sensible of the malice and injustice of my accusers What ever may be the result I cannot but hope that God who rais'd up Daniel to vindicate the innocent Susanna from the crime layd to her charge by two lustfull Elders will raise up some charitable maintainer of my Cause who shall make my party good and that the same God who delivered Lot from amongst the Sodomites and from the flames of fire will also deliver me out of the hands of the Jesuits In the mean time let us take their proceeding into examination and consider the imprudences and poore occasions they are put to therein CHAP. V. Discovering the cheats and evasions of the Jesuits in their prosecution WHen Ignatius said in the Letter he writ to the Monkes of his Order in Portugall that it was his desire that Obedience should be the ear-mark whereby the true children of the Society should be distinguished from others he had said more truly according to their Institution and ordinary practise if he had expres'd himself thus it is my desire that cheats and circumventions should be the undeniable characters whereby you might be known to be right Jesuits For he that shall consider their equivocations in matter of Justice their ambiguous expressions in conversation and dealings with men the mentali reservations and restrictions which they have introduced into Morall Divinity to the great disadvantage of Truth their crafty designes to cajoll the simple in their Shriving seats and their visits purposely to get a claw into their Estates by surreptitious donations must needs conclude that a mischievous crastinesse is the Soule which informs and gives motion to that vast Body which acts not either in â—hâ—â—gâ— relating to Morality or civill affaires but by dissâ—â—â—uâ—â—tion and complyances To demonstrate this truth I have instances enough to make a volume but the businesse now in agitatiâ—n is to shew their foule practise in their indictment against me Beaufes through whose mouth the Provincial and the Consultors cast up their choler and indignation furnishes me with an argument that cannot be answered Courteous Reader says he in the beginning of his Book you are desir'd to take notice that the prosecution against Peter Jarrigius by way of indictment is not carryed on either upon any request of the Reverend Fathers of the Society of Jesus or for any crime committed by him while he was of their Society he is onely charged with Sacâ—iledges committed by him since his profession of the Religion pretendedly reformed And a little lower the charge they have hitherto had against Monsieur Vincent is purely civill to oblige him to produce before Monsieur the Lieutenant Generall of this City the originall copy of the book he hath published to be compared with the Letters whereby Jarrigius himself hath refuted the Impostures scattered abroad under his name And a little lower The Consistory was obliged to bring into Court those pieces which the Fathers of the Society required especially the Act of Novemb 24. 1647. Here I desire the Reader to take notice that these Monasticall Fiends demand and that with importunity that the Act of November 24 should bee brought before the Judge and he shall find anon wherefore and to what end they desire it Lastly he saies in the conclusion of his Advertisement that the Scribes Viau and L' Eâ—piniere have declared that the writing and Seale of the Act of Profession of Peter â—arrigius of Novemb. 24 represented by M. Gasper Le Roy Register agreed with the writing and subscription of the beforementioned Letters Of all men Lyers ought to pray for good memories This man hath one that is so treacherous that ere he come to the midst of a discourse that takes up but a fmall page he destroyes what he had afsirmed in the beginning of it The cheat is discovered ere the word is out of his mouth as a pick-pocket taken in the midst of the market-place with the purse in his hand I feare me the man fondly imagines that the French who will be guilty of so much curiosity as to read his book are overgrowne with such a sottish credulity that he can perswade them that they do not see what 's before their eyes He impudently affirmes that they are not my prosecutors in that indictment and two periods after he acknowledges that it was by their means the Consistory was forced to produce in Court the act of November 24. which they thought a sufficient ground whereupon to put in an endictment against me When they have thrown the stone before all the world they withdrew the hand and then confidently affirme both by word and writing that they did it not For any horrid thing such as this may be the only way is to deny it But is it possible the Inhabitants of Rochell should read this abominable lie in the very Frontispiece of the advertisement to the Reader without conceiving an indignation against the Impostor who must needs be thought to reproach the weaknesse of their understanding when â—e denies to their faces what they have seen with their eies Methinks it might have been enough for James Beaufes to cleare himselfe for his own part and to call for a basin of water as Pilate