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A52246	Foxes and firebrands, or, A specimen of the danger and harmony of popery and separation wherein is proved from undeniable matter of fact and reason that separation from the Church of England is, in the judgment of papists, and by sad experience, found the most compendious way to introduce popery and to ruine the Protestant religion.	Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.; Ware, Robert, d. 1696. Foxes and firebrands. Part 2.	1682 (1682)	Wing N104; ESTC R7745	85,255	246

whence the Reader and whole Nation may take notice especially those in present Power who should prevent such dangerous growing mischiefs with greatest care not connive at them any longer 1. See Cromwells Speech in the Painted Chamber Sept. 4.1654 p. 16 17. That there are multitudes of Romish Emissaries and Vermin now residing and wandring up and down freely amongst us to seduce and divide the people by setting up new Sects and Separate Congregations in all places and broaching new Notions and Opinions of all sorts or old Heresies or Blasphemies not saying Masses praying to Saints and Images or crying up the Popes Supremacy c. as heretofore 2. That they are the chief Speakers and Rulers in most Separate Congregations and particularly amongst the Quakers amongst whom the Franciscan Friars act their parts as well as the Jesuits 3. That they have their several Missions and Directions into all parts from their Generals and Superiors of their respective Orders residing commonly in London * Cromwell's Speech p. 16 17. where they have a Consistory and Council sitting that rules all the affairs of the things of England besides fixed Officers in every Diocess and are all fore-acquainted both with the places and times of their several Missions seeing Coppinger could so certainly predict the time of their Mission and coming to Bristol where they have done much harm and assaulted and disturbed the Ministers both in publick and private 4. See Thomas Campanella de Monarchia Hispanica c. 25.27 That the Popes and these his Emissaries chief endeavors are to draw the people from our Churches publick Congregations Ordinances Ministers and Religion and to divide and tumble us into as many Sects and Separate Conventicles as they have Popish Orders and thereby into as many civil Parties and Factions as possibly they can to ruine us thereby Matth. 12.25 27. 5. That by this their new Stratagem and Liberty they have under the disguises of being Quakers Seekers Anabaptists Independents Ranters Dippers Anti-Trinitarians Anti-Scripturists and the like gained more Proselytes and Disciples and done more harm in eight or nine years space to the Church and Realm of England more prejudice dishonour and scandal to our Religion and Ministers than ever they did by saying Mass or Preaching Printing or any point of the grossest Popery in 80 years time heretofore And if not speedily diligently restrained repressed will soon utterly overturne both our Church Religion Ministery and State too in conclusion having already brought them to sad confusions and distractions Now that which gives great cause of suspicion See Regula Fratrum minorum sub Francisco Militantium Ven. 1500. that these Quakers are either disguised Franciscan Fryers or their seduced Disciples and Emissaries is 1. Their rambling about from place to place by two and two together to vent and spread their Errors as the Franciscan Friars use by the † See Regula Fratrum minorum sub Francisco Militantium Ven. 1500. Rules of their Order are bound to do and the Queens Franciscans did here of late 2. Their use of vile and course Array and condemning not only all Pride and Luxury but lawful decency in Apparel in themselves and their Proselytes in imitation of the * See Surius Ribadeniera in vita Regula Fratrum Minorum Sancti Francisci Franciscans 3. Their perswading people to desert their lawful Callings and Employments to embrace a kind of idle monkish lasy life and ramble about from place to place to vent their pretended Visions Revelations Prophecies Messages and New Lights a practice usual with Franciscan Friars and St. Francis their Founder 4. Their rude and uncivil behaviour in refusing to salute or shew any reverential respect honour or humble deportment towards Magistrates or other persons of what quality soever either in words or gestures of which the rude Cynical Franciscans are most guilty of all other Popish Orders contrary to express Scripture Precepts and Presidents Exod. 20.12 Deutr. 5.19 Matth. 15.4 Ephes 6.2 5. Rom. 13.1 2 7. Hebr. 12.9 1 Pet. 2.13 14 17 18. an observable Text against them Tit. 3.1 2. 1 Tim. 6. v. 1 2 3. a notable Text Ephes 5.33 Gen. 18.2 3. c. 19. 