ,
           wherein
           the
           meanest
           have
           thought
           as
           free
           as
           the
           highest
           ,
           besides
           this
           ,
           there
           are
           too
           many
           of
           the
           blind
           
             Commonalty
             ,
          
           altogether
           
             Popish
             ,
          
           though
           not
           reconciled
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           in
           their
           foolish
           ignorance
           ,
           will
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           pitty
           any
           should
           dye
           for
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           though
           indeed
           they
           make
           honourable
           amends
           for
           their
           Treason
           ;
           verily
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           what
           misgiving
           of
           their
           mind
           ?
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           maketh
           men
           forecast
           the
           possibility
           of
           alteration
           in
           matters
           of
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           for
           that
           respect
           ,
           they
           are
           exceeding
           backward
           ,
           in
           discovery
           and
           laying
           hands
           on
           
             Seminaries
             ,
          
           
           yea
           ,
           and
           are
           timorous
           ,
           in
           enacting
           sharpe
           Lawes
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           silently
           say
           among
           themselves
           ,
           
             Sors
             hodierna
             mihi
             ;
             cras
             erit
             illa
             tibi
             :
             some
          
           also
           survive
           ,
           who
           remember
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Queene
             Maries
          
           time
           ,
           the
           
             Protestants
          
           alleadged
           a
           Text
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Tares
          
           should
           not
           be
           plucked
           up
           before
           
             Harvest
             :
          
           Nay
           ,
           shall
           I
           speak
           a
           Bugges
           word
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           small
           number
           ,
           that
           stand
           doubtfull
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           gratefull
           worke
           to
           crosse
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           or
           that
           it
           may
           be
           done
           safely
           without
           a
           sowle
           aspersion
           of
           
             Puritanisme
             ,
          
           or
           a
           shrewd
           turn
           ,
           for
           their
           labours
           at
           some
           times
           ,
           or
           other
           :
           By
           which
           unhappy
           ambiguity
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           these
           ,
           
             Animalia
             amphibia
             ,
          
           the
           
             Priests
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             prey
             on
             the
             soules
             and
             bodies
             of
             either
          
           Sex
           ,
           unattached
           revell
           where
           they
           list
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           no
           more
           seene
           ,
           then
           a
           man
           dancing
           in
           a
           net
           .
           How
           much
           fitter
           were
           it
           for
           us
           couragiously
           to
           invite
           them
           to
           our
           party
           ,
           by
           
             Preaching
             ,
             or
             confuting
             them
             by
             writing
             ,
          
           and
           unto
           the
           state
           wherein
           we
           stand
           ,
           wisely
           to
           apply
           the
           exhortation
           of
           the
           
             Assyrian
          
           King
           to
           his
           
             souldiers
             ,
          
           you
           are
           fooles
           (
           quoth
           he
           )
           if
           there
           be
           any
           hope
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           to
           redresse
           
             sorrow
             ,
          
           by
           flight
           ,
           or
           rather
           endeavour
           to
           make
           them
           flie
           that
           are
           the
           causers
           of
           your
           griefe
           ,
           assuring
           your selves
           ,
           that
           more
           perish
           in
           flight
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           battle
           ,
           even
           as
           many
           seeking
           to
           meete
           the
           Papists
           halfe
           way
           ,
           discomfort
           our
           owne
           party
           .
        
         
         
           9.
           
           It
           followeth
           now
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Methode
           prescribed
           before
           ,
           that
           an
           overture
           be
           made
           ,
           how
           to
           get
           the
           
             Jesuites
          
           and
           their
           shaddowes
           ,
           the
           
             Priests
          
           into
           possession
           :
           it
           hath
           bin
           heretofore
           recited
           ,
           that
           the
           unwelcome
           name
           of
           a
           Blood-sucker
           ,
           a
           Busiebody
           ,
           or
           a
           Puritane
           hath
           bin
           shrewd
           
             scarecrowes
          
           unto
           many
           honest
           minds
           ,
           by
           abrogating
           therefore
           of
           those
           or
           such
           like
           imputations
           ,
           many
           will
           be
           stirred
           up
           to
           undertake
           the
           apprehending
           of
           the
           
             Adversaries
          
           unto
           the
           truth
           :
           especially
           ,
           when
           for
           their
           paines
           and
           time
           imployed
           ,
           they
           shall
           deserve
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           titles
           of
           good
           
             Patriots
             ,
             dutifull
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             zealous
             Christians
             :
          
           how
           ready
           is
           every
           common
           person
           to
           carry
           a
           
             Malefactor
             to
             the
             stokes
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           to
           the
           goale
           or
           Execution
           ,
           and
           doubtlesse
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           no
           lesse
           forward
           to
           attach
           a
           Priest
           when
           they
           are
           assured
           that
           the
           worst
           of
           his
           punishment
           shal
           be
           a
           simple
           restraint
           within
           the
           walls
           of
           some
           old
           Castle
           .
           A
           certaine
           kind
           of
           People
           there
           is
           ,
           with
           whom
           mony
           playes
           a
           more
           forcible
           Orators
           part
           ,
           then
           any
           perswasion
           of
           the
           dutifull
           service
           ,
           which
           they
           owe
           to
           their
           Common-wealth
           :
           These
           men
           will
           not
           be
           negligent
           to
           give
           intelligence
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           procure
           it
           faithfully
           provided
           ,
           that
           reward
           may
           helpe
           to
           line
           their
           thred-bare
           purses
           ,
           and
           exempt
           them
           from
           need
           to
           sell
           
           liberty
           unto
           
             Seminaries
             :
          
           and
           where
           assurance
           of
           gaine
           is
           propounded
           ,
           for
           discovery
           what
           Master
           or
           Housekeeper
           will
           trust
           his
           servant
           with
           keeping
           of
           his
           Priest
           ,
           or
           sleepe
           quietly
           while
           he
           is
           engaged
           to
           the
           danger
           of
           a
           Mercenary
           ?
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Italy
          
           it
           was
           often
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           bountifull
           hand
           of
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Walsingham
             ,
          
           made
           his
           
             intelligencers
             so
             active
             ,
          
           that
           a
           Seminary
           could
           scarcely
           stirre
           out
           of
           the
           Gates
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           without
           his
           privitie
           :
           which
           successe
           ,
           by
           mediation
           of
           Gold
           ,
           may
           as
           readily
           be
           obtained
           from
           