did and to wash hands before the people saying I am innocent as to the blood of this just person which if he had done I am confident the people of Rochell would not have cryed out His blood be upon us and upon our children No it is a priviledge proper only to the Jesuits to procure the death not only of an inconsiderable person such as I may be but that of great Princes and most Christian Kings and to say after all we have not done any such thing I referre my self to any man whether this be not to lie diabolically or rather Jesuitically The Sermons they have preached convince them the bookes they have written betray their malice and their both private and publick sollieitations generally known all over Rochell discover their violence against me and yet they are so insensibly impudent as to affirme nay were it requisite they would sweare as Jesuits that they are not my prosecutors in this businesse Let us divert our selves so far as to snap these notorious Lyers in their Sycophancy and elusions What should be the meaning of those violent and furious invectives wherein Beauses and others were publickly employed to the great scandall of the people all the insinuations of wit and Rhetoricks and all to prove during the space of four whole months that I was guilty of sacriledge and consequently of death To what end was that Scandalous pamphlet scattered up and down under the title of The Impieties and Sacriledges of Peter Jarrigius Out of what designe was it that there was such importunity used to oblige the Consistory to bring into Court the act of the 24th of November it being the onely thing whereon they thought an enditement might â—e justly grounded against me as to Sacriledge In a word what
to us that some of them have very much contributed to the foundations of our Colledges many of them given half their dowry with the consent of the Monasiery and Abbesse Wherefore were it only for that they are reâ—ired out of the world let them not be molested but resigned over to the Bishops On the contrary let us hold a fâ—ir corresâ—ondency with the Nuns left they bring any trouâ—le upon the Society for the half dowries we have received from them and upbraid us therewith SECT XIV Of reserved Cases and other causes of Dismission out of the Society then what have been mentioned before BEsides the cases elsewhere assign'd in these Instructions wherein it is only in the power of the Superiour or an ordinary Confessor by a priviledge derived from the Superiour to give absolution that is to say in the cases of Sodomy Fornication Adultery rapes unchast embracings of man or woman as also if any shall upon any account whatsoever attempt any thing against the Society what zeal soever his action may proceed from be it known that there are other causes of dismission out of the Society and that accordingly the persons therein concerned are not to be absolved till such time as they have promâ—s'd out of Confession to discover either of themselves or by their Confessor what they have done to the Superiour Who being acquainted therewith if he find there were severall persons engag'd in the sin confessed or that it is a thing tending very much to the dishonour and prejudice of the Society he shall not absolve the Penitent unlesse he promise either that he will write of it himself to the Generall or give his Confessor or the Superiour to write concerning it If he make any difficulty to do either of these he shall be look'd on as absolutely incapable of Absolution Now the General having taken cognizance of the penitents case and consulted with the Secretary shall make that provision therein which he shall conceive to be most for the advantage of the Society and so shall order the Penitent to be dismissed out of the Society Which sentence if he shall refuse to submit to he can never be effectually absolv'd The same course we have concluded to be taken with our Divines in reserved cases and the approbation of the Apostolick See notwithstanding the fruitless endeavours of some to the contrary The Confessor however is not to reveal that the Penitent is to be dismiss'd out of the Society for the reason aforesaid If the penitent shall of himself out of Confession discover his fact let him be dismissed If he shall refuse to discover let him be dealt with according to the provision made against feigned cases In the mean time as long as he shall refuse to declare the businesse out of confession so long let him be accounted unworthy to receive absolution If it happen that any of our Confessors shall come to hear that some person that is not of our Society whether of the two Sexes the party be of is not materiall hath committed some act of abomination and uncleanness with one of the Society they shall not absolve the former till such time as ours hath out of Confession acknowledg'd the crime But if he will acknowledge it let ours be dismiss'd the other absolv'd If two of the Society chance to commit Sodomy together let him who shall not reveal it be dismissed let him who made the first discovery thereof be continued in the Society but let him be so persecuted