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A16459	A defence of the olde, and true profession of Christianitie against the new, and counterfaite secte of Iesuites, or fellowship of Iesus: Written in Latine by P. Boquine a Frenchman, borne in Borges, & Professor of Diuinitie, in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: Translated into Englishe by T. G. Whereby maye bee perceiued, howe falslye the Iesuites vsurpe the name of Iesus, and how farre off they are, from the thing signified thereby, and what their profession, and purpose is in truth: otherwise then they beare the worlde in hande.; Assertio veteris ac veri Christianismi adversus novum et fictum Iesuitismum seu Societatem Iesu. English	Boquin, Pierre, d. 1582.; T. G., fl. 1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 3371; ESTC S116194	81,465	194

noone For God and the world are of such contrary desires one to y e other that Iames doubteth not to say that the friendshippe of the world is enimity with God and that whosoeuer desireth the friendship of the world is made an enemie vnto God Whosoeuer therfore is not an aduersary vnto the world and hath not bidden battel vnto it and doth not declare the same rather in deede then in word is not to be counted y e friend much les y e felow of God For Christ also hath sufficiently shewed that no man can be addicted to them both and loue them both Paule allegeth no other reason why Demas forsooke him but that hee had imbraced this present world Furthermore Iohn in his first Epistle and second chapter hath liuelye paynted out the nature of the world and what his lustes are wherein also he confirmeth the former sentence of Iames. Whatsoeuer saith he is in the world the luste of the flesh the luste of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father Now it is to bee considered amongest whom these affections doe raigne and these markes appeare If there be any that dare denye that they are chiefly to be séene in the courtes of the Bishops of Rome of Cardinals and of Bishoppes I will not doubt to affirme that hee is touched with no féeling of conscience and with no shame For who vnlesse he be marueylously shameles wil deny that their palaces or houses more stately then kinges are schooles of all kinde of pleasures Who knoweth not that they and their reteyners doe liue in excessiue ryot and do fare most delycately and dayntely Truely that olde prouerbe a Prelates feast did neuer so well agree vnto any as vnto these men I speake nothing of the monstrous outrages which are done in secreate those that are openly done do suffice and giue euident testimony thereof If it hath bene heretofore truly and worthily saide let him depart from the courte that mindeth to bée godly howe much more truely and rightly I pray you may it be saide of these men whosoeuer desireth to haue fellowship with Christ and friendship with God Let him beware flée and abhorre these companies and fellowships For he that goeth about to ioyne the one of these with the other he thinketh and doeth as wisely as if he should endeuour to make fire and water agrée together If these newe fellowes are so desirous of the Apostolicall temperance continence and abstinence as they professe them selues in their apparell iesture wordes and writinges howe commeth it to passe that they couet so much to nestle thēselues so neare the Popes kitchins It is maruel that they auoid not smoke which is noysome to students of learning the sauor of rosted meat which is wont to be vnpleasaunt vnto those which are fasting They that in déede hate wickednesse doe diligently remoue from them all those thinges whiche entise men therunto and doe diligently cut of all occasions thereof Yea theire eares can scarce abide their names And many not without cause doe thinke that this cause especially brought foorth the olde solitarie lyfe For those goings aside from the multitude and company of men do séeme to haue tended to that purpose as the monumentes of antiquitie touching the same do plainly declare But these vpstart fellowes of whom it is reported that they meane to raise vp the godlye antiquitie beinge as it were buried take a cleane contrary way from it To the intent they might flée from the worlde they séeke the verie marowe and fatte of the worlde to the intent they might auoyde filthinesse they cast them selues into the gutter Turrianus wryteth that he was before he tooke vpon him the profession of the secte of the Iesuites in the world and so he would conclude that he is now out of the worlde following I thinke them which cast themselues into hote burninge coales least they should be burnte or which for feare of rayne least they should be wet doe dreanch themselues in a ryuer Furthermore they that are