             Sivill
             ,
             Valcdolid
             ,
             Doway
             ,
             Lovaine
             ,
             Paris
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
          
           and
           by
           forewarning
           given
           of
           their
           approach
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           waited
           for
           at
           the
           Ports
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           ,
           soone
           conveied
           to
           a
           safe
           Lodging
           .
           But
           whence
           shall
           the
           streame
           follow
           that
           must
           feed
           this
           bounty
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           doubt
           easily
           satisfied
           .
           If
           some
           thousands
           of
           pounds
           out
           of
           the
           
             Recusants
             penalties
          
           be
           reserved
           in
           stock
           ,
           and
           committed
           by
           his
           
             Majesty
          
           into
           the
           disposition
           of
           zealous
           distributers
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           afraid
           to
           conclude
           
             Perdat
             fiscus
             ut
             capiat
             Christus
             :
             neither
             need
             we
             seeke
             any
             further
             succour
             to
             repaire
             decayed
             Castles
             ,
             and
             therein
             to
             defray
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Priests
             ,
          
           with
           a
           sure
           guard
           to
           keepe
           them
           :
           then
           the
           foresaid
           forfeitures
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           LAVV
           may
           bee
           collected
           :
           
           which
           course
           ,
           if
           ever
           it
           come
           happily
           to
           bee
           entertained
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Recusancy
          
           cause
           to
           be
           an
           ignominous
           prey
           to
           the
           subjects
           ,
           the
           proceedings
           for
           Religion
           shall
           be
           lesse
           blamed
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           altogether
           unjustly
           accused
           ,
           by
           any
           gracelesse
           ,
           
             Gretzerus
             or
             Cacodaemon
             ,
             Johannes
             ,
          
           tincting
           their
           pennes
           in
           Gall
           ,
           and
           vineger
           ,
           For
           besides
           occasion
           of
           calumniation
           ,
           given
           by
           suites
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           many
           Recusants
           that
           would
           be
           indicted
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           effecting
           of
           the
           project
           aforesaid
           ,
           shall
           escape
           without
           punishment
           ,
           and
           be
           borne
           out
           against
           the
           power
           of
           a
           private
           person
           ,
           begging
           them
           to
           no
           other
           purpose
           ,
           then
           hath
           heretofore
           bin
           used
           ,
           and
           albeit
           the
           penalty
           be
           rated
           at
           xxl
           a
           moneth
           ,
           yet
           was
           it
           never
           the
           Law-makers
           intent
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           was
           not
           able
           to
           pay
           so
           great
           a
           summe
           ,
           should
           goe
           scot-free
           .
           But
           that
           according
           to
           the
           proportion
           of
           their
           abilitie
           ,
           they
           should
           doe
           the
           penance
           of
           their
           purses
           for
           their
           disobedience
           ;
           whereas
           now
           (
           if
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           credited
           )
           the
           poorer
           sort
           is
           skipt
           over
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           ought
           no
           soules
           to
           God
           ,
           nor
           duty
           to
           their
           Soveraigne
           ,
           a
           poore
           man
           ,
           saith
           one
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           pittied
           ,
           if
           he
           offend
           thorow
           necessity
           :
           but
           he
           doe
           amisse
           voluntarily
           ,
           he
           is
           more
           severely
           to
           be
           chastised
           ;
           forasmuch
           ,
           as
           wanting
           friends
           ,
           and
           meanes
           to
           beare
           him
           out
           ,
           it
           sheweth
           that
           his
           fault
           proceedeth
           from
           presumption
           .
        
         
         
           10.
           
           Let
           us
           now
           presuppose
           that
           all
           the
           whole
           Regiment
           of
           
             Iesuites
             and
             Seminaries
             ,
          
           were
           lodged
           in
           safe
           custody
           ,
           may
           we
           then
           perswade
           our selves
           
             that
             Popery
             will
             vanish
             like
             a
             dumb
             shew
             ?
          
           I
           am
           cleerly
           resolved
           ,
           that
           though
           it
           receive
           a
           great
           
             Eclipse
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           ,
           without
           other
           helpes
           ,
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           
             Antichrist
          
           will
           onely
           lye
           hidden
           as
           a
           
             weed
             ,
             that
             seemes
             withered
             in
             winter
             ,
          
           and
           is
           ready
           to
           sprout
           out
           with
           the
           Spring
           .
           Temporall
           Armes
           are
           Remedies
           serving
           for
           a
           time
           :
           but
           the
           Spirituall
           sword
           is
           permanent
           in
           operation
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           invisible
           blow
           workes
           more
           then
           Mortall
           man
           can
           imagine
           .
           
             The
             word
             of
             God
             carryeth
             this
             two
             edged
             weapon
             in
             its
             mouth
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             by
             faithfull
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whom
             pure
             zeale
             ,
             without
             respect
             to
             wordly
             promotion
             or
             persons
             ,
             ought
             to
             encourage
             .
          