with acts of mortification as that he may be glad after a short time to follow the other It is further a certain prerogative of the Society as it bears an analogy with a Body to disburden it self of such persons as in processe of time it shall find unciviliz'd as to point of Morality and ordinary discourse Nay it is left to the Superiours to dismiss any one assigning what causes they think fit for their so doing having first acquainted the Generall with the businesse And somewhat to hasten their dismission let all things be done contrary to their inclinations let them be purposely vex'd let all their desires be answered with deâ—ials though they be for things ever so inconsiderable let them not be admitted to the more worthy studies let them be disposed under such superiours as they cannot comply with but with regret and indignation If any discover so much of their exasperation as to oppose the superiour or make complaints of him before the lay brothers let them be wormed out of the sociâ—ty Let the same course be taken with those who shall express any dissatisfaction at what is done in the society in relation to widdows and the management oâ— common-wealths or shall speak favourably of the Venetians who banish'd the society out of their territories Immediately before the dismission let the person to be dismissed be sharply reproved let him be removed from a certain employment and be put one while upon one thing and another upon another But whatever he is employed in let some fault or other â—e found that he doth not discharge his duâ—y as he ought According to the excess of his miscarriages let him be assigned more grievous penances Lâ—t a recital be made of his failings and miscarriages out of the reading-place in the refectory while the rest are at table to put him into the greater coâ—fusiâ—n And so at that very time while he betâ—ayes a remaâ—kable impatience in the sight and hearing of the rest let him be dismissed as one that is a scandal and gives evil example to others But before hand let there be notice taken what things he hath and let him be commanded to go to some place as into the Vineyard or the next adjoynâ—ng colledge to the end that in the place where he least expects it the irrevocable decree of his dismission may be served upon him SECT XV. What persons of the Soâ—iâ—ty are the most to be cherished and encouraged IN the first place are to be numbred those indefatigable labourers in the harvest who make it their business to improve not only the spiritual but also the tempoâ—â—l good of the society Such are the confessors of wealâ—hy widdows who whâ—n by the decayâ—s of age they are no longer able to discharge those places to the satisfaction of the Matrons are to be removed and others that are more vigorous and full of spirits appointed to supply thâ—ir places Let not these want any thing of accommodatâ—on in what relates to meaâ— cloaâ—hs or ought else and let them not be persecuted by the Mâ—nisters of Penances Ag inst such the confessors are not easily to admit any complaints or informations Let there be also a great tendernâ—ss expressed towâ—rds thoâ—e who hâ—vâ—ng observed the least miscarriages in others put up secret informâ—tiâ—ns thereof to the superiour or being appointâ—d Ministers sub ministers Beadles are very â—ngenious in finding wâ—ys to mortifie others noâ— out of any affection they have for them but a
love of Religious discipline Let thosâ— yâ—â—ng men â—e chrished who are anâ— way relâ—ted to our Bâ—nefactors and Founders to which end lâ—t them be sent to Rome Iâ— thâ—y sâ—udy in their own Provinces let them be so far complied with in all things that they maâ— be sâ—nsible of the indulgence of the society towards them Let some favoâ—r be also shewen those young men who have not yet made over their estates to the Society But when that is once done where they had before bread and milk bread alone may then serve the turn Nor are those to be dispos'd into the lowest rank who prove excellent Decoyes to bring in many choice youths into the Society for in that they expresse the greatnesse of their afâ—ection and respects for our Institution SECT XVI Of the contempt of Wealth THat the world may not imagine that we mind nothing but our own advantages and think us too much inclin'd to avarice it will contribute some thing thereto if we do not admit charities for the ordinary offices that are done by our Fathers Let nót the meaner sort of people be allow'd buriall in our Churches For the Widdowes who have devoutly exhausted themselves by their liberality towards us let them be harshly dealt withall by the Fathers The same course is to be taken with those persons who have made over any thing to the Society nay though they should come to be dismiss'd let it be done so as that nothing may be returned them or at least let the Society be sufficiently allow'd for the charge and trouble it hath been at about them Let it be the especiall care of the Superiours to keep those secret Instructions in their own custody and that if there be any occasion they should be communicated it be done to very