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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65796	Mr. Blacklovv's reply to Dr. Layburn's pamphlet against him	White, Thomas, 1593-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing W1836A; ESTC R219979	25,125	33

such a Copy which he could not acknowledge to be his And for the Original being within his reach which is one of his great assurances 't is a great mistake For he having received an answer from the Nuncio and others to whom it was sent knows the contrary After this I came to the Doctors Arguments against Mr. Blacklow his Doctrine which because they hold some five or six leaves I must cut into divers parcels according as they were answered First was objected some Doctors opinions of Doway and Lovain As for Doway he replied he did not wonder for he supposed they perused not the books but took the Doctors information which was full of untruths In the Doctor of Lovains answer he noted that there was not a word of his own liking or disliking but onely that by others the Doctrine was better liked than he expected The next objection was that his Doctrine was injurious to Scripture For the Scripture was utilis ad coarguenda refellenda falsa dogmata but that Mr. Blacklow sayes it is no more proper ad refellenda falsa dogmata than a beetle is to cut The answer was that Mr. Blacklow hath not any such either words or sence The third objection was that he was injurious to Councels and to the definition of Pope Benedict the 11th The answer was that the Doctor conceived Mr. Blacklow could not construe a piece of Latin or knew not the signification of the word mox Wherefore he challenged him that if he could make any of his Grammer-School-boyes construe those words of the Councel Animas quae sunt purgatae in coelum mox recipi to signifie that the Souls are purged before the day of judgement he would yield his cause If not that the Doctor imposed upon and abused the Councel with his private spirit changing in it what he listed He added that those words condemned the Doctor's opinion which putteth nothing to be purged in the Souls of Purgatory and yet that they are not presently received into Heaven So unhappy is the Doctor in his citations As for the definition of Benedict the 11th 't is in substance the same in form lesse favourable to the Doctors opinion And whereas the Doctor citeth Benedict to say that John the 22th never held the opinion of no Saints going to Heaven before the last day it is absolutely false and ignorance in History for he onely testifieth that his Predecessour did not define it and there is extant his revocation of it at his death But the Doctor after he has put the question whether Pope John held the opinion changes it to defining which had been a great fault in one of his meanest Logicians He noted also that the Doctor thinks that to be Historically certain and Theologically certain is all one saying that it is Theologically evident that no Pope hath erred defining as Pastor Vniversalis Ecclesiae which depends purely on History and that obscurely enough He adds that it is maintained by the whole current of Catholick Doctors but the best is he appeals to them presently after who know it to be false and that the contrary opinion both is and ever was held for a probable opinion And if he pleased to dispute the Question he could produce quickly a dozen at least of great Authours whereof some were Popes or grave Cardinals for this opinion But the Doctors assertion is so notoriously false that 't is a shame to spend time about it After this he saith that 't is apparent to those who have perused Mr. Blacklow's books that he makes no use of Holy Scripture nor Authority By which is made apparent that he hath not perused them and therefore can be neither good censurer nor impugner of them And otherwise his assertion is beyond excuse a manifest untruth two of his books consisting in a manner wholly of Authority and that those two also which the Doctor most impugnes to wit those concerning Purgatory and the Pope's personal infallibility His other books are of such a nature as require to have no store of Authorities being but compendiums and therefore called Institutions yet even in those there are some So far Mr. Blacklow The fourth Objection was that he was injurious to the Vniversal practice of the Church which sets up priviledged Altars and to the particular of those who live by the Altar The answer was that the Doctor was mistaken in the signification of those words the practise of the Church which is far different from the practise of many in the Church even Church-men as is evident by the eating two meals in the day and such like practises generally used Likewise in saying the Office of our Lady dayly or Office of the dead or seven penitential Psalms in such dayes in which the Clergy is invited to them by Indulgences And the very name of priviledges and the bestowing them for graces and rewards which are specialties show that though many have them yet are they no general practise such as are those practises emerg●nt out of faith In the second point he said the Doctor had maliciously and wilfully abused him applying those words of his to all those Priests who live by the Altar which he spoke onely of those who made the Altar their occasion to live idly and to apply themselves to nothing that becomes