           Of
           Judges
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           
             Estote
             fortes
             ,
          
           and
           daily
           we
           see
           that
           sitting
           in
           their
           judiciall
           seates
           ,
           God
           inspireth
           them
           with
           greater
           courage
           ,
           then
           whē
           ,
           as
           private
           Persons
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           give
           their
           opinions
           :
           No
           lesse
           is
           the
           power
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           in
           his
           servants
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           the
           Pulpit
           are
           to
           deliver
           his
           Embassage
           .
           Let
           them
           therefore
           not
           be
           dismai'd
           to
           speak
           out
           plainly
           ,
           and
           tell
           the
           truth
           without
           running
           a
           middle
           course
           betweene
           heate
           &
           cold
           .
           Unprofitable
           descanting
           upon
           the
           Scripture
           with
           an
           old
           Postell
           ,
           or
           for
           want
           
           of
           better
           matter
           ,
           waste
           the
           poore
           time
           shut
           up
           in
           an
           houre
           Glasse
           ,
           with
           skirmishing
           against
           the
           worthy
           Pillars
           of
           our
           owne
           profession
           .
           Rumour
           which
           is
           ever
           ready
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           evill
           ,
           hath
           raised
           a
           secret
           ,
           though
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           )
           a
           causelesse
           suspition
           ;
           that
           there
           should
           be
           some
           secret
           combination
           under
           hand
           ,
           by
           changing
           the
           state
           of
           Questions
           ,
           to
           put
           us
           in
           our
           old
           dayes
           ,
           to
           learne
           a
           new
           Catechisme
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           haue
           brought
           us
           out
           of
           conceit
           
             with
             the
             Reverend
             Interpreters
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
          
           to
           use
           us
           then
           ,
           as
           the
           Wolves
           (
           mentioned
           in
           
             Demosthenes
             Apologie
          
           )
           handled
           the
           Shepheards
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           delivered
           up
           their
           Dogs
           .
           Most
           sacred
           was
           that
           Speech
           of
           our
           most
           gracious
           King
           concerning
           
             Vorstius
             ;
          
           he
           that
           will
           speake
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           let
           him
           speake
           the
           Language
           of
           
             Canaan
             .
          
           How
           can
           we
           draw
           others
           to
           our
           Church
           ;
           if
           we
           cannot
           agree
           ,
           where
           ,
           or
           how
           to
           lay
           our
           Foundation
           ?
           Or
           how
           may
           we
           cleanse
           the
           Leprous
           Disease
           of
           dissension
           ,
           which
           the
           Papists
           ,
           which
           are
           least
           assured
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           most
           doubtfull
           of
           their
           salvation
           ,
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           ascribe
           unto
           many
           of
           us
           ?
           I
           would
           not
           have
           Ministers
           indiscreet
           ,
           like
           Dogs
           ,
           to
           bark
           against
           all
           ,
           whether
           they
           know
           ,
           or
           know
           them
           not
           .
           I
           like
           better
           the
           opinion
           of
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           who
           adviseth
           those
           that
           stand
           in
           guard
           of
           a
           place
           ,
           to
           be
           curst
           ;
           onely
           to
           such
           as
           are
           about
           to
           endammage
           the
           City
           .
           If
           Pursevants
           ,
           and
           other
           civill
           Officers
           ,
           would
           learne
           to
           keepe
           this
           rule
           ,
           they
           
           might
           goe
           about
           their
           businesse
           ,
           with
           much
           credit
           .
           The
           imagined
           feare
           of
           inviting
           the
           
             Romish
          
           faction
           ,
           by
           force
           to
           deliver
           their
           ghostly
           Fathers
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           move
           me
           not
           a
           whit
           ;
           For
           I
           cannot
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           esteeme
           them
           at
           so
           deare
           a
           price
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           runne
           the
           hazard
           ,
           by
           freeing
           others
           out
           of
           hold
           ,
           to
           put
           themselves
           into
           their
           places
           .
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           of
           straw
           is
           a
           head
           good
           enough
           for
           a
           discontented
           Multitude
           .
           That
           the
           Papists
           are
           very
           Cholericke
           ,
           it
           appeares
           sufficiently
           by
           their
           writings
           :
           yet
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           send
           those
           curst
           Cowes
           short
           hornes
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           could
           not
           finde
           a
           man
           of
           sufficiency
           to
           serve
           their
           turne
           ,
           they
           were
           faine
           to
           doe
           homage
           to
           
             Garnets
             straw
             ;
             forgetfull
             as
             they
             are
             ,
          
           that
           such
           stubble
           cannot
           endure
           the
           tryall
           of
           fire
           ;
           but
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           doers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Professors
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           let
           
             this
             remaine
             as
             a
             memorable
             Theoreme
             :
             Religion
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             good
             Order
             ;
             good
             Order
             ,
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             prosperous
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             happy
             successe
             in
             all
             Counsels
             ,
             and
             enterprises
             ;
          
           wherefore
           in
           what
           estate
           soever
           ,
           their
           wanteth
           good
           Order
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           evident
           Argument
           ,
           that
           Religion
           goes
           backward
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           I
           have
           ever
           held
           it
           for
           a
           kind
           of
           injustice
           ,
           to
           omit
           the
           executiō
           of
           mean
           laws
           ,
           made
           to
           prevent
           the
           effects
           of
           idlenesse
           ,
           &
           then
           to
           apply
           main
           extremity
           of
           the
           sword
           ,
           whē
           the
           proling
           habit
           gotten
           by
           
             the
          
           vice
           comes
           to
           light
           .
           No
           lesse
           is
           the
           course
           uncharitable
           (
           with
           par-don
           
           for
           this
           presumption
           be
           it
           spoken
           ,
           when
           wee
           spare
           them
           that
           have
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           censure
           those
           that
           can
           give
           account
           of
           somewhat
           tending
           to
           that
           purpose
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           is
           in
           misery
           must
           be
           borne
           withall
           if
           he
           speak
           miserably
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           child
           from
           his
           Mothers
           Brest
           hath
           suckt
           nothing
           but
           
             Popery
             ,
          
           a
           man
           had
           need
           to
           be
           angry
           with
           discretion
           ,
           if
           he
           heare
           him
           speake
           in
           the
           voyce
           of
           a
           
             Papist
             .
          