few and those the gravest among the Fathers They are also to gather out of them those directions which may prove most advantageous to the Society and let them not be communicated as things written by another but as the observations of their own prudence and experience And if it come to passe which God forbid it ever should that these admonitions fall into the hands of strangers or any that are not members of our Society that is such as are likely to take them in the worst sence let it be absolutely deny'd that the Society makes any such advantage thereof and let such men be confirm'd in that apprehension by those of our Fathers who it is well known are ignorant thereof To oppose the credit might be given these Secret Instructions let our generall Directions be produced and those Rules of ours either printed or written that are contrary thereto Lastly let strict enquiry be made whether the discovery of them happened through the treachery of any of our own for it is impossible any Superiour should be so negligent in the safe custody of Secrets of so great concernment to the Society and if any one be suspected though upon ever so groundlesse conjectures let him be charged therewith and dismissed out of the Society THE END OBAD. Chap. 1. Vers 6 7. How are the things of Esau searched out How are his hid things sought up The men that were at peace with thee deceived thee and prevailed against thee They that â—at thy bread have layd a wound under thee A DISCOURSE of the REASONS Why the JESUITS are so generally hated Originally written by FORTVNIVS GALINDVS Printed for Richard Royston and Thomas Dring 1659. To the READER FRom some passages in the ensuing Treatise it may easily be inferred that the Author thereof was a Roman Catholick thas is one who though dissatisfied with the Jesuits yet seems to deal with them as mercifully and with as much tendernesse as might be So that it is to be imagined the Piece was written rather out of designe to bemoan their miscarriages that they might thence take occasion to reform them then out of any pique that the Author seems to have against the Society whose serviceablenesse to the Church upon their first Jnstitution he sufficiently acknowledges and celebrates Whence if a man reflects on the time it was written in that is while the Society had yet somewhat of its first purity and zeal left before the Canonisation of S. Ignatius and Xaverius he must withall imagine that it began to degenerate in a manner as soon as it began And what is consequent to this that if some zealous Christian should in these dayes undertake to give an account why the Jesuits are so generally hated since the discovery made of their horrid and extravagant Tenents and the abominations they have introduced into Christian Morality he would be so far from confining himself to the shortnesse of such a Discourse as this that he would haply take it as a favour to sit down and breathe a little after a second or third Volume A Discourse of the REASONS WHY THE JESUITS Are so generally HATED THat the Jesuits are so odious every where and that where there happens any discourse of them they are evil spoken of not onely by Hereticks but also by the greatest part even of Catholicks themselves I am for my part inclined to believe it done in some measure undeservedly and that in some measure also it may come to passe through the miscarriages of some of the Society Vndeservedly I say in some measure because as it is notoriously known to all the world if the Jesuits by the miraculous providence of God raised up in this last age had not with might and main bestirred themselves Germany had been over-run with Protestantisme and the Catholick Religion clearly turned out of doores For the Fathers of the Society were the men that found out the secret of bringing youth under the yoke of Religion those instructed the Priests no lesse in good manners then sound doctrine they animated the Princes in the cause they waged a holy war against the Hereticks both by word and writing They are as it were the choice forces of Israel commanded by their Captain-Generall JESUS fighting against the Amalekites did they not attribute to their own valour the good successe they have whereas indeed it is due only to the Moses on the top of the Mountain whose earnest addresses to Heaven gives them the victory over their enemies For when Moses held up his hand Israel prevailed but when he let down his hand Amaleck prevailed Exod. 17. And that this was also a figure of the manner whereby the Enemies of the Church of God were to be destroyed we have a hint in the book of Judith Chap. 4 Moses overthrew Amalec who put his confidence in his own strength by fighting against him not with a sword but by holy prayers So shall it be to all the enemies of Israel which is as much as to say as that they were to be overcome notindeed by humane force or a transcendencâ— of Learning and eloquence but by the pious addresseâ— of men that have absolutely resigned
