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p,83, 1,4, r f Contf. Ibid.r,/e5, 8, Ibid,l, 6 r,p, 78, p,8p,l, 10. r, pigritia, p,9o, 1,7,
r, p, 1 o. In fome of the French Quotations, the (e J is left without an Accent, which
with fome few literal faults the Reader will eafily amend.
■»■!■■! I
A
THE
MISSIONARIES ARTS
SCOVERED:
O R,
AN ACCOUNT of their Ways of INSINUA-
TION 5 their ARTIFICES and feveral ME-
THODS of which they ferve themfelves in ma-
king CONVERTS.
WITH
A LETTER to Mr. PVLTON , challenging him to make
good his Charge of Dijloyalty againft P R O T ES T A N T S.
AND,
An HISTORICAL PREFACE, containing an ACCOUNT of their in-
troducing the HEATHEN GODS in their Proceffions, and other Par-
ticulars relating to the feveral CHAPTERS of this TREATISE.
Jer. 12. 6. Believe them Not tho* they [peak fair Words unto thee*
EB 14
Tertull. Adv. Valent. Habenf Art ijix turn quo frius perfua-
dent quam edoceant. Veritas autem docendo perfuadetj
non Juadendo docet.
Perfius.Sat. y. front e politi,
Aftutam vapido fervant fub peclore vulpem.
—
LONDON,
Printed , and Sold by &antial 2£aplor near
Stationers Hall. MDCLXXXVIII. .
A Utter to Mr. Pulton:
To the Reverend Mr. Pulton, Jefuite and
Schoolmalter in the Savoy.
Reverend Sir,
■H T? Hough the Author of the * Anfwer to Dr. Pierces * The Primit.
I &**»<# /W rfc hardinefs to ^>w, that it is e- fheLfom'at.
vident more Rebellions have been rais'd againft Prin- pw*-v-«i-
ces for Religion onely, in this laft Reformed Age, vo' *
in a few Protectant Countries, than have been rais'd
by Catholicks for any caufe whatfbever, in feven A-
ges before throughout all Chnfendom ; wherein he
is feconded by another, who with the fame modefty
tells the world^ that in this laft Century, there have see vindic. of
been more Princes depos'd and murder'd for their Re- theProt^i
ligion by Proteilants, than have been in all the o-*- 116 -^-
ther fmce Chrift's time by the attempts and means of *■
Roman Catholicks : let thefe Gentlemen were jo po-
litick, 6i to avoid the infamy which a Confutation would
iubjecft them to,> by concealing themfehes from the world ;
But what either a Senfe of then inability, or a confer-
ouihefs of their immodefty hinder d them from profe-
curing, you hare very freely engag'd your felf to per-
form ; by renewing their AlTertion, and adviling your jj*£ Ful [f s
learned Adverfary not to meddle with the Subjedl of
the
J Letter to Mr. Pulton* -
the Difloyalty of your Party, left you return the
Charge upon the Reformed Churches.
But, Sir, we are not to ^frighted with bluftring
words ; nor will your informing us that * you have ma-
VSSSf 1 . n Y Remarks in (tore to fhew that whatever Catho-
h 3i>32. ]i c [^ s j iave judgcl in the Theory about the depofmg
Power, it was the Reformers who -reduc d it to pra-
ctice, and that you will produce them if farther pro-
voked, terrife us any, more than your fever al V'olumes
of Collections out of the Fathers, which you boaft of;
we know 3 Sir, your Adertion is untrue, and therefore
are not afraid to bring it to the Teft.
" I DO THEREFORE HERE CHALLENGE
" YOU AS YOU WOULD NOT APPEAR A
"SLANDERER, AND GUILTY OF VEN-
" TING A MOST PERNICIOUS AND NO-
" TORIOUS FALSHOOD, AS YOU VALUE
"THE HONOUR OF YOUR CHURCH,
" AND YOUR OWN REPUTATION ,
"TO PUBLISH THOSE REMARKS YOU
"SAY YOU HAVE MADE; AND VINDL
" CATE YOUR SELF, OR ELSE ACKNOW-
"LEDGE THAT YOU HAVE PRINTED
" AND PUBLISHED AN ASSERTION, WITH-
" OUT REGARD EITHER TO TRUTH OR
g MODESTY.
1 muji confefs in any other cafe / jhould be apt to
cenfure my felf for the freedom of this Addrefs, tut
it is certainly a time to fpeak, when a man pretending to
te
A Letter to Mr. Pulton.
be a Prieft of the living and true God, foall in defence
of his Religion (which if true^ needs no fuch abomi-
nable Arts to uphold it ) vent Jo bold a Slander, tend-
ing to expofe the pure Churches of Chrift, as Enemies
to their Sovereigns, and fo render them odious to thofc
from whom they have all imaginable Reafon to expert
Protection, as from nurfing Fathers.
/ will not tye you up to your own Affertion, that
the Reformers have depofed and endeavoured no ds-
pofe more Princes in the fpace of one hundred and Mr. ifeMi
fifty years, than the Roman Catholicks had done in
fixteen hundred ; for you will be more puz,z*led to find
a Papift in the firft Centuries of that period, than you pr.rtAcc.
were to tell under what Pope the fourth Council of La- ° v Jclr^'
teran was aflembled.
