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A34097	A generall table of Europe, representing the present and future state thereof viz. the present governments, languages, religions, foundations, and revolutions both of governments and religions, the future mutations, revolutions, government, and religion of christendom and of the world &c. / from the prophecies of the three late German prophets, Kotterus, Christina, and Drabricius, &c., all collected out of the originals, for the common use and information of the English.	Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.	1670 (1670)	Wing C5507A; ESTC R24277	200,382	315

Lutherans and the Calvinists which we put both together as Protestants united against the Romanists and now also labouring hard on both sides to unite among themselves though the latter only took the Title of Reformed As we blame the pride and haughtiness of the Chineses who before that the Tartars had humbled them believed that all the rest of the Universe beyond their Mountains and Walls that encompass them was wholly desolate or barbarous In like manner ought we not to suffer an infinity of Ignorants who because perhaps in Colen they see but an hundred Protestants or so presently imagine the same of all Germany and of the whole World and reckon their Church Catholick when 't is but a moity of the least part of the Earth and not esteeming things but by their outward splendor and glittering pass unjustly from the unequal esteem and false count of their number to the unequal esteem or false count of their Virtue and Cause Besides the advantage of Number is no great advantage The Mahometans on this account carry it from the Christians and the very Heathens from both So that neither the one or the other have any great reason to glory The only glorying is to have God on their side But let us come to the Countries which each possess Europe as was said is almost all Christendom Yet Idolaters and Heathen are still found in the cold Region of the Laplanders and although they are distinguished into Danes Swedes and Moscovites yet they hardly obey either the Duke Moscovy or the King of Suede or of Denmark Mahometanism is more spread but not beyond the Turks Territories It is follow'd at Constantinople in Romania and in the places of Dalmatia and Hungary where he is Master It has its course also in the Taurick Chersonese and the lesser Tartary But all these Countries together make not above one tenth part of Europe Lastly Judaism onely lurks in little corners and holes of Christendom and dares hardly shew its face but with some kind of disgrace and infamy Witness their yellow Hats in Italy and Avignon for a mark of dishonour Yet the Jews have their Synagogues and their principal ones are at Amsterdam Avignon Rome Venice and divers other places of Holland and Italy They are found moreover at Franck-fort Hamburgh and other Cities of Germany and some at London also through connivance though the Laws be against them But they are least troubled in Poland and Bohemia and there as well for their Number as for their Priviledges through the force of Silver Weapons they make something a greater noise than elsewhere Greece is yet fuller they have free Trade at Constantinople and Grand Caire They manage principal Affairs they have places of Profit and Revenues and generally they are powerful through all the Ottomans Empire For Christians according to the three Branches of Christianism mentioned viz. the Christians of the East the Christians Roman and the Christians Protestant they take up all the rest The Christians of the East or the Eastern Church advantagiously divide with the Mahometans and the Jews all Greece and all the Neighbouring Isles of the Archipelago And in Mount Athos alone for which cause they have since given it the name of Monte Sancto or the Holy Mountain one may see twenty four Monasteries of Caloyers or certain Monks of the Order of St. Basil of which Order generally the Greek Church are to the number of six thousand And under this Branch comprehending all the several Sects that use different Liturgies the Eastern Church is extended yet further into Russia who are all thereof and out of Europe into Ethiopia and Egypt in Africa into Georgia Armenia Assyria and Persia in Asia and if one would even to India it self and to the Kingdom of Tenduc on the North of Cathay where Mark Polo found some Christians of St. Thomas the Apostle Each of these Sects has their Patriarchs and these Patriarchs like as the Bishops also are all Monks of one of the two Orders of St. Basil or St. Anthony his follower For the other Religions the Roman Religion is absolute Mistress in Spain Portugal and Italy The Religion Protestant in the Islands of Great Britane in Swedeland and Denmark The Roman Religion bears the sway intirely in the Spanish Provinces of the Low Countries the Protestants in the United Provinces The Roman Religion reigns solely in the petty Cantons of Switzerland the Protestant in the great Cantons The Roman Religion has the upper hand intirely in the Countries of the three Electors Ecclesiastick of Mayence Trevers and Colen The Protestant in the Countries of three of the Electors Saecular the