           God
           calleth
           some
           by
           miracle
           ;
           but
           the
           ordinary
           meanes
           in
           his
           Word
           :
           if
           that
           means
           ,
           in
           many
           places
           of
           this
           Land
           be
           wanting
           ;
           of
           what
           Religion
           is
           it
           likeliest
           ,
           the
           people
           will
           be
           ?
           I
           suppose
           ,
           that
           few
           men
           will
           gainsay
           my
           assertion
           ,
           that
           outward
           sense
           will
           direct
           them
           to
           Popery
           which
           is
           fuller
           of
           Pageants
           ,
           then
           of
           spirituall
           doctrine
           .
           And
           what
           is
           the
           cause
           ,
           that
           after
           so
           many
           yeares
           of
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           people
           still
           retaine
           a
           sent
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             perfume
             ?
          
           The
           
             cause
             is
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             formall
             obedience
             of
             comming
             to
             Church
             ,
             hath
             bin
             more
             expected
             ,
             then
             the
             instruction
             of
             private
             families
             ;
             publique
             Catechising
             is
             of
             great
             vse
             ,
             but
             the
             first
             elements
             thereof
             are
             to
             be
             learnt
             at
             home
             :
             and
          
           these
           ,
           which
           we
           learn
           from
           our
           Parents
           ,
           stick
           most
           surely
           in
           our
           minds
           .
           What
           was
           the
           cause
           why
           the
           
             Spartans
          
           continued
           their
           governmēt
           so
           many
           Revolutions
           of
           times
           ,
           without
           mutations
           ?
           
             Histories
          
           record
           ,
           that
           learning
           their
           Countrie
           Customes
           from
           their
           infancy
           ,
           they
           
           would
           not
           be
           induced
           to
           alter
           them
           ;
           And
           in
           this
           our
           native
           soyle
           ,
           we
           perceive
           that
           the
           common
           Lawes
           which
           relye
           on
           antient
           Customes
           ,
           are
           better
           observed
           then
           late
           Statutes
           of
           what
           worth
           soever
           they
           be
           :
           so
           doth
           it
           fare
           with
           the
           poore
           People
           ,
           
             which
             being
             once
             seasoned
             with
             the
             old
             Dregs
             of
             Papisme
             ,
             will
             hardly
             be
             drawne
             from
             it
             :
             till
             the
             Learning
             of
             the
             true
             Faith
             be
             growne
             to
             a
             Custome
             .
          
           I
           will
           prescribe
           no
           order
           of
           aff●ires
           ,
           to
           effect
           this
           ;
           But
           I
           suppose
           ,
           that
           the
           antient
           laudable
           course
           by
           the
           Bishops
           confirmation
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           fulfill
           so
           great
           a
           taske
           ;
           the
           
             Ministers
          
           must
           and
           ought
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           principall
           and
           immediate
           hāds
           to
           give
           assistance
           to
           so
           gratious
           a
           worke
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           ,
           any
           be
           defective
           in
           their
           duty
           ,
           the
           
             Reverend
             Bishops
          
           may
           take
           notice
           thereof
           in
           their
           Visitations
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           it
           will
           be
           thought
           a
           hard
           taske
           to
           constraine
           old
           People
           to
           learne
           the
           
             A.
             B.
             C.
             of
             their
             Christian
             Beliefe
             .
          
           But
           how
           hard
           soever
           it
           be
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           no
           incivility
           to
           prepare
           people
           of
           all
           Ages
           for
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           heaven
           .
           By
           the
           order
           contained
           in
           the
           
             Booke
             of
             Common
             prayer
             ,
             on
             Sundayes
             and
             Holidayes
             ,
             halfe
             an
             houre
             before
             the
             Evensong
             ,
             the
             Curate
             of
             every
             Parish
             ought
             to
             examine
             Children
             sent
             vnto
             him
             in
             some
             points
             of
             the
             Catechisme
             ,
             and
             all
             Fathers
             ,
             Mothers
             ,
             Masters
             ,
             and
             Dames
             should
             cause
             their
             Children
             ,
             Apprentises
             ,
          
           and
           
             servants
             ,
          
           to
           resort
           unto
           Church
           ,
           at
           the
           
           time
           appointed
           :
           There
           obediently
           to
           heare
           ,
           and
           be
           ordered
           by
           the
           Cutate
           ;
           untill
           such
           time
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           learnt
           all
           that
           in
           the
           said
           Book
           is
           commanded
           :
           And
           when
           the
           Bishop
           shall
           appoint
           the
           Children
           to
           be
           brought
           before
           him
           ,
           for
           their
           confirmation
           ,
           the
           Curate
           of
           every
           Parish
           shall
           send
           or
           bring
           in
           writing
           ,
           the
           names
           of
           those
           Children
           of
           his
           Parish
           ,
           which
           can
           answer
           to
           the
           Questions
           of
           the
           
             Catechisme
             ;
          
           and
           there
           ought
           none
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Holy
           Communion
           ,
           untill
           such
           time
           as
           he
           can
           say
           his
           
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           and
           be
           confirmed
           :
           many
           times
           I
           have
           stood
           amazed
           ,
           to
           behold
           the
           magnificence
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           Buildings
           ,
           which
           their
           Successors
           as
           this
           day
           are
           not
           able
           to
           keepe
           up
           ;
           But
           when
           J
           cast
           mine
           eyes
           upon
           this
           excellent
           Foundation
           :
           laid
           by
           the
           grave
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           perceive
           their
           children
           neglect
           to
           build
           therupon
           :
           with
           exceeding
           marvaile
           ,
           I
           rest
           almost
           besides
           my selfe
           .
           For
           never
           was
           their
           better
           Ground-plots
           laid
           ,
           which
           hath
           bin
           seconded
           with
           lesse
           successe
           .
           