shift some way or other to hedge in But if the Widdow at our devotion have only one son or more and that there be no hope they will come into our Society let it be suggested to the Matrone that it is sufficient if she leave the Estate in Fee to her Son or Sons and make over the summe of money which she may have raised out of the Estate by way of recompence for the Fortune she brought to the Sâ—cieety It happens sometimes that there are devout Widdows whose inclinations towards our Society are more then ordinary living in severall parishes if so our â—usinesse must be to induce them to make over their Estates to our Colledges they receiving out of them from us a certain annuall Allowance for their lives to the end that they may prosecute the great affaire of Religion and theirâ— Souls wellfare with more earnestness and less distrâ—ction being freed from the distuâ—bancâ—s consequent to the care of tâ—mporall things SECT X. Of the necessity there is to make some ostentation of the severity of discipline in the Society IT will not be amisse to expresse a certaine severity of discipline by an ejection of those members out of the Society whom it may be for the advantage of the Society to cut off as unpâ—ofitable As to their qualities and conditions it matters not whether they are old men or young men though they have spent their age and spirits among us or that they have been troubled with the stone cholick or some other painfull chronicall disease ever since their first coming into the Society The causes of ejection besides the reserved causes for which unnaturall pollution excepted it is lawfull to dismisse any shâ—ll be these if they divert the devout Matrones and others that are any way beneficiall to the Society to other Religious Institutions or use any arguments to the Parents or others who have the oversight of them whereby theâ— are induced to forbeare coming into the Society If in the disposall of Estates they expâ—esse any affection to their kinâ—ed and prove occasions that all be nâ—t given to the Society But bâ—fore they be absolutely dismissed let them be moâ—â—â—fy'd for some years in the Sâ—ciety If they chance to be Studâ—nts let them be put upon the vilest â—mâ—lâ—ymentâ— Let them be kept back in the lower Schâ—oles that â—hey may teach there For the higher Studieâ— â—specially the fâ—urth year in Divinity let them not by aâ—y means be admiâ—ted â—o Let them be ofâ—en put upon the reading of Chaptâ—rs while the rest are at Table If they are Fathers let them not be suffered to receive Confessions let thâ—m be dâ—prived the freedome of all conversation with the strangers that come to the Colledge Let the things they most delight in be taken out of their châ—mbers Let frequent penances be enjoyned them and that publickly These things will by degrees open a gap for a dismisâ—ion If it chance that the persons charged with such disservices towards the Community mâ—ke their complaints to the Provincials of the hard meâ—sure they receive from their Superiours and others whom they find it so diffâ—cult to satisfie let not such expoâ—tâ—lations be easily entertain'd or credited let the carriage of the Superiour be excus'd let them be return'd with exhortations to obedience and complyance with their Superiour in all things wherein there is no sin Let not the Superiours be any thing scruâ—uloâ—s in point of dismission For since the word SOCIETY is the characteristick of our Order distinguishing us from all others and that a Society supposes there are Socii or Members of it it is not to be wondred that where there is a Society there should also be Dismission The obligations that are between a Society and its Members are not indissoluble nor argue any perpetuâ—ty No sooner was the Society settled but dismission was immediately exercised And to make this appear there needs no other argument then that the Society requires onâ—y simple vowes from Scholars and those that are câ—lled Fâ—rmall Coadjutâ—rs which vowes do not include a mutuall contract as if the Society were obliged to a perpetuall maintenance of those persons that are entertained into it upon such vowes No that cannot without absurditâ—â—e imagined for the obligation lyes only upon the person that makes the vow and not upon the Society which hath a priviledge to dismisse any whatsoever recâ—ived in upon such vowes whensoever and upon what occasion soever it shall be thought convenient Nay whaâ— is yet more then all this though there are some in the Society who make profession of four Vows others of the three solemn vowes according to the custome of other Monks yet is it not impossible but that such may be dismiss'd out of the Society SECT XI How the Fathers of the Society are generally to behave themselves towards those that are dismissed WHereas it is in the power of such as are dismissed to do no small prejudâ—ce to the Society it is but fit some ways should be thought on whereby they might be prevented To which end before they be absolutely dismissed out of the Socieâ—y let them be engaged to promise and that by a testimoniall under their hands that they will not speak any thing that shall derogate from the hoâ—our of the Society Let a great care be taken that the person