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           Seasonable
           Advice
           TO
           PROTESTANTS
           :
           SHEWING
           The
           Necessity
           of
           Maintaining
           THE
           Established
           Religion
           :
           In
           Opposition
           to
           POPERY
           .
        
         
           By
           Dr.
           Fell
           ,
           late
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           OXFORD
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Charles
             Brome
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gun
           ,
           at
           the
           VVest-end
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Seasonable
           DISCOURSE
           SHEWING
           The
           NECESSITY
           of
           Maintaining
           THE
           Established
           RELIGION
           ,
           In
           Opposition
           to
           POPERY
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Papists
           (
           against
           whom
           the
           
           Penal
           Laws
           were
           most
           sharp
           )
           are
           and
           will
           be
           watchful
           to
           improve
           to
           their
           utmost
           advantage
           ,
           His
           Majesties
           Declaration
           of
           Indulgence
           ;
           wherein
           he
           grants
           Liberty
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           exercise
           their
           Religions
           ,
           and
           suspends
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Penal
           Laws
           in
           force
           against
           them
           .
           They
           will
           now
           so
           much
           the
           more
           industriously
           set
           themselves
           to
           seduce
           Protestants
           ,
           since
           they
           may
           securely
           own
           and
           defend
           their
           Perswasions
           ,
           and
           even
           their
           Priests
           openly
           act
           in
           all
           parts
           their
           Function
           ,
           which
           was
           before
           no
           less
           than
           Capital
           in
           any
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           .
           If
           the
           industry
           we
           expect
           from
           them
           meet
           not
           with
           a
           proportionable
           
           zeal
           in
           all
           true
           Protestants
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           he
           hard
           to
           conjecture
           what
           the
           Success
           will
           be
           ,
           when
           the
           Attaque
           is
           vigorous
           and
           industrious
           ,
           and
           the
           Defence
           faint
           and
           negligent
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           think
           it
           cannot
           be
           unseasonable
           to
           offer
           a
           few
           Motives
           to
           the
           stirring
           up
           the
           zeal
           ,
           and
           awakening
           the
           prudence
           of
           all
           such
           Protestants
           as
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           love
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           themselves
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           to
           arm
           them
           with
           some
           Arguments
           for
           their
           own
           confirmation
           in
           the
           grounds
           of
           Protestancy
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popery
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           first
           Consideration
           shall
           be
           that
           of
           Duty
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           who
           has
           made
           us
           Members
           of
           a
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           may
           assuredly
           find
           Salvation
           if
           we
           continue
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           live
           according
           to
           its
           Rules
           and
           Precepts
           .
           This
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           our
           holy
           Mother
           ,
           has
           no
           other
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           than
           the
           Holy
           a
           Scripture
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           when
           less
           was
           written
           than
           we
           have
           now
           in
           our
           hands
           ▪
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           b
           said
           then
           ,
           they
           
             were
             able
             to
             make
             men
             wise
             unto
             salvation
             through
             faith
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           It
           receives
           for
           Canonical
           Scripture
           neither
           less
           nor
           more
           than
           those
           Books
           c
           
             of
             whose
             authority
             there
             was
             never
             any
             doubt
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           yielding
           herein
           as
           much
           to
           Universal
           Tradition
           as
           any
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           :
           much
           more
           than
           the
           Roman
           does
           ,
           
           who
           obtrudes
           her
           particular
           Dictates
           and
           most
           notorious
           Innovations
           for
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           Catholic
           Faith.
           It
           professes
           the
           same
           Faith
           and
           no
           more
           than
           what
           all
           Christians
           have
           made
           the
           Badge
           and
           Symbol
           of
           their
           Profession
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           briefly
           compris'd
           in
           the
           d
           Apostles
           Creed
           ,
           explain'd
           in
           those
           others
           
           which
           are
           called
           the
           Nicene
           and
           Athanasian
           ,
           and
           proved
           by
           the
           Holy-Scriptures
           taken
           in
           that
           sense
           which
           is
           evident
           in
           the
           Text
           to
           any
           indifferent
           judgment
           ,
           and
           approved
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           e
           Universal
           Church
           ,
           the
           Decrees
           of
           the
           first
           General
           Councils
           and
           Writings
           of
           the
           Fathers
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           Members
           of
           a
           Church
           where
           are
           used
           the
           same
           f
           Sacraments
           which
           Christ
           expresly
           left
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
           We
           worship
           the
           only
           g
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           taught
           to
           believe
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           .
           Our
           Administration
           of
           this
           Worship
           and
           of
           these
           Sacraments
           is
           in
           h
           Language
           understood
           by
           all
           those
           that
           are
           concerned
           in
           them
           ,
           being
           performed
           with
           such
           i
           Rites
           as
           are
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           for
           Decency
           and
           Order
           ;
           and
           we
           use
           them
           not
           as
           necessary
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           in
           obedience
           to
           that
           Authority
           which
           God
           has
           given
           to
           every
           particular
           Church
           over
           its
           own
           Members
           .
           k
           Our
           Discipline
           likewise
           is
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           Rule
           ,
           and
           Primitive
           Patterns
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           loosness
           of
           this
           Age
           will
           bear
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           has
           weakned
           the
           Discipline
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           
           we
           believe
           it
           has
           the
           same
           effect
           even
           in
           those
           of
           the
           Roman
           Communion
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           less
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           in
           the
           Apostles
           times
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           l
           Persons
           who
           are
           employed
           in
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           feeding
           and
           governing
           of
           the
           Flock
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           are
           lawfully
           called
           to
           their
           Office
           and
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           are
           consecrated
           and
           ordained
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           Canons
           of
           the
           
           Universal
           Church
           :
           and
           we
           shew
           the
           Succession
           of
           our
           Bishops
           to
           the
           Apostles
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           fully
           as
           it
           can
           be
           shewn
           in
           any
           other
           Church
           at
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           We
           are
           members
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           above
           all
           other
           Constitutions
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           enforces
           the
           great
           duties
           of
           m
           obedience
           and
           submission
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           teaches
           to
           be
           subject
           not
           only
           
             for
             Wrath
             ,
             but
             Conscience
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           In
           all
           these
           respects
           our
           Church
           holds
           a
           Communion
           with
           all
           true
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           that
           are
           or
           have
           been
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           is
           together
           with
           them
           a
           true
           Member
           of
           that
           holy
           Catholic
           Apostolic
           Church
           which
           was
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           As
           we
           pass
           not
           severe
           censures
           on
           other
           Churches
           ,
           though
           exceedingly
           erroneous
           ,
           and
           are
           for
           that
           charity
           unworthily
           repaid
           by
           the
           most
           criminal
           ,
           that
           of
           Rome
           :
           So
           are
           we
           excommunicated
           by
           none
           that
           we
           know
           of
           ,
           but
           Her
           ;
           The
           Pope
           herein
           dealing
           with
           us
           as
           he
           does
           with
           all
           other
           Christians
           in
           the
           n
           World
           ,
           namely
           ,
           with
           most
           of
           the
           European
           Churches
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           parts
           ,
           except
           those
           few
           whom
           he
           has
           gained
           of
           late
           by
           his
           Missionaries
           .
        
         
           The
           common
           Cause
           for
           which
           we
           suffer
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           o
           
             Faith
             which
             was
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           and
           of
           that
           
             Liberty
             wherewith
             Christ
             has
             made
             us
             free
          
           ;
           against
           those
           additional
           Articles
           which
           he
           would
           intrude
           into
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           thar
           Anti-christian
           Yoke
           which
           he
           would
           impose
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           The
           difference
           between
           our
           case
           and
           that
           of
           our
           
           fellow
           Christians
           who
           suffer
           with
           us
           is
           only
           this
           ;
           that
           they
           are
           shut
           out
           from
           Heaven
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Popes
           Censures
           can
           do
           it
           ,
           for
           they
           know
           not
           what
           ;
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           even
           Millions
           in
           the
           remoter
           parts
           ,
           having
           never
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           his
           pretensions
           ;
           whereas
           we
           konw
           them
           too
           well
           by
           woful
           Experience
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           so
           much
           more
           than
           an
           hundred
           years
           since
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           under
           his
           Tyranny
           :
           which
           as
           their
           Fathers
           had
           insensibly
           drawn
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           by
           their
           deference
           to
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           Saxons
           had
           partly
           p
           their
           Conversion
           ;
           so
           they
           having
           endured
           it
           as
           long
           as
           they
           were
           able
           ,
           after
           many
           fruitless
           endeavours
           to
           make
           it
           tolerable
           ,
           at
           last
           with
           one
           q
           consent
           threw
           the
           Yoke
           off
           their
           necks
           .
        
         
           Our
           Church
           being
           thus
           freed
           from
           the
           Usurpations
           of
           Rome
           by
           them
           who
           were
           deeply
           r
           immersed
           in
           the
           errors
           and
           corruptions
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           best
           use
           they
           could
           make
           of
           their
           liberty
           was
           this
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           primitive
           purity
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           ,
           which
           ignorance
           and
           interest
           had
           fatally
           depraved
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           't
           was
           morally
           impossible
           that
           they
           should
           pass
           untained
           through
           so
           many
           Ages
           of
           darkness
           ;
           when
           the
           Popes
           given
           up
           to
           profligate
           ſ
           vice
           seem'd
           to
           drive
           on
           no
           other
           design
           but
           for
           Wealth
           and
           Dominion
           ;
           when
           scarce
           any
           in
           their
           Communion
           understood
           the
           Originals
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           when
           those
           that
           governed
           were
           so
           jealous
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           any
           t
           Translation
           ,
           but
           the
           Latine
           ,
           which
           was
           overgrown
           the
           mean
           while
           (
           as
           they
           now
           confess
           )
           with
           many
           thousands
           of
           Corruptions
           .
        
         
         
           III.
           Having
           considered
           the
           Obligation
           we
           have
           to
           the
           Religion
           we
           profess
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           seasonable
           next
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Religion
           to
           which
           we
           are
           invited
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           invited
           to
           one
           that
           recals
           us
           to
           the
           Idolatrous
           practice
           of
           the
           heathen
           World
           ,
           to
           u
           pray
           unto
           our
           fellow
           Creatures
           canonized
           ,
           to
           Saints
           and
           Heroes
           to
           worship
           Images
           and
           fall
           down
           to
           the
           stock
           of
           a
           tree
           .
           Nay
           to
           the
           worshiping
           of
           the
           consecrated
           host
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           x
           Coster
           ,
           the
           Jesuite
           ,
           and
           Some
           others
           ,
           is
           a
           more
           stupid
           Idolatry
           than
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           Heathens
           were
           ever
           guilty
           of
           ,
           in
           case
           Transubstantiation
           cannot
           be
           made
           out
           .
           Now
           that
           Transubstantiation
           is
           not
           real
           ,
           we
           have
           all
           the
           evidence
           that
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           the
           testimony
           of
           our
           reason
           and
           our
           senses
           .
           The
           absurd
           and
           monstrous
           consequences
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           will
           fill
           Volumes
           ,
           a
           great
           part
           of
           which
           are
           with
           great
           truth
           and
           justice
           drawn
           together
           by
           Dr.
           Brevint
           in
           his
           late
           Tract
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Depth
             and
             Mistery
             of
             the
             Roman
             Mas.
             