             It
             was
             not
             the
             hanging
             vp
             of
             the
             Bull
             of
             Pius
             Quintus
             on
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Londons
             doores
             ,
             or
             the
             forbearing
             to
             hang
             vp
          
           Priests
           ,
           
             that
             hath
             wrought
             this
             Apostasie
             :
          
           but
           the
           idlenesse
           ,
           and
           insufficiency
           of
           many
           
             Teachers
             ,
          
           conspiring
           with
           the
           Peoples
           cold
           zeale
           ,
           
             that
             hath
             bin
             the
             contriver
             of
             this
             unhappy
             Web
             .
          
           Untill
           the
           xith
           .
           yeare
           of
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
          
           Raigne
           ,
           a
           Recusants
           name
           was
           scarcely
           knowne
           :
           The
           reason
           was
           ,
           because
           that
           the
           
           
             zeale
             ,
          
           begotten
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Marian
             persecution
             ,
          
           were
           yet
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ;
           And
           the
           late
           Persecutors
           wat
           so
           amazed
           with
           the
           suddaine
           alteration
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           choose
           but
           say
           
             Digitus
             Dei
             est
             hic
             .
          
           In
           those
           dayes
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           emulation
           between
           the
           Clergy
           and
           the
           Laity
           :
           and
           a
           strife
           arose
           ,
           
             whether
             of
             them
             should
             shew
             themselves
             most
             affectionate
             to
             the
             Gospell
             ;
          
           Ministers
           hanted
           the
           houses
           of
           worthiest
           men
           ,
           where
           
             Iesuits
          
           now
           build
           their
           Tabernacles
           ;
           and
           poore
           Country
           Churches
           were
           frequented
           with
           the
           best
           in
           the
           Shire
           .
           The
           Word
           of
           GOD
           was
           pretious
           ,
           Prayer
           and
           Preaching
           went
           hand
           in
           hand
           together
           :
           untill
           Archbishop
           Grindals
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           
             Hatfields
          
           hard
           conceit
           of
           prophecying
           ,
           brought
           the
           flowing
           of
           these
           good
           graces
           to
           a
           still
           water
           :
           The
           name
           of
           a
           Papist
           smelt
           ranck
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           owne
           Nostrills
           ,
           and
           for
           pure
           shame
           to
           be
           accounted
           such
           ,
           they
           
             resorted
             duly
             ,
             both
             to
             our
             Churches
             and
             exercises
             :
             But
             when
             they
             saw
             their
             great
             Coriphaeus
             Sanders
             had
             slily
             pinned
             the
             name
             of
          
           Puritans
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             sleeves
             of
          
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           encountred
           them
           with
           most
           courage
           ,
           &
           perceived
           that
           the
           word
           was
           pleasing
           to
           some
           of
           our
           own
           side
           ,
           they
           took
           hart
           agrace
           to
           set
           litle
           by
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           duty
           to
           their
           
             Soveraign
             ,
          
           therwith
           start
           up
           frō
           among
           us
           ,
           some
           that
           might
           have
           bin
           
             recommended
             for
             their
             zeale
             ,
          
           if
           it
           had
           bin
           
             tempered
          
           with
           discretion
           ,
           
             who
             fore-running
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           took
           upon
           them
           in
           sundry
           places
           
           and
           publikely
           to
           censure
           ,
           whatsoever
           agreed
           not
           with
           their
           private
           conceits
           ,
           with
           which
           crosse
           humours
           vented
           in
           
             Pulpits
             and
             Pamphlets
             ,
          
           most
           men
           grieve
           to
           be
           frozen
           in
           zeale
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           sort
           benummed
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           (
           
             as
             the
             worthy
             Lord
             Keeper
             Bacon
             observed
             in
             those
             dayes
          
           )
           pretended
           a
           little
           sparke
           of
           earnestnesse
           ,
           be
           seemed
           no
           lesse
           then
           red
           fire
           ,
           hot
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           And
           as
           some
           things
           fare
           the
           worse
           ,
           for
           an
           ill
           Neighbours
           sake
           ,
           dwelling
           beside
           them
           ,
           so
           did
           it
           betide
           the
           
             Protestant
             ,
          
           who
           seeking
           to
           curbe
           the
           
             Papist
             ,
          
           or
           reprove
           an
           idle
           Droane
           ,
           was
           incontinently
           branded
           ,
           with
           the
           ignominous
           note
           of
           a
           Precisian
           .
           All
           which
           wind
           ,
           brought
           plenty
           of
           water
           to
           the
           Popes
           Mill
           ,
           and
           there
           will
           most
           men
           grind
           ,
           where
           they
           see
           apparence
           to
           bee
           well
           served
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           If
           without
           great
           inconvenience
           the
           children
           of
           Papists
           could
           be
           brought
           up
           out
           of
           their
           company
           ,
           it
           were
           a
           happy
           turne
           :
           But
           I
           find
           it
           to
           be
           full
           of
           difficulty
           ;
           There
           is
           provision
           made
           to
           avoid
           Popish
           Schoole-masters
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           no
           ward
           against
           Popish
           Schoolemistresses
           ,
           that
           infect
           the
           silly
           Infants
           while
           they
           carry
           them
           in
           their
           Armes
           ,
           which
           moveth
           me
           to
           suppose
           that
           the
           former
           proposition
           to
           examine
           how
           Children
           and
           servants
           are
           brought
           up
           ;
           and
           truly
           to
           certifie
           the
           list
           
           of
           the
           Communicants
           ,
           and
           Recusants
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           readiest
           meanes
           to
           let
           his
           Majesty
           know
           the
           yearly
           increase
           or
           decrease
           of
           the
           church
           in
           every
           