dismissed may not hâ—ve accesse to those spirituall or secular Grandees into whose favour he endeavours to insinuate himself and make his advantagâ—s of Let his vices â— his evil inclinations be aggravated where ever he may casually be spoken of especially those imperfections whereof he had for the innocent satisfaction of his conscience some time made a faithfull discovery to the Superiours and according to which he was governed and disposed of in the Socieâ—y to which end he had made that revelation of his infirmities If the Grandees whom such a person makes his addâ—esses have an aversion for our Society we must â—â—nd out sâ—me grave men in whom we have an intorest who not seeming any way to reflect on us may lay rubs in his way and hinder him from coming into favour with him who is not well affected to us But if all the applications of such persons cannot prevail so far with the Grandees as to make them slight the dismissed person let them be induced not to countenance him in all things Let there be a writing sent frâ—m one Colledge to another giving an account of those that are dismissed and let the causes of their dismission be layd down with the greatest aggravation that may be In our exhortations let it be said of the person dismissed that it was his earnest desire to be reaâ—mitted into the Society For the satisfaction of strangers let those things be assigned as causes of his dismission for which we are generally abhorred by the vulgar and this will make the dismission of any whatsoever seem much more plausible If the person dismissed be credited in the things he scatters
abroad to our prejudice let the mischief he intends be as much as may be prevented by this course Let some of the gravest of our Fathers be culled out whose businesse it shall be to oppose and smother the speeches of the persâ—n dismissed with the authority of the Society the reputation it is in thâ— advantages which the Church of God derives from its endeavours the great esteem men have of it as to strictnesse of life and soundnesse of doctrine That thence it comes to passe that our Faâ—hers are entertaind for Confessors and Preachers to Kâ—ngs Princes and Magistrates Leâ— them make appear how Zeâ—lous we are for the good of oâ—r neighbour and therefore much greater must he the tendernesse we have for any one â—f our own Socieâ—y Lâ—t those be invited to dinners in whom the dismissed person seems to have any interest and this oâ—t of a design to â—ersuade them not to countenance the discarded party and that they are obliged in conscience to presume that a Society of Religious men are rather in the right then one discontented dismissed person Upon that they are to take occasion to give an account of the causes of his dismission convincing them with as much probability as may be making all the discoveries they can of the frailties and imperfections of the person dismiss'd omitting nothing contributory to their design But be it suppos'd that some things are doubtfull let them beware how they admit dismiss'd persons to any Ecclesiasticall Benefices or employments unlesse they give a considerable summe of money or make over their estates to us or after some extraordinary manner express the great affection they have towards our Society The Confessors are in like manner to suggest the same thing to Kings and Princes that when they are to advance any one to honours they mâ—y look on as a great motive to do it the liberality and good affection of such towards our Society as having founded us a Colledge or done something of that nature for us If it happen that the persons who are dismiss'd find much favour in the sight of men let there be a diligent enquiry made into their lives dispositions and defects and let them be divulged by some secret Friends of our Society and by the devout Matrons of a lower ranck Let not these latter any way countenance the dismiss'd and if they afford them any entertainment at their houses let them be terrâ—fi'd with Censures and if they persist to do it let them be deny'd absolution If the dismiss'd person be commended for any thing we must on the contrary as much as may be endeavour his disparagement to which end though we make use of subtle and ambiguous propositions yet must it be so done as that they may alienate the inclinations of men from the dismissed person and bring him to some remarkable discredit The unfortunate accidents that happen to such as are dismiss'd are to be discover'd in our Exhortations with much commiseration that others may be terrify'd and remain in the Society though not without some indignation SECT XII Of the choice of young Lads for the Society and the wayes whereby they are to be retained THis is an affair requires the greatest care and industry imaginable There are four qualifications which we would gladly have in those who embrace our Institution that they be of good wits of allowable beauty of a noble extraction and rich That such may be the more easily drawn in let the Praefects shew them all the favour they can let them not be persecâ—ted by the Praeceptors let them be often commended