their function Of which kinde of Priests all good men much complain There followed a Discourse to shew that even in Divinity Mr. Bl. his opinion was false To which he answered that he would not examine his high Divinity But that his Scripture seemed very pleasant For it would make a man think he apprehended the Devil has a pair of Leggs and goes locally out of a converted man and walks himself weary in dry and waterlesse grounds and hereupon changes his minde and gets a will of returning back and not that all this is spoken by our Saviour Allegorically and is performed meerly by the Devil 's watching his time to tempt Besides what change of minde is it in one who is violently cast out of his home to desire to return back which is truely to continue the same will and the same minde still In the second testimony he reflects not that it is a pure conjecture that the Devil did send those dreams to Pilate's wife and more likely that they were from God And if they were from the Devil yet must he prove they were from the same Devil ere he can prove hence that the Devil changes his minde which I believe no Commentary saith For his citing of the Thomists Doctrine he answered that in regard he cite's no Authour and there be divers sorts of Thomists it is of no account and signifies nothing There followed in the Doctors discourse how when he was Superiour in England one dying would leave no Alms to M. Bl. his adherents The reply was that the said party was abused and told that Mr. Bl. denied prayer for the dead whereas they who understand his

1. Whereas Mr. Bl. putteth the vesture of his proposition expresly in one thing he expresly sayes he puts it in another pag. 7. 2. He imposes a false and quite contrary sense on Mr. Bl. his words concerning the damned pag. 11. and 13. 3. He goes about to maintain the falsification by justifying his leaving out the antecedent and subsequent words in that small Paragraph which manifestly put the contrary to what he pretended pag. 12. 4. He sayes the Council of Florence maintains there is fire in Purgatory whereas all the Greek Fathers were against it and the Council contradicted it not pag. 18. 5. He sayes that the whole current of Doctors in the Catholick Church unanimously condemne the opinion which denies fire in Purgatory pag. 19. 6. He accuses Mr. Bl. to say that Christ died not for all whereas take the whole place and he sayes the quite contrary pag. 23. 7. He puts into the citation of Mr. Bl. his words concerning the Sacraments a whole line against the sence of the Author pag. 25. 8. He corrupts the evident meaning of Mr. Bl. his words by his interpretation ibid. 9. He imposes upon Mr. Bl. that he sayes Sacraments as outward works exercise no causality or efficiency against his expresse words and whole discourse pag. 26. 10. He corrupts his intention of writing his grounds of Government pag. 28. 11. He corrupts St. Austin by citing him in a wrong sence pag. 36. 12. He corrupts him again by a false and non-sensical interpretation pag. 37. 13. He corrupts another Saint by making him speak of Purgatory before the day of judgement whereas he speaks of Judgement ibid. 14. He corrupts Mr. Bl. his words of one pretended Vision by applying them generally to all that is to true Visions also pag. 39. and afterwards pag. 4. What truths he will corrupt in his informations against me at Rome which he seems to threaten pag. 42. where there will be no body to answer in my behalf may be expected out of this scantling Taunts and Jeers in his printed Answer 1. What strange fancy humour or genius possessed him pag. 20. 2. That Mr. Bl. his spirit is neither sober nor Christian-like nor peaceable pag. 33. In the second part 1. That Mr. Bl. his conscience semper praesumit saeva p. 6. 2. That Mr. Bl. his understanding is distempered and his conscience disorder'd pag. 7. 3. That Mr. Bl. may rightly be stiled coluber Britannicus or Lubricus anguis pag. 8. 4. That Mr. Bl. gloriously acteth Thomas Albiorum Trinobantum a bragging Captain pag. 11. It seems the good Doctor thinks that Trinobantum is the Genitive case of a participle from a Verb Trinobare which should signifie to triumph or brag or some such thing agreeing with the substantive Albiorum both by his expression of bragging and by the wrong Grammar he makes which he finds not in Mr. Bl. his books and by his often pleasing himself with this Jeer 5. The Doctor sillily clubs as he calls it Mr. Bl. his opinions into Heresies pag. 14. 6. The Doctor condemneth Mr. Bl. of open blasphemy pag. 21. 7. That Mr. Bl. acts the Serpent that hissed poyson into Eve in Paradise pag. 33. 8. That Mr. Bl. is blown up with the dreams of his own troubled fancy ibid. 9. He calls Mr. Bl. his Doctrine impious and blasphemous pag. 35. 10. That Mr. Bl. hisseth poysonous words pag. 35. 11. He stiles him our all knowing Thomas Albiorum Trinobantum and falsly adds that he stiles himself Thomas Albiorum Trinobantum in his printed books pag. 36. 12. He sayes Mr. Bl. commits a sin against the Holy Ghost and flagitium profanitatis pag. 37. and 38. 13. He sayes Mr. Bl. his opinion is branded by St. Austin with impudency pag. 40. 