             Diocesse
             :
          
           And
           whosoever
           shall
           send
           his
           children
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           
             Majesties
          
           subjects
           ,
           to
           be
           placed
           in
           
             Monasteries
             ,
             or
             Seminary
             Colledges
             ,
          
           or
           Popishly
           to
           be
           brought
           up
           in
           sorraine
           parts
           :
           I
           thinke
           that
           for
           punishment
           both
           the
           one
           &
           the
           other
           ,
           worthily
           might
           be
           disfranchised
           of
           the
           
             priviledges
             ,
          
           due
           to
           natural
           
             English-men
             ;
          
           so
           far-forth
           ,
           as
           any
           good
           by
           the
           Lawes
           may
           descend
           to
           them
           :
           But
           not
           to
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           penalties
           thereof
           ;
           or
           the
           Regall
           jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Crowne
           .
           J
           know
           well
           that
           contradiction
           is
           odious
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           man
           seeme
           ambitious
           ,
           to
           be
           thought
           more
           understanding
           then
           others
           .
           In
           which
           case
           ,
           the
           
             Spanyard
          
           useth
           onely
           to
           terme
           him
           presumptuous
           ,
           whom
           he
           would
           call
           
             Foole
             ,
          
           if
           civility
           would
           beare
           it
           .
           
             But
             in
             my
             defence
             ,
             I
             hope
             it
             shall
             suffice
             againe
             ,
             to
             revive
             my
             former
             protestation
             ,
             that
             Idiscourse
             by
             the
             way
             of
             proposition
             ,
             rather
             then
             Arrogance
             of
             defining
             any
             thing
             :
             with
             pardon
             therefore
             ,
             may
             I
             be
             permitted
             to
             say
             .
          
           That
           the
           first
           easie
           Law
           of
           xijd
           .
           inflicted
           on
           him
           that
           could
           not
           give
           a
           reasonable
           excuse
           ,
           for
           his
           absence
           from
           Church
           or
           Sundayes
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Ordinances
           ,
           that
           hath
           hitherto
           bin
           enacted
           .
           But
           while
           wee
           sought
           to
           make
           new
           
             Statutes
             ,
          
           savouring
           of
           more
           severity
           ,
           we
           neglected
           the
           old
           ,
           and
           were
           
           loath
           to
           execute
           the
           new
           :
           For
           it
           is
           a
           certaine
           Rule
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           in
           policy
           will
           give
           liberty
           ,
           and
           yet
           seeme
           to
           suppresse
           a
           crime
           ,
           let
           him
           procure
           sharpe
           Lawes
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           ,
           which
           are
           onely
           necessary
           for
           some
           times
           ,
           and
           rare
           occasions
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           ;
           but
           not
           to
           be
           an
           ordinary
           worke
           ,
           for
           every
           day
           of
           the
           Weeke
           .
           Daily
           use
           likewise
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           lesse
           grievous
           to
           punish
           by
           an
           old
           Law
           ,
           then
           by
           a
           new
           :
           
             Forsomuch
             ,
             as
             Truth
             it selfe
             ,
             seldome
             gets
             credit
             without
             proofe
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             free
             the
             people
             of
             suspition
             ,
             that
             new
             Lawes
             are
             not
             rather
             invented
             against
             the
             particular
             persons
             and
             purses
             of
             men
             ,
             then
             against
             the
             corrupt
             manners
             .
          
           By
           force
           of
           which
           reason
           ,
           I
           am
           induced
           to
           conceive
           that
           the
           old
           use
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           contained
           in
           good
           nurture
           ,
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           censures
           will
           much
           more
           prevaile
           to
           muzzell
           Popery
           ,
           then
           any
           fresh
           devises
           whatsoever
           .
           Neither
           doe
           J
           thinke
           it
           blame-worthy
           ,
           to
           affirme
           that
           our
           cause
           hath
           taken
           harme
           ,
           by
           relying
           more
           on
           the
           Temporall
           ,
           then
           the
           Spirituall
           Armes
           .
           For
           while
           we
           trusted
           that
           Capitall
           punishments
           should
           strike
           the
           stroake
           ;
           we
           have
           neglected
           the
           meanes
           ,
           which
           would
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           have
           discharged
           the
           need
           of
           such
           severity
           .
           The
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegeance
          
           is
           not
           offered
           generally
           ,
           to
           servants
           and
           meane
           People
           ;
           who
           if
           they
           had
           taken
           the
           
             Oath
          
           by
           absolution
           of
           a
           
             Priest
             ,
          
           might
           recoyle
           from
           it
           ,
           
           or
           change
           their
           opinion
           at
           leisure
           ,
           without
           any
           ready
           meanes
           to
           discover
           their
           
             Leger-demaine
             :
             that
             Oath
             I
             feare
             will
             not
             bee
             often
             pressed
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             that
             shift
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             how
             can
             it
             be
             tendered
             ?
          