Nor do I defire the enquiry Jbould be confin d to the
term of the lad feven hundred years on the Romifli prim. Rule
fide, which the above-cited Author pitch't upon ; but par.V.V^V
will freely remit you above five hundred of that, and
in tfce time Unit t\jz ^Reformation Do engage
mp felf to p2obe fcoliat 3 (jabe atletteD p. 7 6. of
ti)is £veatife* vw-octbe
/ do not much expect an Anfwer to this Challenge, ^ " r R e[;g h \
for thofe men who could lye near twenty years under **-& c - Lo » l
fuch a Charge as Dr. Du Moulin laid dgainft tbem y and \ have defied
dar'd them to call him to an account for^ cc the Mur- \ h ^JnyJvl
"derof K. Charles the Firft, without ever venturing '^^
cc to clear themfehes may eafily bear this ; Befides your fareoufjadg-
cc Champions have oflateldt their Doctrines to defend m* °
u themfelves. How-
r A Letter to Mr. Pulton.^
However I once again renew the Challenge ,
which it you accept, it will foon be Jeen that you are
not alone, guilty of fuch infincere and immodeft
D^f of'hf dealing, face the Vindicator of Mr. de Meaux hath
Do^of°t f he e t0 ^ d ty world y that not only the proteftations but the
&' *** P^fticesof the Romanifts have juftified them in
Pre ' h I2, the point of Obedience to Princes.
_ d little time will Jhew who is in tfe right ; for ha-
ving your Remarks ready, 1 fupfofe we need not ex-
pedtlong, if you have any defign to juftifiejjTO^felf,
^ think^you are able ; to if not, do but own^r raflv
nefs and error, W^c/j in duty you are bound to do y that
the Church 0/God may have Jome reparation for Jo bold
Calumny; and notwithftanding this freedom yow.
Jball findmt on all occafions,
Reverend Sir
Tour mojl Obedient Servant
as far as Love to Truth*
will permit"
ANONYMUS;.
AD V E R TISE MEN T.
GOod and Solid Utrfons why a Frotejlantjhould not turn Papift, or Proteji&nt Prejudices
againfi the Xonun Catholick tfeJiiion in a Letter t Q a Prieft. Soli At the Ship
in Su Paul's Churchyard, i688.>
THE
T H E
PREFACE.
THE Defign of the tnfuing Difcourfe is laid down in
the Introduction ; fo that the bufmefs of this Pre-
face is chiefly to fupply fome particulars which ei-
ther are omitted or could not conveniently he infer-
ted in the Book // felf.
§ .. i . The device of bewitching mens Senfes with Pomp and
Shew, I have both mentioned And exposM, yet is it look't up-
on fo confiderable. in that corrupt Church , that it is not
onely defended by Cardinal Pallavicini, and thruft into the
nuipber of the Notes whereby they pretend to diftinguifh their m .
Church, from all other's ; and prove that it u the onely true
one ; but fo much Strels laid upon it y that it leems one of
the main Pillars of the Roman Fabrick ;- which if we may be-
lieve one of the Learnedeft Divines of France, could not fub-
Jift without it. u The world (faith he) could not bear a Re-
i€ ligion calculated onely for Philofophers ; The People did -not
ic know what it was to think, and to govern themj elves by the
€i imprejjions that abftra£ted thoughts made on their Minds, '^ Kt Letters
" they muft have outward things to ftrike upon their Senfes concern, the
"^/Imaginations: ^amufe, to terrifie , and to excite v f^- **£ ^
a them ; fo Legends, dreadfull Stories, and a pompous Wor-
" fhip wore neceiTary to make the Impreflions of Religion-
ize deep into fuch courfe Souls: from whence he concluded 7
* ■ .. ( a ) * that
II* The Preface.
" that the Reformation had reduced the Chriftian Religion
u to fuch fevere terms, that it was onely a Religion for
" Philofbphers : Thus theft Gentlemen contradict themfelves,
one while pretending that our Religion is founded upon fuch
See chap. $. \ Q0 fe Principles, as require no Striftnefs nor Mortification
of its ProfeflTors ; at another time advancing a charge which
would found well in the Mouths of any but luch as bend their
whole Endeavours to find a way for men to go to Heaven and
keep their fins too, and who blame the Reformed Churches
for nothing more than their calculating their Doftrines in
^ppofition to the Lazinefs and Lufts of men as their great
Mafter, whofe fteps they follow,^ before them.
The Precepts of Chriftianity are Jo fevere in themfelves,
that the Founders of the Papal Greatnefs could not find their
Intereft in too flriBly prefling the Obfervation of them ;
the ambitious, the covetous and the luxurious man can fee
nothing there to gratifie his predominant Defire ; and feeing
fuch /r Grandeur as that of the Papacy could not be upheld
I by thofe melancholy Vertues of Humility, contempt of the
World, Meeknefs and Mortification; there mufl be fome me-
thod found to difpence with them : the firft ftep in the profe-
mtion of this defign was ; " to draw men inlenfibly from
"the Contemplation of the more fpiritual part of Religi-
"on, to external Pomp, which by charming the Senfes might
€ i keep them fb fixt as to afford no leifure for inward re-
u flexions ; while the fpirits being dilated and the Afte&ions
u raised by the impreflion they make on the beholders of them,
u thole fuperficial Emotions, are highly extoIPd for divine
" Tranfports, and the operations of the holy Spirit.
They knew well that nothing renders any thing more odi-
ous to the vulgar, than to reprefent it in a* ridiculous man-
ner ; and therefore inftead of the more rational way. cf con-
vincing mens Under (landings , they have taken up the me-
thod of jeering men out of their Opinions ; tho* the fhame
fpwetimvs (as it ought always to do among thinking men)
returns
the Preface. VT.
returns upon themfelves ; as it did * when they attempted j^ e p ^* Te *
to ridicule the Janfenifts in a, proceffion at Mafcon in the r U its. swuw
year 165 1. froceffton de
I have noted the conceffion of Baronius, that the Heathen ^^mf!
Rites and Ceremonies were purpofely introduced among the i63$.p.2. 12;.