1 2. c. 23.7 c. 24. v. 31. c. 27.19 c. 33.3 4 6 7. c. 37.9 10. c. 41.43 c. 42.6 c. 43.26 28 29. c. 48.12 c. 49.8 Exod. 11.8 Ruth 2.10 1 Sam. 20.41 c. 24.8 c. 25. v. 23 24 25 41. c. 28.14 2 Sam. 9.8 c. 14.22 23. 1 King 1.16 23 31 47. c. 2.19 2 King 2.15 c. 4.26 27 37. 1 Chron. 21.21 Est 3.2 which compared with Matth. 10.12 c. 5.4 Mar. 9.15 Lu. 1.40 Acts 18.22 c. 21.7 c. 25.13 1 Cor. 16.21 2 Cor. 13.13 Phil. 4.21 22. Col. 4.10 12 15 18. Rom. 16.15.7 9. to 17. 2 Thes 3.17 may teach these rude Quakers and their Disciples far better manners and civility both in their gestures behaviours and words than now they exercise 5. Their Doctrines that the Saints are perfectly holy in this life and do not sin being able to stand perfect in their own power That they are as equally holy just good and free from sin as Christ and God himself maintained by * The perfect Pharisee p. 1 2 11 14. Fox Naylor affirmed of St. Francis the Father of the Franciscans and justified by them in their Writings as you may read in Surius Ribadeniera in the Life of St. Francis and the blasphemous Book Conformitatum Beati Francisci ad vitam Jesu Christi l. 3. cum addition Heir Bucchii Bon. 1590. first writ by Bartholemaeus de Pisa and approved by a General Chapter of the Franciscans held at Assise Aug. 2. 1389. and ratified by their Popes Antonini Chronicon Tit. 24. c. 1 2. Vincentius Belvacensis Speculum Hist lib. 3. c. 97. and Mornay his Mistery of Iniquity London 1612. p. 347 348. It is the observation of many learned intelligent (a) And of G. Emmot a late reclaimed Quaker in his Northern Blast Protestants who have pryed into the Opinions and Practices of all our late New Sects That in their Books Writings Speakings Preachments (b) Witness Extreme Vnction used by many Separate Congregations and their recusancy to hear our Ministers or come to our publick Ordinances and the like Practices are interlarded and mixed with some Jesuitical and Popish Tenents Opinions Ceremonies Practices by which we may as visibly discover a Jesuit a Popish Priest or Fryer in them as we may a Lion by his paw And nothing in my judgment more clearly detects the Popish Fryers Priests and Jesuits to be the principal inventers erectors of Actors Rulers Speakers amongst our Quakers and other New Sects then their pretended (c) See G. Emmot his Northern Blast with Gilpin's book both relenting Quakers extraordinary sudden extravagant Agonies Trances Quakings Shaking Raptures Visions Apparitions Conflicts with Satan Revelations Illuminations Instructions in new divine Mysteries and Seraphical Divinity whereof they pretend they were wholly ignorant

Original of this Jesuitical Lord was seized on amongst other Papers it was supposed to have been written by one Winter a Jesuit and Nephew to the same Winter who was executed for the Gunpowder-Treason in King James his days now about 77 years since This Parliament sat upon the day appointed being upon the 17th of March 1627. Sir John Finch the Queens Attorney then being chosen Speaker of the House of Commons at which Assembly his late Gracious Majesty saluted both the Lords and other Members thus My Lords and Gentlemen THese times are for Action The Kings Speech for Action I say not for words therefore I shall use but a few and as Kings are said to be exemplary to their Subjects so I would wish you would imitate me in this and use as few falling upon speedy consultation No man is I conceive such a stranger to the common necessity as to expostulate the cause of this meeting and not to think supply to be the end of it and as this necessity is the product and consequent of your advice so the true Religion the Laws and Liberties of this State and just Desence of our Friends and Allies being so considerably concerned will be I hope arguments enough to perswade to supply for if it be as most true it is both my duty and yours to preserve this Church and Common-wealth this exigent time certainly requires it In this time of common danger I have taken the most ancient speedy and best way for supply by calling you together If which God forbid in not contributing what may answer the quality of my occasions you do not your duties it shall suffice I have done mine in the conscience whereof I shall rest content and take some other course for which God hath impowered me to save that which the folly of particular men might hazard to lose Take not this as a menace for I scorn to threaten my inferiors but as an admonition from him who is tied both by nature and duty to provide for your preservations and I hope though I thus speak your demeanors will be such as shall oblige me in thankfulness to meet you oftner than