          
        
         
           We
           are
           invited
           to
           a
           Religion
           that
           takes
           from
           us
           ,
           half
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           y
           notwithstanding
           the
           Institution
           of
           Christ
           in
           express
           words
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           invited
           to
           a
           Church
           that
           revives
           the
           Heathen
           Persecution
           of
           taking
           away
           our
           z
           Bibles
           ▪
           and
           would
           involve
           every
           Lay-man
           in
           the
           guilt
           of
           being
           a
           *
           Traditor
           ,
           the
           next
           step
           in
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           to
           Apostacy
           from
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           We
           are
           invited
           to
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           takes
           away
           the
           Scriptures
           and
           half
           the
           
           Communion
           ,
           robs
           us
           likewise
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Publick
           Prayers
           ,
           putting
           the
           Offices
           in
           an
           unknown
           †
           Tongue
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           when
           about
           thirteen
           years
           ago
           some
           of
           the
           Prelates
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           France
           had
           taken
           care
           to
           translate
           the
           Liturgy
           and
           Scripture
           into
           the
           vulgar
           Tongue
           ,
           Pope
           a
           Alexander
           the
           seventh
           damns
           the
           Attempt
           ,
           and
           under
           pain
           of
           Excommunication
           commands
           all
           persons
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           Books
           to
           be
           publickly
           burnt
           .
           We
           are
           tempted
           to
           a
           religion
           ,
           which
           contrary
           to
           the
           command
           of
           
             trying
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             holding
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
          
           and
           paying
           to
           God
           
             a
             reasonable
             service
          
           ,
           enjoyns
           an
           b
           implicite
           Faith
           and
           blind
           Obedience
           :
           to
           a
           Religion
           that
           instead
           of
           the
           guidance
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           sets
           up
           an
           c
           infallible
           Judge
           and
           Arbitrator
           of
           all
           Doctrines
           ,
           the
           Pope
           of
           Rome
           :
           Which
           instead
           of
           the
           
             faith
             once
             delivered
             to
             the
             Saints
          
           adds
           d
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           instead
           of
           that
           one
           propitiation
           made
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           condition
           thereof
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           sets
           remission
           of
           sins
           upon
           quite
           other
           terms
           ,
           and
           proposes
           that
           gift
           of
           God
           to
           be
           bought
           with
           Money
           in
           the
           vile
           Market
           of
           e
           Indulgences
           ;
           for
           instance
           ,
           f
           Sacriledge
           is
           valued
           at
           seven
           grosses
           ,
           Incest
           at
           five
           ,
           Simony
           seven
           ,
           Perjury
           six
           ,
           Murder
           five
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           in
           the
           Tax
           of
           the
           Apostolic
           Chancery
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           invited
           to
           a
           Church
           where
           we
           must
           be
           Schismatics
           that
           we
           may
           be
           Catholics
           ,
           and
           adhere
           to
           the
           g
           Roman
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           other
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           the
           Catholic
           Church
           .
        
         
           'T
           were
           endless
           by
           retail
           to
           reckon
           up
           the
           Errors
           and
           the
           Guilts
           to
           which
           we
           are
           invited
           ;
           
           the
           fond
           ridiculous
           Rites
           ,
           the
           superstitious
           ,
           burthensom
           and
           heathenish
           Ceremonies
           ,
           the
           Exorcisms
           and
           Conjurations
           ,
           the
           Blasphemies
           and
           forged
           Miracles
           ,
           Cheats
           and
           pious
           Frauds
           ,
           the
           Lies
           and
           Stories
           stupid
           and
           impossible
           as
           those
           of
           
             Amadis
             de
             Gaul
          
           ,
           the
           
             Knight
             of
             the
             Sun
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Seven
             Champions
          
           ,
           witness
           
             the
             Golden
             Legend
          
           ,
           the
           
             Lives
             of
             the
             Saints
          
           ,
           of
           S.
           
             Francis
             ,
             Bruno
          
           ,
           S.
           Dominick
           and
           infinite
           others
           ,
           or
           if
           we
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           a
           Romance
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           the
           long
           Tale
           of
           a
           Tub
           which
           h
           Father
           
             Serenus
             Cressy
          
           has
           lately
           put
           out
           borrowed
           from
           Father
           Alford
           ;
           the
           improbable
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           greater
           Miracles
           ,
           as
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           being
           omitted
           because
           of
           the
           unbelief
           of
           the
           Heretics
           ;
           and
           yet
           enow
           are
           left
           to
           weary
           the
           credulity
           of
           the
           most
           sanguine
           Catholic
           :
           Wherein
           also
           ,
           as
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           the
           Faith
           of
           our
           Forefathers
           ,
           and
           truly
           we
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           thank
           him
           for
           the
           prospect
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           he
           represents
           it
           )
           gives
           us
           strong
           inducements
           in
           so
           unequal
           a
           competition
           ,
           to
           retein
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           all
           that
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           there
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           pacific
           Writers
           ,
           who
           represent
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           under
           a
           fairer
           light
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           they
           have
           a
           better
           meaning
           than
           is
           usually
           suggested
           .
           And
           God
           forbid
           that
           we
           should
           take
           things
           by
           the
           worst
           handle
           ,
           or
           make
           that
           breach
           wider
           ,
           whose
           closure
           we
           should
           endeavour
           to
           make
           up
           with
           a
           zeal
           equal
           to
           that
           of
           the
           gallant
           i
           Roman
           ,
           who
           threw
           himself
           on
           behalf
           of
           his
           Country
           into
           the
           gaping
           Gulf.
           Indeed
           no
           price
           can
           be
           too
           great
           for
           Peace
           ,
           but
           only
           Truth
           ;
           the
           which
           we
           may
           
           not
           part
           with
           for
           all
           the
           tempting
           charms
           of
           Charity
           and
           Love
           :
           and
           God
           knows
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           case
           't
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           excuses
           which
           are
           fram'd
           in
           the
           Romanists
           behalf
           are
           short
           and
           frivolous
           ;
           nor
           besides
           can
           any
           man
           be
           esteem'd
           a
           Roman
           Catholic
           by
           admitting
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           that
           Church
           in
           his
           own
           private
           or
           some
           more
           probable
           Doctors
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           public
           sense
           .
           And
           had
           these
           undertakers
           in
           the
           Catholic
           Cause
           power
           to
           dispense
           therein
           according
           to
           that
           Candor
           which
           many
           of
           them
           make
           shew
           of
           ,
           we
           might
           attend
           to
           what
           is
           said
           ;
           but
           we
           are
           well
           assur'd
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           fair
           words
           can
           signifie
           nothing
           ,
           but
           are
           merely
           a
           bait
           and
           snare
           laid
           to
           draw
           in
           the
           easie
           Proselyte
           :
           for
           when
           he
           's
           reconcil'd
           and
           brought
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           these
           painted
           shews
           are
           presently
           washt
           off
           ;
           and
           all
           concessions
           immediately
           retracted
           ;
           the
           Convert
           must
           then
           learn
           the
           Colliers
           Creed
           ,
           believe
           as
           the
           Church
           believes
           ,
           and
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Key
           which
           threw
           the
           gate
           open
           to
           admit
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           will
           shut
           the
           Prisoner
           in
           :
           and
           the
           Child
           which
           had
           a
           piece
           of
           money
           given
           him
           to
           keep
           him
           quiet
           ,
           shall
           soon
           after
           have
           it
           call'd
           for
           back
           again
           ,
           and
           be
           aw'd
           with
           the
           rod
           ,
           if
           he
           repine
           or
           murmur
           .
           So
           that
           't
           will
           be
           a
           frivolous
           Project
           to
           talk
           of
           a
           Reconcilement
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           till
           she
           first
           conform
           herself
           to
           Truth
           ;
           and
           a
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           a
           Reformation
           must
           here
           be
           impossible
           ,
           where
           the
           grossest
           Errors
           are
           joyn'd
           with
           an
           Assurance
           of
           being
           free
           from
           any
           ;
           nay
           ,
           a
           Persuasion
           of
           being
           infallible
           .
        
         
         
           IV.
           The
           Motive
           which
           deserves
           the
           next
           place
           is
           the
           
             Safety
             of
             the
             King's
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           hath
           no
           higher
           or
           more
           necessary
           appendent
           than
           his
           Supremacy
           in
           his
           Dominions
           in
           all
           Causes
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Secular
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           powers
           invested
           in
           the
           k
           Jewish
           King
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           exercised
           by
           the
           first
           l
           Christian
           Emperours
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           obviously
           known
           how
           destructive
           both
           to
           itself
           and
           the
           Community
           is
           the
           Partnership
           of
           Regal
           Power
           ;
           but
           this
           must
           be
           infinitely
           mischievous
           when
           shared
           by
           a
           Foreigner
           ;
           whose
           interests
           are
           necessarily
           contrary
           to
           those
           of
           our
           Prince
           and
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           Popes
           certainly
           are
           .
           But
           this
           mischief
           stays
           not
           within
           the
           aforesaid
           bounds
           ;
           for
           the
           Pope
           is
           not
           content
           with
           a
           bare
           Co-ordination
           ,
           but
           demands
           the
           Preference
           for
           his
           spiritual
           Sword
           ,
           and
           claims
           a
           power
           to
           depose
           Kings
           and
           dispose
           of
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
           This
           we
           learn
           at
           large
           from
           m
           
             Bellarmin
             ,
             Suarez
             ,
             Turrecremata
          
           ,
           Card.
           
             Perron
             ,
             Thom.
             Aquin
             ,
             Ledesma
             ,
             Malderius
             ,
          
           to
           pass
           by
           innumerable
           others
           ,
           all
           whose
           Works
           were
           publisht
           by
           Authority
           ,
           and
           so
           own'd
           as
           consonant
           to
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           may
           be
           added
           the
           Pope's
           definition
           ,
           who
           makes
           it
           authentic
           Law
           in
           these
           words
           
             We
             say
             and
             define
             and
             pronounce
             that
             it
             is
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             for
             every
             human
             Creature
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           this
           Law
           of
           Pope
           n
           Boniface
           the
           Eighth's
           making
           ,
           he
           effectually
           commented
           on
           himself
           ,
           of
           whom
           o
           Platina
           says
           ,
           That
           
             he
             made
             it
             his
             busines
             to
             gave
             and
             take
             away
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             expel
             men
             and
             
             restore
             them
             at
             his
             pleasure
             .
          
           All
           which
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           want
           no
           Sanction
           or
           Authority
           to
           render
           it
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           justified
           in
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           p
           
             Lateran
             Council
          
           ,
           the
           Council
           of
           Lions
           ,
           the
           Council
           of
           Constance
           ,
           all
           which
           call
           themselves
           General
           ,
           and
           therefore
           speak
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           What
           has
           been
           done
           in
           this
           kind
           since
           the
           days
           of
           Gregory
           the
           Seventh
           throughout
           Europe
           would
           fill
           a
           large
           Volume
           ,
           in
           the
           bare
           Narration
           ,
           whoever
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           see
           those
           black
           Annals
           need
           not
           consult
           Protestant
           Writers
           ,
           but
           read
           Baronius
           or
           Platina
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           will
           satisfie
           himself
           .
           Behold
           at
           large
           the
           last
           and
           greater
           Triumphs
           of
           the
           Capitol
           :
           Crowns
           and
           Scepters
           and
           the
           necks
           of
           Emperors
           and
           Kings
           trampled
           upon
           in
           great
           Self-denial
           by
           
           Christ's
           humble
           Vicar
           ,
           their
           Realms
           and
           Countries
           taken
           from
           them
           and
           involv'd
           in
           blood
           by
           the
           Leiutenant
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Peace
           :
           Subjects
           discharg'd
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           in
           the
           right
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           himself
           disown'd
           the
           being
           a
           divider
           and
           a
           Judge
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           the
           whole
           world
           made
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           pretends
           his
           interest
           deriv'd
           from
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           who
           disclaim'd
           the
           having
           a
           kingdom
           of
           this
           World.
           So
           that
           it
           was
           not
           said
           amiss
           by
           Passavantius
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Devil
             made
             tender
             of
             all
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             World
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             them
             to
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             but
             he
             refused
             them
             ;
             afterwards
             he
             made
             the
             same
             offer
             to
             his
             Vicar
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             he
             presently
             accepted
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             Condition
             annext
             of
             falling
             down
             and
             worshipping
             .
          