Romanifis in their lervice of God ; and /thought that pret-
ty difficult to do without violating the very firft Principles \ Aninotondj
flfChriftianity : but the f Jefuits ^Luxembourg have found the y> bt jf th t e 9*-
J 1 1 1 ■» r» • / 1 • ^ 1 puts of Am m
a way to coniecrate not onely the ragan Kites, but their Gods Provence bave
too. to the fervice of the Blefled Virgin, which they pretend d °™tfofam:a»i
• *1 C . r :~r* „f r^A there U nothini
*s the fervice of God. mre ufud J
The Relation is ofjuch nature, and fojcarce even in French, m «? thofe of
that I am fure the Reader will not be diJpleasU to fee, what a fjfij? **#
prophane puppet-fhew they make of Religion, and to what w^^.^p,
Extravagances their humour of gorgeous Shews carries p - 3 efui(s des
+ 1 Aix en Tro-
ttoem. vcncc% q q i
1687 i2s. & Dj U Fall's Travels. £.203. 208. Lond. 1665. Fol.
* There were feveral Pageants carried I! Avis 4^ ?K$efu.p.£. &n.
* one of them fat Mars the God of War, who Mars commode d fes Gumm^ $ i
* commanded llis SoilldierS.IlOt to do any mifc Vulcaine, Bronte, Sterope, Pjrrac-
<« chief to the Chappel of our Lady of Confo- T^f^^'Z^Z
^lation ; and the W 7 01*d for this God, Was, cuneinfuhe-dlaChapelledeN.Dams
u ProcuL proculefteprofani. As //any thing t T^uT^ H° ur t ?' Vw
u could be more profane than this Heathen J
€i Deity in a Chriftian proceffion ; no doubt the people were
Cc wonderfully excited to piety by this Object introduced into one
" of the moft folemn A£ts of their Religion.
* "Then came Ceres ^plora.Pomona^hz Naiades ,tht Nymphs * iip.6. Ce*
4C of the Field and of the Groves, rejoycing for the return of res, Flore, pq-
H our Lady of Confolation ; (whofe Image they were condu- ^°^J es Jes
" ding to her Chappel) and the word for thefe ruftick Divin- Nymphs des
il ities, was, — fam redit & Vireo, redeunt Saturnia Regna. Prairies, or des
. 7 J ^ ' o Bon, {erepuif<*
Sent du ret our de Notre Dame de Conf elation, a la Campagne, Mot des Nymphs , ££ de\ Divinite^
rufiiques — Jam redit & Virgo, redeunt Saturnia Regna,
(a 2) Then
IV.
hid. p. 7. Li. Xgiwmh tocompln-
*ee de la Religion, de la verite > £5*
de la Gloire, publie au monde que
Loiiis le grande n'et pas moin iHuflre
far la foVide piete envers la Sainte Vi-
erge, que par l J iclat de fes Fitloires.
Mot pour des quatre Nympbes^.Ce-
dam arma facrk* .
The Preface'.
* Then four Nymphs , Fame , Religion,
Truth and Glory, the firft of which affirm'd,
that Lewis the Great was as illuftrious for his
piety towards the holy Virgin, as for his ma-
ny Vi&ories ; and the word for them all was,
Cedant anna facris. Religion was certainly
very much advanced in the efteem of the Be-
holders j who f aw her fut in the fame" rank with Fame and
Glory.
*f Ihid. p*%. La $oye y U Force , h
Abondance, &la Same effets ordinai-
res de N. Dame de Confohtion y imr-
chent a la tesle des viltes du Luxem-
bourg pour marquer que ces agreeables
Kymphes ontperfuade a toute la Pro-
vince de fe mettre fous. la protection
de la Sainte Pierge.
|| La Province du Luxembourg t fah
voir fur fen char la Ste Vierge triom-
phante, & montre d'un cote la paix,
i* abondance & les beaux arts ; & de
V autre Mars, ££ Bellone dans les
Chained. On comprtnd atfe% de fon
gefte C? de fa contenanc* quelle attri-
hue felcignentent de fes matix & le
retour de fon bonheur a la protection
de fa cbere Patronne. p 9.
*Ibid,
Si Mars arrefle fes Guerrierso .
Si. Is fang repandu ne tient pirn des
(Lauriers)
£t fi la Paix Ict-g temps bannie,
£% T abondance % its beaux art's,
.\erareut dans nos heureux %crnparts t
Ceft I* effet du repos qus nom donne
(Marie
" After them came f Joy, Fortitude, Plen-
" ty and Health, the ordinary effects of our
for || Viftorie and the Virtues, carrying Palms » lh .. j6
" and crown'd with Laurels, expofe upon feven Tablets the Larifioire&
h's J r ertm char--
gets de Palmes & couronnees de Lauriers, qui reprefentent en pJufieurs Tableaux les grandes aSions de noflre
invincible Monarque faite pour I' honneur $$ le fervice de la Same Fierce.
<< great
VI.
Infer iption p&ur Louis k Grand.
Pendant que U Terre etonnee
Decent prodi^es inouti
, Que frit i* admirable Louis
Necomprend pas LeBut tk cette deflinie,
ZeCL'U;plaudifantdfesfaits?Iorieux
Kqm Vit que ce Grand %py s'acque-
(rantUFittoire,)
Travaille bien moins pour [a Gloire
Que pour V konneur de la X&R* des
(Cidux. )
The Preface.
c great Actions of the prefent French King,
" which he performed for the honour of the
ie Virgin.
" But beeaufe the World would not eafily
u believe that the enfuing Particulars, were
* undertaken with that Defign ; they pre-
'•' tend a revelation of it, which like the old
€i Heathen Oracles is delivered in Verio.
An Inf&ription for Lewis the Great.