desirous of godlynes from the hart indeuour to goe before others and prouoke thē by their example to vertue doe euen auoyde all occasiōs which might cause men to suspect the contrarye of them Now who would not beleue much more suspecte that those which follow the sauour of the kitchen be rather geuen vnto voluptuousnes then to temperance and albeit they fayne themselues to be abstinent yet that they do liue ryoteously For it is not said for nought if thou dwell by a lame man thou shalt learne to be lame But these men wil say that their purpose and end is to cure the diseases of y e church and that they doe follow cunning and wise Phisitions which doe verie well thinke that it ought to be the chiefest endeuour to take away the causes of the diseases for as much as they perceiue the Bishops of Rome and Prelates to be the fountaines of all those euils wherewith the church is greatly pressed and well neare oppressed as all men likewise doe confesse that therefore they haue most iust cause to beginne amongest them their cure These thinges are well saide but their déeds must answere their sayings Verely they are but vaine bragges whether they holde their peace or say any thing to the contrarie For it is no wise mans part as one well saieth to beléeue more those thinges which thou hearest then which thou seest Neyther are there more sure testimonies of our intentes and willes then the effectes thereof Therefore we do then especially beléeue and confesse that the causes of diseases are cured when wée sée the diseases to be assuaged and diminished But now what signes and tokens of this assuaging of the diseases doe there appeare vnto vs or what can these newe Phisitions shewe vs whom haue they of so many naughtie and leaude persons brought vnto a better trade or a sounder minde Errours and naughtines amongst them are not only not diminished but more and more increased In some of these gouernours of their church superstition together with ignorance of heuenly doctrine groweth daily more stronger in other some the contempt of true religion waxeth greater in most part either Atheisme or Epicurisme doe openly raigne Their maners are verie corrupte all discipline yea that which the Popes themselues haue inuented and deuised is quite decayed And what shoulde I bring any witnesses hereof séeing the thing it selfe soundeth it out Who knoweth not that that moste gréeuous complainte which is in the Prophet Ose the 4. Chapter was neuer more iustly eyther spoken or heard of then at this daye to witte There is no trueth no mercy and no knowledge of God in the lande by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and whoring they breake out and blood toucheth blood for these thinges are done without controlement and these wounds are séene both euerie where and especially amongst

prouided a newe supply of aide whiche hee hath secretely brought into the chiefest tower of his kingdome For it was so shaken and battered that he perceiued it neare ouerthrowne But while we which haue succeeded into the places and seats of those holy men doe pitifully striue together Certaine spurnes and byters amongst vs raising vp new brawls troubles by the policie watchfulnes and industry of this newe aide the enemy hath so restored within these fewe yeares that same his tower that it may appeare that the whole crue of Antichrist stande in great hope shortly to recouer their former authoritie dignitie and power And I persuade my selfe that not only the authours fauourers and Patrons of this so great euill but all that giue occasion thereunto by what colour or pretence so euer they doe it shall at length bee punished of God the most iust iudge most vehement defendour and mainteiner of the kingdome of his Sonne And forasmuch as I am also persuaded that he will take an account of all those vnto whom he hath committed his talentes bee they neuer so small I thought my selfe not to be free from either faulte or punishment if I should through feare or idlenes refuse to bestowe that which I know is committed vnto me though it bee neuer so simple to put away the shame ioyned with manifest destructiō of the Church which I perceiue to be laide vpon Christ by this vpstart host of Satan For seeing these galants stand before our doores and builde vꝑ fortresses aduauncing their Capitaines engines into our Schooles and Churches neare about vs if wee shoulde any longer forbeare might we not worthily be thought willingly and wittingly to betray the cause of Christ and his church and to withholde in vnrighteousnes the trueth of God which wee heare and see to bee by these men turned into falshood But as concerning the first ofspring to wit the true father of this deuillishe broode which haue ●ayned vnto them selues and