let presents be made them let them be permitted to go into the Vineyard and there entertained with fruits upon solemn occasions let them be treated in the Refectory For others let them be perpetually terrify'd with rods let them be châ—rg'd with crimes though there be only some slight conjectures of their being guilty thereof let them always be entertained with an angry countenance they are to be sharply reprov'd and put upon things that are most displeasing to them Let it be shewn how inclinable youth is to that which is evill if they embrace not a Religious life let them â—e terrifi'd with â—ternall damnation But when they make it their suit to be ad mitted into the Society let them be put ofâ— sâ—r a time In the interim let them be cherish'd and encourag'd in the conferences that are had with them let the eaâ—inesse of the Institution be much insisted upon By this means will their desires be heightned to a greater earnestness for their admisâ—â—on And if it comes to passe afterwards that any one of those that have been thus dealt with chance to leave the Society let him have cast in his dish his former importunity to be admitted into the Society But whereas the main difficulty lyes in cajolling the sons of Senators and the wealthiest men in the Country if there be any such recommended to our Colledges let them be sent to the Novitiat at Rome but let the Generall or Provinciall of Rome have notice thereof beforehand If they come into Germany France Italy and seem to have some inclinations to enter into the Society let them without any scruple be entertained in those Dominions wherein the supreme Magistrate is our Friend For under such a Governour the precedent instructions or some thing suitable thereto is to be put in practise for his Subjects finding it much to their advantage that they are countenanced by us will not easily rise up against us and if they do they shall get nothing by it And if any occasion offer it self to draw in the sons of those who in order to their studies come to our Schooles out of other Provinces let it not be neglected especially when they are arrived to the understanding to lose and squander away their mony and so partly by reason of the shame they conceive at their prodigality partly out of a fear of their Parents and Friends displeasure and the inconveniences they are likely to run into are the more easily prevailed with To prevent the inconstancy of those we entertain according to the severall qualities of the persons we are to insist very much on the miâ—fortunes that happen to those that are dismissed And that the Parents and Relations of those that embrace our Institution may in some measure be satisfied let them be mâ—de sensible of the transcendency of our Order above all others and what a veneration the world hath for our Order as also let them be entertained with something concerning the great respects which Kings and Princes bear the Society Nay further let out Fathers insinuate themselves into their familiarity and humour them as much as may be if there be any necessity or that the worthinesse of the person require it SECT XIII Of the Nuâ—nes LEt our Confessors be very carefull that they do not any thing whereat the Nuâ—s may be dissatisfied because they have proved such great Benefactresses
insolent as to petition Pope Gregory XIII That for the time to come he would publickly countenance their Project And thence taking occasion to commend it to him under pretence of the publick good of the Church they required that he would command all his Legates and Apostolicall Nuncio's to take to them every one for his Companion and confident some Jesuite by whose Counsell he should be governed in all his actions Fourthly by these crafty insinuations and their infight into Affairs of publick concernment the most eminent among the Jesuits have gain'd the love of many Princes as well Temporall as Spirituall whom they have the confidence to perswade that they have said and done many things for their advantage and this proceeding of theirs is the Damme of two very considerable inconveniences The first is that abusing the favour and friendship which the Princes had for them they have made no difficulty to disgust many private though otherwise rich and Noble Families usurping the wealth of Widowes though with the exposing of their Retinue and Relations to extreme misery enticing to embrace their Institution and to frequent their Schools persons of the noblest and most hopefull inclination who yet if they prov'd unfit for the employments they design'd them for were under some pretence or other dismiss'd the Society which though it parted from their persons yet could not be got to part with their Estates And whâ—le they did thus they absolutely excluded the poor from their Schooles forgetting quite the pious provisions for such of their Founder Ignatius and the intentions of those patrons of theirs who endowed them with large Revenues not that they should mind only their own conveniences but be serviceable to the Christian Commonwealth The Second Inconvenience is that these Jesuits omit no occasion