While the whole World his mighty Anions fees,
It wonders at th' amazing Prodigies
Before unheard of; but the true Defign
It cannot find, beeaufe it can't Divine :
That lay unknown to all, from all conceal'd,
Till Heav'n applauding it, the caufe reveaPd ;
He fought not Glory for himfelf alone,
But he preferr'd the Virgins to his own,
To honour her more than himfelf he fought,
And won his Victories her Glory to promote.
* Ibid. p. I7« Tableau I. Eglifes
de diees d Kojlre Dame baties, re-
paries, $$ ornees.
\ Ibid. Prife de la Hollande & reta
blifement du cuhe de la Vierge dans
Us Temples reconct\ie\.
II Ibid. p. 18. Adversaries du cuhe
de la Mere de Dleu chǤt\ de Port-
Royal, & de la France.
* Ibid. p. 19. Mahometans En-
nemti de Jefus (Thrift, s£ de Marie
funis de Alger.
•f- Ibid. 20. Defaite de C herefie En-
nemie de la Mere de Dieu.
u Then defcending to Particulars , * the
" firft Tablet tells, us of Churches built and
" dedicated to the BlefTed Virgin.
" The f fecond fets forth the taking of (b
a many Towns in Holland, and re-eftablifhing
" the Worfhipof the Virgin in their Churches.
" The || third informs us that the Enemies
ic of the Virgin are driven from Port Royal and
u out of France.
" In the * fourth they tell us that the Algz*
" rines were punifhed by the French Bombs
" for being Enemies to Mary.
f
D . . ... : /» i i r\ *i« bllt " u %Py> " J?ls la reconciliation ae
at their telling the tVOrld that the KeCOnCllia- quelques Temples en Hollande ah
tion of the Churches was in honor of the
Virgin, while they take no notice of the great-
er parts of their Worfhip then reftor'd ;
ci which paffage he freely acknowle jges would
" incline one to believe, that they place all Re- h^^yee^?^iairp^^if?M
" ligion in the Adoration they pay to her.
He fofittvtly\ affirms that the fecond Ta-
blet is abfblutely falfe ; and * laughs at the
Inscription of the third, for if the defign a-
gainft Algiers had been to punifli them for
their Enmity to our Lady, they would cer-
tainly have been obliged by the Articles of
Peace, to render her more Honour for the
future.
He \ charges them with mifreprefenting thofe they call + P: 20. km
Hereticksin the fifth Infcription, who he fays are no Ene- ;m5 V l *>&****
miesto the Bleffed Virgin, and that in the || fixth they have ™\f" H t?
t j , r tiquespour noxs
rendre edieux nom imputent beaucoup de chojes que no'M avow toujours fouftenu N*e/lre point les fenti-
mens de f Eglife Catbolique. NovAdevons done garder le mefme^equite envers eux. Or Us toujours protejle
quils n etoient point EnnemU de la Fierge, || P. 2 1. Orn'ejt ce pas Louis le Grand qui d affieqe cette
place fJWA ne le reprefente^ done point comme fort de vot a la Sainte rierge puis quun difant d'unepart qu'ila
TiiUfn a la guerre contraire aux honneurs de No fire Damede Confolation,noui fates enundre de /' autre atCil
a fait une guerre contraire aux honneurs de Noflre Dame de Confolathn,
grand fu jet de fcandile ?
II P. 18. Car Sen esl une horrible
aiire.-H ejl faux, &C.
* P. 19. Ory eat iljtmau une pha
gra id chimere que de vouloir qui! aa
fait bom harder Alger, pour punir les
Mahometans de ce q ills font enne~
mis de Jefus &' de Marie. II fait droit
done quil eut mis pour condition dans
la piix quil a faite dtpuU ante eux,
qii a F avenir Us porter o'unt plm d^
honneur a la Sainte Vierge*
rc*
VIII. The Preface.
reprefented that great Prince (whom they defign'd to flatter)
as an Enemy to the Q^of Heaven, while they tell us that the
War of Luxembourgvjzs difhonourable to her; when all the
World knows the City was befieg'd and taken by that
Monarch.
And indeed the whole Proceflion throughout wasfuch a, piece
of Heathenifh Pomp, that the lame Author
thif a ROMANIST £ complains of it as un-
worthy the gravity of the Christian Religion,
and which is diffident to make the Worfhip
of the Bleffed Virgin be look't upon as fuper-
ftitious and prophane ; \ for (faith he ) u can
" any one believe that it was poffible for ib
" many perfons of all forts as were Spectators
Ci outofCuriofity, andiittle enough acquain-
" ted with fpiritual things, to have any fe-
Ci rious. reflexions upon the great Myfteries
" of Religion in the midft of fo many vain
tf Shews which continually diftraQ: the
" Mind, and infenfibly lead it to other Sub-
"> jeiis,
Theft Confederations are fo Weighty with that Reverend
: ! Prelate the Arch-bishop of Mechlin, that he
hath prohibited not only fiich profane Spe-
ctacles in their Proceflions ; but even the car-
rying the Images of their Saints, at the lame
tiftie with the Sacrament, which is found by
Experience prejudicial to Devotion, the gene-
rality of the people bping fq bufied in obferv-
ing the curious Images, and their rich Orna-
ments, that they have no leifure fo.r ferious
Devotion, " And this perhaps is one of the
" Reafons why that Bifhop"~is laid to be 4 Jan-
leniffi and'but little efteem'd among them.
Neither is it altogether to be pafs^d over that thefe Je-
fijits could not be content to expole thofe Pagan Deities un-
der
* P. ?. Ces mannkres Theatrales £
honor er la Mere de Dieu, font fi hi-
dignes de la gravite de la P^eligion
Cbrtfiienne, & qui ne peuvent que
dormer fujet aux EnntmU de. I Eg-
life de decyier Id devotion que lesf.-
delles ont a la S.iinte Vierge, & de la
faire pafer pour un tulte fuperjihieax
££ profane.