vsurped no lesse arrogantly then strangely a name from Iesu and in what place and time it first sprang vp although it be lately begotten yet I perceiue diuers reportes to be made neuertheles I thought not good to trauell in the searching out and examining thereof It is well knowne to be an inuention of man And if I must at once speake my minde hereof I will doe it in fewe words If the iudgement of that great Basile be true that parentes are knowen by the likenes appearing in their children if by duetie and obediéce vnto their parentes true and naturall children are wont to bee knowne from bastardes this newe impe can haue no other true parentes then the Romishe Antichrist and whore of Babylon For that is most plainly prooued both by the resemblaunce which is betweene them and the good will that the one beareth the other My purpose is at this time to withdrawe the visor from this monster counterfaited both by the name which it proudly chalengeth vnto itselfe as by the thing which that goodly title beareth the worlde in hand I will only touch the doctrine whiche these newe maisters mainteine so farre foorth as my purpose suffereth me or els craueth of me I vndertake not at this time purposely to refuse it knowing that it is all one with the Popishe doctrine which nowe alreadie is sufficiently confuted Some also of our men hath euen namely examined the same neither slenderly nor vnluckely I promise such modestie as the matter can beare To reproue errours and to rebuke vices the loue of trueth and vertue enforceth as for the desire to cauill much more to slander who so loueth godlines doeth hate detest and abhorre it I will deale faithfully I likewise craue of the readers that they bring with them to the reading hereof aloue and zeale of the trueth ioyned with godlines and desire of their owne saluation P. B. A DEFENCE OF THE old and true Christianitie agaynst the new and counterfaite secte of the ●esuites or felowship of Iesu CAP. I. That they do greatlye offende that take vppon them names in matters of religion whiche are not agreeable vnto them THe Holy Scripturs do plainelye teache and experience it self cuidētly proue that men sinne aswell in word and talke as in déede and fact Wherfore they that are of a sound iudgement will easely confesse that as manye as haue any care and loue of religion oughte to haue as great regard of woordes as thinges The same also perswadeth the affinitie and coniunction whiche is betweene woordes and the thinges whiche they signifie for it is certayne that the vse of wordes standeth in the signification thereof being so greate that in speech in the stead of thinges as he sayth we vse the names therof and for that cause those wordes in the iudgemente of the wise are counted best and fittest which expresse things so as they may be most plainelye vnderstoode and doe represente them to the hearers mind euē as a glasse doth lay before the eyes of the beholder the shape of the countenance which is before it Hereof it may easely be perceiued that it is the parte of a well meaninge and godlye minde to auoyde earnestlye not onely filthie and corrupt speeche but also doubtfull darke fond and such as breedeth offence yea and further that bringeth not grace vnto the hearers and ed●fieth not as the Apostle sayth For whereas no parte of our life oughte to be voyde of religion but our mind our hand and tounge shoulde be agreeable thereunto who so hath a religious mind will make choyse as well of wordes as of thinges and he will endeuour in good words seasoned with salt that I may againe speake with the Apostle and plaine to vtter that whiche hee doth well and rightly conceiue and to bee shorte because his minde so affected thinketh it a shamefull thinge as to erre and to be deceaued so to deceiue any man he will chiefly take héede that whatsoeuer belōgeth to religion be setfoorth of him with godly and religious wordes whereunto I hold it a most ready and sure way to vse the tounge of the holy Ghoste for so it liketh some to speake that is to vse the words which the Prophetes and Apostles the instrumentes of the holy Ghost haue vsed For who can doubt but that thys heauenlye master that hath reuealed these heauēly misteries vnto them hath therewithall deliuered wordes méete to open such great misteries and suche as are most fitte for the capacitie of men the hearers thereof Saint Augustine therefore most wisely in my iudgement hath thus written of this matter in his 10 tooke of the citie of God the 23. chap. The Philosophers sayth hee vse wordes at will and in thinges not hard to be vnderstoode they feare not to offende the eares of the godly But we must speake orderlye leaste the libertie of our wordes breede in vs an ill opinion concerninge thinges which