           The
           English
           Reader
           who
           desires
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           matter
           of
           Fact
           
           may
           please
           to
           consult
           the
           q
           History
           of
           
             Popish
             Treasons
             and
             usurpations
          
           not
           long
           since
           written
           by
           Mr.
           Foulis
           ,
           to
           pass
           by
           others
           who
           have
           also
           dealt
           in
           that
           Subject
           .
        
         
           At
           present
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           that
           although
           our
           neighbouring
           Princes
           have
           difficulty
           enough
           given
           them
           by
           this
           Universal
           Monarch
           ,
           who
           like
           his
           Predecessors
           in
           Heathen
           Rome
           ,
           makes
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           to
           have
           Kings
           his
           Vassals
           ,
           yet
           they
           often
           help
           themselves
           by
           some
           Advantages
           which
           our
           Sovereign
           is
           not
           allowed
           .
           The
           most
           Christian
           King
           has
           his
           Capitularies
           ,
           Pragmatic
           Sanctions
           ,
           Concordats
           ,
           and
           the
           Privileges
           of
           the
           Gallican
           Church
           to
           plead
           upon
           occasion
           .
           And
           his
           Catholic
           Majesty
           as
           the
           eldest
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           has
           several
           Rights
           of
           Primogeniture
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Sicily
           .
           But
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           is
           not
           to
           be
           treated
           with
           such
           respect
           :
           it
           alas
           ever
           since
           the
           days
           of
           Henry
           the
           Second
           or
           at
           least
           King
           John
           is
           held
           in
           fee
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           in
           hazard
           to
           be
           called
           unto
           account
           for
           the
           Arrear
           of
           1000
           Markes
           
             per
             Annum
          
           payable
           ever
           since
           that
           time
           :
           And
           Cardinal
           r
           Allen
           has
           given
           it
           for
           good
           Canon
           Law
           ,
           That
           
             without
             the
             approbation
             of
             the
             See
             Apostolic
             none
             can
             be
             lawful
             King
             or
             Queen
             of
          
           England
           
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             antient
             Accord
             made
             between
          
           Alexander
           
             the
             third
             in
             the
             year
          
           1171.
           and
           Henry
           
             the
             Second
             then
             King
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             absolv'd
             for
             the
             death
             of
             S.
          
           Thomas
           
             of
             Canterbury
             :
             That
             no
             man
             might
             lawfully
             take
             that
             Crown
             ,
             nor
             be
             accounted
             as
             King
             ,
             till
             he
             were
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Soveraign
             Pastor
             of
             our
             souls
             which
             for
             the
             time
             should
             be
             ;
             This
             accord
             being
             afterwards
             renewed
             about
             the
             year
          
           1210
           
             by
             King
          
           John
           ,
           
           
             who
             confirmed
             the
             same
             by
             oath
             to
          
           Pandulphus
           
             the
             Popes
             Legate
             at
             the
             special
             request
             and
             procurement
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             as
             a
             thing
             most
             necessary
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             Realm
             from
             the
             unjust
             usurpation
             of
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             avoiding
             other
             inconveniences
             which
             they
             had
             proved
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           if
           this
           be
           but
           the
           single
           Opinion
           of
           a
           probable
           Doctor
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           the
           same
           asserted
           by
           an
           infallible
           one
           ,
           Pope
           ſ
           Innocent
           the
           Fourth
           ,
           who
           before
           his
           Colledge
           of
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           therefore
           in
           likelihood
           
             e
             Cathedra
          
           ,
           declares
           ,
           that
           
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           
             was
             his
             Vassal
             ,
             nay
             ,
             to
             speak
             truth
             ,
             his
             Slave
             .
          
           From
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           succeeding
           Popes
           have
           been
           so
           free
           on
           all
           occasions
           of
           turning
           out
           of
           doors
           these
           their
           Tenants
           upon
           every
           Displeasure
           and
           little
           pet
           .
           Not
           to
           mention
           the
           old
           Mis-adventures
           of
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ,
           King
           John
           ,
           &c.
           
           Hence
           it
           was
           that
           t
           Paul
           the
           Third
           sent
           against
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1538.
           his
           
             terrible
             thundring
             Bull
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           calls
           it
           ,
           such
           
             as
             never
             was
             used
             by
             his
             Predecessors
             nor
             imitated
             by
             his
             Successors
             ;
             in
             the
             Punishments
             to
             the
             King
             were
             deprivation
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             adherents
             of
             whatsoever
             they
             possest
             ,
             commanding
             his
             Subjects
             to
             deny
             him
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             Strangers
             to
             have
             any
             Commerce
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             take
             Arms
             against
             ,
             and
             to
             persecute
             both
             himself
             and
             his
             followers
             ,
             granting
             them
             their
             Estates
             and
             Goods
             for
             their
             prey
             ,
             and
             their
             Persons
             for
             their
             Slaves
             .
          
           Upon
           like
           terms
           u
           Paul
           the
           Fourth
           would
           not
           acknowledge
           
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
             because
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             a
             Fee
             of
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             audaciously
             done
             of
             her
             to
             assume
             it
             without
             his
             leave
             :
          
           And
           therefore
           x
           Pius
           the
           Fifth
           went
           on
           ,
           and
           fairly
           deposed
           her
           by
           his
           Bull
           ,
           dated
           Febr.
           25.
           1570.
           but
           because
           the
           stubborn
           Woman
           would
           needs
           be
           Queen
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           Pope
           y
           Gregory
           the
           Thirteenth
           deposes
           her
           again
           ,
           and
           having
           two
           hopeful
           Bastards
           to
           provide
           for
           ,
           to
           the
           one
           he
           gives
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           other
           that
           of
           Ireland
           .
           Nor
           was
           she
           unqueen'd
           enough
           by
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           z
           
             Sixtus
             Quintus
          
           gives
           away
           her
           Dominions
           once
           more
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           :
           and
           after
           all
           ,
           when
           nothing
           of
           all
           this
           would
           thrive
           ,
           *
           Clement
           the
           Eighth
           sends
           two
           Breves
           for
           failing
           into
           England
           ,
           one
           to
           the
           Laity
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           commanding
           them
           not
           to
           admit
           any
           other
           but
           a
           Catholic
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           near
           in
           blood
           ,
           to
           the
           Succession
           ;
           in
           plain
           terms
           ,
           to
           exclude
           the
           Family
           of
           our
           Sovereign
           from
           the
           Crown
           .
           When
           King
           James
           was
           come
           in
           notwithstanding
           those
           Breves
           ,
           the
           Gun-powder
           Plot
           was
           contrived
           to
           throw
           him
           out
           again
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           had
           occasion'd
           the
           State
           for
           its
           own
           Security
           to
           require
           the
           taking
           of
           an
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           Paul
           V.
           sent
           his
           Breves
           with
           all
           speed
           to
           forbid
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           fear
           those
           might
           be
           forgotten
           in
           time
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1626.
           
           †
           Vrban
           VIII
           .
           sends
           again
           to
           forbid
           his
           
             beloved
             Sons
             ,
             the
             Catholics
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             take
             that
             pernicious
             and
             unlawful
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             .
          
           Yet
           more
           ,
           in
           the
           late
           unnatural
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           loyal
           Catholicks
           ,
           
           as
           now
           they
           call
           themselves
           ,
           submitted
           that
           unhappy
           Kingdom
           to
           his
           aforesaid
           Holiness
           Pope
           a
           Vrban
           ,
           to
           pass
           by
           other
           offers
           no
           less
           treasonable
           :
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           Tenth
           bestowed
           it
           as
           a
           Favour
           on
           his
           dear
           Sister
           ,
           and
           much
           dearer
           Mistris
           
             Donna
             Olympia
          
           .
           And
           sure
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           believe
           that
           every
           thing
           of
           this
           will
           be
           done
           again
           when
           the
           old
           Gentleman
           at
           Rome
           is
           pleased
           to
           be
           angry
           next
           ,
           has
           a
           mind
           to
           gratifie
           a
           neighbour
           Prince
           ,
           or
           wants
           a
           Portion
           for
           a
           Son
           ,
           or
           a
           Favour
           for
           a
           Mistris
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           Papists
           of
           England
           have
           but
           this
           one
           excuse
           for
           that
           mortal
           sin
           of
           obedience
           to
           their
           Heretic
           Prince
           ;
           b
           
             that
             they
             are
             not
             strong
             enough
             to
             carry
             a
             Rebellion
             :
          
           And
           truly
           't
           were
           great
           pity
           these
           men
           should
           be
           intrusted
           with
           more
           power
           ,
           who
           give
           us
           so
           many
           warnings
           beforehand
           how
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           use
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           all
           this
           the
           Roman
           Catholics
           have
           one
           short
           reply
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           the
           most
           Loyal
           Subjects
           of
           his
           Majesty
           :
           and
           have
           signally
           approved
           their
           duty
           by
           their
           service
           and
           fidelity
           in
           the
           last
           War.
           To
           this
           I
           say
           in
           short
           ,
           that
           as
           bad
           as
           Popery
           is
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           can
           eradicate
           in
           all
           its
           Votaries
           their
           natural
           conscience
           ;
           no
           Plague
           was
           ever
           so
           fatal
           as
           to
           leave
           no
           Person
           uninfected
           ,
           but
           always
           some
           have
           scapt
           '
           its
           fury
           .
           The
           case
           is
           fully
           stated
           by
           King
           c
           James
           of
           famous
           memory
           ,
           
             As
             on
             one
             part
             ,
             many
             honest
             men
             ,
             seduced
             with
             some
             Errors
             of
             Popery
             ,
             may
             yet
             remain
             good
             and
             faithful
             Subjects
             ;
             so
             on
             the
             other
             part
             ,
             none
             of
             those
             that
             truly
             know
             and
             believe
             the
             whole
             grounds
             and
             School
             conclusions
             of
             
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             can
             ever
             prove
             either
             good
             Christians
             ,
             or
             good
             Subjects
             .
          
           To
           speak
           the
           plain
           truth
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           insolent
           boasts
           of
           Papists
           makes
           necessary
           to
           be
           told
           them
           ,
           whatever
           was
           done
           then
           ,
           was
           no
           trial
           at
           all
           of
           Loyalty
           .
           The
           late
           Rebels
           found
           it
           necessary
           for
           the
           countenancing
           their
           cause
           to
           make
           a
           loud
           pretence
           against
           Popery
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           spoiling
           them
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           did
           not
           so
           much
           give
           assistance
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           receive
           Protection
           from
           him
           .
           When
           they
           shall
           have
           adher'd
           to
           their
           Prince
           in
           spight
           of
           the
           commands
           of
           their
           holy
           Father
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           defended
           their
           Sovereign
           and
           his
           Rights
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           not
           their
           interest
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           somewhat
           worth
           the
           boasting
           :
           As
           the
           case
           now
           stands
           ,
           they
           had
           better
           hold
           their
           peace
           ,
           and
           remember
           that
           the
           Sons
           of
           another
           Church
           served
           their
           King
           as
           faithfully
           as
           they
           ,
           though
           they
           talk
           less
           of
           it
           .
           But
           since
           they
           will
           needs
           have
           the
           World
           know
           what
           good
           Subjects
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           let
           them
           take
           this
           short
           account
           from
           the
           
             Answer
             to
             the
          
           d
           
             Apology
             for
             the
             Papists
          
           ,
           Printed
           An.
           1667.
           
