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Quo vadis? A iust censure of travell as it is commonly vndertaken by the gentlemen of our nation. By Ios. Hall D. of Diuinitie.
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Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
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they can fit their dishes to euery palate and are so sawcy as to make the Church belye it selfe Hence it was that a Spanish Father could teach that it is not of the necessity of faith to beleeue that the present Pope is the Vicar of Christ and the Successor of Peter That Hostius the â—esuite could say that the Pope abused his keyes and the authority of the Church in receiuing Henry the fourth That another of his fellowes in a discourse with a French Bishop could disparage the decision of his Holines in comparison of a generall Counsel That Menâ—s the reader of diuinity at Valledolid following Salas the Iesuite could affirme the lawfulnes of the mariage of religious persons vpon a doubtful reuelation That more then one of that order haue dared to broach confession by letters against the of Clement Bull the 8. And if these men be no sparing of their contradictions to that Vice-god of theirs whose vassals they are by peculiar profession how much more boldly will they swim against the streame of any common opinion that may concerne the body of that head Sect. 18. Their second aduantage is that they regard not with what vntruths they make good thâ—ir owne assertions It is all one with what morter or rubbish they build vp a side From hence flow the confifident reports both of their miracles to conuince vs and their slanders to disgrace vs. Father Hayndius a Iesuite of 33. yeeres standing amongst fifty two complaints which out of an honest remorse he put vp against his owne society to their Generall Aquauiua findes this not the least that his fellowes sâ—amed not to seeke the honour of their order by cogging of miracles What packets flie about daily of their Indian wonders Euen Card. Bellarmine can abide to come in as an auoucher of these couzenages who dares auerre that his fellow Xauier had not only healed the deafe dumb and blinde but raised the dead Whiles his brother Acosta after many yeeres spent in those parts can pull him by the sleeue and tell him in his eare so lowd that all the world may heare him Prodigia nulla producimus neque verò est opus Of the same stamp are the daily-renued miracles reuelations viâ—ions wherewith any mans eares must needes bee beaten amongst them Africke was at the best but barren of nouelties in comparison of Rome and yet the world is incredulous if it will not suffer it selfe gulled with these holy frauds And no fewer are those lewd calumniations the stuffe of all their inuectiues whereby they labour to make vs loathsome to the world our persons our doctrines are loaded with reproaches neither matters it how iust they are but how spightfull What other measure can be expected of vs when their best friends haue thus vpon some priuate dislikes smarted from them Their owne holy Fathers Clement the eight and Sixtus quintus and with them the honour of the Iesuiticall order Cardinall Tollet can all shew bloudy wales in their backes from their lashes Their late Patron of famous memory whose heart they well-merited and keep it as their deere relique enshrined in their La-Flesche was after his death in their pulpits proclaimed Tyran and worse no maruell then if after the virulent declamations of our Gifford their Gabriel and the malicious suggestions of others of that viperous brood we haue much adoe to perswade our neighbors that we haue any Churcâ—â—s Baptisme Liturgy Religion I appeale then to all eyes and eares how easie it is for a man that will take leaue to himselfe of making what truth he lists and defending them by what vutruths he pleaseth to lead a credulous heaâ—t whither he pleaseth Sect. 19. But if the power of falsified reason preuaile not these desperate factors of Rome as I haue beene informed haue learned out of their acquaintance in the Court of the Prince of darknesse to imploy stronger aid On some of their hands I feare Magicall delusions and deuillish incantations shall not want rather then they will want a client Neither can this feeme strange to any that knowes how familiarly the Roman Church professes the solemne practise of coniuration in such a fashion as it doth more then trouble the best Casuists to set downe a perfect difference betwixt their sacred Magicke the Diabolicall From hence perhaps haue proceeded those miraculous apparitions if at least they were any other but fancie or fraud wherewith some of our death-sicke Gentlemen amongst them haue beene frighted into Catholikes A famous Diuine of France second to none for learning or fidelitie told me this oneâ— amongst other instances of his owne experience which hee yet liues to iustifie A Gentleman of the religion whose wife was popishly deuoted lying vpon the bed of his sicknesse in expectation of death sends for this Diuine his Pastor the sicke mans wife sends for a Iesuite both meet at the beds side each perswades him to his owne part both pleade for their religion at this barre before these Iudges after two houres disputation not only the Gentleman was cheerefully confirmed in that iudgement which hee had embraced but his wife also out of the euidence of truth began to incline to him and it The Iesuite departed discontent yet within some few houres after returning when the coast was clearer intreats some priuate conference with the Gentlewoman with whom walking in her garden hee did vehemently expostulate mixing therewithall his strongest perswaâ—â—ons at last to shut vp his discourse he importun'd her with many obsecrations that she would vouâ—hsafe to receiue from his hands a little boxe which he there offred her and for his sake weare it about her continually shee condescended No sooner had shee taken it then shee fell to so great a detestation of her husband that shee could by no meanes bee drawne into his presence and within two dayes aâ—ter in this estate shee died An act more worthy the sword of iustice then the penne of an aduersarie These courses are as secret as wicked not daring therefore peremptorily to accuse I had rather leaue these practises to further inquirie Sure I am that by their tongues Satan labours to inchant the world and hath strongly deluded too many soules And are wee weary of ours that wee dare tempt God and offer our selues as challengers to this spirituall danger The Iesuites amongst much change of houses haue two famous for the accordance of their names one called The Bow at Nola the other The Arrow La Flesche in France though this latter were more worthy of the name of a whole Quiuer containing not fewer then eight hundred shafts of all sizes Their Apostate Ferrier if I shall not honour him too much plaid vpon them in this distich Arcum Nola dedit dedit ill is alma Sagittam Gallia quis funem quem meruere dabit Nola the Bow and France the shaft did bring But who shall helpe them to an hempen string This prouision is for the care of