           The
           principall
           Papists
           now
           cover
           themselves
           ,
           in
           the
           crowde
           of
           the
           multitude
           :
           but
           if
           we
           can
           discover
           the
           affection
           of
           the
           
             multitude
             ,
          
           they
           easily
           will
           be
           unmasked
           ,
           and
           being
           singled
           out
           ,
           rest
           ashamed
           of
           their
           nakednesse
           ;
           which
           under
           correction
           of
           better
           judgment
           ,
           may
           be
           effected
           ,
           if
           every
           new
           commer
           ,
           to
           inhabit
           in
           a
           Towne
           ,
           and
           servants
           newly
           entertained
           within
           a
           Weeke
           ,
           or
           xiiij
           .
           dayes
           ,
           be
           caused
           to
           repaire
           to
           the
           Minister
           ,
           there
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           
             Churchwardens
             ,
          
           and
           other
           honest
           men
           ;
           to
           subscribe
           unto
           such
           briefe
           and
           substantiall
           Articles
           concerning
           Faith
           ,
           and
           
             Allegeance
             ,
          
           as
           shall
           be
           according
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           Justice
           ,
           ordained
           to
           distinguish
           the
           
             sheepe
          
           from
           the
           
             Goates
             .
          
           In
           forraine
           Countries
           ,
           every
           Host
           is
           bound
           to
           bring
           his
           Guest
           before
           an
           Officer
           ;
           there
           to
           certifie
           his
           name
           ,
           with
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           comming
           ,
           &
           intended
           time
           of
           his
           abode
           in
           those
           parts
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           he
           stay
           longer
           ,
           
             he
             must
             again
             renew
             his
             Licence
             ,
             so
             curious
             and
             vigilant
             :
             also
             are
             they
             to
             keepe
             their
             Cities
             from
             infection
             ,
             that
             without
             a
             Certificate
             ,
             witnessing
             their
             comming
             from
             wholsome
             places
             ,
             they
             may
             not
             escape
             the
             Lazeretto
             .
             No
             lesse
             ought
             wee
             to
             be
             watchfull
             to
             prevent
             the
             contagion
             of
             our
             Soules
             ,
          
           
           then
           other
           Nations
           are
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           every
           thing
           is
           hard
           ,
           and
           scarcely
           pleasing
           in
           the
           beginning
           :
           But
           with
           time
           ,
           some
           such
           course
           may
           be
           readily
           put
           in
           Execution
           :
           which
           I
           propound
           rather
           as
           matter
           for
           better
           heads
           ,
           to
           worke
           on
           ;
           then
           peremptorily
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           in
           the
           same
           
             Termes
             .
          
        
         
           But
           lest
           any
           charge
           me
           with
           
             Temerity
             ;
          
           that
           when
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           the
           multitudes
           inclination
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           aforesaid
           :
           I
           satisfie
           my selfe
           with
           their
           
             Parrots
          
           Language
           ,
           pronouncing
           it
           knowes
           not
           what
           :
           I
           thinke
           it
           not
           impertinent
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           heretofore
           I
           have
           required
           instructions
           ,
           
             both
             precedent
             and
             subsequent
             ;
          
           and
           am
           ever
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           
             that
             though
             all
             this
             cannot
             be
             done
             at
             once
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             necessary
             alwayes
             to
             be
             doing
             our
             best
             :
             knowing
             ,
             that
             not
             to
             goe
             forwards
             in
             Religion
             ,
             is
             the
             ready
             way
             to
             goe
             backwards
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           the
           outward
           obedience
           of
           comming
           to
           Church
           ,
           that
           discovers
           the
           inward
           thought
           of
           the
           heart
           :
           it
           is
           the
           confession
           of
           the
           Tongue
           that
           must
           utter
           these
           
             secrets
             .
             And
             where
             the
             Curates
             are
             insufficient
             ,
             or
             the
             Parish
             great
             ,
             I
             wish
             they
             had
             Catechistes
             to
             assist
             them
             ,
             maintained
             by
             the
             Purses
             of
             the
             Recusants
             :
          
           which
           Pension
           being
           collected
           for
           Gods
           cause
           ,
           will
           free
           us
           of
           scandall
           ;
           though
           it
           grieve
           them
           to
           pay
           the
           spirituall
           Army
           ,
           waged
           against
           their
           owne
           
             Stratagems
             :
          
           surely
           by
           giving
           them
           way
           in
           petty
           matters
           ,
           they
           are
           growne
           to
           be
           
           very
           masterfull
           in
           their
           party
           :
           
             Plato
          
           affirmeth
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Popular
             state
             proceeded
             from
             the
             Licence
             ,
             which
             the
             people
             took
             to
             make
             immoderate
             Applauses
             in
             the
             Theaters
             :
          
           when
           ,
           as
           by
           arrogating
           that
           immunity
           ,
           without
           contro
           ement
           ,
           in
           place
           of
           their
           Governors
           ,
           and
           perceiving
           the
           
             Nobility
          
           to
           joyne
           with
           them
           in
           the
           same
           passions
           ,
           they
           thought
           their
           Heads
           as
           worthy
           to
           governe
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           those
           that
           were
           made
           out
           of
           the
           selfe-same
           mould
           :
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           while
           we
           suffer
           ignorance
           openly
           to
           maintaine
           such
           petty
           glimpses
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           scarce
           worthy
           ,
           to
           be
           look't
           at
           ,
           and
           in
           small
           matters
           runne
           an
           indifferent
           course
           ,
           which
           neither
           make
           sure
           friends
           ,
           nor
           feeble
           Foes
           ;
           unawares
           they
           take
           the
           bridle
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           eate
           out
           Religion
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           by
           an
           insensible
           
             Gangrena
             .
          
        
         
           
             Principiis
             obsta
             ,
             serò
             ,
             medicina
             paratur
             .
          
           
             Cum
             malaper
             longas
             convaluere
             moras
             .
          
        
         
           For
           by
           sufferance
           of
           breaking
           smaller
           Lawes
           ,
           People
           are
           emboldned
           to
           set
           the
           greater
           at
           nought
           .
        