           In
           Ireland
           
             there
             were
             whole
             Armies
             of
             Irish
             and
             English
             that
             fought
             against
             his
             Majesty
             folely
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             your
             Religion
             .
             In
          
           England
           
             it
             is
             true
             some
             came
             in
             voluntarily
             to
             assist
             him
             ,
             but
             many
             more
             of
             you
             were
             hunted
             into
             his
             Garrisons
             by
             them
             that
             knew
             you
             would
             bring
             him
             little
             help
             ,
             and
             much
             hatred
             .
             And
             of
             those
             that
             fought
             for
             him
             as
             long
             as
             his
             Fortune
             stood
             ,
             when
             that
             once
             declined
             ,
             a
             great
             part
             even
             of
             them
             fell
             from
             him
             .
             And
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             you
             that
             were
             always
             all
             deem'd
             
             Cavaliers
             where
             were
             you
             ?
             In
             all
             those
             weak
             efforts
             of
             gasping
             Loyalty
             what
             did
             you
             ?
             You
             complied
             ,
             and
             flattered
             ;
             and
             gave
             sugared
             words
             to
             the
             Rebels
             then
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             to
             the
             Royalists
             now
             ;
             You
             addressed
             your
             Petitions
             to
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             this
             Nation
             the
             Parliament
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
          
           England
           .
           
             You
             affirmed
             that
             you
             had
             generally
             taken
             ,
             and
             punctually
             kept
             the
             Engagement
             .
             You
             promised
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             might
             but
             enjoy
             your
             Religion
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             the
             most
             quiet
             and
             useful
             Subjects
             of
          
           England
           .
           
             You
             prov'd
             it
             in
             these
             words
             :
             The
             Papists
             of
          
           England
           
             would
             be
             bound
             by
             their
             own
             interest
             ,
             the
             strongest
             Obligation
             amongst
             wise
             men
             ,
             to
             live
             peaceably
             and
             thankfully
             in
             the
             private
             exercise
             of
             their
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             becoming
             gainers
             by
             such
             compassions
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             so
             reasonably
             be
             distrusted
             as
             the
             Prelatic
             party
             which
             were
             losers
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           not
           enough
           to
           evidence
           the
           singular
           loyalty
           of
           Papists
           in
           the
           late
           War
           ,
           they
           may
           hear
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           of
           their
           vertue
           celebrated
           from
           their
           Petitions
           and
           public
           Writings
           in
           my
           e
           Lord
           Orrery
           
             's
             answers
             to
          
           Peter
           Welsh
           
             his
             Letter
          
           .
           And
           because
           in
           those
           Writings
           they
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           throw
           the
           first
           stone
           against
           the
           late
           Regicides
           ,
           they
           would
           do
           well
           to
           clear
           themselves
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           that
           Sacred
           blood
           which
           is
           charged
           home
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           Answerer
           of
           f
           
             Philanax
             Anglicus
          
           ,
           who
           has
           not
           yet
           been
           controuled
           for
           that
           accusation
           .
        
         
           V.
           To
           this
           barbarous
           insolence
           of
           Excommunicating
           and
           Deposing
           Kings
           may
           succeed
           the
           usual
           consequent
           of
           that
           ,
           but
           greater
           prodigy
           
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           the
           
             putting
             whole
             Nations
             under
             Interdict
          
           ,
           and
           depriving
           them
           of
           all
           the
           Offices
           and
           comforts
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           generally
           without
           any
           other
           provocation
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Prince
           has
           insisted
           on
           his
           just
           rights
           ,
           or
           the
           people
           performed
           their
           necessary
           duty
           .
           History
           is
           full
           of
           instances
           hereof
           .
           Within
           the
           compass
           of
           one
           Age
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           eleventh
           g
           Century
           ,
           almost
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           Europe
           fell
           under
           this
           Discipline
           ,
           
             France
             ,
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           Germany
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           several
           times
           over
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           has
           gone
           down
           in
           following
           Ages
           .
           The
           nature
           of
           the
           punishment
           we
           may
           learn
           from
           h
           
             Matthew
             Paris
          
           ,
           who
           describing
           the
           Interdict
           in
           the
           days
           of
           King
           John
           ,
           which
           lasted
           amongst
           us
           for
           six
           years
           ,
           three
           months
           ,
           and
           fourteen
           days
           ,
           says
           ,
           
             There
             ceased
             throughout
          
           England
           
             all
             Ecclesiastical
             Rites
             ,
             Absolution
             and
             the
             Eucharist
             to
             persons
             in
             their
             last
             Agonies
             ,
             and
             the
             baptizing
             of
             Infants
             only
             excepted
             :
             also
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             dead
             were
             drag'd
             out
             of
             Cities
             and
             Villages
             ,
             and
             buried
             like
             the
             Carkasses
             of
             Dogs
             in
             the
             high-ways
             and
             ditches
             without
             any
             prayers
             or
             the
             Sacerdotal
             Ministry
             .
          
           One
           would
           imagine
           that
           he
           who
           pretends
           to
           hold
           his
           Empire
           from
           the
           Charter
           of
           
             pasce
             oves
          
           ,
           the
           feeding
           of
           Christs
           Sheep
           would
           find
           himself
           concerned
           no
           to
           destroy
           and
           starve
           them
           ,
           or
           withhold
           from
           them
           their
           spiritual
           food
           for
           almost
           seven
           years
           together
           ;
           an
           unusual
           prescript
           for
           abstinence
           in
           order
           unto
           health
           .
           But
           we
           may
           not
           wonder
           at
           all
           this
           ;
           for
           i
           
             pasce
             oves
          
           with
           a
           Roman
           Comment
           means
           all
           Coertion
           and
           Dominion
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           
           take
           away
           the
           Scriptures
           and
           half
           the
           Communion
           from
           the
           Layty
           are
           not
           to
           be
           controul'd
           ,
           if
           they
           also
           withhold
           the
           other
           offices
           of
           piety
           .
        
         
           VI.
           A
           farther
           consideration
           may
           be
           
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           which
           in
           case
           of
           Popery
           must
           be
           content
           to
           truckle
           under
           the
           Canon
           Law
           ,
           and
           occasional
           Bulls
           of
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           or
           Legantine
           Commissions
           :
           The
           proceedings
           of
           the
           Courts
           in
           Westminster
           veiling
           to
           Prohibitions
           and
           Appeals
           to
           Rome
           ,
           against
           which
           a
           Premunire
           will
           be
           a
           weak
           fence
           in
           Bar
           to
           the
           plenitude
           of
           the
           Apostolic
           Power
           ;
           and
           to
           murmur
           or
           dispute
           any
           thing
           will
           be
           especially
           to
           new
           Converts
           ,
           interpreted
           Heresie
           ,
           a
           word
           of
           so
           sharp
           an
           importance
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           need
           a
           Comment
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Tradition
           that
           heretofore
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           long
           Robe
           were
           in
           that
           mean
           estate
           as
           to
           ply
           at
           Westminster
           Hall
           Gate
           as
           now
           Watermen
           do
           at
           the
           Stairs
           for
           a
           Fare
           ,
           let
           the
           Practicioners
           in
           that
           noble
           Profession
           consider
           whether
           some
           such
           thing
           would
           not
           in
           earnest
           be
           the
           consequent
           of
           Popery
           .
           And
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           People
           of
           England
           would
           do
           well
           to
           think
           whether
           they
           are
           fitted
           for
           a
           Journey
           to
           Rome
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           they
           shall
           be
           called
           thither
           :
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           the
           divertisement
           of
           Travel
           ,
           or
           devotion
           of
           Pilgrimage
           ,
           but
           the
           compulsion
           of
           Citations
           from
           that
           Court
           ,
           where
           the
           attendance
           and
           expence
           is
           not
           likely
           to
           be
           less
           than
           formerly
           it
           was
           ,
           when
           it
           occasioned
           the
           groans
           and
           sad
           complaints
           of
           our
           Fore-fathers
           ;
           which
           though
           they
           have
           escaped
           ,
           our
           experimental
           
           knowledge
           sufficiently
           appear
           in
           all
           our
           k
           Histories
           .
           Or
           should
           the
           English
           Law
           have
           some
           quarter
           given
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           allowed
           a
           little
           Chamber
           practise
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           only
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Layty
           .
           All
           l
           Ecclesiastics
           are
           under
           a
           more
           perfect
           dispensation
           ,
           and
           only
           accountable
           to
           the
           Apostolic
           See
           either
           for
           their
           actions
           or
           concerns
           ,
           the
           benefits
           of
           which
           though
           the
           Secular
           Priests
           share
           in
           some
           proportion
           ,
           the
           Regulars
           much
           more
           liberally
           enjoy
           ,
           being
           owned
           by
           the
           Pope
           m
           
             as
             his
             Souldiers
          
           and
           Pretorian
           bands
           ,
           listed
           under
           the
           Generals
           of
           their
           several
           Orders
           ,
           maintained
           indeed
           at
           the
           cost
           of
           the
           Countries
           where
           they
           live
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           service
           of
           their
           Sovereign
           abroad
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           owe
           an
           entire
           and
           blind
           obedience
           :
           And
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           give
           no
           Hostages
           to
           the
           State
           where
           they
           reside
           ,
           are
           forbid
           to
           marry
           .
           So
           that
           if
           Popery
           should
           prevail
           ,
           we
           must
           ,
           besides
           all
           charges
           necessary
           to
           secure
           our selves
           from
           forreign
           enemies
           both
           by
           Land
           and
           Sea
           ,
           constantly
           maintain
           a
           vast
           Army
           of
           possibly
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           ,
           for
           such
           were
           the
           old
           numbers
           ,
           to
           assure
           our
           slavery
           to
           the
           Roman
           Yoke
           .
           Nor
           are
           these
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Church
           only
           personal
           ,
           the
           places
           themselves
           which
           these
           religious
           men
           possess
           are
           hallowed
           into
           Sanctuaries
           ,
           and
           give
           protection
           unto
           any
           criminal
           that
           treads
           within
           their
           thresholds
           ,
           the
           most
           horrid
           Murther
           or
           barbarous
           Villany
           is
           to
           have
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Malefactor
           have
           but
           time
           to
           step
           into
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           he
           fears
           no
           farther
           prosecution
           .
        