whereby they would make the world sensible of the familiarity and influence which they have over Princes making the people by their crafty representations of it look thereon as through a magnifying glasse to the end they may ingratiate themselves with their Ministers and so bring things about that all that stand in need of favour may make their applications to them Thus they stick not to make their braggs that it is in their 〈◊〉 to make Cardinals Nuncio's Governâ—urs of Places â—nd other officers of the publick Nay some of them hâ—â—e roundly stood upon 't that their General could dâ— more 〈◊〉 the Pope himself Others have added that it is bâ—â—â—er tâ—â—e of that Order which makes Cardinals then to be a Cardiâ—al These and such like expressions of their insupportabl insolence are obvious to all that converse witâ— them Fiftly having thus laid the foundation of their iâ—terloping into State affaires the first thing they builâ— upon it is a pretence of power to raise or ruine whoâ— they please And indeed making Religion a meer stalâ—ing horse to their own Reputation they many times eâ—fect their designes But when they recommend anâ— man to the Prince in order to advancement they neve make choice of the most fit and deserving but rather i any such appear oppose him especially if he be one theâ— know to be no favourer of them So that they make i their design to preferre those that are likely to countenance their interest never minding his good affection tâ— the Prince or his capacity to go through the Employment he is advanced to whereof the consequences are to the Prince Exasperation at his being eluded to thâ— people disgust and insurrections Sixtly as the Master of a Galley when he finds the wind faire for his voyage with once whistling makes the slaves handle their Oares and set the Vessell to her full speed so when in the Asseâ—blyes and consultations which these Fathers continually hold by their Generall and his Assistants at Rome it is concluded that it makes for their advantage that such a person should be promoted to dignity the Father-Generall signifies so much to those that reside elsewhere and all those immediately joyn together and with united forces bring him to the honour intended him Which having gotten he were an iâ—sufferable example of Ingratitude if he should not afterwards indeavour to serve the Jesuits with a zale suitable to that of theirs when they advanc'd him And hence indeed does it proceed that such a man nay many such men for it is not to be imagin'd the dependants on the Jesuits of this kind are few acknowledging themselves more oblig'd to the Jesuits then to their Prince for the honour and greatness they are rais'd to do accordingly serve the Jesuits with farr greater affection then they do the Prince himself Thus are their Princes fool'd and deluded by them when imagining they have got a trusty servant they have only made way for a Spie of the Jesuits who only make their advantages of him to the great prejudice of the Prince that advanced him There are many examples might be brought to confirm the present discourse but indeed it needs not daily experience and the generall report are sufficient attestations of the truth delivered To avoid tediousnesse therefore I shall conclude thâ—s point saying that this haply is the cause why the Jesuits are wont to call their way of Religion A Grand-Monarchy as if they governed all Princes and their Ministers at their pleasure Nor is it long since that one of the chief among them being to treat publickly with an â—llustrious Prince in the name of the Society began with these words full of arrogance and grounded upon a conceit of their Monarchy Our Society hath alwayes maintained good Intelligence with your Grace c. Seventhly those Fathers make a great stir to let the world know that all those that are any way in the favour of their Prince were sometimes Creatures of theirs and are oblig'd for their advancement to them Hence it must follow that they have a greater command of the subjects affections then the Prince himself upon whom this must needs bring great inconvenieniences For it is in the first place an affront to the publick Interest that a sort of Religious Persons that pretend to have abjur'd all commerce with the things of this world yet so ambitious and politick should have such an influence over Ministers of State that when ever it pleases them they can cause Treasons and insurrections Secondly it is dangerous since that by the mediation of the Ministers their Adherents they induce into the Princes service for Counsellors or Secretaries some of the Jesuits in Vote of whom mention is made before and these again perswade the Prince to take some Jesuit for his Confessor or Chaplaine Thus do they all combine together to serve as Intelligencers to the Father General to whom they give an exact account of all the transactions of the most secret Councells Whence it comes that many times we see designes prevented and secrets of the greatest importance discovered and yet things are carried so cunningly that no man can fasten on the true Author but it