piles of dishes make barricades against the appetite and with a pleasing encombrance trouble an hungry guest Where those formes of ceremonious quaffing in which men haue learned to make Gods of others and beasts of themselues and lose their reason whiles they pretend to doe reason Where the lawlesnesse mis-called freedome of a wilde tongue that runs with reynes in the necke through the bed-chambers of Princes their closets their Counsell-Tables and spares not the very cabinet of their breasts much lesse can bee barr'd out of the most retired secrecie of inferiour greatnesse Where the change of noble attendance and hospitalitie into foure wheeles and some few butterflies Where the Art of dishonestie in practicall Machiauelisme in false equiuocations Where the slight account of that filthinesse which is but condemned as veniall and tolerated as not vnnecessary Where the skill of ciuill and honorable hypocrisie in those formall complements which doe neither expect beleefe from others nor carry any from our selues Where that vnnaturall villanie which though it were burnt with fire and brimstone from heauen and the ashes of it drowned in the dead sea yet hath made shift to reuine and cals for new vengeance vpon the actors Where that close Atheisme which secretly laughes God in the face and thinkes it weaknesse to beleeue wisdome to professe any religion Where the bloudy and tragicall science of King-killing the new diuinitie of disobedience and rebellion with too many other euils wherewith forraine conuersation hath indangered the infection of our peace Loe here deare Countrimen the fruit of your idle gaddings Better perhaps might bee had but hee was neuer acquainted at home that knowes not our nature to bee like vnto fire which if there bee any infection in the roome drawes it straight to it selfe Or like vnto â—et which omitting all precious obiects gathers vp strawes and dust Ilanders haue beene euer in an ill name Wherefore saue only for the confluence of forrainers which neuer come without the fraight of their nationall wickednesse The experience whereof hath moued some witty nations both ancient and present to shut themselues vp within their owne bounds and to barre the entercourse of strangers as those that thought best to content themselues with their owne faults A corrupt disposition out of a naturall fertilitie can both beget and conceiue euill alone but if it bee seconded by examples by precepts by incouragements the Ocean it selfe hath not so much spawne as it In all which regards he hath escaped well that returnes but what hee carried but hee is worthy of memorie that returnes either more good or lesse euill Some haue come home perhaps more sparing others more suttle others more outwardly courteous others more capricious some more tongue-free few euer better And if themselues bee not sensible of their alterations yet their Country and the Church of God feeles and rues them Sect. 22. Let mee therefâ—re haue leaue to close this discourse with a double sute one to our Gentry the other to supream authority both which shall come from the bottome of an heart vnfainedly sacrificed to the common good neither speak I words but my very soule vnto both To the former my suit is that they would bee happy at home God hath giuen vs a world of our owne wherein there is nothing wanting to earthly contentment Whither goe yee then worthy Country-men or what feeke yee Heere growes that wealth which yee go but to spend abroad Heere is that sweet peace which the rest of the world admires and enuies Heere is that gracious and well-tempered gouernment which no nation vnder heauen may dare once offer to parallell Here all liberall Arts raigne and triumph And for pleasure either our earth or our sea yeelds vs all those dainties which their natiue Regions enioy but single Lastly heere Heauen stands open which to many other parts is barred on the out-side with ignorance or mis-beleefe And shall our wantonnes contemn all this bounty of God carry vs to seek that which we shall find no where but behind vs but within vs Shall the affectation of some friuolous toyes draw vs away from the fruition of those solid comforts which are offred vs within our owne doores How many of ours whom their iust offence hath cast out of the bosome of their country compare their exile with death and can scarce abide to bid that breath welcome which they are forced to draw in a forraine aire and though freedome of conscience entertaine them neuer so liberally abroad yet resolue either to liue or die at home and doe wee suffer our folly to banish vs from those contentments which they are glad to redeeme with the hazard of their blood Are we so little in our owne books that wee can bee content to purchase out-landish supersâ—uities with the mis-carriage of our soules with the danger of mis-carriage with the likely-hood of danger Are we so foolish that whiles we may sweetely enjoy the settled estate of our Primogeniture wee will needes bring vpon our selues the curse of Reuben to run abroad like water whose quality it is not eaâ—ily to be kept within the proper bounds yea the curse of Cain to put our selues from the â—ide of Eden into the Land of Nod that is of demigration None of the least imprecations which Dauid makes against Gods enemies is Make them vnto like a wheele o Lord Motion is euer accompanied with vnquietnesse and both argues and causes imperfection whereas the happy estate of heauen is described by rest whose glorious spheres in the meane time doe so perpeâ—ually moue that they are neuer remoued from their places It is not the least part either of wisdome or happinesse to know when wee are well Shall weâ— not be shamelesly vnthankfull if we cannot sing the note of that great Chorister of God My lot is fallen to mee in a good ground Hath not the munificence of God made this Iland as it were an abridgement of his whole earth in which he hath contriued though in a lesser letter all the maine and materiall commodities of the greater world and doe wee make a prison where God meant a Paradise Enioy therefore happy Countrimen enioy freely God and your selues enrich your selues with your owne minâ—s improue those blessed opportunities which God hath giuen you to your mutuall aduantage and care not to be like any but your selues Sect. 23. And if at any time these vnworthy papers may fall betwixt the hands of my Soueraigne Master or any of his graue and honorable ministers of State let the meanenesse of so weake and obscure solicitors presume to commend this matter to their deepest consideration and out of an honest zeale of the common safetie sue to them for a more strict restraint of that dangerous libertie whereof too many are bold to carue themselues Who can bee ignorant of those wise and wholesome lawes which are enacted already to this purpose or of those carefull and iust cautions wherewith the licences