         
         
           VII
           .
           But
           besides
           the
           inconvenience
           of
           submitting
           to
           a
           foreign
           Law
           ,
           that
           certain
           mark
           of
           slavery
           ,
           and
           the
           intolerable
           burthens
           that
           attend
           its
           execution
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           of
           moment
           to
           advise
           how
           well
           our
           Property
           and
           interest
           in
           our
           estates
           will
           stand
           secur'd
           ;
           And
           though
           when
           Princes
           are
           upon
           their
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           to
           be
           disseiz'd
           of
           their
           dominions
           ,
           whenever
           they
           offend
           his
           Holiness
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Pesant
           or
           the
           Gentleman
           have
           no
           great
           reason
           to
           expect
           indemnity
           :
           yet
           should
           the
           Farm
           or
           Manor-house
           be
           too
           low
           a
           mark
           for
           the
           Roman
           Thunderer
           to
           level
           at
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           the
           Lord
           Abbots
           and
           the
           Lands
           of
           all
           Religious
           houses
           will
           be
           past
           by
           as
           trifles
           .
           The
           Church
           is
           ever
           a
           Minor
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           prescribed
           against
           by
           time
           ,
           or
           barr'd
           in
           her
           claims
           ,
           and
           our
           holy
           Father
           out
           of
           his
           Paternal
           care
           will
           find
           himself
           concern'd
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Orphan
           committed
           to
           his
           trust
           .
           Some
           perchance
           who
           enjoy
           those
           Lands
           think
           they
           need
           not
           apprehend
           any
           thing
           ,
           because
           they
           hold
           under
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           :
           But
           they
           who
           imagine
           this
           ,
           should
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           strength
           that
           can
           repeal
           those
           Laws
           that
           establish
           Protestancy
           ,
           may
           also
           do
           as
           much
           for
           those
           which
           suppress
           Religious
           houses
           :
           and
           no
           body
           can
           tell
           what
           the
           force
           and
           swing
           of
           a
           violent
           turn
           ,
           especially
           in
           England
           ,
           may
           produce
           ,
           where
           we
           seldom
           proceed
           with
           coldness
           or
           reserve
           .
           Acts
           of
           resumption
           are
           not
           things
           unheard
           of
           in
           ours
           ,
           or
           in
           forrein
           stories
           .
           Nor
           is
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           Pope
           in
           Queen
           n
           Maries
           days
           a
           better
           security
           ;
           for
           in
           case
           of
           a
           change
           
           of
           Religion
           all
           those
           grants
           will
           be
           interpreted
           a
           bare
           permission
           ,
           and
           that
           conditional
           in
           order
           to
           the
           great
           end
           of
           reclaiming
           an
           heretical
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           not
           being
           then
           accepted
           of
           ,
           and
           finally
           submitted
           to
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           thought
           obligatory
           when
           Papists
           by
           their
           own
           skill
           or
           interest
           have
           gotten
           the
           power
           into
           their
           hands
           .
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           yielded
           at
           the
           Isle
           of
           o
           Wight
           that
           the
           Church
           Lands
           should
           be
           leased
           out
           for
           99
           years
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           a
           present
           peace
           and
           settlement
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           through
           the
           interposition
           of
           a
           powerful
           and
           violent
           Faction
           it
           was
           not
           then
           accepted
           of
           :
           Does
           any
           man
           think
           the
           Obligation
           of
           leasing
           for
           99
           years
           remains
           now
           ?
           Let
           our
           Lay-Abbots
           apply
           this
           to
           their
           case
           ,
           and
           then
           judge
           whether
           they
           upon
           a
           revolution
           will
           be
           more
           secure
           of
           their
           Possessions
           than
           the
           late
           Purchasers
           were
           ;
           or
           whether
           those
           Purchasers
           were
           not
           as
           confident
           of
           transmitting
           their
           Acquisitions
           to
           their
           posterity
           as
           any
           possessor
           of
           Church
           Lands
           now
           is
           or
           has
           been
           .
           The
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           not
           long
           since
           has
           redeemed
           back
           to
           the
           Crown
           those
           demesnes
           which
           belong'd
           to
           it
           ,
           paying
           back
           such
           summs
           as
           were
           really
           laid
           out
           by
           the
           Purchasers
           ;
           and
           allowing
           the
           mean
           profits
           as
           interest
           for
           the
           money
           so
           laid
           out
           :
           Which
           method
           of
           procedure
           has
           been
           defended
           by
           very
           considerable
           Arguments
           to
           be
           just
           and
           equitable
           .
           If
           the
           money
           expended
           on
           the
           Church
           penniworths
           at
           the
           dissolution
           of
           Religious
           houses
           were
           now
           refounded
           ,
           and
           the
           advantage
           of
           above
           100
           years
           profit
           already
           received
           were
           thrown
           in
           to
           the
           bargain
           ,
           though
           
           the
           present
           Proprietaries
           would
           have
           an
           ill
           exchange
           ,
           yet
           there
           would
           be
           so
           much
           plausibleness
           in
           the
           grounds
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           zeal
           and
           heat
           of
           a
           turn
           would
           not
           be
           easily
           controul'd
           ,
           especially
           if
           it
           be
           farther
           prest
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           claim
           from
           the
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           suppressing
           Church
           Lands
           appear
           to
           be
           not
           full
           and
           peremptory
           ;
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           first
           suppression
           in
           the
           27.
           year
           of
           Henry
           8.
           not
           seeming
           to
           intend
           an
           alienation
           to
           common
           and
           secular
           uses
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           been
           vested
           in
           the
           King
           in
           trust
           ,
           that
           the
           revenues
           might
           be
           employed
           p
           
             to
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             honour
             and
             profit
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
          
           As
           to
           the
           second
           in
           31
           year
           of
           Henry
           8.
           
           The
           Act
           supposes
           ,
           and
           is
           built
           upon
           the
           alienations
           legally
           made
           by
           the
           respective
           Religious
           Houses
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           who
           are
           said
           q
           
             of
             their
             own
             voluntary
             minds
             ,
             good
             wills
             and
             assents
             ,
             without
             constraint
             ,
             coaction
             ,
             or
             compulsion
             of
             any
             manner
             of
             person
             or
             persons
             ,
             by
             the
             due
             order
             and
             course
             of
             the
             common
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realm
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             by
             their
             sufficient
             Writings
             ,
             of
             Record
             under
             their
             Covent
             and
             common
             Seals
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Now
           to
           the
           verifying
           of
           these
           particulars
           a
           great
           many
           doubtful
           circumstances
           and
           nice
           points
           of
           Law
           are
           easily
           drawn
           in
           as
           requisite
           ,
           the
           suggesting
           whereof
           in
           the
           forementioned
           cases
           however
           slight
           and
           frivolous
           they
           may
           be
           ,
           no
           body
           can
           tell
           what
           force
           they
           will
           have
           when
           dilated
           on
           by
           a
           Roman
           Catholic
           Advocate
           ,
           and
           interpreted
           by
           an
           infallible
           Legislator
           .
           That
           all
           this
           is
           not
           an
           idle
           dream
           ,
           suggested
           to
           make
           Popery
           odious
           ,
           will
           be
           manifest
           to
           any
           one
           who
           will
           take
           pains
           to
           read
           what
           
           a
           French
           Marquess
           of
           that
           Religion
           has
           lately
           written
           on
           this
           very
           subject
           ,
           who
           having
           represented
           us
           as
           a
           r
           
             People
             without
             Friends
             ,
             without
             Faith
             ,
             without
             Religion
             ,
             without
             Probity
             ,
             without
             any
             justice
             ,
             mistrustful
             ,
             inconstant
             to
             the
             utmost
             extremity
             ,
             cruel
             ,
             impatient
             ,
             gurmandizers
             ,
             proud
             ,
             audacious
             ,
             covetous
             ,
             fit
             only
             for
             handy-strokes
             and
             ready
             execution
             ;
             but
             incapable
             of
             managing
             a
             War
             ,
             with
             discretion
             .
          
           After
           this
           friendly
           character
           he
           proceeds
           to
           shew
           by
           what
           wayes
           and
           methods
           we
           are
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           which
           are
           first
           ,
           
             to
             put
             us
             to
             the
             expences
             of
             a
             War
             ,
             and
             by
             raising
             of
             forces
             create
             a
             jealousie
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             People
             .
          
           Then
           ,
           
             to
             amuse
             us
             with
             fear
             of
             invasion
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             several
             Parties
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             favour
             one
             Sect
             against
             another
             ,
             especially
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             promising
             secretly
             to
             the
             Benedictines
             as
             from
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             which
             they
             will
             easily
             believe
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             restored
             to
             all
             that
             they
             formerly
             possest
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Monasticon
             lately
             printed
             there
             :
             whereupon
             ,
          
           sayes
           this
           worthy
           Author
           ,
           
             the
             Monks
             will
             move
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
             and
             the
             Catholics
             will
             declare
             themselves
             .
          
           It
           will
           not
           be
           material
           to
           transcribe
           the
           whole
           design
           laid
           down
           for
           our
           destruction
           by
           this
           bold
           Writer
           ,
           which
           with
           all
           other
           Machinations
           ,
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           prudence
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           will
           wee
           hope
           frustrate
           .
           This
           is
           enough
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           are
           persons
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           can
           yet
           nourish
           hopes
           of
           destroying
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           repossessing
           the
           Lands
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           printed
           books
           make
           a
           publick
           profession
           of
           them
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           one
           general
           Act
           of
           Resumption
           should
           not
           disseize
           at
           one
           stroke
           all
           the
           Lay-Possessors
           of
           Church-Lands
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           in
           case
           of
           Popery
           ,
           by
           retail
           they
           will
           be
           all
           drawn
           in
           ,
           for
           what
           Papist
           in
           his
           last
           Agonies
           will
           obtain
           Absolution
           without
           satisfaction
           first
           made
           to
           Holy
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           Goods
           sacrilegiously
           detained
           ?
           Or
           how
           will
           he
           escape
           the
           lying
           in
           Purgatory
           at
           least
           ,
           and
           frying
           there
           for
           several
           thousands
           of
           years
           ,
           who
           instead
           of
           having
           benefit
           from
           the
           Indulgences
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           is
           solemnly
           ſ
           cursed
           and
           anathematized
           with
           the
           worst
           of
           Heretics
           in
           the
           
             Bulla
             Coenae
          
           ,
           as
           also
           the
           Declaration
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           being
           Robbers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           ?
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           hoped
           they
           should
           have
           any
           benefit
           from
           the
           spiritual
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           ,
           have
           enrished
           themselves
           with
           that
           real
           and
           material
           Treasure
           belonging
           to
           her
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           price
           that
           buyes
           the
           other
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           they
           who
           ,
           without
           the
           plea
           of
           a
           precedent
           right
           ,
           in
           few
           centuries
           gain'd
           to
           themselves
           a
           fifth
           part
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           will
           not
           doubt
           in
           a
           much
           shorter
           time
           ,
           having
           the
           fore-mentioned
           pretences
           to
           recover
           it
           again
           ,
           even
           the
           
             six
             hundred
             forty
             five
             Abbies
          
           ,
           whereof
           twenty
           seven
           had
           their
           Abbots
           ,
           Peers
           of
           
             England
             :
             The
             ninety
             Colleges
             ,
             two
             thousand
             three
             hundred
             seventy
             four
             Chantries
             and
             free
             Chapels
             ,
             and
             one
             hundred
             and
             ten
             Hospitals
             ,
          
           t
           which
           (
           besides
           the
           lesser
           Dissolutions
           of
           Templars
           ,
           Hospitalers
           ,
           Friers
           Alien
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           preceded
           )
           fell
           together
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           King
           Henry
           VIII
           .
        