•j- P. ir. Et en effet comment pent
vn croire que tint de perfonnes pen
fpiriticel'es que la curiofite a fait troth
vet z cetie fefte, ayent pu avoir une
attention raijwnabk a cet augusle my-
Jlere pirmi tant 4e vains fpettacks qui
remplijfoient lew efprit de continuelles
dijlraclions F^ qui ks portcient in-
cefcmment a penfer a tome autre
cbofe.
|i Ibid. On S cccupe bien '/tf they have alfo * published an * with this TitIe# u Su rier?s
Account Of the PrOCeffion, which lecaufe I could Vxtrom Honoree & bien faifantt dans
votfrocure I have given but an imafrt Rela- V^SSSSSgS^
t ion from the Adviier \ but which I think IS lUI- Ecoliers in Cokgc de Compdgnie de
ficient to the end for which I have infertedit, J e ^ s » ^ uxc ™ b ^ fc 2 °-. m *
and I appeal to all the world whether it be pof- J e J' de mm mm 'dTc^oLTon
fiblefor fitch a reprefentation, wherein '[there vx uonziu Ducbedc Luxembourg &
A not one word of Scripture, but feveral paf- ^XHStS&SiSit
fages out of Heathen Poets ; nothing or Ke- f Avis p. 10. rami unt de chofes
ligion, of the Benefits and Beauties of it, but M^f^deyerh de p ctes vaj-
T .° r\' ' • • rv • Til rr J r t ' ne " " ) a pas un feul mots de P
Pagan Divinities bellowing Bleflings, deli- Ecri[Hre> qui " auroit / u fahe [eulcle5
Vering from War, &C. and fuch A medly of omemens £ me Pmcjjion vrayment
Falfities, to tend any way to promote Holi- fWiw ^
nefs , when every particular is in it felf deftru&ive of
it.
§ . 2 . Every day furnijhes us with fr efh Inftances of the ftrange
immodefty of th?]e Gentlemen ; / have /hewn p. 29, 30, jr. .
that it is an ufual practice among them when prefs'd with
any paflage out of the Fathers or other Writers,' to deny
that they wrote the Book out of which it is quoted ; or elfe
to fet themfelves to devile fome interpretation by which to
avoid its force, the Reader will find feveral Inftances of it,
and that the Inquifitors and other of their Divines defend
this Method, and advife to ufe it ; but Mr. Meredith with-
out any proof, affirms, that when the Work of any Father Af^.Remarks.
is quoted by Catholicks, if it were ever doubted of there?- 70*
is no remedy but it muft pafs for fpurious, and when it
fhall happen to be undoubted , they will do as much as
in them lies to render it dubious, at leaft in thofe places
which are quoted. But when nothing of this will do,
their laft fhift is Interpretation : And this ( he fays ) is
one of the methods which the Proteftants ufe in their Dis-
putations.
°Tis true, the Papifts have forg'd fo many Authors, and
corrupted others to that degree, that it is reafon enough to be
(b) fufpl.
X it* Preface.
flifpicious of every thing thy publifli ; but we are fo f*r
from doing this y that the Books we call in queftion Are fuch
as have Evident Characters cf Forgery in them, and which
are fufpe£ted by the learned Romanifts themfelves ; we fairly
propofe our Objections to be Anfwtred, which generally have
that Weight as to convince the more knowing of our Adver-
faries ; we decry afl fuch fhifts as this Gentleman mentions,
while any one that looks into the iecond Chapter of tlye fol-
lowing Difcourfe will find, that it is a Rule among thofe of
his Communion, to invent feme favourable Expoilcion, or
denv the Authority and genuinenefs of the Author.
The Charge Jbews fo much impotent Malice, which would
fain be doing fomt miichief, that I am apt to believe it is ra-
ther an infinuation of fame furious Millionarv, than the real
product cf Jfr. Meredith's Pen ; who feems more zealous tha?>
jpitefwlin his erroneous Profeilion, and knowing no better, may
perhaps be prevaiPdon to publiih another s pretended Obferva-
tion. which neither he nor any for him can make good : If
they can, it is incumbent on them to prove it, by as full Evi-
dence as I have given of their being guilty of this dii-inge-
nuous Artifice.
/ know the Methods of thefe Gentlemen too wt/l to let any
thing pafs, which may be liaile to an Exception without pre-
venting it ; if they would fairly Anfwtr a Difcourfe, / would
wait till thy publifh their Objedions, but the trick of running
about #/wcafting virulent Reflexions upon particular Parages
in private, makes it necetTary for me to give the reafbn why
I affirm, that the caufe of the great bitternefs againft the
?• te IValdenfes was, their freedom in taxing the vices of the
Pope and Clergy ; I cculd demonstrate the truth of it from
what is acknowledged by themfelves of thofe poor people, who
could deferve fuch Treatment upon no other
* Rainer. tmt % Waid. r. +->- account, feeing according * to Rainerus their
t£*t:$™Z. Z ' '' ' " to*cr Enemy they were blamelefs in every
thing, but that they fpoke againft the Ro-
man Church and Clergy ; but I wiU confrm my AfTertion
with
The Preface. XV
with the Authority of the * Sieur du Haillan, * Sieur du HaiUan. /' ma. i 1 who fo learnedly and fuccefsfully
a oppofe Popery, when they who would be thought the onely
u true Proteftants, are content to fit ftill , and be looters
«on> -
Decree made / expert to have the* Decree of the 2d. of March 1679. op-
ztXpnevl. of poled to it ^ and to have a great many hard names bestowed
frnlihjMto. on me -> f / daring after that to lay fuch Do&rines as are con-
demned in it to their Charge.