which nothing shall be more pleasing to me Remembring the distractions of our last meeting you may suppose I have no confidence of good success at this time but be assured I shall freely forget and forgive what is past hoping you will follow that sacred advice lately inculcated To maintain the Vnity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace This Speech of his Gracious Majesty to the moderate Members was acceptable to the Factious or Puritanical sort an amasement and to the Papal sort so affected a terror or guilt of conscience making them look asquint upon themselves and were it not for shame they would have run on their old course with violence which the Jesuits had plotted as the Letter taken at Clarken-well aforesaid specifieth yet to smother their private future intentions they concorded with the moderate sort to grant his Majesty some Subsidies The Court of Rome by their Emissaries sprinkled here having intelligence of the seizure of these Papers to slip their necks out of the Halter consulted with those whom they had made sure as appeareth by the Letter in these words We have not opposed it meaning the calling of this Parliament but rather furthered it so that we hope as much in this Parliament as ever we feared any in Queen Elizabeths days How the Jesuits laid their contrivance on the Church of England Then smelling how the Duke had discovered their Romish Policies they began the better to gloss their intentions to lay before the House several grievances touching Religion aspersing at that time Neale the then Bishop of Winchester and Laud then Bishop of Bath and Wells to be the two Supporters of Arminianism whereas the Letter sheweth it was their own act and contrivance Also in this Grievance they lay all their mischief by them devised upon the Duke of Buckingham saying he was the cause of these vexations Therefore for the better satisfaction of the Reader Vide pag. 113 114. we shall lay before you the heads of these Grievances then presented in Parliament as William Sanderson in his History of the Reign of King Charles the First sets them down The Grievances being thus 1. THe danger and innovation and alteration in Religion This occasioned by 1st The great esteem and favours many Professors of the Romish Religion receive at Court 2 dly Their publick resort to Mass at Denmark-House contrary to his Majesties answer to the Parliaments Petition at Oxford 3 dly The Letter for stay of proceedings against them Lastly the daily growth of the Arminian Faction favoured and protected by Nele Bishop of Winchester and Laud Bishop of Bath and Wells whilest the Orthodox parts are silenced or discountenanc'd 2. The danger of Innovation and alteration in Government occasioned by the billetting of Souldiers by the Commission for procuring one thousand German Horse and Riders as for the defence of the Kingdom by a standing Commission granted to the Duke to be General at Land in times of Peace 3. Disasters of our designs as the expedition to the Isle of Rhe and that lately to Rochel wherein the English have purchased their dishonour with the wast of a million of treasure 4. The want of Ammunition occasioned by the late selling away of thirty six last of Powder 5. The decay of Trade by the loss of three hundred Ships taken by the Dunkyrkers and Pyrates within these three last years 6. The not guarding the Narrow-Seas whereby his Majesty hath almost lost his Regality Of all which evils and dangers the principal cause is the Duke of Buckingham his excessive power and abuse of that power And therefore they humbly submit it to his Majesties wisdom whether it can be safe for himself or his Kingdom that so great power both by Sea and Land as rests in him should be trusted in the hands of any one Subject whatsoever These Jesuitical contrivances not being able to disswade the late King from his tender affections unto the Duke How the Jesuits contrived the Duke of Buckinghams death but rather encouraged his Grace more which the Jesuits perceiving they contrived his death whereupon the 23d of August following he was stabb'd by one John Felton who in his examination being asked why he kill'd the Duke he replied I shall be brief I killed him for the cause of God and my Countrey Yet that the Reader may the better compare the Leter directed to the Father Rector at Bruxels and also the heads of the grievances before mentioned with the Confession of John Felton we here lay before him as the same Author sets it at large in these words And after some discourse Feltons Confession See Sanders pag. 122 123. Sir said he I shall be brief I killed him for the cause of God and my Country Nay said the other there may be hope of