14. He sayes Mr. Bl. is civil to the Devils and the damned pag. 5. of his Letter to two 15. To these may be added his calling every opinion he dislikes a prophane novelty 16. Also his witty Epiphonema's whereof let his Grammarians look whether the rest be Latin excepting that which he took out of the Apostle which signifies onely sap●re moderatè But perhaps his Partials who make no distinction between the same language by one justly concluded and necessarily pronounced and by another calumniating and speaking upon slight grounds at random will think him not blameable at least not more than I am for this extravagant language in his Reply because I occasion'd it by my sharpnesse in my answer as they conceit Let us see then whether his first Letter against me when I medled not with him and which began all this stir be more moderate than his Reply That the spirit of the man as yet untouched may be discerned and whether I was not forced to discover it whom it concerned and still leave him inexcusable for beginning first without cause given to write to his brethren against me in such an insolent and calumniating manner I present them therefore out of his first Letter which I have under his own hand and which himself owns in his second part pag. 4. with these His first Provocations and un-occasion'd Reproaches 1. That Mr. Bl. teacheth Diabolical Doctrine 2. That he is not from God 3. That he hath made the Clergy odious to all Christian Princes 4. That he is void of common sence reason and Religion in delivering his Rules of obedience 5. That he is excommunicated 6. That he sleights Decrees from Rome 7. That his books are condemned 8. That he is an unworthy Member of the Society he is of and that it is high time to discard him 9. That by the judgement of a man of great esteem and Authority he would be the cause the pension would be taken from the Doctor's Colledge which two judgements by likely-hood sprung from the Doctors own information 10. That in the same mans judgement the chief heads and Members of the Clergy if not all were Schismatical All these some of which are the highest provocations which can be given to a Christian who hath any care of his good name are pure fictions of his own brain without any other ground more than his own falsifications and his own bare word as hath been shown yet sent by him to be published to the whole Clergy as concerning them all Let now any indifferent man judge whether I was not forced in my answer to speak the truth of his wrong in plain words I omit another passage in the same Letter against me which manifestly aimed at bloud if it had had any ground to work the effect It were not amisse to subjoyn some of his His seditious imprudent and malicious carriages in this Pamphlet 1. His vilifying the Consult at London by expressing them by unworthy and contemptible terms To omit his calumny against them in this and his framing and spreading a report against them in his former Letter that they are Schismatical 2. His denying and disgracing the Sub-dean-ship which two acts of his utterly break asunder all that little Union they have amongst them which was sound and entire till upon his Letters and informations some of his began to dissolve it 3. His bringing to light unnecessarily businesses concerning the Government of the Chapter 4. Naming the names of the chiefest Members of the Clergy about London 5. His expresse plotting of division betwixt his brethren in the Countrey these in London pag. 3. of his Epistle to two 6. His sending his Pamphlet to Lay-men whom it concern'd not by expresse order of his Letters hither and that to increase division by which means it is gotten into the hands of Protestants and a Gentleman now in London affirms that he heard of the businesse first from a Protestant who had seen Dr. Leyburn his Pamphler I might add another head were it not too tedious of his self-praises and professions of his own sanctity integrity patience zeal and other vertues applying the sayings of Saints importing Heroical acts of vertue meeknesse charity and humility to himself which though they seem fine flowers of piety yet wanting the lap of Truth in his dealings and being blasted with so many falsifications open calumnies and other injurious and insolent carriages quickly fade into Hypocrisie And are onely sufficient to take weak men and Fools not wise and prudent persons who will consider what he does shows and proves not what he talks pretends and professes Mr. Bl. concluded that either this letter of his was sufficient to shew the Dr. had neither learning enough to censure nor conscience in slandering any that he concieved stood in his way nor truth in his hypocritical expressions nor prudence or charity in his actions or that nothing would do it If it was sufficient he had done his businesse which was that under opinion of learning and piety the Dr. would not be able to make a schism and division in the Clergy If nothing were sufficient that he had a Supersedea's from further pains and therefore was resolved to lose no more time upon him but to sit down quietly as he hid done so many years how bold shamel●s soever he proves in calumniating Whereas Dr. Layb. in his Letters hither hath expresly ordered that his Pamphlet against Mr. Bl. may be communicated to the Laity to the end they may know who he is Mr. Bl. on the other side requests those of the Clergy who shall come to have this Reply of his not to communicate it to the Layty except those whom it may much concern to the end they may not know Dr. Layb. and thence conceive a prejudice against his house FINIS