Palatinate of the Rhine Saxony and Brandenburgh The Roman Religion has not any mixture apparent in the Haeredetary Countries of the Emperor Austria Bohemia Moravia Tirol Carinthia Stiria and Carniola nor in the Electors the Duke of Bavaria The Protestant has little or none at all in Suavia Silesia both the Prussi's Pomerania Hisse the Archbishoprick of Breme and in the Dukedoms of Holstein Lunenburgh Meckleburgh But in the other Provinces of Germany as in the Dutchies of Cleveland Juliers Alsatia Westphalia and Franconia the two Religions are almost equally divided except that the Protestant hath all the Authority in its hand in the grand Imperial Cities hereof and the Hans Towns which make up the number of an hundred and fifty whereof there are but very few to be excepted The most famous are Nurenburgh Franck-fort Wormes Stratsburg Ausburg Ulms Ratisbone Spire Strelsond Wismar Rostoch Stetin Osnaburg Brunswick Breme Hamburgh Lubeck Dantzick Elbing Conigsberg where the Magistrate is Protestant There is but only France and Poland where the number of the Romans surpass the number of the others and where nevertheless these have the free and publick exercise of their Religion and each live together in peace though the Romanists daily incroach upon the Protestants and increase and the others decrease and lose their Priviledges and Power for want of some Heroick Princes to maintain them To conclude The Roman Religion has been carried to the ends of the World into the East and into the West Indies by the Spaniards and Portuguese The Protestant has been carried to the same places by the English and the Dutch and the French also are setled in the Isle of Madagascar in Canada in Africa and in America and take their course also through Asia insomuch that all are there generally call'd Franks But these are almost universally French Catholicks But to take things apart The Roman Religion is spread in some Maritine places of Asia and has it 's principal Seat at Goa a Puissant City on the Western Coast of the Peninsula on this side Ganges The Protestant upon the shores of the same Asia and has its principal Seat at Batavia a City upon the Southern Coast of Grand Java which the Commerce of the Hollanders has rendred famous The Roman Religion fills some places of the Eastern Coast of Africa as

and the Church in this Stile Peter the Apostle of Jesus Christ to you the most Illustrious King Pepin and to all Bishops Abbots c. I the Apostle Peter whose Adopted Sons you are admonish you that you perfectly come and defend this City c. And doubt you not but trust assuredly that I my self as if I stood before you do thus exhort you c. and that I Peter the Apostle of God will at the last day yeeld you mutual kindness and prepare you Tabernacles in the Heavens Upon this quarel of the Popes Pepin and his Son Charls destroy the Kingdom of the Lombards in Italy and give large Territories to the Church And these things made way and gave occasion and opportunity for Charles upon his great conquests to set up the German Empire of the West Franks The Pope in requital confirms Pepin in the Ringdom of France gives his Son Charls afterwards the Title of most christian King and crowns him Emperor of the Romans at Rome An. 800. From which he would pretend to be above Emperors and Kings and to be his right to Crown confirm and depose them if not dispose of their Kingdoms But Charls at length reassumes the ancient and original Imperial Dignity and Power to Govern the Church call Councils and order Papal Elections and confirm and invest them c. against all begun usurpations and incroachments of the Pope and aws Italy And keeps the Pope still Subject which Authority of the Empire was prety well upheld during the Caroline Race The Pope in the mean while under pretext of the Christian Religion and converting Infidels and the Nations increases in Wealth Power and Authority over the World Thundering out these Decrees of Holy Church Out of the Church no Salvation The Pope's the Successor of St. Peter the visible Head of the Church the Vicar of Christ on Earth His right as aforesaid to create confirm excommunicate and depose Kings and dispose Kingdoms for the cause of Religion c. That they are Hereticks that dissent from the Roman Church the only true Catholick Church or are Enemies to it c. Hereby the Consciences of the Nations Princes and People converted to an outward christianity are aw'd and fill'd with Reverence and Zeal for the Church to convert or root out Infidel Nations c. and to do any Benefices or Services for the Church As the most acceptable Service to Christ whom they began to acknowledge and Worship as their God and Saviour Hence almost all the Nations subject themselves to the Pope as Head of the Church yea and in Temporals also in a great measure nay some to hold their Kingdoms of him c. As if they could not any better way recompence Christs Vicar for the benefit of their Eternal Salvation then to submit themselvs all theirs to his dispose And this Opinion was brought about to prevail in the World that they might redeem their sins by good deeds and charitable works and services for the Church against it's enemies c. Hence Riches and Revenues of the Clergy and Hosts and swarms of clergy men Hence Churches Temples Abbies Monastries without number c. for the Redemtion of Souls Hence Expeditions Holy Wars Leagues and undertakings for the Church Hence Pardons Indulgences and devices for mony c. 