But befides that this Decree is an unanfwerable Evidence
. _, _. , P . . that thofe Doctrines were tatwht by the Jefuits
*TheTitleof jt is, fhentum SS. 1 r d- r tl • • • /» 1 /
and other Caluifts, it is notorwujly known that
thefe Cenfures are fo little regarded that "they
are almojl contemptible.
The f Apologift for the Decree of the Se-
nate of Venice again ft the Jefuits, tells us, that
on this fide the Alps the Cenfures of the
Roman Congregation are fb little valued, that
every perfbn is at liberty ta read thofe Books,
which they condemn ; whole practice in this
point is defended by Gretzer. That in Spain
they have an Index of prohibited Books pe-
culiar to themlelves, whereby thofe Books
are frequently allowed, which are forbidden
at Rome, and many others which are per-
mitted there, are cenfur'd in it ; but at Ve-
nice they obferve neither Index, nor do they
admit of any of the Roman Decrees; which
nofq; mores ex profejjo oppugnanxibuA fe abfiineant 5 caterum nee Romano nee Hifpanico Zibrorum Jndicefe
ebligari pat hint ur, neq- y eo m'm'ne quifquam adhuc Xowwrum -Pontipcum Venetie RgipMca negoxium
jpeffate aninmm indmnx, &c.
indeed
D. AT. lnnocentii Divina providenxia
Papa xi. quo 65. cafuiHurum propo-
fixiones damnavit.
•f Bern. Ger. Pat. Apolog. p. i?<£,
136/rransAIpesCatholici nonarque
fe vel Concilii [Tridenttni'] veJ
iongregaxionu [ %otnan* 9 ] Jegibm
fubjecerunt adeoq; nemo fib i.privilegi-
urn arrogari paxixur, quod aliu pie-
rifque omnibus libsrum efe ac folutum
z'ideat} qua quidem in re nihil eos
peccare, ipfe Gretferus Jefuita, in
iibro [no primo de jure OS more, pro-
bibendi libros tftalos, c 38. — demon-
fir at. In Hlfpanlci. autem alio libro-
rum vexixerum indice uxuntur, eoque
ft ut plures Ytbri palam ibi venales
proflanty quos in Italia legere piacula-
rt fit.fic rurfum alios ibi legere nefat
habent quos Romas nemini Heligio fit
tognofcere, Veneti nojlri , [axis fe
Catholki homing officio fungi arbi-
irantiir, fi librk fidem Caxholicam bo
The Preface. XlIL
indeedare inthemfelves of no moment being often grounded * on * See st. a.
miftakes and mifconceptions, by which the beft Books are TJ?l J ?b^
ibmetimes prohibited and condemned. So that
f Doftor Holden affures us that among ail *%**" YT V-'JfT in **
V . ,. , r , JJ , • i- i ° Hiltory of the Jnjb Remonftr.
thinking and iober men there is little or no p. 524.
regard had to them.
And it is impojfible to be otherwife : when a Book /ha// upon
tfo moft ftriit Examination be twice approv'd and yet after-
wards condemned as contrary to the Faith ; which is the Cafe
of Doctor Molinos at thU time ; whofe Treatife intituled the
Spiritual Guide was in the year 1675. printed with the Appro- $ ee t ^ e i azer
bation of the Arch-Bifhop of Rheggiojhe General of the Fran-vboui the^/e-
cifcans,D r Epzrfo a Jefuite,and Qualificator of the Inquifition, %'h 34 \\[
and two others, and received with great Applaufe in all places,
even of the Prefent Pope himfelf, who lodg'd him in his Pa-
lace, and gave fever al marks of a great efteem 'for him :
and when his Book and the Diicourfes of the now Cardinal
Petruca were afterwards upon fome complaints, brought before
the Inquifition, and fever ely examined; they were again ap-
proved, and the Anfwers which the Jefuits had writ cenfured
as fcandalous ; but upon the Interpofition of the French King
the fame Treat ifes were condemned by that very Court which
had approved /^e#?,Molinos publickly expos'd and fentencM to
perpetual imprifonment. Cardinal Petrucci under diigrac^and
" the Pope himfelf lb far fufpeQ:ed,that fome were deputed by
f? the Inquifition to examine him,fb Heretical were thofe Opi-
nions now, which but a little before were found and Orthodox.
That Paflion and Intereft as Doctor \\ Holden oblerves, jjin hisLetrcr
influence all the determinations of that Court is fo n?e//known before cited.
to our Englifh Romajiifts, that the Author of Nubes Tellium,
not onely xt^but tranfcribed his whole Book out of Alexandre
Natalis ; though the Pope had two years before* forbidden * f %j) isb ^ eve
1684. wherein are thefe words. De ApojloMca. ptettatti pknicndine omnes^S fmgitlos Ubros fupradi-
tics ttnore prafentium damnamvA & reprobamx* y ac Legi, feu retineri probibemas ipforumj^ librorum omnium
& Jingulorum imprejfwnem, defcriptionem, kflionem ££ ufum, omnibua & fingulu Cbrijli fdelib'M cihim
Jpecifica tf individua mentione & exprejfione dignify fub poena Excommunications psr contra facientes ipfo fa-
&o abfq; alia dechutione incitrrendA'^omnifio merdicimui. See it at large in Nouvdle it U *\q>. ics £er«
tres 8vo. 1684* c
all
XIV. The Preface.
all the faithful! under pain of incurring Excommunication ipfo
facto without any other denunciation^ rcad,keep, print, tran-
fcribe, or ufe any of that Fryers Works , and when his Learn-
l^mtm% ed Adverfary * told him of this, he makes fo light of it, f as
the p*cf p. 4. to turn it off with a flout as a matter not worth regarding,
i°vl\m^lh an ^ not on *y f° > ^ Ut ^ e A $ rms -> f ^ at Natalis was then of
noPrQt'p.7,8' very good Repute as to his Authorities and every thing elle.