         
         
           VIII
           .
           It
           would
           be
           farther
           weigh'd
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Wealth
           and
           flourishing
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           necessarily
           required
           thereto
           ,
           
             the
             Preservation
             of
             Trade
          
           ,
           and
           the
           value
           of
           Lands
           and
           Rents
           ;
           that
           the
           more
           Popery
           growes
           ,
           the
           more
           will
           Idleness
           increase
           ,
           the
           more
           Abbey-Lubbers
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           persons
           exempted
           from
           contributing
           in
           any
           kind
           to
           the
           uses
           of
           a
           State
           either
           in
           War
           or
           Peace
           ,
           and
           yet
           maintain'd
           as
           drones
           on
           others
           sweat
           and
           labours
           .
           The
           more
           it
           increases
           ,
           the
           more
           will
           Celibate
           or
           single
           life
           prevail
           ;
           the
           more
           Daughters
           will
           be
           sent
           to
           Nunneries
           abroad
           ,
           till
           they
           can
           be
           fix'd
           at
           home
           ,
           the
           more
           men
           will
           turn
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           ,
           and
           so
           less
           people
           in
           the
           Nation
           which
           already
           has
           too
           few
           .
           And
           that
           the
           numbers
           in
           those
           Societies
           may
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           full
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           known
           and
           customary
           practice
           to
           entice
           and
           spirit
           away
           Children
           from
           their
           Parents
           into
           their
           Covents
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           cannot
           be
           withdrawn
           without
           Sacriledge
           .
           Of
           this
           abuse
           complaint
           was
           made
           long
           ago
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           to
           the
           Pope
           by
           u
           
             Rich.
             Fitz-Ralph
          
           ,
           called
           
             Armachanus
             ,
             Anno
          
           1360
           ,
           though
           without
           redress
           .
           Lay-men
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             refrain
             from
             sending
             their
             Sons
             to
             the
             Vniversities
             fearing
             to
             have
             them
             taken
             away
             from
             them
             ,
             chusing
             rather
             to
             keep
             their
             Sons
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             breed
             them
             to
             Husbandry
             ,
             than
             to
             lose
             them
             by
             sending
             them
             to
             the
             Schools
             :
             In
             my
             time
             there
             were
             thirty
             thousand
             Students
             in
          
           Oxford
           ,
           
             and
             now
             there
             are
             not
             six
             thousand
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             cause
             of
             this
             decrease
             in
             numbers
             is
             the
             aforesaid
             circumventing
             
             of
             Youth
             .
          
           To
           this
           Accusation
           x
           
             William
             Widford
          
           ,
           a
           begging
           Frier
           ,
           makes
           answer
           in
           his
           Apology
           for
           his
           Order
           ,
           by
           undertaking
           to
           prove
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             very
             lawful
             to
             entice
             Children
             into
             their
             Covents
             without
             their
             Parents
             consent
             .
          
           Since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           what
           Arts
           have
           been
           used
           to
           People
           the
           Seminaries
           abroad
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           too
           notorious
           to
           need
           an
           account
           ,
           if
           any
           desire
           satisfaction
           therein
           he
           may
           have
           it
           from
           Mr.
           
             Wadworth's
             English
             Spanish
             Pilgrim
          
           .
           As
           by
           this
           engaging
           of
           the
           Youth
           in
           Monasteries
           and
           Nunneries
           there
           will
           be
           many
           more
           idle
           hands
           ,
           so
           by
           the
           more
           Holy-days
           which
           will
           be
           kept
           there
           will
           be
           the
           less
           work
           done
           ;
           consequently
           what
           is
           done
           will
           be
           so
           much
           the
           dearer
           ,
           an
           ill
           expedient
           for
           promoting
           of
           Trade
           ,
           for
           four
           dayes
           work
           must
           perhaps
           maintain
           a
           man
           and
           his
           Family
           seven
           .
           The
           more
           Popery
           encreases
           ,
           the
           less
           Flesh
           will
           be
           eaten
           ,
           a
           third
           part
           of
           the
           year
           being
           one
           way
           or
           other
           Fasting
           days
           ,
           besides
           particular
           Penances
           ,
           as
           good
           an
           expedient
           for
           Rents
           ,
           as
           the
           former
           was
           for
           Trade
           .
           To
           salve
           this
           ,
           I
           expect
           the
           Papists
           should
           tell
           us
           ,
           That
           great
           numbers
           of
           Forreiners
           of
           that
           Religion
           will
           come
           and
           live
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           supply
           by
           their
           numbers
           the
           other
           inconveniences
           :
           but
           the
           English
           Artificers
           and
           Merchants
           are
           already
           sensible
           of
           the
           mischiefs
           which
           those
           interloping
           Strangers
           which
           are
           here
           already
           do
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           desire
           no
           new
           Colonies
           :
           Besides
           ,
           't
           is
           obvious
           to
           any
           common
           understanding
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           admission
           of
           Popery
           bring
           in
           Forreiners
           ,
           the
           
           discouragement
           of
           Protestancy
           will
           in
           greater
           and
           more
           disadvantageous
           proportions
           drive
           out
           Natives
           :
           and
           though
           it
           be
           not
           certain
           who
           will
           gain
           by
           the
           change
           ;
           't
           is
           manifest
           that
           the
           true
           English
           Interest
           will
           be
           a
           loser
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           IX
           .
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           
             Popery
             will
             wring
             out
             of
             private
             persons
             a
             vast
             expence
          
           in
           Masses
           ,
           Dirges
           ,
           Mortuaries
           ,
           Penances
           ,
           Commutations
           ,
           Pilgrimages
           ,
           Indulgences
           ,
           Tents
           ,
           First
           Fruits
           ,
           Appeals
           ,
           Investitures
           ,
           Palls
           ,
           Peter-pence
           ,
           Provisions
           ,
           Exemptions
           ,
           Collations
           ,
           Devolutions
           ,
           Revocations
           ,
           Unions
           ,
           Commendams
           ,
           Tolerations
           ,
           Pardons
           ,
           Jubilees
           ,
           &c.
           paid
           to
           Priests
           ,
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Officers
           ;
           which
           upon
           computation
           amounted
           to
           above
           three
           times
           the
           Kings
           Revenue
           ,
           
           a
           great
           part
           thereof
           carried
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Indies
           had
           not
           filled
           it
           with
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           .
           The
           tyranny
           was
           so
           intolerable
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           protested
           against
           it
           in
           their
           Letter
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           y
           
             Lyons
             ,
             Anno
          
           1245.
           wherein
           among
           others
           things
           they
           declare
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Italians
             received
             hence
             yearly
             above
             sixty
             thousand
             Marks
             ,
             besides
             all
             other
             payments
             to
             the
             See
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             carried
             out
             of
             the
             kingdom
             a
             greater
             revnue
             than
             the
             King
             had
             ,
             who
             was
             Tutor
             to
             the
             Church
             and
             was
             to
             support
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             State.
          
           Which
           complaint
           yet
           had
           no
           other
           answer
           than
           delays
           ,
           and
           a
           severe
           example
           to
           terrifie
           them
           immediately
           made
           upon
           the
           Emperour
           Frederick
           the
           Second
           ,
           against
           whom
           his
           Holiness
           Innocent
           the
           Fourth
           then
           Pope
           ,
           to
           use
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           
           Council
           ,
           z
           
             Pronounced
             and
             thundred
             out
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             horrour
             and
             amazement
             of
             all
             hearers
             and
             by-standers
             ,
          
           Only
           the
           Annats
           or
           First
           Fruits
           of
           Bishopricks
           as
           they
           were
           computed
           in
           *
           Parliament
           ,
           Anno
           1532.
           in
           a
           few
           years
           came
           to
           
             an
             hundred
             sixty
             thousand
             pound
             sterling
          
           ;
           it
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           audit
           the
           whole
           Account
           .
           
             As
             England
          
           was
           by
           the
           Popes
           stiled
           an
           †
           
             inexhaustible
             pit
          
           ,
           so
           was
           there
           no
           bounds
           set
           to
           the
           industry
           of
           them
           who
           attempted
           to
           drain
           it
           .
           After
           a
           sad
           complaint
           of
           the
           Rapine
           ,
           Avarice
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           of
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Officers
           among
           us
           ,
           a
           
             Matthew
             Paris
          
           breaks
           out
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             we
             might
             there
             see
             heart
             breaking
             grief
             ,
             the
             cheeks
             of
             pious
             persons
             drown'd
             in
             tears
             ,
             the
             doleful
             moan
             that
             they
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             sighs
             which
             they
             multiplied
             ,
             saying
             with
             bleeding
             groans
             ,
             It
             were
             better
             for
             us
             to
             die
             ,
             than
             behold
             the
             calamity
             of
             our
             Country
             and
             pious
             People
             of
             it
             .
             woe
             to
          
           England
           ,
           
             who
             heretofore
             was
             Princess
             of
             Provinces
             ,
             and
             Ruler
             of
             Nations
             ,
             the
             mirrour
             of
             Excellence
             ,
             and
             pattern
             of
             Piety
             ,
             is
             now
             become
             Tributary
             ,
             vile
             persons
             have
             trampled
             upon
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             is
             a
             prey
             to
             the
             ignoble
             :
             But
             our
             manifold
             sins
             have
             procured
             these
             iudgments
             from
             God
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             anger
             for
             the
             iniquity
             of
             his
             People
             has
             made
             a
             Hypocrite
             and
             Tyrant
             to
             rule
             over
             them
             .
          
           If
           Almighty
           God
           should
           for
           the
           like
           Provocations
           put
           us
           again
           under
           the
           same
           Egyptian
           Task-masters
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           the
           self-same
           usage
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           for
           all
           this
           expence
           ,
           't
           is
           pleasant
           to
           examine
           what
           is
           to
           come
           back
           to
           us
           in
           exchange
           ;
           
           even
           Parchments
           full
           of
           Benedictions
           and
           Indulgences
           ,
           store
           of
           leaden
           Seals
           ,
           Beads
           ,
           and
           Tickets
           ;
           Medals
           ,
           Agnus-Dei's
           ,
           Rosaries
           ,
           hallowed
           Grains
           ,
           and
           Wax-candles
           ,
           such
           Traffique
           that
           an
           Indian
           would
           scarce
           barter
           for
           ;
           such
           pitiful
           Gauds
           that
           would
           hardly
           bribe
           a
           child
           of
           a
           year
           old
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           the
           goodly
           price
           they
           offer
           for
           all
           the
           wealth
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           .
        
         
           X.
           After
           this
           Tyranny
           over
           our
           Estates
           in
           the
           particulars
           rehersed
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           very
           remarkable
           one
           behind
           which
           will
           well
           deserve
           to
           be
           considered
           :
           It
           is
           b
           
             Auricular
             Confession
          
           ;
           where
           not
           to
           mention
           its
           ill
           aspect
           upon
           Goverment
           ,
           as
           being
           made
           an
           Engine
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           Pick-lock
           of
           the
           Cabinets
           of
           Princes
           ,
           sealing
           up
           all
           things
           from
           the
           notice
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           but
           making
           liberal
           discoveries
           against
           him
           ;
           hereby
           not
           only
           the
           Estate
           ,
           but
           Soul
           and
           Conscience
           of
           every
           private
           man
           are
           subjected
           to
           the
           Avarice
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           withal
           the
           Humour
           and
           Caprice
           ,
           the
           insolence
           and
           Pride
           ,
           nay
           ,
           Lust
           and
           Villany
           of
           a
           debauched
           Confessor
           ;
           Every
           mortal
           sin
           upon
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           must
           be
           confessed
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Penitent
           after
           great
           anxieties
           has
           freed
           himself
           from
           this
           disquiet
           ,
           he
           must
           submit
           to
           the
           Penance
           ,
           however
           rigorous
           ,
           or
           chargeable
           ,
           or
           foolish
           ,
           which
           the
           Priest
           enjoyns
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           Family
           are
           entirely
           in
           the
           power
           of
           this
           Master
           of
           their
           secrets
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           this
           Awe
           and
           Empire
           ,
           however
           grievous
           ,
           were
           the
           whole
           Inconvenience
           'twere
           
           something
           tolerable
           ,
           it
           being
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           that
           so
           severe
           a
           Remedy
           would
           affright
           from
           Guilt
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           contrary
           happens
           :
           the
           Priest
           takes
           often
           benefit
           of
           the
           Sin
           which
           he
           absolves
           from
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           advantage
           of
           these
           two
           Points
           ,
           that
           the
           person
           whose
           Confession
           he
           has
           taken
           has
           lost
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           can
           absolve
           from
           the
           Crime
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           easie
           to
           persuade
           the
           Repetition
           of
           that
           Sin
           ,
           which
           his
           breath
           can
           easily
           blow
           away
           and
           render
           none
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           mention
           on
           the
           other
           part
           the
           perfunctory
           Penances
           ,
           which
           seem
           only
           imposed
           to
           invite
           to
           sin
           again
           ,
           and
           those
           authorized
           by
           a
           most
           authentic
           pattern
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Popes
           themselves
           ,
           for
           what
           Markets
           may
           we
           not
           expect
           from
           a
           poor
           Priest
           ,
           when
           his
           Holiness
           in
           his
           c
           
             Tax
             of
             the
             Apostolic
             Chancery
          
           has
           valued
           the
           most
           horrid
           crimes
           at
           so
           easie
           rates
           as
           a
           few
           Grosses
           ,
           or
           a
           Julio
           ,
           and
           eighteen
           pence
           or
           half
           a
           crown
           compounds
           for
           the
           foulest
           most
           abominable
           Guilt
           .
           Nay
           ,
           when
           a
           Visit
           to
           a
           priviledg'd
           Shrine
           or
           Altar
           ,
           and
           the
           bare
           recital
           of
           a
           short
           Prayer
           purchases
           pardon
           for
           100
           ,
           500
           ,
           546
           ,
           6646
           dayes
           :
           Nay
           ,
           for
           7500
           ,
           10000
           ,
           1000000
           years
           according
           to
           the
           grants
           of
           several
           Popes
           to
           be
           seen
           for
           our
           great
           comfort
           and
           edification
           in
           the
           d
           
             Horae
             B.
             Virginis
          
           .
           So
           that
           the
           story
           of
           that
           plump
           Confessor
           ,
           who
           for
           six
           Acts
           of
           Adultery
           is
           said
           to
           have
           enjoyn'd
           the
           repetition
           of
           six
           Penitential
           Psalms
           ,
           and
           when
           't
           was
           told
           him
           that
           there
           were
           seven
           of
           them
           ,
           
           advised
           the
           Votary
           to
           commit
           Adultery
           once
           more
           ,
           and
           repeat
           the
           whole
           number
           ,
           may
           seem
           a
           very
           severe
           act
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           (
           besides
           a
           full
           atonement
           for
           past
           sins
           )
           supererogation
           for
           future
           ones
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           Vice
           being
           brought
           to
           this
           easie
           rate
           ,
           besides
           all
           other
           mis-adventures
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           stand
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           Cuckolds
           ,
           and
           have
           our
           Posterity
           share
           the
           Title
           which
           is
           proverbial
           in
           Popish
           Countries
           ,
           to
           be
           
             fils
             de
             Prestre
          
           ;
           it
           will
           concern
           us
           to
           look
           about
           us
           ,
           while
           't
           is
           time
           ,
           and
           prevent
           these
           vile
           dishonours
           which
           are
           preparing
           for
           us
           .
           If
           it
           shall
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           imaginable
           men
           should
           pervert
           so
           sacred
           an
           action
           ,
           as
           the
           receiving
           of
           Confessions
           to
           those
           purposes
           of
           villany
           that
           are
           suggested
           .
           I
           answer
           first
           ,
           That
           we
           may
           without
           breach
           of
           Charity
           suppose
           that
           thing
           possibly
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           which
           is
           notoriously
           known
           to
           have
           been
           done
           :
           as
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           crime
           is
           competently
           allayed
           by
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           who
           think
           only
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           not
           e
           Fornication
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           dignity
           of
           a
           Clergy-man
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Nephews
           of
           great
           Clergy-men
           and
           Popes
           have
           in
           all
           Ages
           been
           owned
           and
           preferred
           ,
           and
           moreover
           f
           fornication
           has
           been
           allowed
           to
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           in
           in
           compensation
           for
           their
           restraint
           from
           marriage
           ,
           three
           or
           four
           Whores
           as
           part
           of
           their
           spiritual
           preferment
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           this
           being
           put
           together
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           little
           hopes
           to
           preserve
           honour
           in
           Families
           ,
           where
           
           so
           many
           circumstances
           concur
           together
           to
           betray
           it
           .
        
         
           XI
           .
           After
           all
           this
           there
           still
           remains
           a
           farther
           reason
           why
           we
           should
           resist
           the
           groath
           of
           Popery
           ,
           even
           the
           most
           pressing
           that
           can
           be
           urged
           ,
           Self-preservation
           ,
           to
           avoid
           Imprisonment
           and
           Inquisition
           ,
           Fire
           and
           Fagot
           ,
           Massacres
           ,
           Racks
           and
           Gibbets
           ,
           the
           known
           Methods
           by
           which
           the
           Romanists
           support
           their
           Cause
           ,
           and
           propagate
           their
           Faith.
           Should
           that
           Sect
           prevail
           ,
           the
           Nonconformist
           shall
           no
           longer
           complain
           of
           a
           
             Bartholomew
             day
          
           ;
           the
           
             Parisian
             Vespers
          
           ,
           which
           bore
           that
           date
           ,
           will
           be
           resumed
           again
           ,
           and
           silence
           all
           complaints
           of
           them
           or
           us
           :
           and
           as
           his
           Holiness
           thought
           fit
           to
           celebrate
           that
           barbarous
           villany
           ,
           calling
           together
           ,
           as
           g
           Thuanus
           tells
           us
           ,
           his
           Cardinals
           solemnly
           
             to
             give
             thanks
             to
             Almighty
             God
             for
             so
             great
             a
             blessing
             conferred
             upon
             the
             Roman
             See
             ,
             and
             the
             Christian
             World
          
           ;
           nay
           ,
           a
           jubilee
           was
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           through
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           whereof
           the
           cause
           was
           expressed
           to
           
             give
             thanks
             to
             god
             for
             destroying
             in
          
           France
           
             the
             enemies
             of
             the
             Truth
             and
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           There
           may
           be
           found
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Sea
           ,
           men
           who
           will
           imitate
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           holy
           League
           ,
           who
           upon
           such
           encouragements
           from
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           greater
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           consecrate
           their
           hands
           in
           a
           Massacre
           here
           with
           us
           .
           It
           is
           vulgarly
           known
           what
           was
           done
           to
           the
           poor
           Albigenses
           and
           Waldenses
           :
           How
           many
           hundred
           thousand
           of
           
           lives
           the
           planting
           of
           the
           Roman
           Gospel
           in
           the
           Indies
           cost
           :
           What
           cruelties
           were
           practised
           in
           the
           Low-Countires
           by
           the
           Duke
           
             d'
             Alva
          
           ,
           what
           bloud
           in
           this
           Island
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           what
           designed
           to
           be
           shed
           in
           the
           
             Powder
             Treason
          
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           privity
           and
           direction
           of
           the
           Pope
           himself
           as
           h
           Delrio
           informs
           us
           in
           spight
           of
           all
           the
           palliations
           that
           are
           now
           suggested
           :
           who
           withal
           adds
           ,
           that
           his
           Holiness
           Clement
           the
           VIII
           by
           his
           Bull
           a
           little
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           gave
           order
           that
           
             no
             Priest
             should
             discover
             any
             thing
             that
             came
             to
             his
             knowledg
             in
             confession
             to
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Secular
             Government
          
           :
           It
           seeming
           safer
           to
           these
           good
           men
           to
           break
           all
           the
           Obligations
           of
           Duty
           and
           Allegeance
           ,
           though
           bound
           by
           Oaths
           ,
           than
           violate
           the
           Seal
           of
           Confession
           ,
           or
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           that
           meritorious
           work
           ,
           at
           one
           moment
           to
           destroy
           their
           Sovereign
           with
           all
           his
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           his
           whole
           Nobility
           and
           Senate
           ,
           and
           subvert
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           Native
           Country
           .
           But
           we
           need
           not
           seek
           for
           instances
           without
           our
           own
           memories
           ,
           the
           carriage
           of
           the
           i
           
             Irish
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           where
           the
           Papists
           in
           a
           few
           moneths
           
             cut
             the
             throats
             of
             about
             two
             hundred
             thousand
             innocent
             Protestants
             of
             all
             Sexes
             and
             Ages
             ,
          
           cannot
           be
           yet
           forgotten
           .
           Which
           Act
           was
           so
           meritorious
           as
           to
           deserve
           from
           his
           Holiness
           a
           most
           plenary
           Indulgence
           for
           all
           that
           were
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           k
           
             even
             absolution
             from
             Excommunication
             ,
             Suspension
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Ecclesiastical
             Sentences
             and
             Censures
             by
             whomsoever
             ,
             or
             for
             what
             cause
             soever
             pronounced
             or
             inflicted
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             also
             from
             all
             sins
             ,
             trespasses
             ,
             transgressions
             ,
             
             crimes
             and
             delinquences
             ,
             how
             hanious
             and
             attrocious
             soeuer
             they
             be
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Nor
           let
           any
           man
           be
           so
           fond
           to
           hope
           for
           better
           terms
           ,
           or
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           if
           Popery
           should
           now
           prevail
           .
           Let
           us
           look
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           see
           on
           all
           hands
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           any
           where
           suffered
           to
           grow
           either
           under
           or
           near
           that
           Sect.
           Where
           Protestantism
           has
           been
           so
           strongly
           fix'd
           as
           not
           to
           be
           batter'd
           down
           at
           once
           ,
           it
           has
           by
           degrees
           been
           perpetually
           undermin'd
           :
           witness
           the
           Proceedings
           against
           them
           in
           Poland
           and
           Hungary
           and
           several
           parts
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           late
           Persecutions
           in
           the
           Vallies
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           and
           the
           methods
           used
           in
           France
           to
           demolish
           their
           Temples
           ,
           and
           disable
           them
           for
           their
           Employments
           ,
           and
           almost
           exclude
           them
           from
           common
           Trades
           .
           I
           need
           not
           enquire
           what
           is
           now
           done
           in
           Vtrecht
           and
           other
           acquisitions
           of
           the
           French
           upon
           the
           Hollander
           ;
           this
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           ;
           Whatsoever
           Articles
           are
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           made
           of
           favour
           and
           compliance
           ,
           't
           is
           somewhat
           more
           than
           a
           probable
           l
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             That
             Faith
             is
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Heretics
             .
          
           The
           Jesuited
           Romanist
           is
           at
           large
           by
           Equivocotions
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           by
           directing
           of
           Intention
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           :
           they
           can
           with
           very
           good
           conscience
           dissemble
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           pretend
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Profession
           ,
           come
           to
           the
           devotions
           of
           Heathen
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           express
           Licence
           from
           his
           Holiness
           Pope
           Clement
           the
           Eight
           upon
           account
           of
           which
           ,
           
             we
             may
          
           ,
           says
           m
           
             Tho.
             a
             
             Jesu
             ,
             be
             present
             without
             any
             scruple
             at
             the
             Rites
             and
             divine
             Offices
             of
             Infidels
             ,
             Heretics
             and
             Schismatics
             .
          
           Nay
           Peter
           n
           Maffeius
           makes
           it
           his
           boast
           ,
           that
           
             Ignatius
             Loyola
             imitated
             the
             Devil
             in
             all
             his
             tricks
             ,
             cheats
             and
             cunning
             ,
          
           to
           convert
           souls
           :
           and
           how
           his
           followers
           have
           transcrib'd
           that
           Pattern
           the
           world
           does
           know
           .
        
         
           Yet
           farther
           ,
           they
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           at
           least
           ,
           can
           set
           up
           a
           new
           Gospel
           ,
           where
           their
           is
           not
           one
           word
           of
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ;
           can
           worship
           Heathen
           Idols
           with
           that
           pitiful
           reserve
           of
           having
           in
           their
           Sleeve
           a
           Crucifix
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           privately
           direct
           their
           Adoration
           :
           All
           which
           as
           they
           are
           notorious
           for
           ,
           being
           complained
           of
           to
           the
           o
           Pope
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           uncontroul'd
           for
           ought
           appears
           and
           permitted
           by
           him
           .
           Indeed
           what
           conversation
           can
           there
           be
           with
           these
           men
           who
           are
           under
           no
           obligations
           of
           Society
           ,
           no
           Character
           of
           notice
           or
           Distinction
           ;
           who
           at
           the
           same
           time
           are
           Priests
           and
           Hectors
           ,
           Casuists
           and
           Artificers
           ,
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Quakers
           ,
           Theists
           ,
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           amidst
           all
           this
           very
           good
           Catholics
           .
           Let
           any
           honest
           sober
           man
           judge
           what
           kind
           of
           Religion
           this
           is
           ,
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           how
           fit
           to
           be
           encourag'd
           and
           submitted
           to
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           To
           close
           up
           all
           that
           has
           been
           said
           ;
           from
           uncontroulable
           Testimonies
           and
           Proofs
           ,
           we
           have
           seen
           the
           influence
           which
           Popery
           has
           either
           heretofore
           or
           may
           hereafter
           have
           amongst
           us
           in
           all
           the
           great
           concerns
           of
           our
           
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Prince
           ,
           our
           Laws
           ,
           our
           Property
           ,
           our
           Country
           ,
           our
           Families
           and
           Lives
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           evidently
           destructive
           unto
           all
           :
           the
           inference
           from
           whence
           can
           be
           no
           other
           ,
           but
           that
           if
           we
           have
           any
           love
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           any
           abhorrence
           of
           the
           grossest
           Superstition
           ,
           Error
           or
           Idolatry
           ;
           any
           regard
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           any
           care
           of
           our
           Laws
           or
           our
           Estates
           ,
           any
           concernment
           for
           the
           Strength
           ,
           the
           Wealth
           or
           Numbers
           of
           our
           Nation
           ;
           any
           desire
           to
           hold
           the
           Freedom
           of
           our
           Conscience
           ,
           the
           Virtue
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Families
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           any
           care
           of
           Self-Preservation
           ,
           to
           escape
           Massacres
           ,
           and
           the
           utmost
           rage
           of
           persecution
           ;
           it
           will
           behoove
           us
           to
           beware
           of
           the
           prevailing
           of
           that
           sect
           ,
           in
           whose
           Successes
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           expect
           to
           forfeit
           all
           these
           Interests
           ,
           perish
           our selves
           ,
           and
           bequeath
           Idolatry
           and
           Beggery
           and
           Servitude
           to
           our
           Posterity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             Art.
             6.
             
          
           
             b
             2
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             c
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             .
             Disc
             .
          
           
             d
             Ant.
             8.
             
          
           
             e
             
             Jewel's
             Apol.
             
          
           
             f
             Art.
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             Catechism
             in
             the
             Lit.
             
          
           
             g
             Art.
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             h
             1
             Cor.
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             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
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             1
             Cor.
             14.40
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             of
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             the
             Litur
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             Commin
             .
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             the
             Litur
             .
          
           
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             of
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             .
             Art.
             
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               Mason
            
             de
             Min
             Ang.
             Bramhal
             ▪
             
          
           
             m
             Art.
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             King
             Charles
             Letter
             to
             the
             Prince
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             n
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             o
             Jude
             3.
             
             Gal.
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             .
          
           
             p
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             and
             some
             others
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             the
             South
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             q
             An.
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             of
             
               Hen.
               8.
            
             by
             the
             advice
             of
             the
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             and
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             r
             Heb.
             
               Hist
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               of
            
             Hen.
             8.
             
             Speed
             ,
             Baker
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
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             l.
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             c.
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               an
            
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             t
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             in
             the
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             of
             their
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             .
          
           
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             Imag.
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             x
             Coster
             ,
             Enchirid
             .
             Controvers
             .
             c.
             8.
             de
             Euch.
             p.
             308.
             
             Concil
             .
             Trident
             .
             Sess
             .
             
               13.
               
               Bell.
            
             de
             Euch.
             
          
           
             y
             Concil
             .
             Constance
             ,
             Sess
             .
             13
             ,
             Trid.
             Sess
             .
             
               21.
               
               Bell.
            
             de
             Euch.
             l.
             4.
             
          
           
             z
             Index
             lib.
             probib
             .
             reg
             .
             
               4.
               
               Bell.
            
             de
             verbo
             dei
             .
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Optat
             Milevitan
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             
               Cont.
               Parmen
            
             .
          
           
             †
             Missal
             .
             Rom.
             approbat
             .
             ex
             decret
             .
             Conc.
             Trid.
             &
             Bulla
             Pii
             V.
             Cherubini
             bulla●
             .
             Tom.
             2.
             p.
             311
          
           
             a
             Extrait
             du
             procez
             verbal
             des
             assembl
             gener
             .
             du
             clerge
             du
             Fran.
             tenue
             a
             Paris
             ,
             es
             An.
             1660.
             
             &
             1661.
             
          
           
             b
             Bell.
             de
             Rom●
             Pont.
             l.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             Bellar.
             de
             Eccles
             .
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             d
             Jude
             3.
             
          
           
             e
             Bellar.
             de
             Indulg
             .
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             f
             Taxa
             cancel
             .
             Apost
             .
          
           
             g
             Bellar.
             de
             Eccles
             .
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             h
             Church
             Hist
             .
             of
             Britany
             .
          
           
             i
             Curtius
             .
          
           
             k
             David
             ,
             Hezek
             &c.
             
          
           
             l
             Const
             Theod.
             Juista
             &c.
             
          
           
             m
             Bell.
             de
             .
             Rom.
             pont
             .
             l.
             5.
             
             Suar
             Aud.
             Eud.
             Johan
             resp
             .
             ad
             Caesaub
             .
             p
             12.
             
             Suar.
             defens
             .
             fid
             cath
             .
             l.
             3.
             
             Turrecrem
             .
             sum
             .
             ecc
             l.
             c.
             1●
             .
             Thom.
             Aquin.
             2.2
             quaest
             .
             12.
             
             Art.
             2.
             
             Ledes
             .
             Theol.
             mor.
             tract
             .
             7.
             
             Malder
             .
             com
             .
             in
             D.
             Thom.
             2.2
             .
             quaest
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             n
             Extravag
             de
             majoritate
             &
             obedientia
             c.
             1.
             unam
             sanctam
             .
          
           
             o
             Platin.
             in
             vit
             .
             Innoc.
             3.
             
          
           
             p
             Concil
             .
             later
             .
             can
             .
             27.
             tom
             .
             concil
             .
             27.
             p.
             461.
             
             Concil
             .
             lat
             .
             4.
             
             Can.
             3.
             
             Tom.
             28.
             p.
             161.
             
             Concil
             .
             Ludg.
             1.
             
             Sess
             .
             3.
             
             Tom
             28.
             p.
             424.
             
             Concil
             .
             Const
             Sess
             .
             17.
             tom
             .
             29.
             p.
             158.
             and
             469.
             
          
           
             q
             History
             of
             Popish
             Treasons
             and
             Usurpations
             .
          
           
             r
             Admonish
             to
             the
             Nobility
             :
          
           
             ſ
             Mat.
             Paris
             ,
             An.
             1253
             :
          
           
             t
             Cherubini
             bullar
             .
             Tom.
             1
             :
             p.
             704.
             
             Hist
             Conc.
             Trent
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             An.
             1538.
             
          
           
             u
             Hist
             .
             Concil
             .
             Trent
             .
             an
             .
             1558.
             
          
           
             x
             Cambd.
             
               Eliz.
               An.
            
             1570.
             
             Cherubini
             
               bullar
               .
               Tom.
            
             2.
             p.
             303.
             
          
           
             y
             Thuan.
             l.
             64.
             
             Cambd.
             
               Eliz.
               An.
            
             1578.
             
          
           
             z
             Cambd.
             
               Eliz.
               An.
            
             1588.
             
          
           
             *
             Cambd.
             
               Eliz.
               An.
            
             1600.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Dat.
               May.
            
             30.
             1626.
             
             Foulis
             p.
             725.
             
          
           
             a
             Lord
             
             Orrerys
             answer
             to
             
               Peter
               Welsh
            
             his
             Letter
             .
          
           
             b
             
             Watson's
             quodlibets
             .
             p.
             255.
             out
             of
             Bannes
             ,
             Valentia
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             c
             King
             James
             his
             works
             .
             p.
             504.
             
          
           
             d
             Pag.
             14.
             
          
           
             e
             Pag
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             f
             Pag.
             50.
             
          
           
             g
             Baron
             cent
             .
             undecim
             .
          
           
             h
             An.
             1208.
             
          
           
             i
             Plarina
             in
             vita
             Greg
             VII
             .
          
           
             k
             R.
             Hoved.
             in
             Hen.
             II.
             Mat.
             Paris
             ib.
             
          
           
             l
             Council
             .
             Trid
             ,
             Sess
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             m
             Hist
             .
             Concil
             .
             Trident.
             l
             2.
             
          
           
             n
             1
             and
             2
             of
             Phil.
             &
             Mary
             :
          
           
             o
             Treaty
             at
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             .
          
           
             p
             Cap.
             28.
             
          
           
             q
             Cap.
             13.
             
          
           
             r
             Traitte
             de
             la
             politique
             de
             France
             .
             c.
             14.
             p.
             283.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Trid.
             
          
           
             ſ
             Sess
             .
             22.
             bulla
             coenae
             .
             in
             bullario
             Cherubin
             .
             passim
             .
          
           
             t
             Hebert
             
               hist
               .
               of
            
             Hen.
             8.
             
             Speed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             u
             Sermon
             preached
             before
             the
             Pope
             and
             Cardinals
             at
             Avenion
             .
          
           
             x
             In
             defensorio
             .
          
           
             
               Mat
               Paris
            
             Hist
             .
             Anno
             1252.
             
          
           
             y
             Tom.
             concil
             .
             28.
             p.
             460.
             
          
           
             z
             Pag.
             462.
             
          
           
             *
             Herb.
             
               Hist
               .
               King
            
             Hen.
             8.
             p.
             330.
             
          
           
             †
             Mat.
             Paris
             Anno
             1246.
             
          
           
             a
             Anno
             1237.
             
          
           
             b
             Concil
             Trid.
             Sess
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             c
             Taxa
             cancel
             .
             Apost
             .
          
           
             d
             
               Horae
               B.
               Vir.
               p.
            
             73
             ,
             84
             ,
             76
             :
             40
             ,
             73
             ,
             79
             ,
             72.56
             ,
             80
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             e
             Sleid.
             
               comm
               :
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             f
             
               Corn.
               Agrip.
            
             c.
             de
             lenocin
             .
          
           
             g
             Thuan
             
               hist
               .
               l.
            
             53.
             
          
           
             h
             Disq
             .
             magic
             .
             l.
             6.
             c.
             1.
             
             Sect.
             3.
             
          
           
             i
             Lord
             Orrery
             p.
             29.
             
          
           
             k
             Pag
             61.
             
          
           
             l
             Concil
             Const
             .
             Myst
             .
             Jesuitism
             
          
           
             m
             De
             convers
             .
             infid
             p.
             854.
             
          
           
             n
             In
             vit
             .
             Ignati
             Loyol
             .
          
           
             o
             Palafox
             Bo.
             of
             Angelopolis
             in
             his
             Letter
             to
             Pope
             
               Inoc.
               X.