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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

his which he layeth vpon our shoulders and whiche they shall neuer wante which make account to liue godly For the only sight of the wicked life of the vngodly doeth oftentimes bring vnto the godly a hard and bitter crosse as it befell sometime to Noe and Lot as Peter witnesseth the 2. Epistle and 2. Chapter Briefly the life of a godly Christian is a continuall combat in this our exile or banishment as Iob truely witnesseth who was greatly and long practized in this warfare Neyther doth Christ grant vnto those that are his souldiours any release or time of ease and giuing ouer but so long as they breath he woulde haue them not only to hope but also to sigh and grone Therefore then at length shall they haue fully ended the fight when they haue likewise ended their liues It is wel said also that the life of godly men is a continual repentance whiche if it be true neuer lacketh a crosse of Christ Now whereas these newe felowes do not know what true repentance and turning to God is as it is playn by their owne writings neither vnderstande by what meanes the mortification and burial of the olde man and quickening of the new is brought to passe they haue no cause why they should saye they beare the crosse of Christ and chalenge to them selues a place in his felowship Besides this kinde of Martyrdome which partemeth to all the godly and is chiefly wrought inwardly in the theatre of the minde onely there is an other which belongeth neither vnto all times neither all beleeuers but to them alone which endure tormēts euen vnto the death for the profession of the name of Iesu Christ and haue as it were sealed vp with their bloud amongst vnbeleeuers the Indenture of the Gospell as Cyprian speaketh whose captayne is the finisher and accomplisher of our fayth Christ as the author of the Epistle to the Hebrues the 12. chap. vers 2. doth very notably set him foorth to be followed of all the godly And they onely follow him whom there vnto he chooseth and calleth that is whom he vouchsafeth of that honour For to suffer reproches in this behalfe the Apostles by their example haue taught Acts 5. ver 41. to be reckoned a matter of great honour and gayne The same also haue they taughte in wordes especiallye Paul whose life apeareth to haue bin a continuall Martyrdome For he so caryed about both in his mind Christ crucified and so set him foorth and paynted him out with his talke and so expressed him in his life that he also caried about him in his fleshe his markes not paynted or fayned as the Franciscan Fryers Idoll but printed in all partes of his body as the which mused vpon and practised this onely thing since Iesus chose him to be of his felowship that he might fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in his fleshe for his body sake whiche is the Church It is not in sooth the part of a godly wise man to drawe vnto him rashly the hatred of the world or without iuste occasion to enter into daunger vnder the pretence of trueth or religion but to reiect refuse it béeing offered of God it is the parte of a faynt harted and faythles man Wherefore although it be not necessary that al men should witnesse their profession of the Gospell by outward suffering and torments muche lesse seale it vp with the sheadding of their bloud neuerthelesse all those that will be accomted of the heauenly father and Iesu Christ for sonnes and brethren and not be throwen into vtter darknes and euerlasting fyre with faith breakers and hypocrites ought at least to seale the same with the preparation of their minds thereunto as some speake that is ought so to haue their mindes bent or setled that they be ready not onely to enter into daungers but also suffer death if the glory of Christ the saluation of the Church and cause of the trueth doth require the same Whether these newe companions of Iesu cary such mindes or no it is not harde to iudge by these thinges that they haue hithervnto done and yet doe For they that are always present with the sworne enimies of Christ and doe take secrete counsell with them doe encourage tyrants are to tormentors as it were bellowes to kindle flaming fyres against the sonnes of God the brethrē and members of Iesu Christ finally which apply all their intentes and purposes to that ende that they maye crucifie the true professors of Christ howe can they haue minds prepared and ready to beare the crosse CAP. XIIII That the Iesuites haue a great resemblaunce and likenes with these heretikes which are called Nazarites the enimies of the crosse of Christ IT is euidently knowen by the historie of the Actes of the Apostles that assoone as the light of the Gospel began to spread abrode his beames Satan raysed vp agaynst it diuers kindes of enimies which althoughe they were very vnlike one the other amongst them selues yet they did all conspire together in this that they hated Christian religion and laboured by all their deuises and endeuours eyther wholly to let eyther to hinder the course of the G 〈…〉 ll Amongst the Iewes there were especially the High Priests the Pharisees and the whole scomme of y ● Priesthode There were also amongst the people very many which were oftentimes stirred vp by those bellowes Amongst the Gentiles there were diuers kindes and states as those times did require of the which perhaps somewhat shal be spoken at an other time Now I will speake of a certayne kind which that perpetuall enimie of Christ and hys Church had set foorth by a speciall deuise and instructed with a peculiar subtiltie It was a kinde of men both very craftie and very pestilent the which as it did the more secretly vndermine the Church so did it hurt it more daungerously First it crept in subtilly to the duetie of teaching for it insinuated it selfe as it appeareth vnder the colour of spreading abroad the Gospell And for as muche as the name of Paule was very famous for his marueilous dexteritie in preaching the Gospell and his happy successe in publishing thereof whiche thing also gote him the hatred of very many these hypocrites thought best chiefly to set them selues agaynst him thinking that to be very profitable for their purposes and deuises For they thought that to be the readyest waye for them to come to glory and gayne which they onely regarded and whervnto they turned all their doctrine Therfore taking vpon them the person of Apostles they sought by all kinde of lyes trecheries to remoue Paule from his place and to thrust him from his seate that is to take away all authoritie from him and they troubled him wonderfully with diuers slaunders Nowe as they had taken vpō them to vexe and to