'T would be endless to mention particulars c. The Pope having thus erected his Throne in the Consciences of men strongly seated there through Ignorance and blind Zeal and Devotion begins to play Rex in the World Besides there being perpetual emulation of Princes specially in Germany and Italy for Empire and Dominion c. The Pope interests himself in one part and the other for fear of excommunication or force becomes subject to him The Pope therefore now practises all wayes he can against the superiority of the Emperor and from being any wayes subject to his Authority or control and to undermine all Supremacy in Temporals presuming that all power is given to him both in Heaven and Earth in the Church and State c. 'Till in the end they come not only to let the Emperors have nothing to do in their Election Confirmation and Investiture but also to have all in a manner themselves to do in the Creation and Coronation of the Emperors Not long after the Caroline power and race declining and that partly through the Popes practises Italy is usurp'd by several Tyrants against the Emperor and almost wholly broken from it wherein the Popes have a finger and make their own advantage upon these distractions of the Empire For An. 884. Adrian the 3 d. denyes the Emperors Authority necessary to the creating Popes and about the year 900. the Empire is wholly and perfectly translated from the French or Caroline race to the Germans by Pope Agapetus's plotting And about the year 1000. as some write Gregory the fifth appoints Electors for choosing the Emperors whereby they afterwards became weakned and the Empire broken into factions and parties and the Pope thereby to have the better opportunity to work his own ends and to raise his greatness out of others ruines striving now to be uppermost not only in Church but State too and to be above even the Emperors themselves For after this time open and down right Tyranny over the Emperors begins to manifest it self First Pope John takes away all choise of Popes from the people to the Clergy only upon this plausible ground That the People are to be taught not followed Next Clement the 2 d. about 1047. set up by the Emperor against other Anti-Popes by the Authority of a Synod caused the Romans to renounce by oath the right they claimed in choosing Popes Then about 1050. Leo the 9 th invested by the Emperor is perswaded by Hildebrand to put off his pontificalibus or papal Robes in his journey from Germany to Rome to wave the Emperor and have a new election from the Roman Clergy and then made Hildebrand Cardinal who manag'd all at his pleasure After this Nicholas the 2 d. about 1060. takes away the election from the Roman Clergy bringing it about to a Colledge of Cardinals also then instituted that is of Spiritual Temporal or Lincy-woollcy Princes like himself the Supreme Emperor as it were for the greater grandure and more magnificent authority of his Almighty Holiness who was now almost got to the top of Empire Supremacy and Omnipotency For it was decreed in Council the Pope only to be chose by Cardinals whose Wounderful Worships or Eminencies might lift him up one step higher even as it were into Heaven to be God on Earth For so some thought fitting afterwards to stile forsooth his divine Majesty c. And then they order that no lay Person should confer Ecclesiaslick Investiture For what should the Church concern them But yet they themselves would invest and Crown Lay Princes For though the State had nothing to do with the Church yet the Church had to do

holy Name yet that I and these my Words and Speeches shall not be condemned of my God nor of his Angels present with me always as my Witnesses nor of my own Conscience than which after God and his holy sacred Word and Faith given to me towards it I have nothing dearer in this Life Bending my Knees before God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ That he would not desert the Work begun in us but would keep mee and thee whoever art implanted into the Root Christ blameless and make me and thee through Death not to come into Judgement but to pass into Life where the Sun shall not fall upon us nor any heat but where the Lord shall wipe away all Tears from our Eyes c. So to me and thee who readest these things be propitious the Dominator of Heaven Earth and Sea God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost Blessed unto Ages of Ages for ever Amen! Nic. Drabricius Str. M. P. P. Of the last Protestation of Drabricius which he call'd a Confession with a Prayer adjoyned wherein he resigns all his concerns to God and bids farewell to all the World VEterinus not contented with what had passed in his Examination although equally present with others and astonished he seem'd to give glory to God and by giving his hand promised silence and with others subscribed his Testimony to the whole Business as it was acted Yet relapsing into other thoughts not onely wrote to Drabricius's Adjunct that he