         
           To
           comprehend
           all
           things
           in
           a
           Law
           ,
           which
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           I
           neither
           hold
           it
           profitable
           nor
           expedient
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           discretion
           to
           provide
           for
           the
           most
           important
           :
           smaller
           matters
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Lawes
           speake
           not
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           commended
           to
           the
           discretion
           
           of
           Parents
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           and
           other
           reverent
           persons
           ,
           who
           by
           example
           and
           advice
           ,
           may
           prepare
           younglings
           ,
           by
           education
           and
           custome
           ,
           to
           obey
           the
           Lawes
           :
           especially
           such
           as
           are
           in
           high
           place
           ought
           ,
           in
           this
           behalfe
           ,
           to
           be
           like
           
             Caesars
             Wife
             .
             Non
             solum
             crimine
             ,
             sed
             etiam
             criminis
             suspitione
             vacare
             ,
          
           and
           with
           circumspection
           to
           behave
           themselves
           ;
           that
           the
           world
           may
           conceive
           ,
           in
           requiring
           obedience
           to
           God
           and
           their
           Soveraigne
           ,
           that
           they
           hold
           the
           multitude
           rather
           for
           companions
           ,
           then
           slaves
           :
           if
           great
           men
           take
           another
           way
           ,
           they
           may
           seduce
           many
           by
           example
           ;
           though
           by
           Words
           they
           expresse
           not
           their
           concealed
           opinions
           ;
           
             Tace
             &
             loquere
             ,
             said
             God
             to
             Moses
             ,
          
           it
           is
           the
           speech
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           utters
           more
           then
           words
           and
           syllables
           :
           And
           in
           our
           common
           Lawes
           ,
           it
           is
           held
           maintenance
           ,
           when
           a
           great
           Personage
           ,
           onely
           by
           his
           presence
           countenanceth
           a
           cause
           .
           Neither
           let
           us
           secure
           our selves
           with
           this
           Argument
           :
           the
           Papists
           are
           plyable
           in
           small
           matters
           ,
           
             ergo
             ,
          
           they
           will
           yeeld
           in
           greater
           ;
           And
           because
           they
           tooke
           no
           Armes
           in
           88.
           therefore
           it
           were
           needlesse
           curiosity
           to
           suspect
           them
           now
           :
           for
           who
           knowes
           not
           ,
           that
           small
           baites
           are
           used
           to
           take
           the
           greatest
           Fish
           ,
           
             vt
             cum
             esca
             una
             etiam
             hamus
             devoretur
             .
          
           Warinesse
           is
           the
           sinewes
           of
           Wisdome
           ,
           and
           nothing
           is
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           secure
           in
           matters
           of
           State
           :
           Therefore
           for
           the
           Lawes
           already
           made
           ,
           I
           wish
           that
           the
           most
           effectuall
           
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           least
           concernes
           life
           ,
           may
           be
           executed
           ;
           For
           better
           it
           were
           not
           to
           make
           them
           ,
           then
           by
           neglect
           to
           set
           them
           at
           liberty
           ;
           seeing
           that
           many
           offences
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           men
           would
           abstaine
           from
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           forbidden
           ,
           but
           when
           a
           strict
           commandement
           is
           avoided
           without
           punishment
           ,
           therout
           springs
           an
           unbridled
           Licence
           ,
           hardly
           to
           be
           reformed
           by
           any
           rigour
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           I
           say
           freely
           ,
           that
           who
           so
           endeth
           his
           dayes
           by
           a
           naturall
           death
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           subject
           to
           receive
           many
           mens
           doomes
           ,
           for
           every
           particular
           offence
           ;
           But
           when
           for
           Religions
           sake
           ,
           a
           man
           triumpheth
           over
           the
           sword
           ,
           that
           one
           eminent
           vertue
           razeth
           out
           the
           memory
           of
           other
           errours
           ,
           and
           placeth
           him
           ,
           that
           so
           dyeth
           ,
           in
           Paradice
           ;
           if
           common
           opinion
           may
           be
           lawfully
           vouched
           ;
           
             which
             glory
             having
             many
             followers
             ,
             and
             admirers
             ,
             awaketh
             even
             dull
             spirits
             to
             affect
             their
             footesteps
             ,
             and
             to
             sell
             their
             lives
             ,
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             the
             same
             cause
             :
          
           J
           need
           not
           envy
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Martyr
           to
           the
           Jesuit
           ;
           for
           his
           cause
           if
           it
           be
           rightly
           weighed
           ,
           will
           blanch
           that
           title
           :
           but
           I
           desire
           to
           have
           all
           those
           Lineaments
           defaced
           ,
           which
           may
           compound
           that
           counterfeit
           Image
           ,
           in
           prosecuting
           of
           which
           purpose
           ,
           if
           J
           have
           failed
           in
           my
           advice
           ,
           and
           by
           confused
           handling
           intricated
           the
           question
           ,
           J
           humbly
           request
           ,
           that
           a
           wise
           mans
           verdit
           ,
           may
           mitigate
           the
           heavines
           of
           yt
           censure
           .
           
           It
           is
           neither
           good
           to
           praise
           bad
           Counsels
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           good
           successe
           ;
           nor
           to
           condemne
           good
           Counsels
           ,
           if
           the
           Events
           prove
           not
           fortunate
           ;
           lest
           many
           be
           animated
           ,
           to
           advise
           rashly
           ,
           and
           others
           dishartned
           ,
           to
           counsell
           gravely
           .
        
         
           
             
               Illi
               mors
               gravis
               incubat
               ,
            
             
               Qui
               notus
               nimis
               omnibus
               ,
            
             
               Ignotus
               moritur
               sibi
               .
            
             
               Senec.
               Trag.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .