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             The narrative of Mr. John Smith of Walworth ... containing a further discovery of the late horrid and popish-plot ...
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           I
           Do
           Appoint
           
             Robert
             Boulter
          
           to
           Print
           this
           my
           Narrative
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Further
          
           DISCOVERY
           
             of
             the
             late
             Horrid
             and
          
           POPISH-PLOT
           ,
           &c.
           and
           that
           no
           others
           Print
           the
           same
           .
           JOHN
           SMITH
           .
           October
           12.
           1679.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           Mr.
           John
           Smith
           OF
           Walworth
           ,
           in
           the
           County-Palatine
           of
           Durham
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           Containing
           a
           further
           DISCOVERY
           Of
           the
           late
           Horrid
           and
           POPISH-PLOT
           .
           With
           an
           Account
           of
           
             
               1
               st
               .
               The
               inconsistency
               of
               the
               Popish-Principles
               with
               the
               Peace
               of
               all
               States
               .
            
             
               2
               ly
               .
               Their
               Destructiveness
               to
               all
               Protestant
               Kingdoms
               .
            
             
               3
               ly
               .
               The
               Incouragements
               upon
               which
               the
               Papists
               undertook
               so
               Hellish
               a
               Design
               against
               England
               .
            
             
               4
               ly
               .
               The
               Progress
               they
               had
               made
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               5
               ly
               .
               The
               Reasons
               of
               their
               endeavouring
               ,
               more
               especially
               the
               Death
               of
               His
               present
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               6
               ly
               .
               With
               a
               Vindication
               of
               the
               Justice
               of
               the
               Nation
               upon
               the
               Traitors
               already
               Executed
               .
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Robert
             Boulter
          
           at
           the
           Turks-head
           in
           Corn-hill
           ,
           1679.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           KING
           .
        
         
           AS
           I
           owe
           my
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           have
           Dedicated
           my
           Life
           to
           Your
           Majesty
           ;
           so
           I
           desire
           with
           all
           Humility
           in
           my self
           ,
           and
           Zeal
           for
           Your
           Happiness
           ,
           to
           offer
           up
           these
           Papers
           unto
           You.
           
        
         
           Many
           of
           Your
           Subjects
           are
           capable
           to
           present
           You
           ,
           with
           what
           is
           more
           sutable
           to
           the
           Greatness
           of
           Your
           Understanding
           ;
           but
           nothing
           can
           be
           laid
           at
           Your
           Feet
           which
           more
           nearly
           concerns
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Your
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           the
           Safety
           of
           Your
           Crown
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           Your
           Royal
           Dignity
           .
        
         
           The
           danger
           of
           Conspiracies
           lies
           in
           their
           being
           concealed
           ,
           none
           ever
           perished
           by
           a
           detected
           Plot
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           have
           wilfully
           abandoned
           themselves
           to
           be
           destroyed
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           while
           some
           of
           your
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           defeat
           the
           Hellish
           Machinations
           of
           the
           Papists
           against
           your
           Majesty
           and
           People
           ,
           are
           contented
           to
           expose
           themselves
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           secret
           Assassinations
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           vow'd
           Revenge
           of
           a
           disloyal
           and
           desperate
           Party
           ;
           It
           is
           hoped
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           not
           at
           once
           both
           desert
           your Self
           ,
           and
           de-relinquish
           the
           care
           of
           three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Sacrifice
           those
           Loyal
           Souls
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           implacable
           Enemies
           .
           Sir
           ,
           'T
           is
           past
           the
           Malice
           and
           Strength
           of
           your
           Adversaries
           ,
           either
           to
           destroy
           your
           Life
           ,
           or
           subvert
           your
           Government
           ,
           unless
           (
           which
           God
           avert
           )
           you
           joyn
           in
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           by
           some
           Personal
           accession
           .
           And
           against
           dangers
           that
           you
           voluntarily
           expose
           your self
           unto
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           promise
           that
           the
           immense
           Wisdom
           ,
           or
           Almighty
           Power
           ,
           should
           interpose
           to
           save
           you
           .
           The
           Conspirators
           find
           it
           convenient
           to
           alter
           the
           Methods
           of
           accomplishing
           their
           
           Treason
           ;
           but
           they
           remain
           unchangeable
           in
           their
           Traiterous
           Designs
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           your
           own
           Power
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           Reign
           in
           defiance
           of
           their
           violent
           Attempts
           ,
           but
           to
           render
           your
           People
           happy
           while
           you
           live
           ,
           and
           relinquish
           them
           safe
           when
           you
           dye
           .
           For
           to
           all
           this
           there
           is
           no
           more
           required
           ,
           but
           your
           hearkning
           to
           the
           Advice
           of
           your
           Parliament
           ;
           who
           as
           they
           are
           best
           able
           to
           Counsel
           you
           ,
           so
           their
           own
           interest
           ,
           and
           the
           welfare
           of
           those
           they
           represent
           ,
           will
           always
           oblige
           them
           to
           it
           .
           Might
           your
           Popish
           Adversaries
           but
           once
           divide
           betwixt
           you
           and
           your
           People
           ,
           and
           dispossess
           you
           out
           of
           the
           hearts
           of
           your
           Subjects
           ;
           the
           next
           thing
           will
           be
           (
           having
           left
           you
           none
           to
           stand
           by
           you
           )
           to
           wrest
           your
           Crown
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           deject
           you
           from
           your
           Throne
           .
           As
           it
           is
           impossible
           you
           should
           miscarry
           while
           you
           and
           your
           People
           agree
           ,
           so
           no
           humane
           means
           can
           prevent
           the
           Destruction
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           the
           Unhappiness
           of
           your
           Royal
           Self
           and
           Family
           in
           their
           Ruines
           ,
           if
           through
           the
           Clamours
           of
           the
           Popish
           Party
           you
           should
           be
           divided
           from
           your
           People
           as
           represented
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           withdrawn
           from
           hearkning
           to
           their
           Advice
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesties
             Most
             humble
             ,
             and
             most
             loyal
             Subject
             ,
             
               JOHN
               SMITH
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           HAd
           the
           many
           Discoveries
           of
           the
           Plot
           already
           communicated
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           served
           either
           to
           dismay
           the
           Conspirators
           from
           their
           further
           proceeds
           ,
           or
           to
           awaken
           the
           Nation
           proportionably
           to
           its
           danger
           ,
           The
           Conveying
           of
           this
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           had
           been
           wholly
           forborn
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           offering
           this
           Information
           to
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Council
           ,
           was
           an
           indispensible
           Duty
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           superseded
           without
           Disloyalty
           to
           the
           Government
           :
           but
           the
           divulging
           it
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           resolved
           into
           that
           Lethargy
           as
           the
           motive
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           too
           many
           still
           lye
           under
           .
           Shall
           it
           be
           said
           that
           our
           supine
           folly
           and
           unreasonable
           unbelief
           ,
           promote
           our
           ruine
           beyond
           what
           the
           malice
           of
           our
           Enemies
           was
           able
           to
           accomplish
           ?
           Shall
           their
           Address
           in
           impudent
           Pamphlets
           ,
           wheedle
           a
           company
           of
           easie
           and
           silly
           Souls
           ,
           to
           disbelieve
           what
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           two
           Parliaments
           (
           being
           first
           assured
           themselves
           )
           have
           both
           recommended
           it
           to
           the
           Faith
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           consigned
           it
           over
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           an
           unquestionable
           certainty
           .
           It
           is
           not
           without
           astonishment
           ,
           that
           I
           observe
           how
           a
           generation
           of
           men
           ,
           whose
           interest
           makes
           it
           necessary
           ,
           and
           whose
           principles
           makes
           it
           lawful
           ,
           to
           Lye
           ,
           are
           able
           by
           meer
           impudence
           ,
           to
           out-face
           the
           fullest
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           most
           uncontrollable
           Convictions
           of
           their
           Guilt
           .
        
         
           Reader
           ,
           Thou
           wilt
           therefore
           find
           in
           these
           following
           Sheets
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           further
           Attestation
           given
           to
           prove
           a
           Hellish
           Conspiracy
           against
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           by
           Law
           Established
           ;
           but
           thou
           wilt
           meet
           with
           some
           account
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Advantages
           which
           did
           facilitate
           them
           in
           their
           designs
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           several
           steps
           which
           they
           had
           taken
           to
           accomplish
           them
           .
           And
           if
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Inhabitants
           of
           these
           Nations
           will
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           (
           by
           continuing
           their
           Divisions
           )
           notwithstanding
           such
           fair
           warning
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           deserve
           to
           perish
           without
           Compassion
           and
           Pity
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           further
           DISCOVERY
           Of
           the
           late
           Horrid
           and
           Popish-PLOT
           .
        
         
           WHat
           disturbances
           and
           fatal
           mischiefs
           ,
           the
           claim
           and
           exercise
           
             
               section
            
             1
          
           of
           Papal
           Authority
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           have
           caused
           even
           in
           Kingdoms
           where
           both
           Princes
           and
           People
           were
           in
           all
           things
           else
           of
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           :
           the
           Histories
           of
           foregoing
           Ages
           do
           sufficiently
           inform
           us
           .
           The
           alone
           demurring
           to
           the
           Usurpations
           of
           the
           Roman
           Pontife
           ,
           hath
           derived
           from
           the
           pretended
           Infallible
           Chair
           ,
           the
           Excommunication
           of
           Princes
           ,
           the
           discharging
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           the
           Alienation
           of
           Crowns
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           the
           interdicting
           the
           performance
           of
           all
           Divine
           Services
           in
           Nations
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           their
           own
           stile
           ,
           were
           in
           all
           things
           else
           Catholick
           .
           For
           besides
           the
           manifold
           instances
           which
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Western
           World
           afford
           us
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           such
           as
           Gregory
           the
           seventh
           ,
           his
           Excommunicating
           Henry
           the
           
             fourth
             ;
             Sylvester
          
           the
           third
           ,
           his
           Anathematizing
           Henry
           the
           
             fifth
             ;
             Gregory
          
           the
           ninth
           ,
           his
           cursing
           Frederick
           the
           second
           ,
           Emperour
           of
           Germany
           .
           And
           Innocent
           the
           third
           ,
           his
           Excommunicating
           
             Philip
             August
          
           ,
           and
           setting
           his
           Kingdom
           under
           an
           Interdict
           ;
           Benedict
           the
           
             thirteenth
             ,
             Charles
          
           the
           sixth
           ,
           and
           Boniface
           the
           
             eighth
             ,
             Philip
          
           the
           Faire
           ,
           Kings
           of
           France
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           besides
           these
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Forraign
           instances
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           alone
           hath
           afforded
           us
           too
           many
           woful
           proofs
           of
           the
           
             Papal
             Vsurpation
          
           ,
           and
           falsly
           pretended
           Jurisdiction
           over
           
             Temporal
             Monarchs
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Dominions
           .
           So
           that
           towards
           the
           recommending
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           to
           the
           love
           of
           my
           Country-men
           ,
           I
           need
           only
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Entertainment
           that
           
             William
             Rufus
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           
             second
             ,
             King
             John
          
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           eighth
           ,
           Princes
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           met
           with
           from
           the
           Universal
           Father
           .
           For
           even
           that
           Prince
           whom
           I
           mentioned
           last
           ,
           not
           only
           lived
           and
           died
           himself
           in
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           ,
           but
           put
           to
           death
           all
           such
           as
           were
           Arraigned
           for
           being
           otherwise
           minded
           ;
           So
           that
           the
           only
           reason
           why
           he
           was
           Excommunicated
           by
           two
           Popes
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           his
           Kingdom
           interdicted
           ,
           his
           Subjects
           absolved
           from
           the
           Fealty
           they
           owed
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           disposal
           made
           of
           his
           Crown
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Exemption
           of
           the
           Papal
           Censure
           ,
           was
           nothing
           but
           his
           declining
           the
           Authority
           and
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           his
           vindicating
           those
           Rights
           which
           by
           our
           ancient
           Law
           appertained
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           this
           Land.
           
        
         
           Let
           Princes
           and
           People
           be
           never
           so
           zealous
           in
           all
           other
           points
           of
           the
           Roman
           Faith
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           but
           dispute
           the
           Universal-Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Triple
           Crown
           ,
           they
           expose
           themselves
           to
           Depositions
           ,
           Interdicts
           ,
           and
           
           whatsoever
           else
           it
           pleases
           his
           Holiness
           to
           denounce
           against
           them
           .
           It
           is
           but
           for
           a
           Monarch
           or
           State
           to
           thwart
           the
           Capricio
           ,
           and
           cross
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           disoblige
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           they
           immediately
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           destroyed
           ,
           under
           the
           very
           Countenance
           and
           Allowance
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           which
           have
           the
           stamp
           of
           Articles
           of
           Faith.
           The
           Interdict
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Venice
           by
           Paul
           the
           fifth
           ,
           the
           Murther
           of
           Henry
           the
           third
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Assassination
           of
           Henry
           the
           fourth
           ,
           likewise
           of
           France
           ;
           were
           some
           of
           the
           late
           Commentaries
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Principles
           ,
           and
           Items
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           did
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           act
           up
           to
           them
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           yet
           they
           reserved
           them
           in
           their
           Petto
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           upon
           occasion
           .
           And
           it
           may
           not
           be
           altogether
           unworthy
           of
           our
           observation
           ,
           that
           the
           Murther
           of
           Henry
           the
           third
           by
           
             James
             Clement
          
           a
           Dominican
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           magnified
           in
           a
           solemn
           Oration
           by
           Sixtus
           the
           fifth
           ,
           which
           was
           afterwards
           Printed
           and
           Published
           at
           Rome
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           been
           lately
           translated
           by
           some
           Romish
           Priest
           ,
           or
           other
           ,
           with
           the
           Latin
           in
           one
           Column
           ,
           and
           English
           in
           another
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           all
           likelihood
           to
           inflame
           some
           Papal
           Votary
           to
           the
           like
           attempt
           upon
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           
             
               section
            
             2
          
           So
           that
           were
           there
           no
           dishonour
           to
           arise
           to
           God
           ,
           danger
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           ,
           by
           the
           re-introduction
           of
           Popery
           amongst
           us
           ,
           the
           hazard
           of
           enslaving
           these
           Nations
           to
           a
           Forraign
           Power
           ,
           and
           of
           making
           the
           Crown
           truckle
           to
           the
           Papal
           Mitre
           ;
           may
           awaken
           every
           generous
           as
           well
           as
           Loyal
           Soul
           ,
           both
           to
           watch
           against
           ,
           and
           oppose
           all
           secret
           tendencies
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           open
           attempts
           ,
           towards
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           pernicious
           a
           Consequence
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           unworthy
           of
           our
           remark
           ,
           that
           besides
           those
           foregoing
           advantages
           which
           the
           Pope
           would
           have
           over
           this
           Nation
           ,
           in
           common
           with
           other
           Nations
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           his
           Monarchy
           over
           all
           persons
           and
           things
           
             in
             ordine
             ad
             spiritualia
          
           ,
           upon
           which
           alone
           he
           might
           (
           as
           heretofore
           he
           hath
           done
           )
           Anathematize
           our
           Kings
           ,
           Divest
           them
           of
           their
           Royal
           Power
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           Absolve
           their
           Subjects
           from
           Fidelity
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           but
           Commissionate
           and
           Impower
           them
           to
           make
           War
           upon
           their
           Soveraigns
           ;
           and
           both
           to
           Depose
           and
           Murder
           them
           ,
           under
           the
           encouragement
           of
           meriting
           Heaven
           by
           so
           doing
           .
           I
           say
           it
           is
           not
           unworthy
           of
           our
           reflection
           ,
           what
           other
           latent
           claims
           (
           besides
           these
           )
           as
           he
           may
           be
           likely
           to
           revive
           of
           an
           absolute
           and
           uncontroulable
           Temporal
           Jurisdiction
           over
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           
             The
             King
             of
          
           England
           ,
           saith
           Bellarmine
           ,
           
           
             is
             subject
             to
             the
             Pope
             by
             a
             two-fold
             right
             ,
             first
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             Apostolick
             Power
             ,
          
           and
           
             secondly
             ,
             by
             right
             of
             proper
             Dominion
             .
          
           For
           as
           to
           England
           he
           may
           be
           ready
           to
           plead
           ,
           if
           not
           King
           Henry
           the
           second
           his
           submitting
           his
           Crown
           to
           the
           Pope
           ;
           yet
           King
           
           John's
           resignation
           of
           it
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Popes
           Legat
           ,
           and
           receiving
           it
           again
           as
           a
           Feudatory
           to
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           .
           And
           for
           Scotland
           ,
           he
           may
           possibly
           revive
           that
           title
           which
           so
           long
           ago
           as
           Boniface
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           
           he
           pretended
           over
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           namely
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Kingdom
             of
          
           Scotland
           
             belongs
             of
             right
             to
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             that
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Popes
             power
             alone
             ,
             to
             give
             it
             to
             ,
             or
             take
             it
             from
             whom
             he
             pleases
             .
          
           And
           lastly
           for
           Ireland
           ,
           who
           knoweth
           but
           that
           they
           may
           start
           ,
           as
           a
           pretence
           for
           a
           temporal
           Jurisdiction
           over
           that
           Nation
           ,
           Henry
           the
           thirds
           swearing
           homage
           to
           the
           Pope
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           obliging
           himself
           to
           pay
           a
           Tribute
           in
           recognition
           of
           the
           Papal
           right
           .
           It
           s
           true
           ,
           these
           things
           are
           impertinent
           and
           ridiculous
           in
           themselves
           ;
           yet
           were
           Popery
           re-established
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           brought
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           labour
           most
           effectually
           in
           the
           perversion
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           being
           the
           Janizaries
           of
           the
           Holy
           See
           its
           easie
           to
           apprehend
           how
           far
           they
           may
           mis-improve
           them
           towards
           the
           serving
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           in
           case
           any
           difference
           should
           arise
           either
           between
           the
           King
           and
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Forraign
           Prince
           that
           
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           for
           secular
           ends
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           befriend
           .
           Surely
           it
           s
           with
           respect
           to
           these
           pretensions
           ,
           that
           Bellarmine
           so
           solemnly
           declareth
           ,
           
           
             That
             these
             Kingdoms
             are
             the
             Diminions
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             our
             natural
             and
             direct
             Lord
             ;
             and
             the
             King
             at
             best
             but
             his
             Vassal
             .
          
           And
           it
           was
           in
           pursuance
           of
           this
           right
           that
           Gregory
           the
           thirteenth
           Commissioned
           
             Tho.
             Stukeley
          
           ,
           an
           English
           Rebel
           against
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           to
           conquer
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           for
           his
           Holiness's
           Bastard-Son
           
             James
             Boncompagnon
          
           .
           And
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           same
           pretension
           did
           Innocent
           the
           tenth
           ,
           during
           the
           late
           Wars
           ,
           usurp
           a
           Royal
           Power
           over
           that
           Nation
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           gave
           forth
           all
           kind
           of
           Commissions
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           his
           Nuncio
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           divers
           principles
           of
           Popery
           are
           unfriendly
           to
           the
           safety
           of
           Monarchs
           ,
           
             
               section
            
             3
          
           and
           quiet
           of
           Kingdoms
           ,
           even
           where
           their
           Religion
           is
           Nationally
           received
           and
           submitted
           to
           ;
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           that
           the
           Peace
           and
           Security
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           are
           of
           a
           different
           Religion
           ,
           but
           declare
           against
           them
           as
           Antichristians
           and
           Idolaters
           ,
           should
           be
           better
           provided
           for
           ,
           if
           occasion
           serve
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
           For
           besides
           the
           liableness
           of
           all
           Protestant
           Princes
           and
           People
           to
           the
           fatal
           consequence
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Papal
           Usurpation
           and
           Jurisdiction
           over
           all
           Nations
           ,
           they
           have
           others
           particularly
           and
           especially
           calculated
           to
           Authorise
           and
           Justifie
           their
           destruction
           and
           ruine
           .
           Such
           ,
           as
           that
           we
           are
           all
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           are
           not
           only
           
             de
             jure
          
           Excommunicated
           by
           the
           
             Lateran
             Councel
          
           under
           Innocent
           the
           third
           ,
           but
           
             de
             facto
          
           ,
           pronounced
           such
           for
           ever
           by
           Paul
           the
           
             fourth
             ,
             anno
          
           1558.
           
           And
           as
           if
           that
           were
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           
             de
             Bulla
             Coenae
             Domini
          
           ,
           read
           commonly
           on
           
             Maunday
             Thursday
          
           ,
           solemnly
           Cursed
           .
           And
           thereupon
           the
           Papists
           in
           the
           several
           Dominions
           where
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           obtains
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           discharged
           from
           all
           Allegiance
           to
           Princes
           ,
           but
           all
           Catholicks
           are
           obliged
           by
           the
           strictest
           bond
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           penalty
           of
           the
           utmost
           hazard
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           to
           depose
           such
           
             Heretical
             Princes
             .
             They
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             guilty
             of
             murder
             ,
          
           saith
           Vrban
           the
           
             third
             ,
             that
             kill
             any
             who
             are
             Excommunicate
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             exterminate
             Hereticks
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             be
             esteemed
             Christians
             themselves
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           
             Lateran
             Councel
          
           under
           Innocent
           the
           third
           .
           Yea
           ,
           by
           the
           late
           Bull
           of
           Clement
           the
           tenth
           ,
           for
           any
           Papist
           to
           be
           Loyal
           to
           an
           Heretical
           Prince
           ,
           is
           publickly
           declared
           to
           be
           a
           crime
           ;
           and
           such
           are
           solemnly
           cursed
           in
           the
           view
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           the
           principles
           of
           Reason
           and
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           no
           Government
           is
           safe
           ,
           oblige
           them
           unto
           .
           
           Bellarmine
           speaketh
           intelligibly
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             Hereticks
             are
             to
             be
             destroyed
             root
             and
             branch
             ,
             if
             it
             can
             possibly
             be
             done
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             appear
             that
             the
             Catholicks
             are
             so
             few
             that
             they
             cannot
             conveniently
             with
             their
             own
             safety
             ,
             attempt
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             best
             in
             such
             a
             case
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             least
             upon
             opposition
             made
             by
             Hereticks
             ,
             the
             Catholicks
             should
             be
             worsted
             .
          
           
           Hereupon
           
             Bannes
             hath
             no
             other
             Apology
             to
             make
             for
             the
             English
             Papists
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             forcibly
             rise
             against
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             not
             powerful
             enough
             for
             such
             an
             undertaking
             and
             therefore
             the
             Attempt
             would
             be
             to
             their
             own
             prejudice
             and
             damage
             .
          
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           Protestants
           do
           only
           hold
           their
           lives
           at
           the
           courtesie
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           in
           a
           condition
           by
           number
           and
           strength
           to
           destroy
           and
           extirpate
           them
           .
           Good
           natur'd
           people
           that
           forbear
           to
           kill
           us
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           one
           of
           our
           lives
           may
           cost
           three
           of
           their
           own
           .
           And
           yet
           though
           at
           sometimes
           they
           seem
           to
           judge
           it
           convenient
           ,
           either
           to
           conceal
           the
           foregoing
           principles
           ,
           or
           to
           suffer
           them
           for
           a
           season
           to
           lye
           dormant
           by
           them
           :
           yet
           in
           reality
           such
           hath
           been
           their
           faithfulness
           to
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           never
           suffered
           us
           to
           be
           any
           considerable
           
           while
           without
           some
           testimony
           of
           the
           good
           will
           they
           maintain
           for
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           how
           ready
           they
           are
           to
           do
           all
           those
           meritorious
           offices
           of
           killing
           and
           destroying
           us
           ,
           which
           their
           Religion
           obligeth
           them
           to
           do
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           mention
           here
           ,
           the
           vast
           numbers
           of
           Christians
           that
           have
           been
           butchered
           by
           the
           sentence
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Inquisition
          
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           is
           reported
           that
           Paul
           the
           4
           th
           should
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           depended
           upon
           that
           office
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           setled
           in
           Spain
           by
           the
           inspiration
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
           But
           surely
           he
           meant
           not
           that
           which
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           was
           sent
           from
           Rome
           in
           a
           Cloak-bag
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           insist
           upon
           the
           infinite
           slaughters
           of
           such
           as
           professed
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           sincerity
           ,
           by
           Crusado's
           and
           
             sanctified
             Wars
          
           ,
           though
           Authentick
           Authors
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           in
           France
           alone
           there
           were
           slain
           
             ten
             hundred
             thousand
          
           persons
           in
           the
           persecution
           raised
           against
           the
           Waldenses
           ,
           upon
           no
           other
           account
           but
           their
           dissenting
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           Neither
           shall
           I
           dwell
           upon
           the
           
             Parisian
             Massacre
          
           ,
           by
           which
           in
           a
           few
           days
           there
           were
           murdered
           above
           
             forty
             thousand
          
           persons
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           no
           other
           cause
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           had
           adjudged
           them
           Hereticks
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           rather
           call
           over
           some
           of
           the
           attempts
           against
           these
           Nations
           ,
           commenced
           upon
           ,
           and
           justified
           by
           the
           foregoing
           principles
           of
           the
           Papal
           Church
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           those
           who
           differ
           in
           Religion
           from
           them
           .
           No
           sooner
           was
           Reformation
           established
           in
           England
           under
           Edward
           the
           sixth
           ,
           than
           divers
           Rebellions
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           were
           by
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           the
           instigation
           of
           Priests
           and
           Friars
           ,
           raised
           against
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           as
           every
           one
           may
           read
           in
           our
           vulgar
           Chronicles
           .
           The
           number
           of
           those
           Rebels
           may
           be
           guessed
           at
           by
           the
           lists
           of
           the
           killed
           and
           taken
           at
           some
           of
           the
           defeats
           given
           unto
           them
           ;
           And
           if
           we
           will
           believe
           our
           Histories
           ,
           there
           were
           above
           
             five
             thousand
          
           slain
           and
           taken
           Prisoners
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           rebelled
           in
           Cornwall
           and
           Devon-shire
           ;
           and
           above
           
             five
             thousand
          
           slain
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           rose
           in
           Norfolk
           and
           Suffolk
           ,
           besides
           those
           which
           were
           taken
           Prisoners
           there
           ,
           and
           who
           were
           cut
           off
           and
           apprehended
           in
           suppression
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           York-shire
           .
           Now
           this
           
             excellent
             Prince
          
           being
           dead
           ,
           and
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           Established
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           though
           she
           was
           not
           of
           a
           bloody
           ,
           or
           of
           an
           ill
           disposition
           in
           her self
           ,
           yet
           her
           Religion
           obliged
           her
           to
           those
           Cruelties
           ,
           which
           have
           at
           once
           left
           an
           indelible
           stain
           upon
           her
           memory
           ,
           and
           given
           us
           to
           fear
           what
           we
           may
           expect
           if
           the
           Government
           should
           at
           any
           time
           fall
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           one
           infected
           with
           the
           Papal
           Doctrine
           .
           For
           though
           her
           Reign
           was
           but
           short
           ,
           yet
           there
           were
           in
           the
           compass
           of
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           
             two
             hundred
             seventy
             seven
          
           publickly
           burnt
           ,
           besides
           near
           as
           many
           more
           who
           perished
           by
           imprisonment
           ,
           torment
           and
           famine
           .
           And
           all
           these
           meerly
           for
           Religion
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           of
           them
           being
           chargeable
           with
           any
           traiterous
           Machination
           against
           the
           Government
           .
           Upon
           her
           removal
           by
           a
           natural
           death
           ,
           and
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           succeeding
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           was
           again
           re-established
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           whereas
           notwithstanding
           the
           severity
           which
           had
           been
           expressed
           to
           her self
           ,
           and
           the
           cruelty
           which
           had
           been
           exercised
           upon
           those
           of
           the
           same
           Faith
           with
           her
           ;
           She
           not
           only
           buried
           all
           resentments
           ,
           but
           was
           willing
           to
           suffer
           the
           Papists
           to
           live
           quietly
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           injoyment
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           the
           private
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           by
           what
           ways
           of
           
             Assassination
             ,
             Conspiracy
             ,
             Rebellions
          
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           Invasions
           from
           abroad
           ,
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           destroy
           Her
           
             Person
             ,
             overthrow
          
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Kingdom
           a
           Field
           of
           blood
           .
           In
           pursuance
           of
           what
           by
           their
           Religion
           they
           owe
           to
           Hereticks
           ,
           Pius
           the
           5
           th
           did
           not
           only
           solemnly
           Excommunicate
           and
           
             Damn
             her self
             and
             all
             her
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             likewise
             cursed
             all
             
             the
             Papists
             that
             should
             give
             any
             Obedience
             to
             her
             ,
             or
             her
             Laws
             .
          
           That
           whole
           Bull
           proceeds
           upon
           her
           being
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           for
           being
           so
           ,
           the
           
             holy
             Father
          
           deprives
           her
           of
           all
           Dominion
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           absolves
           all
           her
           Subjects
           from
           any
           Obligation
           of
           Allegiance
           ;
           and
           includes
           them
           under
           the
           same
           Curse
           ,
           though
           Papists
           ,
           that
           should
           yield
           any
           Subjection
           to
           her
           .
           Here
           was
           a
           Paraphrase
           upon
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           towards
           Hereticks
           ,
           which
           the
           Papists
           from
           time
           to
           time
           exemplified
           by
           practices
           sutable
           to
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           their
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           infallible
           Commentaries
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Mufti
          
           .
           For
           I
           may
           confidently
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Treasons
           of
           one
           kind
           and
           another
           that
           were
           contrived
           against
           her
           ,
           and
           her
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           were
           more
           for
           number
           ,
           than
           the
           years
           of
           her
           Government
           .
           But
           all
           their
           Machinations
           and
           Attempts
           ,
           being
           by
           the
           infi●ite
           wisdom
           and
           goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           detected
           ,
           disappointed
           and
           defeated
           ;
           and
           She
           laid
           in
           her
           Grave
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           the
           Tears
           of
           her
           People
           :
           The
           like
           Conspiracies
           continued
           against
           
             King
             James
          
           who
           succeeded
           her
           .
           For
           as
           they
           had
           endeavoured
           by
           a
           Book
           published
           under
           the
           counterfeit
           name
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           but
           wrote
           by
           Parsons
           ,
           by
           communication
           with
           Cardinal
           Allen
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Inglefield
          
           ,
           to
           disprove
           at
           least
           Sully
           his
           Title
           to
           the
           Crown
           :
           so
           they
           obtained
           two
           Breve's
           from
           Clement
           the
           8
           th
           to
           exclude
           him
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           swear
           to
           promote
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           matter
           of
           amazement
           or
           surprise
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Roman
             See
          
           should
           act
           in
           that
           manner
           to
           
             King
             James
          
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           Gregory
           the
           14
           th
           had
           a
           little
           before
           by
           two
           
             Monitory
             Bulls
          
           declared
           Henry
           the
           4
           th
           uncapable
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           no
           account
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           was
           a
           Heretick
           ;
           yea
           (
           which
           may
           be
           a
           little
           more
           startling
           to
           those
           who
           are
           not
           acquainted
           with
           transactions
           of
           this
           nature
           )
           notwithstanding
           that
           Henry
           the
           third
           was
           both
           a
           loyal
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           a
           bloody
           and
           severe
           prosecuter
           of
           the
           Hugonots
           ,
           and
           had
           more
           adored
           the
           Pope
           than
           ever
           any
           King
           of
           France
           did
           ,
           yet
           the
           Pope
           did
           both
           covenant
           and
           agree
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           ,
           to
           depose
           the
           said
           Prince
           ,
           and
           to
           transfer
           the
           Crown
           from
           those
           to
           whom
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           France
           it
           was
           to
           descend
           ;
           and
           to
           settle
           it
           on
           the
           said
           Duke
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           proviso
           ,
           
             That
             he
             would
             cause
             the
             Estates
             of
          
           France
           
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
          
           Roman
           
             See
             ,
             and
             without
             modification
             or
             restriction
             ,
             to
             abolish
             the
             Liberties
             and
             Priviledges
             of
             the
          
           Gallican
           Church
           .
           But
           to
           return
           ,
           King
           James
           being
           in
           defiance
           of
           all
           Papal
           contrivances
           ,
           Established
           in
           the
           Throne
           ;
           The
           first
           fruits
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           to
           an
           Heretical
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           Evidence
           of
           their
           Principles
           to
           such
           as
           renounce
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           was
           to
           welcome
           him
           with
           a
           Plot
           ,
           contrived
           by
           Watson
           and
           Clarke
           two
           
             secular
             Priests
          
           ,
           but
           wheedled
           into
           it
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           (
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           themselves
           often
           declare
           )
           and
           afterward●
           discovered
           in
           revenge
           ,
           for
           their
           writing
           two
           Books
           ;
           the
           one
           stiled
           ,
           Quodlibets
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           
             Important
             Considerations
          
           .
           I
           know
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           their
           Factors
           have
           of
           late
           the
           impudence
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           drawn
           into
           that
           Conspiracy
           by
           Gray
           ,
           
           Cobham
           ,
           and
           Rawleigh
           ,
           Protestants
           ;
           who
           having
           been
           
             Queen
             Elizabeths
          
           old
           Favorites
           ,
           disliked
           King
           James
           his
           succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           that
           Watson
           acknowledged
           his
           infamous
           death
           to
           be
           a
           Just
           Judgment
           for
           his
           Factious
           Writings
           ,
           and
           designs
           against
           their
           Order
           and
           Society
           .
           Things
           as
           wholly
           false
           in
           themselves
           ,
           so
           recorded
           by
           no
           authentick
           Historian
           of
           the
           times
           when
           they
           were
           transacted
           .
           But
           to
           pass
           this
           :
           That
           Plot
           miscarrying
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           the
           great
           Crafts-masters
           in
           all
           Conspiracies
           ,
           designed
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           a
           one
           as
           might
           every
           way
           correspond
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           bear
           proportion
           to
           the
           good
           will
           which
           by
           vertue
           of
           those
           
           principles
           ,
           they
           bear
           to
           Hereticks
           .
           And
           accordingly
           they
           contrived
           the
           blowing
           up
           the
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ;
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           Epitome
           ,
           as
           in
           its
           Representatives
           .
           And
           this
           they
           did
           meerly
           in
           pursuance
           of
           what
           their
           Religion
           obliged
           them
           unto
           ,
           being
           withall
           quickned
           to
           the
           design
           by
           the
           two
           
           Briev's
           received
           some
           years
           before
           ,
           but
           hitherto
           kept
           dormant
           to
           operate
           upon
           a
           convenient
           occasion
           ,
           and
           good
           opportunity
           .
           But
           being
           disappointed
           in
           that
           also
           ,
           (
           through
           its
           having
           been
           discovered
           by
           means
           that
           I
           now
           enquire
           not
           into
           )
           and
           the
           Prodigiousness
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           having
           awakened
           England
           to
           a
           more
           signal
           watchfulness
           ,
           and
           effectual
           care
           for
           its
           own
           preservation
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           astonished
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           Pagan
           as
           well
           as
           Christian
           ,
           where
           the
           report
           of
           it
           arrived
           ;
           the
           Kingdom
           had
           some
           reprieve
           for
           a
           few
           years
           ,
           from
           the
           publick
           workings
           of
           the
           Popish
           principles
           ,
           in
           the
           Catholick
           Service
           ,
           and
           office
           of
           destroying
           and
           murthering
           Hereticks
           .
           But
           even
           in
           that
           interval
           wherein
           they
           seemed
           to
           lye
           most
           dormant
           ,
           they
           gave
           us
           instances
           enough
           how
           acceptable
           those
           
             Heretick
             murthering
             Doctrines
          
           are
           at
           Rome
           .
           For
           while
           all
           the
           world
           stood
           amazed
           at
           the
           former
           attempt
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Papists
           abroad
           seemed
           to
           express
           their
           detestation
           of
           the
           Principles
           which
           produced
           it
           ,
           The
           Pope
           and
           Court
           of
           Rome
           took
           all
           imaginable
           care
           to
           have
           the
           Traytors
           magnified
           and
           honoured
           .
           For
           Garnet
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           though
           by
           his
           acknowledgment
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           he
           dyed
           for
           Treason
           ;
           yet
           had
           his
           name
           inserted
           into
           the
           
             English
             Martirology
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Bones
           were
           reserved
           for
           Reliques
           ,
           and
           his
           Image
           erected
           over
           Altars
           :
           and
           two
           Jesuits
           who
           had
           been
           principal
           Conspirators
           in
           that
           Hellish
           Plot
           ,
           and
           had
           by
           misfortune
           escaped
           the
           Halter
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           reward
           due
           to
           them
           for
           their
           barbarous
           Conspiracy
           ;
           were
           upon
           their
           arrival
           at
           Rome
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           advanced
           to
           be
           the
           
             Popes
             Penitentiaries
          
           .
           And
           moreover
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           for
           the
           security
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             person
          
           ,
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           lives
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           were
           forced
           to
           enact
           and
           impose
           on
           the
           Papists
           the
           
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ;
             Paul
          
           the
           5
           th
           published
           divers
           Bulls
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           both
           Becanus
           and
           Bellarmine
           ,
           besides
           many
           more
           ,
           wrote
           expresly
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           .
           But
           the
           next
           impression
           of
           their
           Faith
           in
           its
           sutable
           and
           proper
           works
           ,
           made
           amends
           for
           their
           laziness
           and
           barrenness
           during
           that
           interim
           :
           for
           through
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           same
           principles
           ,
           and
           being
           animated
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           they
           murdered
           above
           
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             thousand
          
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           inducement
           to
           it
           ,
           save
           that
           they
           were
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           killing
           of
           them
           the
           Catholick
           cause
           was
           promoted
           .
           For
           at
           no
           time
           did
           the
           Irish
           enjoy
           more
           liberty
           as
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           more
           tranquility
           as
           to
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           than
           immediately
           before
           they
           broke
           out
           into
           that
           horrid
           Rebellion
           .
           Nor
           was
           that
           quiet
           and
           security
           they
           possessed
           ,
           the
           fruits
           only
           of
           a
           connivance
           ,
           but
           the
           effects
           of
           many
           Acts
           of
           Grace
           ,
           which
           had
           a
           little
           before
           past
           in
           favour
           of
           them
           .
           And
           as
           there
           was
           no
           alarm
           given
           of
           this
           ,
           either
           by
           foregoing
           Citations
           to
           return
           into
           the
           bosom
           of
           the
           Mother-Church
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           solemn
           publication
           of
           their
           being
           Excommunicated
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           
             proclaimed
             Crusadoes
          
           ,
           or
           a
           holy
           War
           ;
           least
           the
           secure
           Hereticks
           being
           numerous
           ,
           and
           not
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           their
           lives
           tamely
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           roused
           to
           self-defence
           ;
           so
           this
           barbarous
           massacring
           of
           so
           many
           thousand
           persons
           ,
           who
           had
           laid
           innumerable
           obligations
           upon
           their
           Popish
           Irish
           Neighbours
           ,
           can
           be
           resolved
           into
           nothing
           but
           the
           principles
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Obligations
           that
           Papists
           are
           under
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           very
           Faith
           ,
           to
           root
           out
           Hereticks
           ,
           when
           a
           conveniency
           offereth
           .
           And
           take
           possession
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           which
           by
           
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           
             Lateran
             Councel
          
           under
           Innocent
           the
           third
           ,
           are
           forfeited
           to
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ;
           and
           which
           not
           only
           may
           ,
           but
           ought
           to
           be
           seized
           ,
           whensoever
           it
           comes
           within
           the
           Circle
           of
           their
           Power
           to
           accomplish
           it
           .
           There
           are
           many
           other
           instances
           which
           might
           be
           re-collected
           of
           their
           readiness
           to
           be
           as
           kind
           and
           merciful
           to
           Hereticks
           ,
           as
           their
           Religion
           not
           only
           instructeth
           ,
           but
           obligeth
           them
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           this
           damnable
           and
           hellish
           Plot
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           for
           some
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           still
           is
           ,
           carried
           on
           for
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           subverting
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           rooting
           out
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           supercedeth
           all
           further
           need
           of
           insisting
           upon
           those
           things
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           then
           a
           nearer
           approach
           to
           the
           present
           Plot
           ,
           the
           Agents
           of
           
             
               section
            
             4
          
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           having
           with
           the
           utmost
           diligence
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           imaginable
           craft
           and
           art
           ,
           especially
           since
           the
           Restoration
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           projected
           and
           pursued
           the
           re-introduction
           of
           Popery
           into
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           the
           Extirpation
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           stile
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           )
           they
           were
           at
           last
           (
           as
           they
           apprehended
           )
           come
           within
           view
           of
           infallibly
           compassing
           their
           design
           .
           Now
           there
           were
           some
           things
           which
           afforded
           them
           advantages
           for
           the
           attaining
           these
           Ends
           ,
           which
           at
           no
           time
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           were
           they
           before
           now
           possessed
           of
           the
           assistance
           of
           .
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           That
           Interest
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           universal
           esteem
           through
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           the
           pretented
           Loyalty
           of
           many
           Catholicks
           ,
           during
           the
           late
           unhappy
           War
           betwixt
           His
           late
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           His
           People
           ,
           who
           acted
           under
           the
           influence
           and
           supposed
           Authority
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ;
           reconciled
           and
           gave
           unto
           them
           .
           This
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Assistance
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           contributed
           to
           the
           escape
           of
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           seeming
           readiness
           of
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           co-operate
           with
           others
           ,
           in
           his
           Restauration
           ,
           gave
           them
           not
           only
           a
           share
           in
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           which
           these
           Kingdoms
           were
           restored
           unto
           ;
           but
           procured
           a
           further
           degree
           of
           respect
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           had
           been
           either
           usually
           ,
           or
           universally
           shown
           them
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
           And
           though
           I
           would
           not
           endeavour
           to
           lessen
           their
           Loyalty
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           might
           but
           seem
           to
           pretend
           to
           it
           ;
           yet
           to
           deal
           plainly
           ,
           I
           know
           very
           little
           reason
           for
           their
           pretences
           of
           Loyalty
           to
           
             King
             Charles
          
           the
           first
           ,
           more
           than
           to
           His
           Majesty
           who
           now
           happily
           Reigns
           :
           yea
           ,
           I
           know
           very
           much
           why
           they
           ought
           at
           least
           to
           supercede
           all
           right
           of
           merit
           on
           that
           foot
           of
           account
           .
           For
           not
           to
           insist
           upon
           what
           preceded
           the
           unhappy
           War
           ;
           though
           antecedently
           to
           that
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           to
           destroy
           the
           Kings
           Life
           ,
           whereof
           the
           discovery
           was
           found
           in
           Archbishop
           Land's
           Library
           ,
           
           being
           declared
           by
           
             Andreas
             ab
             Haberfeld
          
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Boswell
          
           ,
           Embassador
           then
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           who
           revealed
           it
           to
           the
           Archbishop
           .
           But
           I
           say
           ,
           not
           to
           dwell
           upon
           this
           ,
           nor
           upon
           that
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           now
           to
           say
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           affirmed
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           all
           the
           moral
           certainty
           imaginable
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Romish
             Emissaries
          
           were
           both
           the
           principal
           Authors
           of
           that
           Vniformity
           with
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           pressed
           upon
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           also
           prime
           sticklers
           to
           prevent
           its
           being
           entertained
           there
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           foment
           a
           War
           betwixt
           the
           two
           Kingdoms
           .
           The
           Priests
           names
           have
           been
           oftner
           then
           once
           published
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           were
           sent
           by
           
             Cardinal
             Richlieu
          
           into
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           raise
           and
           inflame
           differences
           betwixt
           the
           two
           Nations
           .
           And
           the
           motives
           upon
           which
           that
           great
           Boutefeu
           of
           Europe
           was
           so
           earnest
           to
           kindle
           a
           War
           in
           His
           
             Majesties
             Dominions
          
           ,
           are
           sufficiently
           understood
           ,
           by
           all
           who
           are
           not
           wholly
           strangers
           to
           the
           affairs
           of
           that
           time
           .
           But
           there
           are
           two
           things
           which
           overthrow
           all
           their
           pretences
           of
           Loyalty
           to
           his
           late
           Majesty
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           so
           confidently
           boast
           ,
           
           and
           have
           made
           so
           large
           advantages
           .
           One
           is
           their
           commencing
           that
           bloody
           War
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           the
           massacring
           so
           many
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ;
           which
           as
           it
           increased
           the
           Jealousies
           ,
           that
           the
           like
           might
           be
           designed
           against
           those
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           ,
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           so
           the
           making
           all
           Assistances
           (
           by
           the
           War
           which
           they
           had
           begun
           there
           )
           from
           thence
           impossible
           ,
           gave
           confidence
           to
           the
           Parliament
           to
           be
           the
           more
           peremptory
           in
           those
           demands
           ,
           which
           His
           Majesty
           finding
           it
           necessary
           to
           refuse
           to
           comply
           with
           ,
           proved
           the
           causes
           of
           that
           unnatural
           War
           which
           fell
           out
           among
           our selves
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           fatal
           consequences
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           a
           further
           Testimony
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           to
           that
           Prince
           ,
           they
           not
           only
           renounced
           all
           Allegiance
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           banished
           His
           Lieutenant
           ,
           but
           assumed
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           to
           themselves
           ,
           owing
           only
           a
           dependance
           upon
           the
           Pope
           and
           his
           Nuncio
           .
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           that
           accession
           which
           they
           had
           to
           the
           murder
           of
           His
           late
           Majesty
           .
           For
           as
           the
           principles
           upon
           which
           those
           seem
           to
           have
           acted
           ,
           who
           publickly
           destroyed
           the
           King
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           countenanced
           ,
           but
           most
           especially
           taught
           by
           the
           Doctors
           and
           Casuists
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           so
           the
           effects
           of
           those
           principles
           are
           to
           be
           charged
           as
           well
           upon
           them
           that
           teach
           Doctrines
           of
           such
           pernicious
           consequence
           ,
           as
           upon
           them
           that
           practise
           them
           .
           Hear
           then
           what
           the
           greatest
           Authors
           in
           the
           Romish
           Church
           declare
           to
           the
           purpose
           before
           us
           .
           
           
             The
             Power
             of
             a
             Nation
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Bellarmine
             ,
             is
             setled
             in
             the
             whole
             multitude
             as
             its
             true
             and
             proper
             Subject
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             they
             may
             change
             a
             Kingdom
             into
             an
             Aristocratical
             ,
             or
             Democratical
             state
             ,
             whensoever
             they
             find
             cause
             for
             it
             .
          
           
           
             If
             a
             Prince
             be
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Lessius
             ;
             he
             may
             be
             deposed
             ,
             or
             declared
             a
             publick
             enemy
             by
             the
             Common-wealth
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             it
             may
             be
             lawful
             to
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             his
             Person
             .
             When
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
          
           
           saith
           
             Mariana
             ,
             cannot
             other
             ways
             secure
             and
             preserve
             its
             own
             peace
             and
             safety
             ,
             it
             may
             by
             a
             right
             inherent
             in
             it self
             ,
             declare
             the
             King
             to
             be
             the
             common
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             then
             destroy
             him
             with
             the
             Sword.
          
           Thus
           we
           plainly
           see
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           others
           did
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           had
           first
           taught
           them
           the
           principles
           upon
           which
           they
           might
           justifie
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           for
           over
           and
           above
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           only
           been
           openly
           charged
           to
           have
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           contriving
           and
           actually
           compassing
           the
           late
           Kings
           death
           ;
           but
           the
           person
           that
           doth
           thus
           accuse
           them
           ,
           undertakes
           the
           Justification
           of
           it
           ,
           either
           before
           his
           present
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           before
           any
           one
           who
           can
           legally
           require
           it
           of
           him
           .
           And
           which
           is
           an
           evident
           demonstration
           of
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           interest
           which
           they
           have
           had
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           might
           at
           least
           promise
           themselves
           Justice
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           not
           expect
           Favour
           ;
           yet
           though
           challenged
           to
           bring
           this
           matter
           to
           a
           hearing
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           so
           much
           as
           once
           dared
           to
           attempt
           it
           .
           Yea
           the
           late
           King
           himself
           ,
           was
           informed
           a
           little
           before
           his
           death
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           at
           a
           general
           meeting
           in
           France
           ,
           in
           revenge
           for
           his
           condescending
           in
           the
           Treaty
           at
           the
           Isle
           of
           Wight
           ,
           to
           pass
           some
           Bills
           in
           prejudice
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           had
           unanimously
           resolved
           by
           the
           power
           ,
           interest
           ,
           and
           influence
           that
           they
           had
           in
           and
           upon
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           Justice
           ,
           and
           get
           him
           Executed
           .
           Accordingly
           when
           the
           stroke
           was
           given
           ,
           both
           one
           that
           was
           a
           
             Romish
             Priest
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Sarabras
           ,
           brandished
           his
           Sword
           ,
           and
           proclaimed
           ,
           That
           now
           their
           greatest
           Enemy
           was
           cut
           off
           and
           destroyed
           .
           I
           suppose
           that
           the
           Judgment
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Morrice
          
           late
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           will
           bear
           some
           weight
           with
           all
           English
           men
           ,
           as
           well
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           great
           Integrity
           ,
           as
           the
           many
           opportunities
           he
           enjoyed
           beyond
           others
           ,
           of
           satisfying
           himself
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           this
           importance
           ;
           
           hear
           then
           what
           he
           declares
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           
             Dr.
             du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           August
           the
           9
           th
           .
           1673.
           
           
             This
             I
             may
             say
             safely
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             it
             confidently
             ,
             
             that
             many
             Arguments
             did
             create
             a
             violent
             suspition
             ,
             very
             near
             convincing
             Evidences
             ,
             that
             the
             irreligion
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             was
             chiefly
             guilty
             of
             the
             murder
             of
             that
             excellent
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Odium
             whereof
             they
             would
             file
             —
             to
             the
             account
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
           However
           ,
           the
           Papists
           having
           not
           only
           escaped
           Legal
           Arraignments
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           but
           having
           since
           the
           Kings
           return
           ,
           been
           esteemed
           by
           some
           ,
           His
           late
           Majesties
           best
           friends
           ;
           they
           have
           thereupon
           arrived
           at
           more
           respect
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           enjoy'd
           more
           peace
           in
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           than
           they
           were
           in
           possession
           of
           at
           any
           time
           since
           the
           Reformation
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           any
           Protestant
           that
           would
           have
           envied
           them
           the
           security
           they
           enjoyed
           ,
           or
           the
           favour
           they
           had
           attained
           to
           ,
           provided
           they
           had
           not
           abused
           them
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           His
           
             Majesties
             Person
          
           ,
           the
           supplanting
           of
           His
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           extirpating
           the
           Religion
           which
           was
           Legally
           established
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           good
           and
           peaceable
           Souls
           ,
           such
           an
           opportunity
           of
           promoting
           the
           Catholick
           interest
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           lost
           .
           They
           might
           now
           carry
           on
           their
           designs
           for
           the
           Triple-Crown
           ,
           none
           daring
           to
           suggest
           any
           thing
           to
           bring
           them
           under
           a
           jealousie
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           be
           immediately
           aspersed
           ,
           as
           maligners
           of
           the
           Kings
           best
           friends
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           apprehended
           what
           improvement
           of
           that
           little
           stock
           of
           credit
           ,
           which
           some
           of
           the
           Popish
           Gentry
           had
           gotten
           by
           their
           being
           on
           the
           late
           Kings
           side
           in
           the
           last
           War
           ;
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Friars
           ,
           made
           to
           the
           furtherance
           of
           the
           subjugating
           these
           Nations
           again
           to
           Rome
           ,
           For
           now
           were
           all
           the
           principles
           of
           the
           Papal
           Religion
           (
           by
           which
           those
           that
           espouse
           it
           ,
           are
           obliged
           to
           root
           out
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           Establish
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Pope
           )
           inculcated
           from
           day
           to
           day
           upon
           persons
           of
           one
           quality
           and
           another
           of
           the
           Papal
           Profession
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           thing
           ,
           which
           gave
           them
           no
           less
           advantage
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           
             
               section
            
             5
          
           of
           their
           designs
           ,
           was
           the
           division
           among
           the
           Protestants
           themselves
           .
           And
           here
           two
           things
           greatly
           ministred
           to
           the
           sub-serving
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Papal
           Agents
           .
           (
           1
           )
           The
           parties
           divided
           were
           come
           to
           a
           more
           equal
           ballance
           as
           to
           numbers
           on
           each
           side
           respectively
           ,
           than
           at
           any
           season
           heretofore
           .
           For
           during
           the
           Reigns
           of
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             King
             James
          
           ,
           and
           
             King
             Charles
          
           the
           first
           ,
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Established
           way
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           were
           but
           few
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           who
           were
           for
           Episcopacy
           ,
           and
           the
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           required
           by
           Law
           in
           Divine
           Worship
           .
           So
           that
           there
           being
           then
           little
           jealousie
           of
           any
           danger
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           the
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ,
           how
           zealous
           soever
           they
           might
           even
           in
           those
           days
           be
           for
           their
           way
           ,
           the
           watchfulness
           of
           the
           Dignitaries
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           labours
           of
           the
           inferiour
           Clergy
           ,
           were
           chiefly
           exercised
           and
           laid
           out
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Papists
           .
           But
           those
           who
           stile
           themselves
           Non-conformists
           ,
           being
           now
           multiplied
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           bear
           a
           much
           nearer
           proportion
           to
           the
           other
           party
           ,
           than
           heretofore
           they
           did
           ;
           The
           main
           care
           of
           the
           
             Over
             seers
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           hath
           thereupon
           much
           abated
           towards
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           been
           exerted
           towards
           them
           .
           (
           2
           )
           The
           Animosities
           between
           the
           Protestants
           thus
           divided
           into
           two
           parties
           ,
           were
           become
           higher
           ,
           and
           their
           mutual
           exasperations
           grown
           fiercer
           ,
           than
           heretofore
           .
           For
           partly
           through
           the
           ill
           entertainment
           which
           the
           Bishops
           and
           the
           conformable
           Clergy
           met
           with
           in
           the
           late
           times
           ,
           and
           partly
           through
           the
           ill
           entertainment
           which
           the
           Bishops
           and
           the
           conformable
           Clergy
           met
           with
           in
           the
           late
           times
           ,
           and
           partly
           through
           the
           retaliation
           they
           have
           measured
           to
           Protestant
           Dissenters
           ,
           since
           they
           had
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           assistance
           of
           the
           Government
           to
           befriend
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           wonderfully
           inflamed
           in
           mutual
           heats
           towards
           ,
           and
           disgust
           of
           one
           another
           .
           Of
           
           which
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           imagine
           ,
           what
           manifold
           uses
           the
           Factors
           for
           the
           
             Roman
             See
          
           ,
           have
           made
           to
           the
           furthering
           of
           their
           own
           designs
           ,
           which
           tend
           equally
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           both
           .
           For
           as
           the
           pretence
           of
           these
           Divisions
           ,
           hath
           served
           as
           a
           plea
           to
           proselyte
           such
           who
           know
           not
           that
           the
           Divisions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           are
           more
           numerous
           ,
           and
           their
           feuds
           more
           irreconcileable
           ;
           so
           the
           subtile
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Papacy
           have
           ,
           by
           winding
           themselves
           into
           all
           Companies
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           mustering
           themselves
           in
           all
           parties
           ,
           endeavoured
           both
           to
           heighten
           the
           differences
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           their
           Animosities
           against
           each
           other
           ,
           not
           only
           hotter
           ,
           but
           more
           immortal
           .
           And
           while
           the
           one
           party
           of
           Protestants
           hath
           been
           crying
           out
           of
           Schism
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           party
           of
           persecution
           ;
           the
           Papists
           have
           to
           the
           reproach
           of
           both
           ,
           been
           undermining
           that
           common
           Faith
           which
           they
           equally
           centre
           in
           ,
           and
           carrying
           on
           a
           design
           of
           destroying
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           being
           in
           their
           account
           both
           equally
           Hereticks
           .
           I
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           through
           the
           grandure
           which
           the
           Clergy
           are
           exalted
           unto
           the
           possession
           of
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           therefore
           our
           Protestant
           Bishops
           and
           other
           Dignitaries
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           should
           think
           them
           the
           less
           dangerous
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           those
           vulgarly
           stiled
           Phanaticks
           ,
           have
           judged
           themselves
           highly
           justified
           in
           their
           clamours
           against
           the
           Conformable
           Clergy
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           are
           so
           severely
           treated
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           no
           difference
           in
           any
           fundamental
           Doctrine
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           can
           be
           objected
           unto
           them
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Jealousies
           which
           the
           differences
           betwixt
           dissenting
           Protestants
           ,
           have
           caused
           ,
           have
           made
           every
           overture
           ,
           though
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Religion
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           (
           wherein
           they
           are
           both
           alike
           interested
           )
           if
           proposed
           by
           one
           party
           ,
           to
           be
           suspected
           by
           the
           other
           ;
           so
           the
           distrust
           which
           these
           Divisions
           have
           caused
           in
           one
           Protestant
           towards
           another
           ,
           hath
           in
           no
           small
           measure
           emboldned
           the
           Papists
           to
           hope
           ,
           that
           in
           whatsoever
           they
           should
           attempt
           ,
           there
           could
           be
           no
           confederation
           among
           Protestants
           ,
           either
           to
           resist
           or
           oppose
           them
           ,
           And
           though
           I
           cannot
           say
           it
           upon
           my
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           yet
           I
           have
           cause
           to
           believe
           it
           from
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           more
           confident
           in
           their
           design
           privately
           to
           Assassinate
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           hoping
           when
           they
           had
           so
           done
           ,
           to
           have
           Fathered
           it
           upon
           the
           Phanaticks
           .
           And
           as
           they
           might
           very
           rationably
           believe
           ,
           that
           would
           the
           Nation
           have
           been
           so
           possest
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           avenged
           it
           upon
           that
           party
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           extirpating
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           they
           assuredly
           knew
           ,
           that
           thereby
           their
           own
           design
           of
           destroying
           the
           Episcopal
           Protestants
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           rendred
           much
           the
           more
           facile
           .
        
         
           
             
               section
            
             6
          
           A
           third
           thing
           that
           equally
           contributed
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           the
           introduction
           of
           Popery
           into
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           was
           the
           general
           prophaneness
           which
           hath
           greatly
           over-spread
           these
           Nations
           ,
           beyond
           what
           at
           any
           time
           heretofore
           hath
           been
           observed
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           every
           prophane
           person
           is
           truly
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           and
           therefore
           indifferent
           to
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           any
           ,
           as
           interest
           and
           temptation
           sways
           him
           ;
           so
           no
           man
           can
           care
           much
           to
           be
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           condemns
           all
           the
           ways
           he
           is
           resolved
           upon
           ,
           but
           the
           more
           because
           he
           is
           of
           such
           a
           Religion
           that
           doth
           not
           allow
           them
           .
           And
           withall
           there
           is
           this
           further
           whereby
           such
           men
           are
           disposed
           for
           Popery
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           viz.
           That
           it
           can
           both
           allow
           them
           in
           all
           the
           sins
           which
           they
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           ,
           and
           secure
           them
           from
           the
           fears
           of
           Eternal
           punishments
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           them
           .
           For
           partly
           by
           making
           many
           things
           which
           Christ
           hath
           forbid
           ,
           and
           men
           from
           the
           power
           of
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           the
           influence
           of
           their
           interest
           have
           a
           desire
           to
           commit
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           sins
           :
           and
           partly
           
           by
           making
           such
           things
           which
           the
           Gospel
           stiles
           enormous
           crimes
           ,
           to
           be
           but
           venial
           offences
           ,
           which
           even
           in
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           do
           deserve
           Eternal
           punishment
           ;
           and
           partly
           by
           that
           security
           from
           future
           wrath
           ,
           which
           they
           propose
           to
           them
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           most
           daring
           and
           prodigious
           Enormities
           ,
           through
           their
           Doctrines
           referring
           to
           
             Pennances
             ,
             Absolutions
          
           ,
           and
           
             Papal
             Indulgencies
          
           ;
           They
           had
           all
           imaginable
           grounds
           of
           confidence
           ,
           that
           no
           profane
           Protestants
           (
           whatsoever
           others
           did
           )
           would
           withstand
           them
           in
           their
           designs
           of
           introducing
           a
           Religion
           which
           had
           so
           carefully
           provided
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           being
           furthered
           by
           these
           several
           advantages
           for
           the
           introducing
           
             
               section
            
             7
          
           their
           Religion
           into
           these
           Kingdoms
           again
           ,
           and
           the
           overthrowing
           the
           ancient
           and
           legal
           Government
           .
           The
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           discoursed
           of
           ,
           is
           the
           several
           steps
           which
           they
           had
           actually
           taken
           ,
           and
           the
           progress
           which
           they
           had
           made
           for
           the
           final
           compassing
           of
           those
           direful
           and
           tragical
           designs
           .
           And
           their
           first
           remarkable
           advance
           ,
           was
           their
           merciless
           and
           cruel
           burning
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           whereof
           as
           they
           were
           evidently
           proved
           the
           Authors
           ,
           and
           Instruments
           ,
           by
           many
           Depositions
           taken
           by
           Order
           and
           Authority
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Anno
          
           1667.
           so
           it
           hath
           been
           further
           testified
           against
           them
           by
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedloe
           ,
           with
           an
           enumeration
           of
           many
           particulars
           ,
           clearly
           demonstrative
           beyond
           all
           controll
           ,
           of
           their
           Guilt
           in
           that
           particular
           .
           And
           though
           they
           were
           prevented
           and
           disappointed
           of
           what
           they
           further
           intended
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           whereunto
           the
           burning
           of
           London
           was
           only
           designed
           as
           a
           Prologue
           ;
           yet
           the
           compassing
           the
           devastation
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           was
           in
           it self
           alone
           ,
           no
           small
           attainment
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           their
           Catholick
           and
           main
           project
           .
           For
           besides
           the
           greatly
           impoverishing
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           said
           City
           thereby
           ;
           the
           re-building
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           providing
           of
           Bread
           for
           distressed
           Families
           ,
           was
           subject
           enough
           to
           employ
           the
           thoughts
           and
           cares
           of
           most
           men
           for
           divers
           years
           ,
           without
           affording
           them
           leisure
           to
           watch
           ,
           observe
           and
           provide
           against
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Papists
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           improbably
           conceived
           ,
           that
           through
           Londons
           lying
           in
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Kingdoms
           being
           distressed
           through
           the
           influence
           which
           this
           Metropolitan
           hath
           upon
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           both
           the
           War
           which
           His
           Majesty
           was
           then
           engaged
           in
           with
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           was
           the
           less
           vigorously
           prosecuted
           ,
           and
           they
           emboldned
           to
           that
           which
           they
           perpetrated
           in
           burning
           some
           of
           the
           Royal
           Navy
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Chambers
           .
           And
           which
           hath
           been
           more
           fatal
           ,
           from
           this
           Fountain
           of
           Distress
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           laboured
           under
           ,
           as
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           burning
           of
           London
           ,
           was
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           encouraged
           to
           the
           aggrandising
           himself
           ,
           by
           those
           Conquests
           which
           he
           made
           upon
           the
           
             Spanish
             Provinces
          
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           .
           And
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           whose
           Wisdom
           sufficiently
           instructed
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           interest
           even
           of
           His
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           ballance
           of
           Europe
           kept
           even
           ,
           found
           himself
           disabled
           from
           giving
           that
           Check
           and
           Opposition
           to
           that
           Princes
           designs
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           very
           well
           conceive
           that
           otherwise
           he
           would
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           A
           
             second
             step
          
           ,
           which
           the
           unwearied
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           
             
               section
            
             8
          
           in
           these
           Dominions
           ,
           had
           taken
           ,
           towards
           both
           the
           extirpating
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           subverting
           the
           Government
           was
           ,
           their
           having
           interested
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           in
           their
           Councels
           ,
           and
           their
           having
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           engaged
           him
           to
           assist
           them
           with
           Money
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           might
           be
           convenient
           for
           the
           executing
           their
           Designs
           and
           Attempts
           .
           As
           the
           Jesuits
           heretofore
           laboured
           in
           nothing
           
           more
           effectually
           ,
           than
           the
           advancing
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           to
           the
           universal
           Monarchy
           of
           Europe
           :
           So
           that
           Crown
           ,
           being
           by
           various
           ways
           and
           means
           ,
           (
           not
           here
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           )
           much
           weakned
           ,
           and
           rendred
           wholly
           uncapable
           of
           aspiring
           any
           further
           in
           that
           matter
           ;
           The
           pragmatical
           and
           
             treacherous
             Jesuits
          
           ,
           have
           of
           late
           years
           entirely
           applied
           themselves
           ,
           to
           the
           serving
           the
           interest
           ,
           and
           promoting
           the
           grandure
           of
           the
           
             French
             Monarch
          
           .
           And
           when
           time
           ,
           the
           revealer
           of
           truth
           ,
           shall
           have
           discovered
           the
           mysterious
           workings
           of
           those
           Sons
           of
           pride
           and
           deceit
           ,
           it
           will
           then
           appear
           how
           they
           have
           both
           kindled
           those
           flames
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           have
           for
           some
           years
           past
           laid
           many
           flourishing
           Provinces
           in
           Europe
           wast
           ,
           and
           rendred
           all
           the
           Neighbouring
           Kingdoms
           and
           Lands
           ,
           fields
           of
           Blood
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           have
           by
           the
           interest
           which
           they
           have
           obtained
           in
           all
           Courts
           ,
           influenced
           some
           Princes
           to
           a
           Neutrality
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           an
           open
           Confederacy
           with
           France
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           
             French
             Monarch
          
           is
           now
           justly
           become
           the
           dread
           of
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           .
           But
           that
           which
           I
           am
           observing
           is
           this
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           being
           arrived
           at
           that
           formidable
           greatness
           which
           he
           now
           stands
           in
           ,
           the
           Plotters
           and
           Contrivers
           of
           the
           ruine
           of
           England
           ,
           drew
           him
           into
           their
           Councels
           ,
           
           and
           obtained
           promises
           of
           Assistance
           towards
           the
           rooting
           out
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           (
           as
           according
           to
           the
           Roman
           stile
           they
           call
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           )
           and
           nourishing
           a
           mis-understanding
           betwixt
           His
           Majesty
           and
           His
           People
           .
           And
           as
           they
           do
           conceive
           this
           to
           be
           a
           great
           advance
           towards
           their
           main
           project
           ,
           otherwise
           they
           would
           neither
           have
           so
           laboured
           to
           compass
           it
           ,
           nor
           bear
           themselves
           so
           much
           upon
           it
           ,
           having
           gained
           that
           point
           ;
           so
           in
           case
           that
           other
           means
           for
           the
           enslaving
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           and
           subversion
           of
           Religion
           ,
           should
           fail
           them
           ,
           which
           at
           present
           they
           nourish
           their
           hopes
           with
           the
           success
           of
           ,
           we
           may
           rationally
           look
           for
           no
           better
           consequences
           and
           effects
           from
           what
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           King
           being
           Excommunicate
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           cursed
           with
           him
           ;
           Lewis
           the
           14
           th
           should
           be
           intrusted
           to
           execute
           the
           Papal
           Bann
           .
           And
           that
           Innocent
           the
           11
           th
           having
           made
           a
           donation
           of
           these
           Kingdoms
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           Pius
           the
           5
           th
           did
           to
           Philip
           the
           2
           
             d.
             King
          
           of
           Spain
           ,
           he
           should
           with
           a
           strength
           proportionable
           to
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           preparations
           for
           less
           designs
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           Philip
           the
           second
           once
           did
           .
           And
           how
           ready
           they
           will
           be
           to
           animate
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           to
           contribute
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           Treasure
           and
           Arms
           ,
           for
           the
           rooting
           out
           of
           English
           Hereticks
           ,
           we
           may
           justly
           fear
           and
           presume
           from
           the
           Councels
           they
           give
           him
           in
           reference
           to
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           are
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           .
           
           For
           in
           a
           late
           Book
           ,
           to
           the
           maxims
           of
           which
           the
           conduct
           of
           his
           whole
           affairs
           seems
           very
           much
           adapted
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           only
           informed
           ,
           that
           his
           Ancestors
           never
           failed
           to
           be
           Protectors
           of
           the
           
             Apostolick
             See
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           turned
           their
           Arms
           ,
           and
           exposed
           their
           Lives
           against
           the
           Albigenses
           ;
           they
           vanquished
           them
           ,
           they
           destroyed
           them
           ,
           they
           imprisoned
           the
           poor
           men
           of
           Lyons
           .
           And
           he
           is
           further
           told
           ,
           that
           both
           by
           principles
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           maxims
           of
           Policy
           ,
           it
           is
           necessary
           for
           him
           to
           reduce
           all
           his
           Subjects
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           belief
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           as
           being
           extorted
           from
           his
           Predecessors
           by
           violence
           ,
           and
           with
           Sword
           in
           hand
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           obstruction
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           so
           blessed
           a
           design
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           said
           Edict
           is
           to
           be
           revoked
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           neglected
           .
           Now
           his
           compliance
           with
           this
           advice
           against
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ,
           evidenced
           in
           many
           instances
           ,
           
           whereby
           he
           hath
           endeavoured
           to
           extirpate
           them
           and
           their
           Religion
           ,
           though
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           ways
           of
           Fraud
           and
           Art
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Power
           and
           Force
           ;
           may
           at
           once
           and
           instruct
           us
           what
           
           measure
           and
           favour
           his
           
             Heretical
             Neighbours
          
           are
           to
           expect
           from
           him
           ,
           if
           incited
           against
           them
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           invited
           to
           the
           Undertaking
           by
           the
           English
           Papists
           .
           If
           neither
           the
           advancing
           his
           Granfather
           Henry
           the
           Great
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           nor
           the
           securing
           himself
           in
           his
           Royalty
           ,
           when
           sought
           to
           be
           dethron'd
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Condy
           ,
           deserve
           or
           obtain
           better
           measure
           of
           Requital
           ,
           that
           what
           the
           Hugonots
           in
           France
           daily
           meet
           with
           ;
           what
           may
           these
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           in
           England
           look
           for
           from
           a
           Prince
           ,
           that
           besides
           his
           knowing
           the
           pretensions
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           to
           the
           Dominion
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           his
           remembring
           the
           Conquests
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           made
           upon
           that
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           his
           sensing
           that
           his
           present
           Majesties
           Council
           and
           Arms
           have
           hindred
           the
           Carrere
           of
           his
           late
           Successes
           ,
           I
           say
           what
           may
           we
           look
           for
           from
           a
           Prince
           ,
           who
           besides
           all
           this
           ,
           is
           at
           once
           encouraged
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           invited
           by
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholiques
          
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           inflamed
           by
           his
           own
           ambition
           and
           pride
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           animated
           by
           his
           zeal
           to
           the
           Catholique
           Cause
           ,
           to
           turn
           his
           Formidable
           Preparations
           against
           these
           Lands
           ?
           But
           to
           conclude
           this
           ,
           I
           do
           particularly
           affirm
           that
           the
           success
           of
           the
           French
           Arms
           abroad
           ,
           hath
           emboldned
           the
           Papists
           in
           England
           in
           their
           designs
           of
           Subverting
           not
           only
           Religion
           ,
           but
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           A
           Third
           great
           step
           ,
           they
           had
           made
           to
           the
           subjugating
           these
           Kingdoms
           to
           
             
               section
            
             IX
          
           their
           
             Idolatrous
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Tyranous
           yoke
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Court
          
           ;
           was
           their
           preventing
           the
           
             Presumptive
             Heir
          
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
           For
           howsoever
           they
           can
           here
           affirm
           with
           all
           the
           Asseverations
           imaginable
           ,
           especially
           when
           in
           conversation
           with
           credulous
           and
           easie
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           is
           still
           of
           the
           Established
           Religion
           ,
           only
           that
           he
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           more
           generousness
           ,
           than
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Capricioes
           of
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           renouncing
           this
           ,
           or
           Swearing
           to
           that
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           in
           an
           humour
           Enact
           :
           Yet
           they
           not
           only
           know
           and
           beleeve
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           both
           make
           their
           boasts
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           erect
           their
           further
           hopes
           upon
           it
           .
           
             Father
             Anderton
             Rector
          
           of
           the
           
             English
             College
          
           of
           Jesuits
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
             Father
             Campion
             Minister
          
           of
           the
           same
           College
           ,
           and
           
             Father
             Green
             Procurator
          
           for
           their
           Order
           at
           
             Monto
             Portio
          
           ,
           have
           often
           told
           me
           when
           I
           was
           in
           Italy
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           was
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Perversion
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           gave
           them
           nearer
           prospects
           of
           their
           Establishing
           their
           Superstition
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           once
           again
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           and
           Dominions
           ;
           so
           it
           contributed
           to
           ,
           too
           effectually
           to
           the
           bringing
           over
           many
           of
           all
           Ranks
           and
           Qualities
           to
           them
           .
           For
           as
           I
           have
           ,
           when
           abroad
           ,
           frequently
           heard
           the
           Jesuits
           glory
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           acquisition
           of
           such
           a
           Convert
           ,
           and
           that
           many
           Gentlemen
           through
           his
           example
           had
           renounced
           Protestancy
           and
           embraced
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholique
          
           Doctrine
           ;
           so
           the
           thing
           carries
           a
           self
           Evidence
           in
           it
           ,
           nothing
           being
           more
           familiar
           in
           the
           observation
           of
           Ages
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           influence
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           the
           rank
           ,
           quality
           ,
           and
           legal
           hopes
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           should
           sway
           vast
           and
           large
           numbers
           of
           people
           ,
           to
           espouse
           the
           Persuasion
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           up
           .
           There
           is
           a
           great
           part
           of
           mankind
           that
           seems
           to
           own
           this
           or
           that
           Religion
           ,
           who
           yet
           do
           it
           not
           upon
           any
           rational
           grounds
           ,
           or
           motives
           of
           conviction
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           of
           Secular
           interests
           ,
           wordly
           advantages
           ,
           and
           accomodations
           .
           And
           persons
           of
           this
           Figure
           ,
           being
           in
           truth
           of
           no
           Religion
           ,
           will
           not
           publickly
           avow
           themselves
           ,
           but
           vigorously
           impose
           that
           upon
           others
           ,
           which
           appears
           suited
           and
           calculated
           unto
           their
           carnal
           an
           worldly
           Ends.
           And
           the
           
             Atheistical
             Principles
          
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           afraid
           too
           many
           have
           imbib'd
           from
           a
           great
           pretender
           to
           Philosophy
           and
           Politicks
           ,
           namely
           that
           all
           the
           obligations
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           upon
           the
           consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           may
           be
           violated
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           ,
           
           and
           that
           no
           person
           is
           accountable
           at
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           renouncing
           Christianity
           it self
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           for
           the
           disclaiming
           Protestancy
           ,
           providing
           he
           hath
           the
           command
           of
           a
           Ruler
           to
           authorise
           him
           in
           what
           he
           doth
           :
           I
           say
           I
           am
           justly
           apprehensive
           that
           these
           and
           the
           like
           abominable
           Notions
           ,
           which
           many
           have
           suckt
           in
           from
           Mr.
           Hobbs
           ,
           do
           not
           only
           dispose
           men
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Roman
           Faith
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           the
           Sovereign
           proves
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           but
           that
           not
           a
           few
           under
           the
           meer
           prospect
           of
           what
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           ,
           have
           judged
           it
           most
           convenient
           to
           antidate
           themselves
           of
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           foresee
           that
           in
           a
           little
           time
           they
           must
           be
           of
           .
           Moreover
           it
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           conceived
           how
           the
           Duke
           of
           Yorks
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           hath
           encouraged
           vast
           numbers
           of
           
             Romish
             Emissaries
          
           to
           come
           over
           hither
           ,
           afforded
           them
           security
           while
           here
           ,
           and
           emboldned
           them
           in
           their
           addresses
           to
           all
           ranks
           and
           degrees
           of
           Persons
           .
           And
           as
           the
           City
           and
           Country
           never
           swarmed
           so
           much
           with
           all
           sort
           of
           
             Romish
             Ecclesiasticks
          
           both
           Secular
           and
           Regular
           ,
           as
           since
           the
           perversion
           of
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ;
           so
           by
           their
           accosting
           the
           hopes
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           addressing
           the
           fears
           of
           others
           ,
           from
           the
           
           Duke's
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           they
           have
           (
           and
           that
           upon
           my
           own
           personal
           knowledge
           )
           prevailed
           upon
           many
           to
           conform
           to
           —
           his
           Example
           .
           For
           I
           very
           well
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             Father
             Campian
          
           being
           returned
           from
           England
           to
           Rome
           ,
           where
           I
           then
           was
           ,
           
             did
             not
             only
             confirm
             them
             that
             were
             here
             ,
             in
             the
             belief
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Yorks
           
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             having
             been
             often
             at
             Mass
             ,
             but
             withall
             affirmed
             that
             through
             his
             Example
             ,
             many
             Gentlemen
             were
             not
             only
             turned
          
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           but
           Jesuits
           .
           Surely
           it
           was
           upon
           a
           due
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           mature
           deliberation
           ,
           that
           the
           Great
           Senate
           of
           the
           Nation
        
         
           April
           27.
           1679.
           
           Resolved
           
             Nemine
             Contradicente
          
           ,
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             's
             being
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             his
             hopes
             of
             Coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             such
             ,
             hath
             given
             the
             greatest
             Incouragement
             to
             the
             present
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             Designs
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             against
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               section
            
             X
          
           Nor
           was
           this
           either
           the
           only
           progress
           they
           had
           made
           to
           the
           Reinslaving
           the
           Nations
           to
           Rome
           ;
           but
           through
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           the
           universal
           influence
           he
           had
           both
           at
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           and
           likewise
           at
           Home
           and
           Abroad
           ,
           they
           obtained
           divers
           of
           these
           persons
           who
           were
           most
           zealous
           for
           the
           
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           and
           in
           whom
           they
           could
           best
           confide
           ,
           to
           be
           advanced
           and
           preferred
           into
           places
           of
           Power
           and
           Trust.
           And
           of
           this
           there
           needs
           no
           further
           Evidence
           (
           though
           many
           more
           instances
           might
           be
           assigned
           )
           but
           the
           advancement
           of
           my
           
             Lord
             Clifford
          
           to
           be
           
             Lord
             High
             Treasurer
          
           ,
           and
           Sr.
           
             William
             Godolphin
          
           to
           be
           his
           
             Majesties
             Embassador
          
           in
           Spain
           ,
           and
           my
           Lord
           Bellasis
           to
           be
           Governor
           of
           Hull
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           by
           the
           late
           Tests
           —
           which
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Parliament
           have
           provided
           for
           such
           as
           were
           to
           be
           Imployed
           in
           publick
           Trusts
           (
           that
           Papists
           might
           be
           the
           better
           and
           more
           effectually
           known
           and
           distinguished
           from
           Protestants
           )
           There
           are
           both
           some
           removed
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           advanced
           to
           places
           of
           Trust
           ,
           Authority
           and
           profit
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           kept
           from
           arriving
           at
           those
           stations
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           attaining
           that
           place
           and
           interest
           in
           the
           manage
           of
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           they
           not
           only
           aspired
           after
           ,
           but
           stood
           recommended
           unto
           .
           Yet
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           some
           that
           have
           taken
           these
           Tests
           ,
           who
           notwithstanding
           continue
           still
           Votaries
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           Protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           .
           For
           as
           it
           was
           for
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           ,
           that
           some
           should
           rather
           resign
           their
           employes
           and
           places
           ,
           than
           renounce
           the
           Papal
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           
           of
           the
           
             Tridentine
             Faith
          
           ;
           so
           it
           being
           their
           interest
           (
           at
           least
           for
           a
           while
           )
           to
           have
           it
           concealed
           what
           persons
           universally
           were
           Papists
           ,
           and
           it
           being
           also
           for
           their
           advantage
           ,
           to
           have
           some
           of
           their
           Party
           continued
           in
           publick
           Offices
           ,
           without
           suspicion
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           promote
           their
           further
           designs
           ,
           they
           have
           accordingly
           made
           provision
           for
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           .
           And
           as
           the
           losses
           which
           some
           of
           the
           party
           have
           appeared
           willing
           to
           undergo
           ,
           upon
           the
           Foregoing
           occasion
           ,
           have
           served
           to
           enhance
           —
           the
           reputation
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           so
           others
           being
           best
           qualified
           by
           their
           taking
           —
           the
           Tests
           for
           the
           enjoying
           Preferments
           and
           Revenues
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           Spies
           upon
           the
           Councils
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           but
           Vipers
           nourished
           with
           the
           profits
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           to
           betray
           and
           undermine
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           whereas
           some
           may
           think
           that
           no
           person
           cordial
           in
           any
           —
           Religion
           ,
           should
           for
           Secular
           accommodations
           and
           worldly
           Advantages
           ,
           offend
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           indanger
           their
           own
           Souls
           ,
           by
           Renouncing
           their
           Faith
           ,
           and
           forswearing
           that
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           superstruct
           all
           their
           hopes
           for
           Salvation
           :
           The
           Church
           of
           Rome
           hath
           by
           more
           methods
           than
           one
           ,
           secured
           such
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           all
           fear
           and
           hazard
           of
           future
           wrath
           ,
           but
           from
           all
           danger
           of
           sinning
           against
           God
           by
           so
           doing
           .
           And
           as
           to
           this
           purpose
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           
             Papal
             Absolution
          
           and
           Indulgence
           ,
           are
           admirably
           suited
           ,
           supposing
           their
           should
           be
           sin
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ;
           so
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           
             Equivocation
             ,
             Mental
             Reservation
          
           and
           
             Authoritative
             Dispensations
          
           ,
           are
           no
           less
           calculated
           for
           preserving
           them
           from
           all
           Guilt
           —
           notwithstanding
           their
           taking
           the
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           Declarations
           which
           the
           Law
           requires
           .
        
         
           Having
           now
           made
           these
           happy
           proceeds
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           ,
           towards
           the
           
             
               section
            
             XI
          
           overthrow
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           and
           the
           
             Established
             Government
          
           ,
           there
           remained
           only
           for
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           their
           Execrable
           Designs
           ,
           but
           the
           destroying
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King.
           And
           there
           are
           these
           ensuing
           Reasons
           which
           not
           only
           justifie
           such
           endeavours
           in
           all
           that
           are
           furnished
           with
           Evidence
           ,
           for
           the
           making
           a
           further
           detection
           ,
           but
           which
           do
           indispensably
           oblige
           them
           not
           to
           conceal
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           serve
           to
           unravel
           and
           unvail
           the
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           vindication
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           on
           those
           Traitors
           that
           have
           suffered
           ,
           doth
           bespeak
           and
           require
           this
           at
           every
           mans
           hand
           .
           For
           though
           the
           utmost
           Candor
           imaginable
           ,
           was
           extended
           to
           the
           Criminals
           ,
           and
           the
           stricktest
           scrutiny
           by
           interrogations
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Malefactors
           ,
           exercised
           towards
           the
           Kings
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Juries
           that
           were
           Impannelled
           for
           their
           Tryal
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           most
           knowing
           ,
           honoured
           ;
           and
           Impartial
           Persons
           that
           either
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           or
           the
           neighbouring
           County
           could
           afford
           ;
           yet
           all
           these
           have
           not
           been
           sufficient
           to
           prevent
           the
           arraignment
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           Condemning
           those
           Conspirators
           .
           For
           not
           to
           mention
           what
           their
           surviving
           Friends
           ,
           do
           as
           falsly
           as
           reproachfully
           give
           out
           in
           favour
           of
           their
           Innocency
           in
           all
           Companies
           ;
           the
           very
           Press
           (
           almost
           to
           the
           Ignominy
           of
           the
           Government
           that
           suffereth
           it
           )
           hath
           swarmed
           with
           Pamphlets
           in
           justification
           of
           their
           having
           died
           Guiltless
           .
           Such
           Pamphlets
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Letter
             to
             both
             Houses
             ;
             the
             sober
             and
             seasonable
             Queries
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Choice
             of
             the
             New
             Parliament
             ;
             the
             second
             Edition
             with
             Additions
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             The
             Jesuits
             Plea
             ,
             in
             answer
             to
             a
             Letter
             ,
             entituled
             Lying
             allowable
             with
             the
             Papists
             to
             deceive
             Protestants
             :
             The
             Plot
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             to
             transform
             Traitors
             into
             Martyrs
             :
             The
             Compendium
             of
             the
             late
             Tryals
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             present
             Plot
             :
          
           besides
           divers
           other
           Prints
           equally
           scurrilous
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           filled
           with
           pernicious
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           that
           every
           man
           of
           Sense
           ,
           is
           surprised
           at
           their
           impudence
           ,
           and
           every
           person
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           roused
           to
           a
           zeal
           of
           vindicating
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           from
           the
           obloquies
           of
           Injustice
           cast
           upon
           them
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Kings
           Witnesses
           do
           intend
           publickly
           to
           vindicate
           themselves
           from
           the
           Calumnies
           with
           which
           they
           are
           aspersed
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           perform
           it
           both
           to
           the
           universal
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           confusion
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           ;
           yet
           let
           me
           offer
           these
           two
           or
           three
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Pamphlets
           ,
           which
           I
           judge
           not
           only
           sufficient
           to
           baffle
           them
           ,
           but
           eternally
           to
           expose
           them
           to
           contempt
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           infamous
           Libels
           .
           First
           then
           ,
           what
           credit
           ought
           to
           be
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           shall
           dare
           publish
           in
           the
           view
           of
           all
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
             That
             not
             one
             Person
             accused
             in
             this
             pretended
             Conspiracy
             ,
          
           
           
             did
             either
             fly
             or
             abscond
             (
             except
             only
             the
             Priests
             who
             were
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             Law
             for
             their
             Priesthood
          
           )
           when
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           (
           besides
           many
           others
           of
           all
           ranks
           and
           qualities
           ,
           who
           upon
           their
           being
           some
           of
           them
           accused
           ,
           and
           others
           suspected
           ,
           have
           withdrawn
           themselves
           )
           the
           four
           Villains
           who
           are
           charged
           for
           conspiring
           to
           Assassinate
           the
           King
           ,
           do
           notwithstanding
           his
           Royal
           Proclamation
           requiring
           their
           appearance
           ,
           either
           by
           flight
           or
           concealment
           absent
           themselves
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           who
           pretending
           to
           be
           either
           a
           good
           Christian
           ,
           or
           a
           faithfull
           Subject
           ,
           can
           have
           any
           Faith
           for
           such
           a
           person
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           afraid
           no
           more
           than
           ashamed
           ,
           openly
           thus
           to
           slander
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           namely
           
             That
             though
             he
             be
             both
             most
             concerned
             ,
             and
             has
             had
             the
             best
             opportunities
             of
             examining
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
          
           
           
             yet
             he
             is
             so
             far
             from
             believing
             it
             that
             he
             openly
             laughs
             at
             it
             .
          
           Vile
           Impostor
           !
           that
           dares
           thus
           accuse
           the
           King
           both
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           People
           .
           How
           often
           hath
           His
           Majesty
           told
           us
           in
           his
           
             Royal
             Proclamations
          
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           fully
           convinced
           of
           a
           Hellish
           and
           Popish
           Conspiracy
           ,
           against
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           :
           And
           yet
           this
           impudent
           Generation
           of
           Romish
           Votaries
           do
           not
           blush
           to
           affirm
           ;
           that
           He
           laughs
           at
           it
           as
           a
           fabulous
           and
           Romantick
           Story
           .
           Doth
           not
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Proclamation
           Octob.
           30.
           1678.
           
             call
             it
             a
             Bloody
             and
             Traiterous
             design
             ,
             of
          
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           
             against
             his
             Majesties
             Person
             ,
             and
             Government
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ?
           And
           doth
           he
           not
           by
           his
           Proclamation
           Nov.
           20.
           1678.
           
             declare
             that
             the
          
           Popish
           
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             ,
             lurking
             within
             this
             Realm
             ,
             have
             contrived
             ,
             and
             set
             on
             foot
             divers
             traiterous
             Plots
             and
             Designs
             ,
             against
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             by
             Law
             Established
          
           ?
           And
           doth
           he
           not
           also
           by
           his
           
             Proclamation
             for
             a
             Fast
          
           ,
           March
           28.
           1679.
           
             declare
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             impious
             and
             malicious
             Conspiracies
             ,
             of
             the
          
           Popish
           Party
           ,
           
             there
             is
             a
             Plot
             not
             only
             intended
             ,
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             his
             Royal
             Person
             ,
             but
             the
             total
             Subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             true
             Protestant
             Religion
             within
             the
             Realm
             by
             Law
             Established
             ?
          
           And
           doth
           not
           my
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           in
           his
           Speech
           to
           both
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           March
           the
           6.
           1678
           
           /
           9.
           assures
           us
           ,
           
             That
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             hath
             been
             in
             danger
             ,
             by
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             his
             Sacred
             Life
             ,
             malitiously
             contrived
             ,
             and
             industriously
             carried
             on
             by
             the
          
           Seminary
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           
             and
             their
             Adherents
             ,
             who
             think
             themselves
             under
             some
             obligation
             of
             Conscience
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             and
             having
             vowed
             the
             Subversion
             of
             the
             True
             Religion
             amongst
             us
             ,
             find
             no
             way
             so
             likely
             to
             compass
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             wound
             us
             in
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             kill
             the
          
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ?
           And
           besides
           what
           the
           last
           Parliament
           declared
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           of
           the
           Parliament
           which
           was
           then
           sitting
           when
           the
           Plot
           was
           first
           discovered
           ,
           with
           the
           Approbation
           of
           the
           House
           of
           
             Lords
             ,
             resolve
             ,
             That
             that
             House
             was
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             still
             is
             ,
             a
             Damnable
             and
             Hellish
             Plot
             ,
             contrived
             and
             carried
             on
             by
          
           Popish
           Recusants
           ,
           
             for
             Assassinating
             
             and
             Murdering
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             for
             Subverting
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             rooting
             out
             and
             destroying
             the
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           So
           that
           now
           upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           He
           that
           dare
           assume
           the
           boldness
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             laughs
             at
             the
             Plot
             ,
             as
             a
             ridiculous
             and
             ill
             contrived
             Story
             ,
          
           doth
           Brand
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           Two
           Parliaments
           for
           a
           company
           of
           Impostors
           .
           And
           if
           this
           be
           not
           enough
           to
           stigmatise
           such
           Rascals
           for
           the
           worst
           of
           Slanderers
           ,
           and
           overthrow
           their
           credit
           with
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           surely
           nothing
           in
           this
           World
           can
           be
           alledged
           more
           effectual
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           need
           we
           more
           to
           satisfie
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           men
           of
           a
           Papal
           Complexion
           ,
           by
           lies
           and
           calumnies
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           but
           consider
           ,
           that
           after
           they
           had
           inhumanly
           murdered
           Sr.
           
             Edmund-bury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           fastned
           divers
           slanders
           upon
           him
           before
           he
           was
           found
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           endeavoured
           to
           impose
           plain
           impossibilities
           upon
           our
           Faith
           ,
           namely
           that
           he
           had
           killed
           thimself
           ,
           when
           the
           place
           where
           he
           lay
           ,
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           laying
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           circumstances
           uncontroulably
           demonstrated
           the
           contrary
           ;
           so
           at
           last
           ,
           one
           of
           these
           scandalous
           and
           villainous
           Scriblers
           dare
           now
           solemnly
           avouch
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             an
             entire
             Friend
             to
             the
          
           Popish
           Party
           ,
           
             and
             that
             he
             had
             performed
             the
             utmost
             service
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             friendship
             it self
             could
             suggest
          
           .
           Can
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           said
           more
           effectual
           at
           once
           to
           convince
           this
           Fellow
           of
           being
           a
           Slanderer
           ,
           or
           to
           disabuse
           those
           men
           of
           little
           understanding
           ,
           that
           are
           inclined
           to
           believe
           him
           in
           any
           thing
           he
           says
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           should
           offer
           to
           obtrude
           upon
           the
           Faith
           of
           Englishmen
           ;
           that
           Sr.
           
             Edmund-bury
             Godfrey
          
           was
           a
           Papist
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           very
           friend
           to
           the
           Papal
           Party
           ?
           It
           were
           to
           abase
           the
           patience
           of
           all
           who
           knew
           that
           worthy
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           are
           masters
           of
           Sense
           or
           Honesty
           ,
           to
           offer
           to
           prove
           that
           Sr.
           
             Edmund-bury
             Godfrey
          
           was
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           was
           far
           enough
           from
           supposing
           himself
           inrolled
           in
           the
           number
           of
           the
           friends
           of
           the
           Popish
           Faction
           .
           Alas
           poor
           Gentleman
           !
           as
           he
           little
           dreamed
           that
           a
           professed
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           a
           liberal
           Asserter
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           constant
           Reliever
           of
           the
           necessities
           of
           those
           that
           were
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           but
           one
           (
           as
           himself
           frequently
           related
           )
           that
           expected
           to
           be
           the
           first
           Martyr
           under
           the
           Popish
           Rage
           ,
           should
           be
           consigned
           down
           to
           Posterity
           as
           the
           Cordial
           friend
           to
           those
           avow'd
           Enemies
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           or
           a
           principal
           Confident
           of
           those
           Bontefeus
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           for
           whose
           peace
           and
           safety
           he
           was
           a
           watchfull
           Magistrate
           .
           Nothing
           allyed
           to
           truth
           can
           be
           expected
           ,
           from
           such
           who
           after
           they
           had
           barbarously
           Murdered
           an
           innocent
           Gentleman
           ,
           do
           by
           robbing
           him
           afterwards
           of
           his
           honour
           ,
           credit
           and
           reputation
           ,
           assassinate
           him
           a
           second
           time
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           effect
           of
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           to
           give
           up
           Impostors
           to
           the
           venting
           some
           palpable
           falshoods
           ,
           that
           the
           easie
           and
           credulous
           World
           may
           be
           the
           better
           fortified
           against
           those
           other
           reports
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           so
           easily
           disapprove
           .
           For
           they
           who
           are
           found
           wilfull
           and
           evident
           Slanderers
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           credited
           in
           any
           thing
           unless
           it
           be
           accompanied
           with
           better
           Credentials
           ,
           than
           the
           authority
           of
           their
           Testimony
           .
           These
           few
           Remarks
           are
           sufficient
           to
           take
           off
           the
           credit
           of
           those
           
             Popish
             Scriblers
          
           ,
           that
           have
           attacked
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Kings
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           slandered
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           so
           a
           reply
           being
           preparing
           to
           all
           the
           particular
           instances
           in
           which
           they
           are
           slandered
           ,
           may
           discharge
           me
           from
           calling
           those
           Pamphletters
           to
           a
           further
           Account
           .
        
         
           Yet
           forasmuch
           as
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           enough
           to
           have
           these
           Advocates
           
             
               section
            
             XII
          
           of
           the
           Plot
           proved
           meerly
           to
           be
           Slanderers
           ,
           I
           shall
           therefore
           moreover
           show
           that
           the
           Papists
           may
           not
           only
           be
           publick
           Defamers
           with
           a
           Consistancy
           
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           their
           chief
           Casuists
           ,
           instruct
           and
           incourage
           them
           to
           be
           so
           .
           And
           this
           I
           shall
           perform
           in
           a
           brief
           consideration
           of
           two
           Particulars
           .
           First
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           teach
           the
           Members
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           to
           be
           under
           no
           obligation
           to
           speak
           Truth
           either
           to
           ,
           or
           of
           Hereticks
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           may
           calumniate
           them
           without
           the
           fear
           of
           guilt
           or
           Divine
           wrath
           .
           It
           is
           the
           common
           opinion
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           all
           their
           Scholastick
           and
           
             Casuistical
             Writings
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           sin
           to
           Calumniate
           those
           who
           speak
           ill
           of
           them
           or
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
           They
           are
           under
           no
           moral
           Obligation
           to
           Hereticks
           ;
           but
           may
           cheat
           them
           without
           
             dishonesty
             ,
             violate
             Oaths
          
           made
           unto
           them
           without
           
             perjury
             ,
             rob
          
           them
           without
           
             theft
             ,
             kill
          
           them
           without
           murder
           ,
           and
           lie
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           concerning
           them
           without
           the
           violation
           of
           the
           measures
           of
           Truth
           or
           Justice
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           ways
           strange
           ,
           that
           while
           they
           may
           meritoriously
           destroy
           us
           ,
           they
           should
           with
           innocency
           defame
           us
           .
           For
           by
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           that
           no
           Faith
           is
           to
           be
           kept
           with
           Hereticks
           ,
           no
           Faith
           is
           due
           to
           them
           .
           When
           we
           meet
           with
           such
           Maxims
           ,
           as
           that
           Servants
           owe
           no
           fidelity
           to
           
             Heretical
             Masters
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Children
             obedience
          
           to
           
             Heretical
             Parents
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Wives
             conjugal
             duty
          
           to
           
             Heretical
             Husbands
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Subjects
             loyalty
          
           to
           
             Heretical
             Princes
          
           ;
           ought
           we
           after
           this
           to
           be
           surprised
           ,
           upon
           finding
           it
           established
           as
           a
           received
           Doctrine
           at
           least
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           innocently
           slander
           and
           defame
           Hereticks
           of
           whatsoever
           quality
           and
           degree
           ?
           And
           as
           by
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           Principles
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           I
           can
           make
           a
           shift
           to
           understand
           
             Balsec
             ,
             Cocleus
             ,
             Sanders
             ,
             &c.
             —
          
           in
           their
           virulent
           and
           slanderous
           Books
           ,
           against
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Luther
          
           ,
           and
           other
           blessed
           Reformers
           ,
           without
           finding
           my self
           obliged
           to
           believe
           them
           in
           any
           one
           word
           they
           speak
           ,
           to
           the
           defamation
           of
           those
           whom
           they
           accuse
           ;
           so
           by
           the
           same
           means
           I
           judge
           my self
           conducted
           not
           to
           give
           credit
           to
           any
           Papist
           ,
           speaking
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           unless
           I
           be
           otherwise
           assured
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           he
           declares
           .
           But
           secondly
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           add
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           countenanced
           by
           the
           maxims
           of
           their
           Divines
           ,
           to
           defame
           any
           one
           of
           what
           Religion
           soever
           he
           be
           ,
           that
           doth
           them
           an
           injury
           ,
           we
           may
           then
           be
           fully
           armed
           against
           all
           Impressions
           of
           disbelieving
           the
           Plot
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Scriblers
           are
           designed
           to
           raise
           or
           beget
           .
           In
           all
           the
           Casuistical
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           there
           is
           hardly
           a
           case
           wherein
           they
           do
           so
           unanimously
           conspire
           and
           agree
           as
           in
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           invent
           crimes
           to
           ruine
           their
           credit
           who
           speak
           ill
           of
           them
           .
           And
           this
           they
           have
           not
           only
           declared
           in
           their
           Books
           ,
           but
           maintained
           in
           the
           Theses
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           proposed
           to
           be
           disputed
           in
           their
           Schools
           .
           
           I
           know
           that
           which
           surprizeth
           many
           ,
           who
           know
           not
           the
           Rules
           and
           measures
           the
           Papists
           act
           by
           ,
           is
           the
           men
           not
           only
           pretending
           to
           some
           Religion
           themselves
           ,
           but
           intrusted
           with
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           Consciences
           of
           others
           ,
           should
           publish
           and
           divulge
           such
           and
           such
           things
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           true
           ;
           when
           alas
           !
           the
           Principle
           they
           act
           by
           ,
           is
           not
           whether
           the
           thing
           they
           affirm
           be
           true
           ,
           but
           whether
           it
           be
           for
           their
           advantage
           ,
           honour
           ,
           and
           secular
           interest
           to
           have
           it
           believed
           .
           
           I
           do
           maintain
           saith
           
             Dicastellus
             —
             That
             Calumny
             when
             it
             is
             used
             against
             a
             Calumniator
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           one
           that
           doth
           them
           or
           their
           Order
           a
           mischief
           )
           
             though
             grounded
             on
             absolute
             falsities
             ,
             is
             not
             for
             that
             any
             mortal
             sin
             ,
             either
             against
             Justice
             or
             Charity
             .
             That
             is
             is
             only
             any
             mortal
             sin
             to
             Calumniate
             falsly
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             preserve
             ones
             honour
             ,
             is
             no
             doubt
             ,
             saith
          
           Caramuel
           ,
           
             a
             probable
             opinion
             .
             It
             is
             a
             probable
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             lawfully
             slander
             that
             person
             ,
             by
             charging
             him
             with
             crimes
             that
             are
             false
             ,
             against
             whose
             Testimony
             we
             are
             not
             able
             otherwise
             to
             defend
             our selves
             ,
             saith
          
           Sambourin
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           ways
           strange
           that
           they
           should
           hold
           it
           lawfull
           to
           Calumniate
           any
           one
           that
           accuseth
           them
           ,
           seeing
           they
           declare
           it
           lawfull
           to
           kill
           such
           a
           one
           .
           
             We
             may
             without
             
             mortal
             sin
             ,
             saith
          
           Lessius
           ,
           
             kill
             an
             accuser
          
           ,
           
           
             though
             the
             crime
             whereof
             he
             accuseth
             us
             be
             true
             ,
             so
             it
             were
             secret
             .
             It
             is
             lawfull
             even
             for
             an
             Ecclesiastick
             or
             Monk
             ,
             saith
          
           Amicus
           ,
           
             to
             kill
             that
             person
             who
             threatens
             to
             produce
             great
             crimes
             against
             him
             or
             his
             Order
             .
          
           Now
           having
           established
           Maxims
           by
           which
           they
           make
           it
           lawfull
           not
           only
           to
           Calumniate
           ,
           without
           endangering
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           but
           destroy
           those
           that
           injure
           them
           ;
           is
           it
           any
           thing
           strange
           that
           they
           should
           practise
           what
           they
           esteem
           lawfull
           ,
           especially
           when
           their
           doing
           it
           is
           so
           necessary
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           credit
           and
           safety
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Party
           in
           England
           ?
           Can
           any
           man
           imagin
           ,
           but
           that
           having
           made
           it
           lawfull
           to
           Calumniate
           ,
           they
           should
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           act
           accordingly
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           way
           left
           to
           vindicate
           themselves
           ,
           or
           discredit
           their
           Accusers
           ,
           save
           the
           making
           their
           recourse
           to
           lies
           ,
           slanders
           and
           revilings
           .
           I
           desire
           in
           reference
           to
           all
           they
           say
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           business
           to
           this
           issue
           with
           them
           ;
           either
           their
           Casuists
           teach
           such
           Maxims
           ,
           or
           they
           do
           not
           .
           As
           to
           their
           teaching
           them
           ,
           let
           them
           deny
           it
           if
           they
           dare
           ,
           I
           both
           assign
           the
           Men
           that
           do
           so
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           where
           .
           And
           besides
           those
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ,
           shall
           be
           ready
           if
           called
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           produce
           many
           more
           concurring
           in
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           .
           And
           seeing
           they
           do
           teach
           these
           Maxims
           ,
           let
           them
           if
           they
           can
           ,
           give
           but
           any
           Rational
           person
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           any
           credit
           is
           due
           to
           such
           ,
           who
           may
           lawfully
           act
           (
           as
           every
           Papist
           may
           )
           upon
           these
           Principles
           .
           Let
           them
           not
           then
           offer
           to
           abuse
           the
           World
           any
           more
           ,
           by
           Discourses
           demonstrative
           of
           the
           Unlawfulness
           of
           lying
           and
           Calumniating
           ,
           by
           arguments
           from
           natural
           light
           ,
           and
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           seeing
           neither
           Scripture
           ,
           nor
           the
           light
           of
           Reason
           are
           the
           measures
           which
           they
           Govern
           themselves
           by
           .
           And
           all
           Treatises
           of
           that
           nature
           are
           but
           fresh
           instances
           of
           their
           lying
           and
           deceiving
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           declaring
           it
           unlawfull
           to
           do
           so
           .
           And
           let
           me
           add
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Pamphlets
           most
           adapted
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           World
           ,
           a
           belief
           of
           the
           credibility
           and
           sincerity
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           such
           as
           
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Two
             Houses
             ;
             the
          
           Jesuits
           
             Plea
             ;
             and
             the
             New
             Plot
             to
             transform
          
           Jesuits
           
             into
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Do
           overlook
           all
           those
           Maxims
           of
           their
           Casuists
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           advanced
           against
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           Authors
           both
           of
           the
           
             Impartial
             Consideration
             of
             the
             Speeches
             of
             the
             five
          
           Jesuits
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           
             Letter
             intituled
             Lying
             allowable
             with
             Papists
             to
             deceive
          
           Protestants
           :
           and
           do
           only
           insist
           upon
           other
           Principles
           ,
           which
           by
           their
           Maxims
           they
           are
           not
           obliged
           to
           govern
           themselves
           by
           .
           And
           whereas
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           ask
           us
           ,
           whether
           we
           take
           those
           who
           have
           been
           either
           Condemned
           ,
           or
           only
           Arraigned
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           Atheists
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           the
           common
           Sentiments
           of
           Mankind
           not
           only
           forbid
           under
           the
           greatest
           penalty
           ,
           but
           teach
           us
           to
           detest
           ?
           I
           answer
           that
           I
           take
           them
           to
           have
           been
           worse
           ,
           namely
           Jesuits
           ,
           or
           their
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           under
           the
           names
           of
           Christians
           ,
           to
           the
           reproach
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           debauching
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           ruine
           of
           all
           Societies
           and
           Government
           ,
           have
           established
           that
           as
           lawfull
           ,
           which
           the
           Gospel
           threatens
           with
           eternal
           Wrath
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           states
           punish
           either
           with
           the
           Gibbet
           or
           the
           Pillory
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           Reason
           ,
           why
           it
           is
           not
           only
           every
           ones
           duty
           ,
           but
           at
           this
           time
           
             
               section
            
             XIII
          
           indispensally
           necessary
           to
           contribute
           to
           the
           further
           detection
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           is
           the
           awakening
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           provide
           in
           all
           legal
           and
           due
           ways
           ,
           for
           the
           Protection
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Person
           ,
           and
           its
           own
           defence
           and
           Security
           .
           The
           Lethargy
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Nation
           laboureth
           under
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           amaseth
           its
           Friends
           ,
           and
           incourageth
           its
           Enemies
           .
           They
           
           are
           greatly
           deceived
           ,
           that
           think
           the
           Papists
           have
           laid
           their
           design
           ,
           alas
           they
           do
           more
           industriously
           than
           over
           pursue
           it
           .
           The
           Case
           is
           so
           stated
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           retreat
           ,
           and
           rather
           than
           miss
           their
           hopes
           ,
           they
           are
           resolved
           to
           stake
           lives
           ,
           fortunes
           ,
           and
           all
           upon
           a
           venture
           .
           They
           have
           laboured
           too
           long
           to
           bring
           things
           to
           the
           pass
           they
           are
           in
           ,
           to
           loose
           in
           a
           moment
           the
           fruits
           of
           all
           their
           toyls
           and
           indeavours
           .
           Though
           the
           Protestants
           should
           be
           willing
           to
           forgive
           them
           ,
           yet
           they
           know
           that
           they
           have
           proceeded
           too
           far
           to
           rely
           upon
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           therefore
           their
           guilt
           lightning
           their
           fears
           ,
           makes
           them
           desperate
           .
           The
           death
           of
           Traytors
           who
           have
           suffered
           ,
           instead
           of
           dismaying
           the
           Party
           ,
           hath
           greatly
           enflamed
           them
           to
           revenge
           .
           They
           know
           too
           well
           ,
           that
           many
           more
           both
           deserve
           ,
           and
           may
           meet
           with
           the
           like
           measure
           ,
           and
           rather
           than
           tamely
           suffer
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           all
           run
           on
           in
           the
           same
           fortune
           .
           They
           are
           at
           present
           negotiating
           with
           all
           Foreign
           States
           for
           Assistance
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           stranger
           to
           conversation
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           heard
           of
           the
           liberal
           Contributions
           providing
           for
           them
           in
           all
           Popish
           Countries
           .
           The
           boldness
           they
           every
           where
           express
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           effect
           of
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           but
           of
           their
           Villany
           and
           confidence
           of
           Success
           ,
           through
           the
           Aids
           which
           they
           look
           for
           .
           Nor
           hath
           their
           slandering
           the
           King
           to
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           their
           misrepresenting
           many
           of
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           to
           him
           ,
           any
           other
           tendency
           but
           to
           prevent
           mutual
           confidence
           between
           them
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           can
           but
           hinder
           ,
           its
           impossible
           ,
           as
           things
           stand
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           miscarry
           in
           their
           design
           ,
           or
           that
           either
           His
           Majesty
           or
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           should
           escape
           .
           To
           tell
           us
           by
           one
           hand
           ,
           
             that
             the
             King
             laughs
             at
             the
             Plot
             as
             a
             matter
             wholly
             fabulous
          
           ;
           
           and
           by
           another
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Two
             late
             Parliaments
             were
             a
             Company
             of
             Factious
             Men
             :
          
           What
           design
           can
           this
           have
           ?
           but
           to
           beget
           a
           distrust
           betwixt
           His
           Majesty
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           deprive
           us
           of
           that
           mutual
           confidence
           in
           one
           another
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           our
           Preservation
           .
           When
           I
           have
           told
           you
           (
           as
           I
           shall
           anon
           )
           that
           the
           Kings
           Person
           is
           more
           in
           danger
           than
           any
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           it
           may
           serve
           to
           promote
           your
           confidence
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           unite
           among
           your selves
           in
           order
           to
           His
           Majesties
           Preservation
           .
           For
           as
           His
           Majesty
           hath
           most
           just
           cause
           to
           apprehend
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           Papists
           against
           his
           Life
           ,
           so
           we
           may
           not
           only
           fear
           ,
           but
           too
           groundedly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           both
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Liberties
           ,
           with
           whatsoever
           else
           is
           dear
           unto
           us
           ,
           will
           become
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           lusts
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Party
          
           ,
           if
           they
           succeed
           in
           their
           Conspiracies
           against
           his
           Life
           .
           Whoever
           he
           be
           that
           maketh
           profession
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           seem
           to
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           Plot
           ,
           nor
           acknowledge
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           in
           danger
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           listed
           under
           one
           of
           these
           three
           Ranks
           of
           Men.
           First
           ,
           he
           is
           either
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           weak
           Fools
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           given
           riches
           to
           ,
           in
           consideration
           for
           having
           denied
           them
           understanding
           .
           For
           there
           are
           a
           kind
           of
           silly
           Coxcombs
           ,
           that
           are
           first
           pusled
           ,
           and
           then
           missed
           by
           Insinuations
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           Knaves
           would
           suggest
           ,
           and
           Idiots
           be
           swayed
           with
           .
           Or
           secondly
           ,
           he
           is
           reduceable
           to
           them
           ,
           whose
           fears
           make
           them
           both
           dissemble
           and
           ready
           to
           deny
           what
           they
           too
           well
           know
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           a
           great
           many
           ,
           whose
           dread
           prescribes
           to
           their
           reason
           and
           Conscience
           .
           Now
           these
           apprehending
           it
           impossible
           to
           prevent
           the
           Designs
           on
           foot
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           not
           at
           first
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           possibly
           intend
           not
           actually
           to
           be
           ,
           yet
           having
           a
           mind
           to
           preserve
           themselves
           ,
           they
           are
           therefore
           not
           only
           willing
           to
           connive
           at
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           judge
           impossible
           to
           be
           defeated
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           an
           interest
           with
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           in
           serving
           them
           as
           far
           as
           they
           can
           ,
           without
           running
           the
           hazard
           of
           the
           Halter
           .
           Or
           thirdly
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           numbred
           amongst
           
           them
           ,
           who
           rather
           than
           a
           Company
           of
           discountenanced
           Protestants
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           little
           indulged
           ,
           they
           will
           sacrifice
           the
           very
           Protestant
           Religion
           to
           the
           pleasure
           and
           lusts
           of
           the
           Papists
           ;
           Through
           an
           apprehension
           which
           they
           have
           ,
           that
           should
           the
           Plot
           be
           believed
           ,
           the
           Nonconformists
           may
           meet
           with
           some
           degree
           of
           Favour
           in
           order
           to
           their
           better
           encouragement
           to
           ingage
           among
           others
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           they
           are
           resolved
           so
           that
           they
           may
           have
           the
           pleasure
           of
           seeing
           them
           destroyed
           ,
           to
           expose
           (
           at
           least
           as
           far
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           )
           the
           Nation
           to
           be
           ruined
           with
           them
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           apprehend
           why
           the
           late
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           comes
           —
           to
           be
           aspersed
           by
           some
           publick
           Scriblers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           Coffee-house
           Twatlers
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           that
           they
           did
           not
           think
           meet
           ,
           whilest
           they
           were
           providing
           for
           the
           security
           of
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           from
           the
           Conspiracies
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           Enact
           new
           Laws
           ,
           and
           those
           written
           in
           Blood
           ,
           against
           persons
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           with
           themselves
           ,
           and
           who
           do
           only
           differ
           from
           them
           in
           some
           few
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           nowise
           essential
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           .
           He
           can
           therefore
           be
           no
           friend
           to
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           Ruine
           is
           conspired
           by
           a
           company
           of
           desperate
           
             Popish
             Enemies
          
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           threatned
           by
           a
           Combin'd
           Power
           of
           Papists
           from
           abroad
           ,
           endeavoureth
           then
           to
           disunite
           and
           weaken
           us
           ,
           by
           groundless
           Aspersions
           and
           Calumnies
           cast
           upon
           men
           ,
           sound
           in
           all
           the
           Fundamentals
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           venture
           their
           Lives
           and
           Fortunes
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           therefore
           among
           other
           reasons
           for
           my
           contributing
           all
           I
           can
           to
           the
           further
           Detection
           of
           the
           Plot
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           (
           having
           first
           discovered
           what
           I
           know
           of
           it
           to
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Privy
           Council
           )
           I
           do
           plainly
           deliver
           this
           to
           be
           one
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           question
           it
           from
           principles
           of
           Weakness
           and
           Simplicity
           ,
           may
           be
           more
           fully
           informed
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           endeavour
           to
           shame
           it
           upon
           base
           ,
           corrupt
           ,
           and
           perverse
           Considerations
           ,
           may
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           and
           esteemed
           Abetters
           of
           the
           Popish
           Conspirators
           in
           their
           most
           Hellish
           Designs
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           Light
           I
           arrived
           at
           concerning
           the
           Design
           against
           His
           
             
               section
            
             XIV
          
           Majesties
           Person
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           may
           be
           conveyed
           to
           others
           with
           the
           more
           Intelligibleness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           greater
           Credibility
           ;
           it
           is
           convenient
           that
           I
           should
           intimate
           these
           three
           things
           .
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           I
           was
           originally
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           being
           both
           trained
           up
           in
           that
           Faith
           ,
           whilest
           a
           Child
           here
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           further
           instructed
           in
           the
           Reformed
           Doctrine
           whilest
           at
           Geneva
           abroad
           .
           But
           being
           Travelling
           in
           France
           ,
           I
           was
           by
           the
           art
           ,
           craft
           ,
           and
           unwearied
           persuasions
           of
           
             Abbot
             Mountague
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Carr
          
           ,
           perverted
           from
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           allured
           into
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           .
           And
           as
           none
           are
           so
           industrious
           in
           Foreign
           Nations
           ,
           to
           debauch
           his
           Majesties
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           whom
           they
           occasionally
           there
           meet
           with
           ,
           as
           the
           
             English
             ,
             Scotish
          
           ,
           and
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           ,
           residing
           in
           those
           Parts
           ;
           So
           the
           various
           methods
           they
           take
           to
           inveigle
           those
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           opportunity
           to
           meet
           with
           and
           address
           ,
           are
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           expressed
           .
           For
           by
           suting
           their
           Temptations
           sometimes
           to
           the
           Necessities
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           to
           the
           lusts
           and
           Ambitions
           of
           those
           they
           accost
           ,
           they
           prove
           more
           successfull
           in
           their
           Attempts
           for
           Seducing
           young
           Travellers
           ,
           than
           can
           readily
           be
           imagined
           .
           For
           if
           they
           be
           persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           they
           allure
           them
           with
           hopes
           of
           esteem
           in
           Foreign
           Courts
           ,
           the
           favour
           of
           Access
           to
           ,
           and
           Correspondence
           with
           Princes
           and
           Potentates
           abroad
           ,
           and
           especially
           with
           promises
           of
           being
           Exalted
           at
           home
           
           upon
           the
           Alteration
           ,
           which
           they
           give
           themselves
           out
           as
           prepared
           to
           introduce
           into
           these
           Nations
           .
           And
           if
           they
           be
           Persons
           of
           Scholastick
           abilities
           ,
           then
           they
           assault
           them
           with
           assurances
           of
           Preferment
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           be
           accomodated
           and
           esteemed
           sutably
           to
           their
           Parts
           in
           their
           Colleges
           abroad
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           made
           Dignitaries
           of
           the
           Church
           here
           ,
           upon
           the
           Revolution
           that
           is
           ready
           to
           take
           place
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Persons
           are
           indigent
           then
           they
           attack
           them
           with
           offers
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           supply
           their
           present
           wants
           ,
           but
           to
           provide
           for
           them
           even
           to
           their
           own
           wishes
           and
           desires
           for
           the
           future
           :
           Yea
           ,
           if
           those
           they
           meet
           with
           ,
           chance
           either
           to
           be
           Malefactors
           ,
           that
           have
           fled
           beyong
           Sea
           for
           their
           crimes
           ,
           or
           Bankrupts
           who
           have
           withdrawn
           thither
           to
           escape
           their
           Creditors
           ,
           unto
           such
           they
           offer
           either
           a
           Sanctuary
           in
           their
           Monasteries
           ,
           or
           to
           recommend
           them
           to
           some
           Grandee
           that
           may
           imploy
           them
           agreeably
           to
           their
           inclination
           and
           humour
           .
           So
           that
           what
           in
           one
           way
           and
           what
           in
           another
           ,
           there
           are
           none
           come
           within
           their
           Circle
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           not
           Temptations
           prepared
           for
           ,
           and
           futed
           unto
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           that
           the
           sad
           experience
           of
           their
           success
           upon
           my Self
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           many
           conquests
           I
           have
           seen
           them
           make
           of
           others
           ;
           might
           not
           only
           influence
           Parents
           to
           be
           less
           forward
           in
           sending
           their
           Sons
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           but
           awaken
           the
           Government
           to
           provide
           ,
           if
           not
           against
           the
           thing
           ,
           yet
           against
           the
           dangers
           that
           attend
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           would
           intimate
           this
           ,
           that
           being
           after
           manifold
           persuasions
           ,
           perverted
           from
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           and
           induced
           to
           Espouse
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           .
           I
           was
           accordingly
           received
           with
           great
           Ceremony
           into
           the
           said
           Church
           by
           
             Cardinal
             Grimaldi
             ,
             Archbishop
          
           of
           Aix
           in
           Provence
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           think
           meet
           to
           celebrate
           the
           reception
           of
           every
           one
           that
           goes
           over
           to
           them
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           solemnity
           ,
           but
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           without
           many
           and
           considerable
           reasons
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           meet
           sometimes
           to
           do
           it
           .
           For
           though
           in
           effect
           they
           have
           only
           cause
           of
           glorying
           over
           the
           ignorance
           ,
           weakness
           or
           lusts
           of
           the
           Party
           they
           have
           Proselited
           ;
           yet
           they
           would
           have
           it
           pass
           for
           a
           Triumph
           over
           the
           Religion
           which
           he
           hath
           forsaken
           .
           And
           though
           all
           that
           they
           can
           truly
           boast
           of
           ,
           be
           the
           ensnaring
           some
           Person
           ,
           that
           neither
           understood
           the
           Religion
           which
           he
           relinquished
           ,
           nor
           that
           which
           he
           espoused
           ,
           but
           was
           meerly
           captivated
           with
           the
           hopes
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           Profit
           ,
           and
           Preferment
           ;
           Yet
           ,
           Protestancy
           must
           be
           brought
           upon
           the
           stage
           as
           weary
           of
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           must
           be
           recommended
           to
           the
           Ignorant
           multitude
           ,
           from
           the
           Victory
           it
           hath
           obtained
           over
           such
           a
           
             thinking
             ,
             learned
             and
             conscientious
          
           Man.
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           would
           suggest
           this
           ,
           that
           being
           received
           into
           the
           Bosom
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           ;
           I
           went
           thereupon
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           was
           entertained
           in
           the
           
             Jesuits
             College
          
           .
           Where
           ,
           by
           my
           continuance
           four
           years
           ,
           and
           running
           through
           my
           whole
           course
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           taking
           Orders
           of
           Priesthood
           ,
           and
           through
           my
           being
           sometime
           Prefect
           of
           the
           Study
           ,
           I
           injoyed
           these
           opportunities
           of
           knowing
           their
           Sentiments
           ,
           and
           Doctrines
           concerning
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Designs
           against
           these
           Nations
           ,
           with
           their
           hopes
           of
           Reenslaving
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           now
           declare
           .
           Nor
           will
           it
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           be
           reckoned
           a
           piece
           of
           Immodesty
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           affirm
           that
           partly
           through
           my
           success
           in
           my
           Scholastick
           Exercises
           ,
           and
           partly
           through
           the
           favour
           I
           had
           with
           Cardinal
           
             Rochi
             ,
             Major
             Domo
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           I
           had
           dedicated
           all
           my
           Theses
           ,
           and
           partly
           from
           the
           familiarity
           I
           had
           with
           all
           the
           principal
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           the
           
             English
             College
          
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           only
           the
           advantage
           of
           Hearing
           what
           was
           publickly
           said
           ,
           either
           in
           Schools
           or
           Refectory
           ,
           but
           was
           allowed
           Access
           to
           private
           Discourse
           with
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Fathers
           in
           the
           College
           ,
           where
           I
           had
           their
           Opinions
           concerning
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           
           and
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Purposes
           towards
           Him
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           inculcated
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           briefly
           premised
           and
           intimated
           ,
           That
           which
           I
           have
           
             
               section
            
             XV
          
           next
           to
           offer
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           whilest
           I
           was
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
             I
             frequently
             heard
             the
             Jesuits
             both
             teach
             in
             Schools
             ,
             and
             preach
             in
             Pulpits
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
          
           Pope's
           
             power
             to
             depose
             Kings
          
           .
           So
           that
           according
           to
           them
           no
           King
           doth
           Reign
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Pope
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           we
           may
           learn
           these
           two
           things
           .
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           it
           is
           not
           only
           lawfull
           ,
           but
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           safety
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           have
           imbib'd
           these
           Doctrines
           ,
           should
           be
           accounted
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           proceeded
           against
           ,
           though
           never
           convicted
           to
           acting
           up
           to
           them
           .
           The
           Principle
           it self
           is
           the
           highest
           of
           Treasons
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           needs
           no
           further
           Over-act
           ,
           for
           the
           condemning
           such
           Criminals
           .
           So
           far
           as
           the
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           hath
           only
           an
           influence
           upon
           the
           future
           state
           of
           men
           ,
           it
           was
           never
           punished
           with
           death
           in
           England
           ;
           it
           is
           only
           upon
           the
           foot
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           instruct
           and
           countenance
           them
           to
           overthrow
           the
           State
           and
           Government
           ,
           that
           
             Romish
             Priests
          
           are
           justly
           made
           liable
           to
           suffer
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Priests
           who
           were
           lately
           Executed
           ,
           without
           being
           Arraigned
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           save
           for
           their
           being
           so
           ,
           and
           their
           withdrawing
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           from
           the
           Religion
           by
           Law
           Established
           ,
           were
           as
           reall
           Traytors
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           were
           convinced
           for
           Conspiracy
           against
           the
           Kings
           Life
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           I
           would
           further
           infer
           from
           the
           foregoing
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           no
           security
           can
           be
           had
           of
           the
           Loyalty
           of
           any
           Person
           that
           is
           so
           possest
           .
           For
           so
           long
           as
           he
           holds
           that
           any
           one
           hath
           Authority
           to
           depose
           the
           Prince
           ,
           under
           whose
           Government
           he
           lives
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           such
           a
           Prince
           can
           be
           secured
           of
           the
           fidelity
           and
           allegiance
           of
           that
           Subject
           .
           And
           it
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           whereas
           some
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Papists
          
           since
           His
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           had
           in
           a
           Remonstrance
           prepared
           for
           the
           persuading
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           only
           acknowledged
           (
           though
           they
           had
           not
           sworn
           it
           )
           that
           King
           Charles
           is
           their
           Lawfull
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Pope
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           Depose
           him
           ,
           how
           thereupon
           they
           are
           told
           from
           Rome
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           renounced
           the
           
             Catholick
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           fallen
           under
           the
           Condemnation
           of
           the
           
             Apostolick
             See.
          
           For
           as
           the
           
             Popes
             Nuncio
          
           at
           Brussels
           by
           a
           Letter
           dated
           July
           21.
           1662.
           informs
           them
           ,
           how
           that
           their
           Remonstrance
           being
           examined
           at
           Rome
           by
           Cardinals
           and
           Divines
           ,
           was
           found
           to
           contain
           Propositions
           condemned
           by
           
             Paul
             the
             Fifth
          
           ,
           and
           
             Innocent
             the
             Tenth
          
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Pope
           was
           so
           far
           from
           approving
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           so
           much
           as
           permit
           ,
           or
           connive
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           condemned
           it
           in
           this
           Form
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           not
           be
           kept
           without
           breach
           of
           Faith
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Decrees
           of
           
             Paul
             the
             Fifth
          
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           denied
           the
           Popes
           Authority
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             Innocent
             the
             Tenth
          
           .
        
         
           
             I
             do
             further
             declare
             ,
             that
             during
             my
             abode
             at
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             I
             heard
             the
             Jesuits
             
               
                 section
              
               XVI
            
             often
             affirm
             and
             publish
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawfull
             to
             Kill
             any
             Prince
             or
             Person
             Excommunicated
             ,
             and
             declared
             a
             Heretick
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             meritorious
             to
             do
             so
             .
          
           Nor
           was
           this
           the
           Opinion
           only
           of
           one
           or
           two
           ,
           or
           of
           such
           as
           might
           be
           esteemed
           Rash
           and
           Giddy
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           the
           common
           Doctrine
           of
           all
           the
           Jesuits
           there
           .
           And
           I
           do
           by
           all
           that
           may
           obtain
           credit
           with
           Mankind
           ,
           testifie
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           Asserted
           by
           
             Father
             Anderton
             ,
             Rector
          
           of
           the
           
             English
             College
          
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
             Father
             Campion
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           the
           said
           
             College
             ,
             Father
             Robert
             Southwell
          
           Assistant
           to
           the
           General
           of
           the
           
             Jesuits
             ,
             Father
             Buckley
          
           Pentionary
           for
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
             Father
             Green
             Procurator
          
           
           for
           the
           Jesuits
           at
           
             Monto
             Portio
          
           within
           fifteen
           Miles
           of
           Rome
           .
           And
           from
           this
           I
           desire
           to
           make
           these
           three
           Remarks
           .
           (
           1.
           )
           That
           every
           Protestant
           Prince
           is
           hereby
           exposed
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           encouragement
           of
           meriting
           Heaven
           ,
           will
           take
           the
           boldness
           to
           Assassinate
           Him.
           For
           all
           such
           Princes
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Decrees
           of
           their
           Councils
           ,
           and
           the
           Cannons
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           the
           Bulls
           of
           divers
           Popes
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           pronounced
           Hereticks
           ,
           but
           actually
           Excommunicate
           :
           Nor
           are
           the
           Jesuits
           singular
           in
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           kill
           
             Heretical
             Princes
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Pope
           himself
           by
           a
           Decree
           in
           their
           
             Canon
             Law
          
           ,
           hath
           taught
           and
           declared
           the
           same
           .
           
           We
           do
           not
           esteem
           them
           Murderers
           ,
           saith
           
             Pope
             Vrban
          
           ,
           who
           shall
           happen
           to
           kill
           any
           Excommunicate
           person
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           ardour
           and
           zeal
           to
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           their
           Mother
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           would
           observe
           from
           hence
           ,
           what
           opinion
           we
           are
           to
           have
           of
           all
           that
           the
           
             five
             Jesuits
          
           declared
           upon
           their
           Salvation
           in
           their
           late
           dying
           Speeches
           .
           God
           was
           equally
           invok'd
           to
           be
           a
           Witness
           of
           all
           they
           said
           ,
           and
           their
           Salvation
           was
           alike
           pawn'd
           upon
           the
           truth
           of
           one
           thing
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           another
           .
           And
           whereas
           then
           we
           find
           them
           evidently
           Tardy
           by
           their
           saying
           that
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Jesuit
           (
           except
           Mariana
           )
           that
           holds
           it
           lawfull
           for
           a
           private
           person
           to
           kill
           a
           King
           ,
           
           although
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           although
           a
           Pagan
           ,
           although
           a
           Tyrant
           ;
           we
           may
           very
           rationally
           suspect
           their
           sincerity
           and
           Truth
           in
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           What!
           is
           there
           not
           one
           Jesuit
           but
           Mariana
           ,
           who
           maintains
           King-killing
           Doctrine
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           I
           do
           affirm
           that
           I
           have
           frequently
           heard
           
             Anderton
             ,
             Campion
             ,
             Southwell
          
           ,
           &c.
           in
           their
           daily
           Discourses
           ,
           Lectures
           ,
           and
           Sermons
           at
           Rome
           teach
           the
           same
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           all
           that
           know
           me
           will
           receive
           more
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           my
           Word
           ,
           than
           this
           comes
           to
           ,
           yet
           to
           put
           it
           out
           of
           doubt
           ,
           that
           the
           Jesuits
           died
           Liars
           ;
           I
           shall
           convince
           the
           World
           of
           their
           Teaching
           the
           
             King-killing
             Doctrine
          
           from
           their
           publick
           Writers
           .
           Was
           not
           
             Cardinal
             Tolet
          
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           declare
           ,
           
             That
             Subjects
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             maintain
             unviolate
             their
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             an
             Excommunicate
             Person
          
           ?
           
           Was
           not
           
             Cardinal
             Bellarmine
          
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           affirm
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Pope
             hath
             the
             same
             right
             and
             power
             over
             Kings
             ,
             as
          
           Jehoiada
           
             had
             over
          
           Athalia
           ?
           Was
           not
           
             Gregory
             Valentia
          
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           teach
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Pope
             may
             deprive
             Heretical
             Kings
             of
             all
             Dominion
             and
             Superiority
             over
             their
             Subjects
          
           ?
           Was
           not
           Creswell
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           affirm
           ,
           
             that
             if
             a
             Prince
             be
             not
             of
             the
             Romish
             Religion
             ,
             he
             looseth
             all
             Right
             and
             Title
             to
             Govern
             ,
             and
             his
             Subjects
             are
             discharged
             from
             all
             obligation
             of
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             may
             be
             proceeded
             against
             as
             the
             Enemy
             of
             Mankind
          
           ?
           Was
           not
           
             Franciscus
             Varona
             Constantinus
          
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           doth
           he
           not
           in
           his
           Apology
           for
           
             John
             Chastel
          
           ,
           
           who
           wounded
           Hen.
           4.
           of
           France
           ,
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             a
             private
             man
             to
             murder
             Kings
             ,
             and
             Princes
             condemned
             of
             Heresie
          
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           a
           Point
           so
           evident
           ,
           that
           
             De
             Harlay
          
           ,
           the
           first
           President
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           who
           both
           knew
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           had
           seen
           the
           wofull
           Effects
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           murder
           of
           Two
           Kings
           of
           France
           ,
           publickly
           avow
           it
           to
           be
           their
           common
           Opinion
           in
           all
           their
           Writings
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Pope
             hath
             a
             right
             to
             Excommunicate
             Kings
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             that
             thereupon
             their
             Subjects
             may
             with
             Innocency
             assault
             and
             destroy
             them
          
           ?
           Have
           Englishmen
           learned
           from
           the
           Jesuits
           the
           guilt
           of
           Forgetfulness
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           remember
           that
           
             Cardinal
             Allen
          
           wrote
           a
           Book
           to
           prove
           that
           Princes
           Excommunicate
           for
           Heresie
           ,
           not
           only
           might
           ,
           but
           were
           to
           be
           deprived
           of
           their
           Kingdom
           and
           Life
           ?
           And
           was
           not
           
             William
             Parry
          
           provoked
           thereby
           to
           kill
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           ,
           which
           though
           before
           he
           had
           promised
           at
           Rome
           to
           do
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           Hesitating
           in
           his
           mind
           about
           it
           ,
           till
           incouraged
           by
           that
           Book
           ?
           Or
           is
           it
           past
           into
           Oblivion
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           
             Father
             Gifford
          
           instigated
           one
           
             John
             Savage
          
           to
           kill
           the
           
           same
           Queen
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           Bull
           of
           Pius
           5.
           
           And
           which
           is
           remarkable
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           the
           less
           suspected
           ,
           and
           the
           Queen
           the
           more
           secure
           ,
           they
           wrote
           a
           Book
           ,
           
             wherein
             they
             admonished
             the
             Papists
             in
          
           England
           
             not
             to
             attempt
             any
             thing
             against
             their
             Princess
             ,
             but
             to
             fight
             against
             their
             Adversaries
             only
             with
             the
             Weapons
             of
             Christians
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             with
             Tears
          
           ,
           
           
             Spiritual
             reasonings
             ,
             Prayers
             ,
             Watchings
             and
             Fastings
             .
          
           To
           all
           this
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           ,
           that
           going
           in
           the
           company
           of
           Capt.
           Richardson
           to
           visit
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Jenison
          
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           then
           in
           Newgate
           (
           but
           since
           deceased
           )
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Jenison
           acknowledged
           in
           Discourse
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Jesuits
             both
             held
             for
             lawfull
             ,
             and
             taught
             in
             their
             Writings
             ,
             that
             an
             Excommunicate
             King
             might
             be
             lawfully
             either
             Deposed
             ,
             or
             Murthered
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             himself
             would
             not
             have
             accession
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             these
             Principles
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           I
           desire
           to
           recommend
           this
           further
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           viz.
           That
           though
           it
           be
           both
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           commonly
           maintained
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           their
           Writings
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           to
           kill
           an
           Heretical
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           usual
           to
           press
           it
           upon
           their
           Youth
           ,
           and
           inculcate
           it
           to
           their
           Scholers
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           prospect
           of
           some
           great
           occasion
           .
           They
           have
           it
           always
           ready
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           their
           Scholasticks
           and
           Casuists
           ,
           to
           teach
           their
           Votaries
           what
           may
           lawfully
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           their
           custom
           to
           urge
           it
           in
           their
           Common
           discourse
           ,
           nor
           to
           recommend
           it
           to
           their
           Disciples
           in
           private
           or
           publick
           Conferences
           ,
           but
           with
           respect
           to
           something
           of
           that
           Nature
           to
           be
           speedily
           transacted
           .
           Thus
           when
           they
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           murder
           Hen.
           4.
           of
           
             France
             ,
             Father
             Generet
          
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           instructed
           
             John
             Chastell
          
           in
           this
           King-killing
           and
           Heretical
           Doctrine
           .
           
           And
           
             Father
             Fayre
          
           did
           the
           same
           by
           
             Francis
             Veron
          
           ,
           to
           dispose
           him
           for
           the
           same
           Design
           .
           Yea
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           perpetrate
           that
           barbarous
           Villany
           upon
           that
           Generous
           Prince
           ,
           the
           very
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           were
           all
           fram'd
           to
           instigate
           men
           to
           so
           Bloody
           an
           attempt
           ,
           so
           that
           Ravilliack
           ,
           when
           examined
           about
           the
           Causes
           ,
           why
           he
           stabb'd
           the
           King
           ?
           answered
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           understand
           them
           by
           the
           Sermons
           of
           the
           Preachers
           .
        
         
           
             I
             do
             further
             declare
             ,
             that
             during
             my
             residence
             at
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             I
             heard
             the
             Jesuits
             
               
                 section
              
               XVII
            
             frequently
             affirm
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             of
          
           England
           
             was
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             Form
             condemned
             .
          
           And
           when
           I
           was
           leave
           to
           the
           College
           and
           return
           to
           England
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           June
           1676.
           the
           said
           Fathers
           did
           both
           severally
           and
           together
           Teach
           and
           Instruct
           me
           ,
           
             that
             I
             was
             not
             to
             pay
             Obedience
             to
             an
             Heretical
             or
             Excommunicated
             Prince
             .
          
           Now
           whereas
           there
           are
           divers
           other
           Protestant
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           in
           Europe
           ,
           beside
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Brittain
          
           ,
           that
           which
           both
           then
           gave
           me
           amazement
           ,
           and
           hath
           also
           cost
           me
           some
           thoughts
           since
           ,
           is
           ,
           why
           only
           the
           King
           of
           England
           should
           be
           upon
           all
           occasions
           represented
           as
           an
           Heretiek
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           other
           Protestant
           Prince
           should
           be
           so
           much
           as
           once
           mentioned
           under
           that
           Character
           .
           Nor
           am
           I
           able
           to
           resolve
           it
           into
           any
           thing
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           likely
           to
           be
           more
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           to
           have
           the
           King
           of
           England
           murthered
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           Prince
           besides
           .
           For
           whatsoever
           ill-will
           they
           may
           bear
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           undertake
           a
           thing
           that
           carries
           a
           hazard
           of
           scandal
           and
           danger
           in
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           success
           in
           the
           Attempt
           may
           not
           recompence
           the
           difficulties
           in
           the
           Atchievement
           .
           Now
           there
           being
           no
           Prince
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           at
           this
           day
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           whose
           Death
           would
           turn
           so
           much
           to
           the
           profit
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           less
           to
           be
           marvelled
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           contented
           to
           allow
           others
           to
           live
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           sollicitous
           to
           get
           him
           removed
           .
           And
           the
           gain
           which
           they
           promise
           
           themselves
           from
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           ariseth
           from
           a
           Consideration
           of
           these
           three
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           the
           pesumptive
           Heir
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           is
           a
           Papist
           .
           And
           ought
           it
           then
           to
           be
           a
           matter
           of
           any
           surprize
           ,
           that
           to
           further
           and
           hasten
           his
           Succession
           ,
           they
           should
           conspire
           the
           destruction
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           only
           obstacle
           in
           the
           
           Duke's
           way
           to
           the
           Throne
           ?
           Are
           we
           so
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           History
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           know
           how
           upon
           the
           like
           hopes
           from
           
             Mary
             Queen
          
           of
           Scots
           ,
           being
           next
           Lineal
           Successor
           to
           
             Queen
             Elizabeth
          
           ,
           the
           Romish
           Party
           did
           from
           time
           to
           time
           contrive
           and
           design
           the
           death
           of
           that
           
             Excellent
             Princess
          
           of
           ever
           Blessed
           Memory
           ?
           And
           was
           it
           not
           the
           sense
           which
           our
           Ancestors
           had
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           influenced
           them
           to
           enter
           into
           an
           Association
           through
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           (
           even
           in
           an
           Interval
           of
           Parliament
           )
           wherein
           they
           mutually
           obliged
           themselves
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           Queen
           should
           be
           taken
           off
           by
           any
           undue
           means
           ,
           to
           avenge
           it
           upon
           the
           Papists
           ?
           And
           this
           Association
           was
           so
           far
           then
           from
           being
           apprehended
           a
           Seditious
           or
           Illegal
           Bandying
           of
           Persons
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           Parliament
           that
           assembled
           the
           Year
           after
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           Approve
           it
           ,
           but
           Ratifie
           it
           into
           a
           Law.
           Well
           do
           the
           Papists
           know
           ,
           that
           should
           they
           loose
           this
           Advantage
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           have
           from
           the
           
           Duke's
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           legal
           hopes
           of
           the
           Crown
           )
           for
           the
           Reestablishment
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           they
           may
           never
           enjoy
           so
           fair
           and
           probable
           an
           Opportunity
           again
           .
           They
           perceive
           the
           King
           as
           likely
           to
           live
           as
           the
           Duke
           ,
           and
           therefore
           reckon
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           to
           Anticipate
           the
           Course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           not
           trust
           matters
           of
           so
           great
           Consequence
           ,
           as
           the
           seeing
           these
           Nations
           once
           more
           subjugated
           to
           Rome
           ,
           to
           such
           a
           contingency
           as
           the
           Kings
           Dying
           in
           a
           natural
           way
           ,
           before
           the
           Duke
           .
           And
           that
           which
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           divulgeth
           every
           where
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           deserveth
           a
           serious
           Remark
           ;
           namely
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Jesuits
             having
             calculated
             the
          
           King's
           
             and
             the
          
           Duke's
           Nativities
           (
           which
           by
           the
           way
           is
           Treason
           by
           Law
           )
           
             and
             finding
             that
             the
             King
             would
             in
             a
             course
             of
             Nature
             outlive
             the
             Duke
             ,
             they
             thereupon
             agreed
             and
             resolved
             to
             have
             him
             cut
             off
             by
             violence
             .
          