And as little refpe£t have the Romanifts of France fhewnto
the Decree of March 2. 1679. for by the Jefuits means, ! | who
Hrftory ofthe informed the Procurator General that fince the Court of Inqui-
Kez.ii?, prer> fition was not ackooa ledged in France, it would be prejudi-
38.ancih1s.svr- c j a [ t0 t j le Kind's Authority to fuller any Decree made in it
mon op J-M. i-ii n -to J 1 1 r*
30. 168*. to be printed there, a Remonftrance was made to the Court
of Parliament at Paris, and the Cenfure declared to be of no
Muprl.2u22. Authority in that Kingdom, fo an Impreffton that was made
of it was called in, fince which it hath not been publickly
fold in France.
a The pretence of the Jefuits for procuring this A£fc, was
u the Honour of the King, but the true rrutive appears to be
u their love to the Proportions condemn d in it ; For the firll
u draught of the Declaration of the Parliament hadthefe vordr,
fSciergv. " Though that thefe propofitionsare juftly condemned; hut
p. 67,63. ' " Father XzChaife causa tlum to be ftruck out.
Wfce^isde- fhtis in this part of the world we find the Cenfures of
je&ed in a Dif- && Court, to have no Authority, and even among thofe who
putation at pretend to own them, a faculty may take off the Obligation,
one ofthe Pro An ^they be dif penced with from yielding Obedience to them;
portions con- and we know that fuch private Difpenfations are not difficult
t'heMoliera'tor t0 ^ e obtained in the Roman Court. So that upon <*// accounts
who defended the Romanifts according to their own Principles and Practices
thatPofition are at liberty ft ill to teach thofe Doctrines which *recenfiirM
i^warn'ot 1 in that Decree; and there is fome reafon to believe that it
made by the was not defign'd to hinder them , but onely to amaze the
ftOT. i0 AttdM-\ worlcl 9 ftting it was not made by the Pope in Confiftory
deiiBercbere now A. B. of Aix, orderM the Morals of M. Abelly (which maintain matiyof the points
ccnfured in that Decree) to be taught in his Seminary. See Avis au F^K* PP. tfefuits de Aix en Pro-
vence fur Imprimk qui a poitr Titrc^ Ijailet danfe Reception de M TArceve^ue d' Aix. p. 49, - ; i, ^2. 61.
A Col. l6'* 7 . l2 y. wfaj,
The Preface. XV.
which would have given it much more Authority , than the
Cardinals of the Court of Inquifition could Ramp upon it.
^.4. In the fourth Chapter / have mention d the Bulla Coe-
nss as a lafting Evidence of the claim which the Pope lays to a
power over Kings, but not having the Bull by me, I onely
gave a fhort hint of it from a late Author of that Com-
munion : but I find in Cardinal Tolet, that
not onely the perfons there mentioned are Ex-
communicated every year, but that the Ab-
folution which is given the next day after the
publifbing of that Bull extends not to fuch
as impofe Taxes on their people without the b ff xsi
Pope's Content, who imprifon or punifh or ^Wfc
otherwile bring a Clergy-man into fecular
Courts, who harbour Herericks or read fb
much as two or three lines in their Books ;
who furnifh Hereticks with Arms or Mate-
rials for Arms, with Ships or Timber to build
them with ; who hinder Appeals or Journeys
to Rome j who hinder the Rom/Jh Clergy from
exercifing their Jurifdi&ion, and who poffefs
any Church-Lands or Goods ; but all thefe
are left under the Sentence of Excommu-
nication ; till by repentance they obtain Ab-
folution from his Holinefs ; and all Ecclefiafti-
, T . r • , ' , rn • „ ... bujtunq; rerfonis Ecclcfijjiicts-.~q«cf.-
cal rerlons are required to publiih tins Bull in c«»| ; Migifoam tf quomoio met fe
the zreateft Congregations, that all the faith- inte p "^^ *■ ^ufis mmhaiibm
c \\ 1 ^u /^ C ' perjonarum Ecclefijfjharuni —~Fro--
full may know the Contents of it. tejhtur Ponu ahJ J lltior;m [okmiem .
, in Die' Jovis Ccenx faciendam non
comprekendere nee fuffragari ulli ex fradjflis^ nifi prim a commits cur* vero propofiro fimilU nonwmmitten--
didejliterem.— Trxcipit in virtute fantla obediential Patriarchti&c. ubi libet conJlitutU ut.praftntes liters
femel in anno aut plnries in Ecclefiis fuis dum in eis major Populi multitude ad divina convener it Jfikm*-
niter public ent.
See Tolet. Inftruft. Sacerdot. cap.
20. ad 3 2. Fulmhatur contra Hereti-
cis credentesjtieptaioresjegentes pau-
cas linen librorum Hareticorum,
— Appellantes ad f'uturum Concilu
imponentes nova pxdagia feu ga-
in terrisfuU, prater quam in ca-
ll fibi a pre ex fpeciali fed* /-
; ca licentia permiffis ; qui defe-
runt ad in fi deles aut Hantkos arma
& equos, Hgnamima, eorumq^ mate-
ria™ ferrum, filum f err i Ji annum, &
alia metajlorum genera, &c. cos q r
aliqua injuria afficiunt, venientes (A
Jedem Apojlolicam^-eos qui avocant
can fas beneficial j s a commijptriit A-
piHol'icU, & author it ate laicali imp -■
diunt earum curfum ; vel executk*
nem liter arum Aposlolicarum y —**ers-
quiimpdiunt Anbiepifcopos, &c. ne
poffiit utijurifdiclioneEcclefiaJlica; oc-
cup antes quxvis loca jurifditbionvs Ec-
clefia JXpmana, five fuit fniftm, five
redditut fine licentia i\omani Pontificis,
Imponentes onera^decimattfc .qui-
Thus his Majefty of Great Britain, the French King, the
States of Venice and Holland, Sweden, Denmark, the Prin-
ces of Germany, &c are Excommunicated by this Bull; who
have.