could not yet acquiesce but went on to molest Drabricius falling upon him more sharply than ever pretending the causes of his unquietness 1. That they had not satisfied him concerning so many things yet to be fulfilled which that he should believe to have proceeded from the mouth of the Omuiscient he could by no means be perswaded to 2. That he saw what causes Drabricius had of forswearing himself namely Self-love and Covetousness that he might not deprive himself of the Opinion which he now saw rais'd of him and of the Benefits begun to be now offer'd to him for his Prophecies and adding also blasphemy against the Dictator of Oracles calling him That vain and lying Fellow and other foul things By which also he rendred the new Pastor Laurinus wavering anew and suspecting ill and to invoke also the Judgement of God upon Drabricius as his Epistle testifies Both of them was admonish'd of modesty Veterinus especially not of me onely the Adjunct but also of others that were nearer unto them Divines and Statesmen That he would not disturb the affairs so compos'd but rather would perform promised silence and would by our example expect the Judgement of God and pray that God would not defer it But all in vain For he senta violent Writing to Drabricius importunately urging that he would answer him And when Drabricius out of the fervour of zeal trampled it under foot others being present adding Thus saith Jehovah So will I tread upon the Enemies that blaspheme my Name and cast it into the fire Veterinus not only sent back the same Writing to Drabricius but also sent it abroad unto divers stirring up all against the false Prophet Drabricius therefore at length answered by Writing which calling his Confession he sent by Command of the Oracle in a Revelation that it should be affixed to the new Edition of his Revelations in stead of a Close which therefore his Adjunct accordingly did A Confession Made unto the Glory of God and to fore-arm from Error all who shall read the Revelations made unto me from God of whatsoever State and Order Dignity or Vocation they shall be upon the face of the Earth in the Year 1664 June 30. I Nicholas Drabricius a Strasnian Exile of Christ by this my Writing confess That certain Observations of Paul Veterine Inhabitant of Puchow directly tending to the abuse of the Divine Name and the Voice through me made to the Nations of the Earth Eastern and Western and Northern and Southern have come to my hands By which I stirr'd up unto zeal purposed to snatch up the Sacred Book and on whatsoever place I should light to take that for a foundation of my Answer I open'd therefore and beyond hope presently are offer'd to my Eyes those last words of David 2 Sam. 23. 2. The Spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me and his Word by my Tongue Which admiring I opened again and fell upon those words of Samuel 1 Sam. 7. 2 c. If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts then put away the strange Gods Baalim and Astaroth from among you but in the Papacy Idols and Images of He and She Saints and prepare your hearts unto the Lord to serve him only c. And I will pray for you unto the Lord and he pray'd and the Lord heard him and the Lord thundred with agreat Thunder upon the Philistines and discomfited them and they were smitten before the Children of Israel And Samuel builtan Altar unto the Lord c. When furthermore I turned over three leaves there came in sight the 14 vers of Chap. 12. of the same Book If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and hear his voice and not disdain the mouth of the Lord ye shall continue and v. 20 21. Fear not but serve the Lord with all your heart follow not after vain things Idols which will not profit you because they are vain At length I opened anew and found Chap. 1. of the Book of Wisdom where it is said That Wisdom enters not into a malitious Soul And although the Spirit of Wisdom be a kind and loving Spirit yet it acquits not a Blasphemer of his Lips because God is Witness of his Reins and a true Searcher of his Heart and Hearer of his Tongue Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid nor escape Judgement for the correction of his Iniquities and the Mouth that belieth slayeth the Soul It slayeth indeed I which in my time also mine Eyes have seen how many by the blasphemous speech of their mouth and by the Writings of their hands have procured destruction to themselves being made a Spectacle to Angels and Pious Men in whom is no guile Such as by the goodness of God there are many every where Men great and illuminated Divines and Statesmen through Hungary Holland and England found Who how sincerely and reverently they receive the Words of God by me pronounced have testified it by their Writings after that God had given it into their hearts to see and know and understand the hand of God to have done this and the Holy One of Israel to have spoken by me Isa 41. 20. now in the last days of the World A'so concerning Gog and Magog Ezek. 39. Rev. 20. That they are about to be rooted out with all Errors of depraved Doctrine Wherefore I Nicholas Drabricius forewarn all who have read the forementioned VVritings of Paul Veterine and beseech them by