           The
           having
           a
           Popish
           King
           again
           in
           England
           ,
           would
           be
           of
           so
           great
           concernment
           to
           the
           
             See
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           easily
           conceive
           (
           especially
           seeing
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           do
           befriend
           them
           )
           that
           they
           will
           not
           boggle
           at
           the
           Murder
           of
           his
           Present
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           compass
           and
           effect
           it
           .
           And
           whatsoever
           security
           the
           Protestants
           may
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           from
           the
           Promises
           which
           his
           Highness
           may
           make
           unto
           them
           ,
           yet
           this
           may
           serve
           to
           undeceive
           them
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           the
           
             Council
             of
          
           Constance
           
             hath
             determined
             that
             no
             Faith
             is
             to
             be
             kept
             with
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             that
          
           Martyn
           the
           5.
           told
           Alexander
           
             Duke
             of
          
           Lithuania
           ,
           
             that
             if
             he
             kept
             his
             Oath
             with
             such
             ,
             he
             sinned
             mortally
             .
             —
             Secondly
             ,
          
           the
           advantage
           which
           they
           reckon
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Death
           ,
           ariseth
           not
           only
           from
           the
           consideration
           that
           the
           Presumptive
           Heir
           is
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           is
           more
           zealous
           for
           that
           Religion
           ,
           than
           Princes
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           ,
           either
           are
           ,
           or
           use
           to
           be
           .
           It
           is
           of
           great
           concernment
           to
           their
           Interest
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           Papist
           (
           how
           lukewarm
           and
           indifferent
           so
           ever
           in
           that
           Profession
           )
           exalted
           to
           the
           English
           Throne
           .
           But
           to
           have
           a
           Prince
           of
           burning
           Zeal
           and
           Ardour
           for
           the
           dignity
           of
           the
           
             Triple
             Crown
          
           ,
           to
           be
           advanced
           to
           sway
           the
           
             English
             Sceptre
          
           ,
           is
           of
           far
           greater
           consequence
           to
           them
           than
           most
           Persons
           are
           willing
           to
           apprehend
           .
           I
           know
           that
           there
           are
           some
           Monarchs
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           they
           give
           all
           due
           protection
           and
           incouragement
           to
           the
           
             Romish
             Religion
          
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           still
           without
           suffering
           it
           to
           undermine
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           to
           introduce
           the
           
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
          
           .
           
           Though
           they
           countenance
           their
           Subjects
           in
           the
           
             Papal
             Worship
          
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           see
           them
           inslaved
           to
           the
           Popes
           Usurpation
           .
           But
           whether
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           should
           he
           once
           arrive
           at
           the
           Crown
           ,
           would
           think
           it
           enough
           to
           allow
           the
           Pope
           only
           his
           power
           in
           Spirituals
           ,
           without
           granting
           him
           the
           right
           which
           he
           challengeth
           in
           Temporals
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           hopes
           which
           the
           Jesuits
           have
           ,
           of
           seeing
           the
           whole
           
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
          
           established
           by
           his
           means
           ,
           and
           as
           fruits
           of
           his
           Zeal
           to
           the
           
             Holy
             See
          
           ,
           over
           these
           Kingdoms
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           motive
           to
           precipitate
           his
           advancement
           to
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           conspiring
           the
           Destroying
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           only
           Remora
           in
           the
           way
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           advantage
           which
           they
           count
           upon
           by
           the
           Kings
           Death
           ,
           ariseth
           not
           only
           from
           their
           Assurance
           of
           the
           Presumptive
           Heir's
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           zeal
           and
           ardor
           for
           the
           
             Papal
             Chair
          
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           is
           moreover
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           .
           For
           I
           do
           remember
           ,
           that
           
             Father
             Campian
          
           ,
           and
           
             Father
             Anderton
          
           ,
           did
           not
           only
           frequently
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           was
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Religion
          
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           brought
           over
           by
           their
           Body
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           the
           greatest
           influence
           over
           Him.
           And
           as
           this
           was
           the
           common
           discourse
           in
           the
           
             Jesuits
             College
          
           at
           Rome
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           received
           with
           great
           joy
           and
           acclamation
           by
           the
           whole
           Society
           .
           Now
           as
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           more
           fatal
           to
           any
           State
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           the
           Prince
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           so
           the
           power
           they
           pretend
           to
           have
           obtained
           over
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           hath
           its
           share
           in
           the
           animating
           them
           to
           hasten
           his
           Reign
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           thereunto
           to
           destroy
           His
           Majesty
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           I
           shall
           here
           add
           ,
           what
           I
           heard
           some
           of
           the
           Fathers
           say
           .
           For
           
             Father
             Campian
          
           having
           intimated
           that
           many
           set
           themselves
           against
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           in
           England
           ,
           he
           added
           ,
           
             that
             nevertheless
             it
             must
             flourish
             again
             in
             that
             Nation
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             do
             the
             great
             Work
             ,
             and
             restore
             it
             .
          
           And
           
             Father
             Warner
          
           (
           upon
           whom
           I
           had
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exchange
           from
           Rome
           ,
           he
           being
           Procurator
           for
           the
           Jesuits
           at
           Paris
           ,
           having
           paid
           me
           the
           Bill
           )
           did
           thus
           declare
           himself
           unto
           me
           ,
           
             Religion
             must
             be
             set
             up
             in
             as
             high
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             ever
             ,
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             we
             must
             be
             the
             Promoters
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             many
             set
             themselves
             in
             opposition
             to
             us
             .
          
           Blessed
           Promoters
           and
           Restorers
           of
           Religion
           !
           who
           conspire
           the
           Murder
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Overturning
           of
           Kingdoms
           in
           order
           thereunto
           .
           And
           are
           they
           not
           fit
           men
           to
           have
           the
           Guidance
           of
           the
           Consciences
           of
           Princes
           ,
           who
           ,
           besides
           all
           the
           other
           ill
           Principles
           which
           they
           are
           imbued
           with
           ,
           are
           more
           sworn
           Vassals
           to
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           Order
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           ?
        
         
           I
           do
           moreover
           declare
           ,
           
             That
             when
             I
             was
             about
             to
             leave
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             
               
                 section
              
               XVIII
            
             return
             into
          
           England
           ,
           
             both
             Father
          
           Anderton
           ,
           Father
           Campian
           ,
           
             and
             Father
          
           Green
           ,
           
             assured
             me
             that
             there
             would
             suddenly
             be
             great
             Alterations
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ;
             And
             that
             there
             was
             but
             one
             Man
             in
             the
             way
          
           (
           meaning
           the
           King
           )
           who
           might
           be
           soon
           removed
           out
           of
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           same
           Fathers
           informed
           me
           ,
           
             That
             they
             were
             assured
             from
             the
             most
             Eminent
             persons
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             that
             their
             Religion
             should
             be
             Established
             again
             in
             these
             Dominions
             ,
             in
             as
             great
             Glory
             ,
             as
             at
             any
             time
             heretofore
             ,
             and
             whosoever
             opposed
             the
             Establishment
             of
             it
             ,
             should
             be
             removed
             .
          
           And
           I
           do
           withall
           remember
           ,
           that
           waiting
           upon
           
             Abbot
             Montague
          
           at
           Paris
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           in
           my
           return
           homeward
           ,
           the
           said
           Abbot
           after
           he
           had
           congratulated
           the
           seeing
           me
           in
           a
           Religious
           Habit
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           that
           being
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           Secular
           Priests
           ,
           I
           was
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           way
           of
           Teaching
           ;
           he
           further
           subjoyn'd
           ,
           
             That
             I
             should
             suddenly
             see
             great
             Changes
             for
             the
             better
             ,
             both
             in
             
             Church
             and
             State
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             and
             that
             I
             should
             receive
             signal
             Imployment
             there
             .
          
           So
           that
           now
           from
           all
           this
           ,
           these
           
             Four
             things
          
           do
           immediately
           fall
           under
           the
           view
           of
           every
           Person
           that
           is
           but
           so
           much
           as
           capable
           to
           understand
           Common
           Sense
           .
           (
           First
           )
           That
           the
           Kings
           Life
           ,
           is
           judged
           the
           only
           obstruction
           to
           the
           Reenslaving
           these
           Nations
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           long
           as
           he
           lives
           ,
           they
           do
           utterly
           despair
           of
           subjugating
           these
           Kingdoms
           to
           the
           
             Papal
             Tyranny
          
           .
           Which
           as
           it
           should
           make
           His
           Majesties
           Life
           the
           more
           dear
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           ;
           So
           it
           should
           influence
           Himself
           from
           that
           regard
           which
           he
           hath
           so
           often
           Solemnly
           profest
           to
           bear
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           more
           carefull
           of
           his
           own
           Safety
           .
           (
           Secondly
           )
           notwithstanding
           their
           despair
           ,
           of
           being
           ever
           able
           to
           impose
           their
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           upon
           these
           Nations
           ,
           whilest
           His
           Majesty
           liveth
           ;
           yet
           they
           are
           at
           the
           same
           time
           confident
           of
           seeing
           this
           all
           accomplished
           .
           Which
           is
           in
           effect
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           if
           they
           had
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           resolved
           and
           prepared
           to
           remove
           Him
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           some
           horrid
           Attempt
           upon
           His
           Life
           .
           (
           Thirdly
           )
           That
           the
           Confederacy
           against
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           these
           Kindoms
           is
           powerfull
           and
           strong
           .
           For
           neither
           any
           Forreign
           Combination
           ,
           nor
           the
           Encouragement
           which
           they
           can
           have
           from
           so
           small
           a
           Number
           as
           the
           open
           and
           avowed
           Papists
           in
           the
           Land
           amount
           to
           ,
           could
           ever
           give
           matter
           for
           such
           Towring
           hopes
           ,
           nor
           administer
           ground
           for
           so
           high
           a
           Confidence
           ;
           no
           less
           than
           the
           Engagement
           of
           many
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Persons
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           (
           to
           use
           their
           own
           Phrase
           )
           could
           be
           Foundation
           sufficient
           to
           erect
           so
           vast
           Expectations
           upon
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           have
           these
           (
           hitherto
           unknown
           )
           Persons
           detected
           ,
           so
           it
           should
           be
           the
           Prayer
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           Endeavour
           of
           those
           Chosen
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           Great
           Senate
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           Kingdom
           may
           be
           secured
           from
           their
           Treacherous
           Designs
           .
           (
           Fourthly
           )
           That
           understanding
           the
           Size
           of
           the
           Persons
           ,
           who
           have
           renounced
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Religion
           by
           Law
           Established
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           thereby
           Intimidate
           ,
           we
           would
           grow
           sensible
           of
           the
           dangers
           which
           threaten
           us
           ,
           and
           provide
           Remedies
           to
           withstand
           them
           .
           And
           seeing
           there
           are
           some
           Persons
           ,
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Bulk
           and
           Character
           ,
           actually
           Impeached
           ,
           let
           us
           by
           Prayers
           and
           Intreaties
           sollicit
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           abandon
           Himself
           ,
           His
           Government
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           to
           the
           hazards
           ,
           which
           a
           further
           Procrastination
           of
           their
           Tryals
           may
           occasion
           .
           For
           if
           they
           be
           Innocent
           ,
           besides
           the
           honour
           of
           being
           Vindicated
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           the
           Suspicions
           they
           lie
           under
           ,
           but
           the
           Treasons
           they
           are
           charged
           withall
           ,
           they
           will
           reap
           the
           happiness
           of
           being
           restored
           both
           to
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Opinion
           of
           their
           Fellow
           Subjects
           .
           And
           if
           they
           be
           Guilty
           ,
           it
           is
           both
           His
           Majesties
           Interest
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           what
           his
           Subjects
           may
           expect
           from
           the
           Justice
           he
           oweth
           His
           People
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Grace
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           exercised
           towards
           them
           ,
           that
           such
           villanous
           Conspirators
           ,
           as
           would
           subjugate
           these
           Kingdoms
           to
           
             Popish
             Idolatry
          
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           may
           undergo
           the
           severest
           Punishments
           ,
           which
           by
           Law
           are
           due
           unto
           their
           Crimes
           .
        
         
           
             
               section
            
             XIX
          
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           more
           which
           I
           learned
           from
           the
           aforementioned
           Fathers
           both
           at
           Rome
           and
           Paris
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             That
             He
             being
             removed
             ,
             who
             alone
             stood
             in
             the
             Gap
             ,
             their
             Religion
             must
             needs
             flourish
             again
             in
             these
             Nations
             .
             Forasmuch
             as
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             and
             the
          
           Queen
           
             were
             of
             their
             side
          
           .
           Now
           though
           this
           way
           seem
           to
           such
           as
           know
           not
           how
           to
           knit
           two
           Thoughts
           together
           ,
           matter
           of
           no
           great
           moment
           ,
           yet
           to
           Persons
           accustomed
           to
           use
           their
           Understandings
           in
           a
           rational
           train
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           it
           
           suggests
           that
           which
           may
           give
           us
           a
           very
           sad
           apprehension
           .
           For
           besides
           ▪
           as
           I
           have
           already
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           
           Duk
           's
           being
           a
           Papist
           is
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           Attempts
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           alone
           rise
           of
           all
           the
           Danger
           which
           His
           Person
           is
           daily
           exposed
           to
           ;
           There
           is
           something
           further
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           a
           most
           Tragical
           Consideration
           ,
           wrapt
           up
           as
           the
           sense
           of
           those
           Expressions
           .
           For
           supposing
           the
           Duke
           to
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           come
           to
           the
           Crown
           (
           which
           God
           by
           the
           Prolongation
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Life
           avert
           )
           yet
           without
           a
           trampling
           upon
           all
           our
           Laws
           (
           our
           Religion
           being
           incorporate
           into
           them
           ,
           and
           settled
           by
           them
           )
           Popery
           cannot
           flourish
           again
           in
           these
           Nations
           .
           Protestancy
           is
           not
           only
           now
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           become
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Polity
           ,
           and
           an
           Essential
           Ingredient
           of
           the
           constitution
           of
           our
           Legal
           Government
           .
           Nor
           can
           any
           (
           as
           matters
           are
           by
           Law
           Established
           )
           supplant
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           legal
           Right
           ,
           without
           Overthrowing
           all
           those
           Laws
           which
           secure
           us
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           to
           tell
           us
           that
           through
           having
           the
           Duke
           on
           their
           Side
           ,
           were
           the
           King
           once
           Dead
           ,
           their
           Religion
           should
           be
           exalted
           to
           its
           greatest
           heigth
           ,
           and
           flourish
           in
           these
           Nations
           as
           much
           as
           at
           any
           time
           heretofore
           ,
           is
           in
           Effect
           to
           say
           that
           our
           whole
           Government
           shall
           be
           Changed
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           Laws
           subverted
           ,
           which
           Entitle
           us
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           protect
           us
           in
           it
           .
           What
           Provision
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           may
           think
           fit
           to
           make
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           Nation
           security
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           be
           left
           to
           their
           Wisdom
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           our
           duty
           quietly
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           what
           they
           Agree
           about
           ,
           and
           Enact
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           But
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Sense
           in
           what
           I
           have
           related
           from
           the
           Jesuits
           Mouths
           ,
           they
           intend
           not
           that
           Protestants
           shall
           enjoy
           much
           benefit
           by
           any
           Law
           that
           shall
           be
           made
           to
           such
           an
           End.
           They
           may
           improve
           it
           indeed
           to
           facilitate
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           short-sighted
           People
           ,
           the
           
           Duke's
           Accession
           with
           quiet
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           told
           us
           beforehand
           ,
           that
           our
           Religion
           shall
           be
           never
           the
           more
           secured
           unto
           us
           by
           a
           Law
           of
           that
           kind
           .
           It
           is
           needfull
           for
           the
           Papists
           at
           this
           time
           to
           talk
           of
           such
           a
           Law
           ,
           to
           promote
           that
           which
           they
           themselves
           first
           aim
           at
           ,
           but
           having
           under
           the
           favour
           of
           it
           once
           compassed
           that
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           as
           needfull
           to
           destroy
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           accomplish
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Having
           related
           whatsoever
           may
           give
           light
           to
           the
           Horrid
           Plot
           against
           
             
               section
            
             XX
          
           these
           Nations
           ,
           and
           especially
           His
           Majesties
           Life
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           my
           Informations
           beyond
           Sea
           inable
           me
           to
           do
           .
           I
           am
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           further
           Knowledge
           I
           arrived
           at
           concerning
           it
           ,
           after
           my
           Return
           into
           England
           .
           Being
           then
           after
           divers
           Years
           absence
           ,
           come
           into
           my
           Native
           Countrey
           about
           December
           1676.
           and
           being
           recommended
           as
           a
           
             Secular
             Priest
          
           ,
           to
           Minister
           and
           Officiate
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           
             John
             Jenison
          
           Esquire
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           Palatine
           of
           Durham
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           that
           I
           did
           ,
           was
           to
           recollect
           the
           Disloyal
           and
           Traiterous
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           I
           heard
           the
           Jesuits
           Teach
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           .
           For
           as
           these
           Principles
           had
           given
           me
           such
           a
           disgust
           against
           their
           Order
           before
           ,
           that
           though
           highly
           tempted
           and
           frequently
           importuned
           to
           be
           One
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           I
           absolutely
           refused
           it
           ,
           and
           chose
           rather
           to
           be
           a
           Secular
           ;
           so
           the
           reflecting
           upon
           them
           at
           leasure
           and
           with
           sedateness
           of
           mind
           ,
           after
           I
           became
           settled
           at
           Mr.
           Jenisons
           ,
           heightned
           my
           Abhorrency
           of
           them
           .
           For
           it
           is
           an
           easier
           thing
           to
           divest
           a
           man
           of
           the
           Principles
           of
           Supernatural
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           to
           eradicate
           out
           of
           him
           the
           Principles
           of
           natural
           Religion
           .
           
           We
           may
           be
           sooner
           brought
           to
           Renounce
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Faith
           ,
           than
           the
           measures
           of
           Justice
           betwixt
           Man
           and
           Man.
           And
           there
           are
           some
           who
           would
           more
           easily
           let
           go
           all
           the
           Articles
           ,
           upon
           which
           future
           Happiness
           depends
           ;
           then
           bid
           farewell
           to
           those
           Dictates
           of
           Natural
           Light
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Government
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           the
           peace
           of
           Societies
           hang
           and
           bear
           .
           And
           to
           deal
           freely
           ,
           as
           I
           sooner
           observed
           the
           falshood
           of
           the
           Romish
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           relate
           to
           Magistrates
           ,
           than
           of
           those
           which
           concern
           Jesus
           Chrìst
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           by
           him
           ;
           so
           the
           conviction
           I
           was
           under
           of
           the
           Erroneousness
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           led
           me
           first
           to
           examin
           ,
           then
           to
           doubt
           of
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           renounce
           all
           the
           latter
           .
           For
           as
           I
           plainly
           perceived
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           be
           loyal
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           and
           faithfull
           to
           the
           Government
           he
           lives
           under
           ,
           and
           withall
           maintain
           the
           Universal
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
             viz.
          
           his
           right
           to
           Depose
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Absolve
           Subjects
           from
           their
           Allegiance
           :
           so
           I
           suddenly
           came
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           can
           be
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           he
           who
           holds
           them
           .
           For
           to
           disclaim
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           disclaim
           both
           the
           Infallibility
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           the
           Authority
           of
           General
           Councils
           ;
           which
           is
           in
           effect
           to
           abjure
           the
           whole
           
             Popish
             Religion
          
           ,
           as
           having
           no
           other
           foundation
           but
           the
           Decrees
           of
           Popes
           ,
           and
           Canons
           of
           Councils
           .
           Being
           then
           settled
           (
           as
           I
           intimated
           )
           at
           Mr.
           
             Jenisons
             House
          
           ,
           and
           having
           called
           over
           all
           the
           Traiterous
           Positions
           I
           had
           heard
           the
           Jesuits
           teach
           ,
           and
           having
           found
           them
           agreeable
           unto
           ,
           and
           justified
           by
           their
           publick
           Writings
           ;
           I
           thereupon
           made
           it
           my
           business
           to
           exclude
           both
           all
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           
             Priests
             Jesuitically
          
           inclined
           ,
           from
           coming
           to
           the
           said
           House
           ,
           or
           wheresoever
           else
           Mr.
           Jenison
           had
           to
           do
           .
           For
           though
           I
           was
           not
           yet
           so
           far
           enlightned
           my self
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           of
           Converting
           that
           Family
           from
           being
           Papists
           ,
           yet
           I
           was
           resolved
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           being
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           to
           hinder
           all
           such
           from
           coming
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           might
           infect
           them
           with
           Disloyal
           Principles
        
         
           
             
               section
            
             XXI
          
           Now
           during
           my
           abode
           there
           ,
           and
           my
           Converse
           with
           the
           Countrey
           about
           ,
           the
           first
           suspition
           I
           received
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           was
           
             an
             Vniversal
             Collection
             of
             Moneys
             ,
             which
             I
             observed
             to
             be
             made
             among
             the
          
           Papists
           .
           I
           was
           my self
           sollicited
           by
           Mr.
           
             William
             Gascoyne
          
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Secular
             Priests
          
           to
           assist
           in
           it
           ;
           but
           I
           not
           only
           declined
           Cooperating
           in
           such
           a
           business
           ,
           but
           diswaded
           Mr.
           Jenison
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           I
           had
           the
           Conduct
           of
           ,
           from
           contributing
           Money
           upon
           any
           occasion
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Pretence
           was
           to
           repair
           the
           College
           of
           Doway
           (
           which
           is
           penall
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           should
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           Money
           was
           so
           applyed
           )
           but
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           Umbrage
           of
           repairing
           a
           College
           ,
           they
           were
           providing
           for
           the
           Ruine
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           the
           Collections
           were
           Universall
           in
           all
           the
           Northern
           Parts
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           but
           most
           others
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           in
           those
           Counties
           contributed
           their
           Proportions
           ,
           some
           to
           Five
           pounds
           ,
           some
           to
           Ten
           pounds
           ,
           and
           some
           to
           Twenty
           pounds
           .
           He
           must
           be
           of
           a
           very
           shallow
           Understanding
           ,
           that
           can
           once
           imagine
           ,
           that
           so
           great
           Treasure
           as
           this
           would
           come
           to
           ,
           should
           be
           all
           sacrificed
           to
           the
           Repair
           of
           a
           College
           .
           No
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           been
           some
           greater
           Design
           ,
           that
           so
           large
           a
           supply
           of
           ready
           Money
           was
           intended
           for
           .
           I
           grant
           that
           my
           own
           refusing
           to
           assist
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Jealousies
           they
           had
           conceived
           of
           me
           ,
           for
           excluding
           all
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           Priests
           as
           were
           tainted
           with
           their
           Principles
           ,
           from
           admission
           into
           Mr.
           Jenisons
           House
           ,
           gave
           them
           
           sufficient
           reason
           to
           conceal
           the
           disposal
           of
           it
           from
           me
           .
           But
           this
           I
           know
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Moneys
           which
           were
           collected
           ,
           were
           either
           paid
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           Mr.
           
             William
             Stephenson
          
           a
           Priest.
           
        
         
           Though
           the
           many
           foregoing
           passages
           (
           which
           I
           have
           truly
           reported
           )
           
             
               section
            
             XX
          
           gave
           me
           full
           assurance
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           against
           His
           Majesties
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           as
           by
           Law
           Established
           in
           these
           Nations
           ,
           yet
           I
           knew
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           morally
           impossible
           ,
           through
           the
           interest
           which
           the
           Papists
           had
           in
           Persons
           near
           His
           Majesty
           to
           get
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           the
           Romish
           Party
           Convicted
           upon
           this
           General
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           single
           Evidence
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           found
           it
           necessary
           for
           a
           season
           to
           conceal
           these
           things
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           not
           only
           miscarry
           my self
           upon
           attempts
           to
           Detect
           them
           ,
           but
           withall
           enrage
           the
           Papists
           to
           precipitate
           their
           Designs
           upon
           the
           Sacred
           Life
           of
           the
           King.
           However
           I
           resolved
           to
           be
           watchfull
           over
           all
           Opportunities
           ,
           whereby
           I
           might
           attain
           a
           more
           perfect
           insight
           into
           their
           Hellish
           and
           Mysterious
           Conspiracies
           .
           And
           as
           in
           this
           interim
           ,
           the
           Plot
           came
           to
           be
           discovered
           by
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           so
           an
           occasion
           presented
           it self
           in
           a
           Conference
           thereupon
           betwixt
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Jenison
          
           and
           me
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           contributed
           to
           my
           own
           more
           perfect
           satisfaction
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           Bloody
           Designs
           ,
           but
           hath
           given
           rise
           to
           Mr.
           Jenisons
           own
           Discovery
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           convenient
           that
           the
           World
           should
           know
           the
           sense
           and
           tenor
           of
           that
           Discourse
           which
           past
           betwixt
           Mr.
           Jenison
           and
           me
           ,
           so
           I
           think
           it
           fittest
           to
           deliver
           it
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Information
           ,
           which
           I
           gave
           in
           to
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             
               Middls
               .
               West
               .
               ss
            
             .
             Part
             of
             the
             Information
             of
             
               John
               Smith
            
             of
             Walworth
             in
             the
             County
             Palatine
             of
             Durham
             Gentleman
             ,
             taken
             upon
             Oath
             the
             8.
             day
             of
             September
             1679.
             before
             me
             
               Edmund
               Warcup
            
             Esquire
             ,
             one
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             in
             the
             said
             County
             and
             City
             .
          