XVI. The Preface:
have done and daily do refufe to obferve feveral, if not every
part of it:' and what they look upon an Excommunicated
*Caur. i$. cann. Nos Sanaorum. Prince to be may be feen in their Canon Law;
Eos qui excommunictfis fidelitate aut # whereby all thofe wllO have fwOHl Allegi-
te'SSSS an f r to h j m are a K°! ved from their ? at i is -
ne fibi fideiitatem obferven amnion and forbid to yield him any manner or Obe-
modif prohibenua. dience.
I referve the Account of their Treafons to bepubli/hedwhen
ever Mr. Pulton or any for him {ball think fit to begin with
us, as he hath threatned he would upon the firft provoca-
tion, WHICH I HAVE GIVEN HIM, but having affirm-
ed, p.jx,jz. that they have beenoftenboth in publick Courts
of Juftice and in other places, call'd upon to renounce the
Depofing Power as unlaw! iili, but could not be perfwaded
to it ; to prevent their Cavils at that Altertion I thought it
not unnecejjary to give fome few inftances which may fuffice to
prove it.
We are afTured by the greateft States-man of his, and perhaps
SeeDeclant. of any Age, that the Priefts who were apprehended and exe-
of tbefavou- cu i Q( \ f or Treafon in his timet always reftrain'd their Con-
o?her C Majl &K lon °f Allegiance onely to be the permiflive Form of the?
fties commiff. Popes Toleration ; As for Example,if they wereask'd whether
l>. 4.1583. 4«>. t hey did acknowledge themfelves the Queen's Subje£ls and
would obey her, they would anfwer, yes, for they had leave
for a time lb to do; And at their very Arraignment
when they laboured to leave in the minds of the people an
opinion that they were to dye,not for Treafon, but for matter
of Faith and Do&rine — they cryed out that they were true
Subjefts, and did and would obey herMajefty; immediate-
ly—they weye asked by the Queens learned Councel whe-
ther they would obey and be true Subjects if the Pope com-
manded the contrary ,they anfwered by the Mouth of Campion,
this place (meaning the Court of her Majefties Bench, ) hath
no power to judge of the Holy Fathers Authority; and 0-
ther Anfwer they would not make.
The
The Preface. XVII.
The very fame account of them, with fome other' Particulars,
is given tu by the fecular Prielts, in their * Important Confi- * '•.*•*
derations ; f&tf being ask'd which part they would take, if
the Pope or any others by his appointment fhould inva Je tlra
Realm : fome anfvered, when that cafe happened they would
then confider what they had bed' to do ; others, that they
were not refblved what to do, and others pofitively, that if
any fuch deprivation or in vafion fhould be made for a matter
of Faith, they were then bound to take part with the Pope.
WhichMr.Camplon was fo zealous for ,t hat he was not contented
to affirm that he would take part with his Holinefs, but very Hunt, of the
carneftly demanded, Pen, Ink and Paper that he might fign his Rom. Fox,?.
Refblution. ^WMr.Kirby,Cottom,Richardfon,Ford,Shert, 14 ,l47 '
Johnfbn, Hart and Filbee all Priefts, affirmed under their
hands to her Majefties Commiflioners appointed to examine
them, that the Pope hath Power to depofe Princes, and her
Majefty was not to be obeyed againft his Holinefs' s Bull ; in FmV% Hi ^. of
which anfwer they all agreed, only two fheltred themfelves Rom. Treah
under this general Aflbrtion, That th?y held as the Catholick Ml 1 5 >57 s 3 *
Church held.
And his Majefty of BlelTed Memory, AC- f James tells as y \ premonition
/^TheConfpirators^/^luftered/^r^eGunpowderTreafon P- 2 $ l - 0t hiS
juflifed themft Ives, and even at their deaths would acknowledge
410 fault ; || And when Faux and Winter were admitted to dif- |j Account of
courfe together in the Tower, they affirmed) they were forty the proceed-
that no body fet forth a Defence or Apology for the A&ion ; in s s >i'- 126 -
but yet they would maintain the caufe at their death.
* When fome of the Plotters efcafd to Callis, and the Go- * Hifh of the
vernour ajfured them of the King's Favour, and that though Gun P* Treaf '
they loft their Country they fhould be received there, they re- p ' * 9 '
jflyed that the lofs of their Country was the leaft part of
their Grief, but their Sorrow was, that they could not bring
fo BRAVE A DESIGN to perfection; And not onely they
wfjo were inga£d in it juilifi'd the Defign, but Mr. Copley %*&■£*
ajfurts us, that he could never meet with any one Jefuite
who blam'd it.
u Some time after ^ejefuits were banifh'd FRANCE for tjjc
( c ) << at-
XVIII. The Prefacel
i€ attempt upon the KING by Chattel one of their Scholars,
See Hifi. Jc " fphen they were fbliciting a repeal of that Sentence, the Parlia-
opmetiofur ut " ment of PARIS remonitrated to the KJNGjhat it was abfo-
iiuquit%iem r d u lutely neceffary for them to renounce thofe treafbnable Do-
ZImnvJiunt " &ri ne s of the Popes power over Princes, or elfe France
eosinophil "could not with iafety admit them to return; but thd*
»«] pubike vi « t fcy mre very defirou