           
             THis
             Informant
             saith
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             came
             to
             his
             Fathers
             House
             in
             September
             1678.
             where
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             been
             some
             days
             ;
             Sr.
             
               Edward
               Smith
            
             came
             to
             Walworth
             ,
             and
             produced
             a
             Letter
             ,
             signifying
             a
             Discovery
             of
             a
             Popish
             Plot
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             upon
             enquiry
             who
             were
             in
             it
             ,
             Ireland
             and
             Whitebread
             were
             named
             .
             About
             three
             or
             four
             days
             after
             which
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             before
             his
             Father
             ,
             Sisters
             and
             this
             Informant
             ,
             said
             ,
             he
             believed
             there
             was
             something
             of
             a
             Plot
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             had
             heard
             Mr.
             Ireland
             say
             ,
             't
             was
             an
             easie
             matter
             to
             take
             off
             the
             King.
             Whereupon
             this
             Informant
             asked
             him
             ,
             what
             that
             Ireland
             was
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             and
             his
             Cousen
             .
             And
             Mrs.
             
               Katherine
               Jenison
            
             his
             Sister
             asked
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             Mr.
             Ireland
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             he
             came
             out
             of
             Town
             ,
             at
             his
             Lodging
             in
             Russel-street
             ,
             which
             was
             on
             the
             Day
             that
             himself
             came
             from
             Windsor
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Day
             that
             Mr.
             Ireland
             came
             Post
             out
             of
             Staffordshire
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             then
             found
             him
             pulling
             off
             his
             Boots
             .
             Mrs.
             
               Katherine
               Jenison
            
             then
             asked
             him
             ,
             how
             her
             Aunt
             in
             Staffordshire
             did
             ?
             Who
             replied
             ,
             Mr.
             Ireland
             said
             she
             was
             well
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             been
             with
             her
             in
             Staffordshire
             at
             that
             time
             .
             This
             Informant
             then
             asked
             him
             ,
             what
             a
             kind
             of
             Man
             Mr.
             Ireland
             was
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             
             that
             he
             was
             a
             fine
             countenanced
             ,
             smiling
             Man
             ,
             and
             swore
             if
             he
             be
             Guilty
             of
             this
             Plot
             ,
             I
             will
             never
             trust
             a
             Smiling
             Man
             again
             .
             Thereupon
             this
             Informant
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             thought
             of
             him
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             I
             doubt
             there
             is
             some
             Guilt
             in
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             enquired
             of
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             from
             Windsor
             ,
             how
             the
             King
             diverted
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             went
             attended
             ?
             Whereunto
             he
             answered
             ,
             in
             Hawking
             and
             Fishing
             ,
             attended
             only
             with
             three
             or
             four
             Persons
             ;
             Mr.
             Ireland
             replied
             ,
             he
             wondred
             He
             would
             go
             so
             slenderly
             Guarded
             ,
             He
             were
             easily
             taken
             off
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             paused
             .
             But
             sometime
             after
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             repeated
             ,
             that
             he
             feared
             there
             was
             something
             in
             that
             Plot
             ,
             for
             that
             Mr.
             Ireland
             said
             to
             him
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             but
             One
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             were
             He
             remomoved
             ,
             the
             
               Catholique
               Religion
            
             must
             flourish
             again
             in
             England
             .
             Whereupon
             this
             Informant
             said
             ,
             those
             were
             damnable
             suspitious
             things
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             Ireland
             had
             spoken
             about
             the
             King.
             And
             thereupon
             old
             Mr.
             Jenison
             rose
             up
             ,
             and
             swore
             Mr.
             Ireland
             was
             a
             Rogue
             ,
             and
             so
             left
             the
             Room
             ,
             and
             determined
             the
             discourse
             at
             that
             time
             .
             But
             some
             time
             after
             in
             this
             same
             Month
             ,
             this
             Informant
             walking
             on
             the
             Leads
             with
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             ,
             discoursing
             of
             the
             Jesuits
             being
             in
             the
             Plot
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             told
             this
             Informant
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Ireland
             had
             at
             another
             time
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             Sr.
             
               George
               Wakeman
            
             was
             a
             Fit
             person
             to
             Poyson
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             the
             Queens
             Physician
             ,
             and
             a
             Papist
             ,
             upon
             which
             this
             Informant
             said
             ,
             he
             hoped
             the
             King
             would
             not
             take
             Physick
             of
             any
             Papist
             ,
             in
             regard
             they
             might
             be
             Jesuitically
             inclined
             ;
             and
             the
             Jesuits
             were
             against
             Monarchy
             in
             Temporal
             Princes
             ,
             though
             appointed
             by
             God
             himself
             .
             Upon
             which
             the
             said
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             asked
             ,
             are
             the
             Jesuits
             against
             Monarchy
             ?
             Whereto
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             you
             may
             easily
             judge
             that
             by
             their
             taking
             off
             many
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             holding
             it
             lawfull
             for
             the
             Pope
             to
             deprive
             Kings
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             to
             dispose
             of
             them
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             so
             that
             though
             a
             King
             be
             Anointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             should
             not
             be
             touched
             by
             violent
             Hands
             ,
             yet
             not
             only
             His
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             His
             Sacred
             Life
             lie
             at
             the
             Popes
             pleasure
             .
             Mr.
             Jenison
             answered
             ,
             does
             the
             Pope
             allow
             of
             this
             ?
             This
             Informant
             answered
             ,
             yes
             ,
             they
             have
             often
             practised
             it
             in
             this
             and
             other
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             thereby
             brought
             more
             Schism
             and
             Division
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             ever
             was
             before
             such
             Damnable
             things
             were
             practised
             by
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Emissaries
             .
             Whereto
             Mr.
             Jenison
             replied
             ,
             you
             Seculars
             are
             generally
             against
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             things
             against
             the
             Pope
             .
             Whereunto
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             to
             consider
             the
             Frauds
             and
             Devilish
             Artifices
             the
             Jesuits
             use
             in
             their
             practice
             and
             teaching
             their
             Politick
             Interest
             ,
             and
             industrious
             Self-seeking
             ,
             all
             under
             the
             Hypocritical
             zeal
             and
             Characters
             of
             Religious
             ,
             though
             none
             so
             Irreligious
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             admire
             why
             all
             Secular
             Priests
             are
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             for
             upholding
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             Practices
             ,
             and
             Principles
             Mr.
             Jenison
             replied
             thereunto
             ,
             he
             beleeved
             they
             were
             Crafty
             men
             ;
             upon
             which
             this
             Informant
             asked
             him
             ▪
             how
             he
             came
             now
             to
             say
             they
             were
             Crafty
             men
             ,
             having
             formerly
             spoke
             so
             much
             of
             their
             Sanctity
             ?
             He
             replied
             ,
             because
             he
             considered
             several
             odd
             and
             suspicious
             Expressions
             Mr.
             Ireland
             had
             spoken
             to
             him
             .
             Whereupon
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             only
             give
             the
             King
             and
             Country
             satisfaction
             ,
             in
             Declaring
             the
             odd
             and
             suspicious
             Expressions
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             who
             is
             now
             imprisoned
             for
             the
             Plot
             ,
             but
             also
             discharge
             the
             duty
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             Obligation
             of
             a
             Subject
             ,
             urging
             many
             other
             reasons
             
             to
             perswade
             Mr.
             Jenison
             to
             make
             a
             full
             Discovery
             to
             the
             Council
             .
             Whereunto
             Mr.
             Jenison
             replied
             ,
             he
             doubted
             the
             Jesuits
             would
             prove
             as
             Black
             as
             their
             Habits
             ,
             adding
             that
             his
             Brother
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Jenison
            
             the
             Jesuit
             ,
             told
             him
             there
             was
             a
             Design
             in
             hand
             ,
             in
             which
             if
             he
             plaid
             his
             part
             ,
             he
             might
             with
             ease
             and
             safety
             raise
             his
             Fortune
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             answered
             his
             Brother
             ,
             he
             would
             use
             all
             lawfull
             means
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             thereupon
             replied
             ,
             the
             means
             were
             not
             only
             Lawfull
             but
             Meritorious
             ,
             otherwise
             their
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             Chief
             Catholicks
             of
             England
             would
             not
             be
             therein
             concerned
             as
             now
             they
             were
             .
             Whereupon
             this
             Informant
             asked
             him
             ,
             what
             he
             understood
             by
             his
             Brothers
             discourse
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             did
             not
             understand
             that
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             Papists
             ,
             had
             some
             design
             against
             the
             King
             and
             Religion
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             he
             might
             well
             understand
             and
             suspect
             they
             had
             some
             such
             Design
             in
             hand
             .
             And
             thereupon
             this
             Informant
             again
             pressed
             him
             to
             make
             a
             full
             Discovery
             to
             the
             Council
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             London
             ,
             if
             his
             Evidence
             were
             judged
             material
             .
             And
             this
             Informant
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             held
             himself
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             discover
             all
             that
             he
             heard
             from
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             omitted
             to
             do
             it
             himself
             ,
             urging
             that
             his
             Evidence
             would
             at
             least
             wise
             ,
             be
             fortifying
             to
             others
             Testimony
             .
             And
             this
             Informant
             very
             well
             remembers
             ,
             that
             coming
             about
             a
             Week
             afterwards
             with
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             from
             Mr.
             
             Fenwick's
             House
             at
             Baywell
             ,
             Mr.
             Bowes
             met
             them
             ,
             and
             drew
             Mr.
             Jenison
             aside
             ,
             all
             discoursed
             together
             some
             time
             ,
             after
             which
             ,
             Mr.
             Jenison
             singled
             out
             this
             Informant
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             believed
             his
             own
             Brother
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Jenison
            
             ,
             would
             be
             Hanged
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             who
             were
             concerned
             in
             this
             Horrible
             Design
             .
             Thereupon
             this
             Informant
             asked
             why
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             a
             Handfull
             of
             Jesuits
             could
             not
             carry
             on
             such
             a
             Design
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             Persons
             of
             Note
             and
             Power
             ,
             and
             the
             Pope
             himself
             must
             be
             in
             ,
             because
             of
             his
             Purse
             ;
             and
             he
             believed
             the
             Plot
             was
             Universal
             ,
             because
             his
             said
             Brother
             had
             told
             him
             ,
             the
             Greatest
             Catholiques
             in
             England
             were
             concerned
             in
             that
             Design
             ,
             wherein
             he
             would
             have
             had
             him
             to
             have
             plaid
             his
             Part.
             Declaring
             he
             had
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             destroy
             the
             King
             and
             Government
             .
             Whereunto
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             can
             you
             swear
             it
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             swear
             it
             now
             ,
             and
             thereunto
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             will
             and
             can
             are
             two
             things
             .
             Mr.
             Jenison
             further
             added
             ,
             he
             was
             once
             in
             Company
             of
             Five
             or
             Six
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             their
             discourse
             was
             then
             tending
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Government
             ,
             all
             agreeing
             to
             the
             self-same
             end
             ,
             but
             himself
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             had
             not
             contradicted
             them
             in
             regard
             he
             was
             young
             ,
             and
             inferiour
             in
             Scholarship
             .
             And
             this
             Informant
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             meant
             by
             Persons
             of
             Note
             and
             Power
             ingaged
             in
             the
             Plot
             ?
             He
             answered
             ,
             the
             Chiefest
             Catholiques
             in
             England
             ,
             but
             refused
             to
             name
             them
             ,
             saying
             in
             passion
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             I
             am
             privy
             to
             it
             ?
             But
             added
             ,
             by
             God
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             a
             Bout
             with
             the
             Duke
             ,
             whereby
             this
             Informant
             did
             believe
             there
             was
             a
             Hellish
             Plot
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             greatest
             Catholiques
             in
             England
             were
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             knew
             more
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             he
             did
             at
             that
             time
             lay
             open
             .
             And
             this
             Informant
             speaking
             something
             of
             the
             Popish
             Emissaries
             ingaged
             in
             the
             Plot
             ,
             meaning
             the
             Jesuits
             and
             Monks
             ;
             Mr.
             Jenison
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             was
             not
             a
             Popish
             Emissary
             ?
             Wherunto
             this
             Informant
             replied
             ,
             No
             ,
             he
             did
             abhor
             the
             Name
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Preacher
             after
             the
             Ancient
             ,
             Apostolical
             Way
             ,
             which
             teacheth
             all
             to
             
               fear
               God
               ,
               and
               honour
               the
               King
               ,
            
             and
             to
             be
             obedient
             to
             all
             Superiour
             Laws
             and
             Magistrates
             .
             To
             which
             Mr.
             Jenison
             replied
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             hold
             
             it
             lawfull
             to
             Depose
             and
             Murder
             any
             Heretick
             Kings
             ,
             and
             to
             dispose
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             .
             And
             this
             Informant
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Jenison
             told
             him
             also
             at
             Walworth
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Ireland
             had
             lent
             him
             Twenty
             pounds
             ,
             which
             he
             desired
             the
             Informant
             to
             send
             him
             to
             London
             to
             pay
             Mr.
             Ireland
             again
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             the
             Narrative
             of
             the
             Information
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             it
             relates
             to
             this
             Purpose
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             in
             by
             me
             to
             
               Edmund
               Warcup
            
             Esquire
             ,
             one
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             for
             the
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             and
             City
             of
             Westminster
             .
             I
             shall
             only
             make
             these
             few
             Remarks
             upon
             what
             is
             here
             declared
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             It
             strongly
             and
             most
             effectually
             serveth
             to
             Corroborate
             all
             the
             Depositions
             which
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Jenison
            
             hath
             made
             .
             For
             all
             these
             Discourses
             past
             betwixt
             him
             and
             me
             ,
             whilest
             he
             was
             a
             Papist
             ,
             and
             before
             ever
             he
             had
             entertained
             a
             thought
             either
             of
             Changing
             his
             Religion
             ,
             or
             Informing
             concerning
             the
             Plot.
             He
             must
             be
             very
             obstinate
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             an
             incredulous
             Person
             ,
             that
             can
             after
             this
             deny
             Mr.
             Irelands
             being
             in
             London
             in
             August
             ,
             seeing
             the
             very
             Party
             that
             conversed
             with
             him
             told
             it
             to
             so
             many
             credible
             Witnesses
             ,
             within
             so
             few
             days
             after
             .
             And
             which
             is
             most
             remarkable
             ;
             all
             this
             was
             declared
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             Sister
             ,
             and
             my self
             ,
             when
             neither
             he
             nor
             any
             alive
             could
             apprehend
             ,
             that
             ever
             there
             would
             be
             an
             occasion
             of
             bringing
             this
             Circumstance
             upon
             the
             Stage
             .
             And
             this
             being
             therefore
             so
             demonstratively
             made
             out
             ,
             none
             but
             Conspirators
             or
             Abettors
             of
             this
             Conspiracy
             ,
             can
             either
             bring
             into
             question
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             or
             give
             credit
             to
             Papists
             in
             any
             thing
             they
             say
             .
             Nor
             can
             there
             be
             a
             greater
             Evidence
             of
             the
             Combination
             of
             the
             whole
             Papal
             Party
             to
             destroy
             the
             Nation
             ,
             then
             ,
             that
             rather
             than
             the
             Design
             should
             miscarry
             ,
             they
             will
             sacrifice
             their
             Souls
             and
             Consciences
             in
             the
             justification
             of
             a
             most
             palpable
             Lie.
             
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             It
             may
             both
             induce
             us
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Jenison
             hath
             more
             to
             discover
             ,
             than
             he
             hath
             yet
             declared
             ,
             and
             also
             oblige
             us
             to
             give
             all
             credit
             to
             what
             he
             shall
             further
             say
             .
             For
             it
             is
             plain
             from
             many
             passages
             which
             dropt
             from
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             Acquaintance
             with
             the
             Conspirators
             ,
             and
             his
             knowledge
             of
             their
             Devilish
             Machinations
             ,
             are
             more
             considerable
             than
             as
             yet
             he
             hath
             divulged
             .
             T
             is
             true
             ,
             he
             hath
             neither
             done
             wisely
             ,
             nor
             with
             that
             simplicity
             which
             became
             a
             Christian
             ,
             either
             in
             delaying
             his
             Informing
             at
             first
             ,
             or
             in
             those
             Reserves
             which
             he
             still
             maintains
             .
             Yet
             if
             we
             will
             observe
             the
             influence
             he
             was
             under
             ,
             partly
             from
             the
             regard
             he
             bore
             to
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Religion
            
             ;
             (
             which
             himself
             then
             profest
             )
             partly
             from
             the
             love
             he
             had
             to
             many
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             as
             his
             Kinsfolk
             and
             Friends
             ,
             partly
             from
             the
             concernment
             he
             had
             for
             his
             own
             Reputation
             ,
             which
             he
             knew
             upon
             his
             Discovering
             ,
             would
             be
             assaulted
             ;
             not
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             apprehensions
             he
             might
             entertain
             ,
             concerning
             the
             danger
             and
             hazard
             to
             his
             Life
             which
             would
             ensue
             ;
             we
             may
             be
             not
             only
             the
             less
             surprized
             at
             his
             backwardness
             to
             discover
             ,
             but
             admire
             the
             over-ruling
             power
             of
             God
             in
             conquering
             his
             passions
             and
             jealousies
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             should
             make
             any
             Discovery
             at
             all
             .
             And
             besides
             the
             Divine
             Wisdom
             ,
             which
             can
             serve
             it self
             both
             of
             our
             sin
             and
             folly
             ,
             hath
             turned
             it
             to
             wonderfull
             advantage
             ,
             that
             he
             informed
             not
             sooner
             .
             For
             had
             he
             appeared
             before
             the
             Trial
             of
             Mr.
             Ireland
             ,
             there
             would
             never
             have
             been
             any
             such
             thing
             mentioned
             ,
             as
             
             Ireland's
             being
             in
             Staffordshire
             all
             the
             month
             of
             August
             .
             No
             ,
             it
             was
             from
             an
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             none
             who
             knew
             of
             his
             Being
             in
             London
             would
             appear
             against
             him
             ,
             (
             save
             Mr.
             Oates
             )
             
             that
             gave
             him
             the
             confidence
             of
             betaking
             himself
             to
             that
             Shift
             .
             And
             the
             Confounding
             them
             since
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             hath
             both
             been
             ,
             and
             will
             hereafter
             prove
             of
             wonderfull
             Consequence
             .
          
           
             (
             3.
             )
             The
             discourses
             mentioned
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Depositions
             ,
             may
             serve
             to
             testifie
             my
             own
             Innocency
             ,
             as
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             relates
             to
             this
             Horrid
             Plot.
             For
             though
             I
             had
             prevailing
             Reasons
             to
             persuade
             me
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             design
             carrying
             on
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             yet
             I
             neither
             directly
             nor
             indirectly
             had
             Accession
             to
             it
             ,
             nor
             assisted
             in
             it
             .
             Yea
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             arrived
             at
             that
             measure
             of
             knowing
             it
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Jenisons
             Conferences
             with
             me
             helpt
             me
             unto
             ,
             I
             did
             from
             thence
             forward
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             all
             means
             promote
             his
             coming
             to
             Inform
             ,
             but
             threatned
             the
             having
             himself
             (
             in
             case
             he
             continued
             obstinate
             and
             refractory
             )
             apprehended
             and
             proceeded
             against
             .
             For
             besides
             those
             Letters
             of
             mine
             ,
             to
             that
             purpose
             Printed
             by
             himself
             in
             his
             own
             Narrative
             ;
             I
             wrote
             him
             many
             more
             upon
             the
             same
             Occasion
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             the
             success
             upon
             him
             ,
             which
             I
             aimed
             at
             ,
             so
             having
             been
             designed
             for
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             already
             accomplished
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             the
             World
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Page
           13.
           l.
           21.
           read
           perverting
           .
           p.
           14.
           l.
           10.
           
             dele
             not
          
           .
           p.
           18.
           l.
           47.
           for
           only
           r.
           not
           .
           p.
           19.
           l.
           48.
           r.
           indispensably
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A60496-e450
           
             
               Lib.
               cui
               Titulus
               Tortus
            
             ,
             p.
             19.
             
             See
             
               Baron
               .
               ad
            
             Ann.
             1172.
             
          
           
             
               Matth.
               Westm.
               lib.
            
             2.
             
             
               Polyd.
               Virg.
               lib.
            
             17.
             
             Hist.
             Angl.
             
          
           
             
               ubi
               supra
            
             .
          
           
             
               De
               Laicis
            
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             22.
             
          
           
             In
             2.2
             .
             
               Th.
               qu.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             See
             Compend
             .
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             p.
             73.
             
          
           
             See
             Prynt
             Discovery
             of
             a
             Popish
             Plot
             by
             Haberfeld
             .
          
           
             
               De
               Laicis
            
             lib.
             3.
             ca.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               De
               jure
               &
               Instit.
            
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Rego
            
             ,
             lib
             6.
             ca.
             6.
             
          
           
             See
             Moulins
             Vindicat
             .
          
           
             See
             Colemans
             Trial
             ,
             and
             therein
             his
             Letters
             .
          
           
             Politicks
             of
             France
             ,
             cap.
             5.
             
          
           
             See
             Persecution
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             France
             .
          
           
             So
             the
             New
             Plot
             to
             Transform
             ,
             
               &c.
               p.
            
             15.
             
          
           
             Letter
             to
             both
             Houses
             ,
             p.
             2.
             
          
           
             Compendium
             of
             the
             Trials
             ,
             p.
             69.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             Mystery
             of
             Jesuits
             .
             Let.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               De
               Justit
               .
               lib.
            
             1.
             
             
               Tr.
               Disp.
            
             12.
             
          
           
             
               Theolog.
               Fundamen
               .
               N.
            
             1151.
             
             Lib.
             9.
             
             Decol
             .
             2.
             
             Sect.
             2.
             
             
               De
               Justit
            
             .
             lib.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             See
             also
             
               Escobar
               .
               Morus
               .
               Theolog.
            
             Tract
             .
             1.
             
             Exam.
             7.
             cap.
             2.
             
             
               Amicus
               de
               Justit
            
             .
             Disp.
             36.
             
             Sect.
             5.
             
             
               Vbi
               supt
            
             .
             Sect.
             7.
             
          
           
             Seasonable
             Queries
             ,
             p.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Causa
               .
               23.
               q.
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Canon
                 Excommunicatorum
              
               .
            
          
           
             See
             Gavans
             Speech
             .
          
           
             
               Lib
               1.
               
               Instruct.
               c.
               13.
               
            
             
               Lib.
               5.
               
                 de
                 Rom.
                 Pontif
              
               .
               c.
               8.
               
               Tom.
               3.
               
                 in
                 Th.
                 Disp.
              
               1.
               q.
               12.
               
            
          
           
             Part
             2.
             c.
             2
             
          
           
             
               Vide
               Thuan
            
             .
             lib.
             130
             
               ad
               Ann.
            
             1604.
             
          
           
             See
             Cambdens
             Life
             of
             Queen
             Eliz.
             
          
           
             See
             Anti-Coton
             .
          
           
             
               Vide
               Crab.
            
             Tom.
             2.
             p.
             4.
             
             
               Cochl
               .
               Hist.
               Hussitar
            
             .
             lib.
             5.