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A81355	The discription causes, and discovery, or symptomes of a church papist, or popish Protestant, which may stand in stead this yeare, 1642. Which by reason that this searching Parliament, and wonderfull conjunction of happy planets, hath proved so sickly and crazy unto the Romish constitutions, that it is to be suspected that some of them will flye into churches, for remedy though not for conversion.		1642 (1642)	Wing D1140; Thomason E143_10; ESTC R646	4,038	8

be hath for what he doth some whereof may be knowne some may not some of which respect Rome some Westminster the Pope hath granted him a Bull of dispensation upon these conditions to heare Masse every day fasting next his heart securely in his Closset to maintaine a Priest or Jesuite upon his owne cost if he be able if not to contribute so much unto it according to his Assessement in his holinesses Vicar Generalls Booke he shall be found in ability to be constantly the Popes obedient Sonne in all awefull obsequiousnesse and mentall reservation Rebus sit stantibus the Kings loyall Subject and seeing it would be inconvenient if no disadvantagious unto him to to shew himselfe otherwise and not onely to favour but to further all Stratagems not in person alone but by Proxie that he may by the benediction of the Tripled Crowne the assistance of the Devill and the indefatigablenesse of the Jesuits those dextorous unmatchable Engineers of Plors and Hellish practizes be set a foote againe for the rearing and repayring of this weather beaten Ship of superstition in the Climaterical yeare of Papacie and Episcopacie These are the Reasons and Arguments from Rome that induce him to try what the Jnside of our Church may be made of upon the conditions rehearsed provided he be well kept and in points thus Armed and forestalled why the good Lady adviseth him to yeeld to the times for a season until God shall send better dayes and he is contented to hearken to them But as the above mentioned causes of dispensetion and indulgency perswade and incline so the reasons from Westminster drive him thither The World God be thanked is come to that good passe that they must needs goe whom the Parliament drives his estate is at stake pared and shared already by the continuall fostering of the Roman Horse-Leeches whose voyce is still give give to whom there not onely goes a continuall Annuity for their proper maintenance here at home but a large share to Doway and St. Omare abroad But now to pay the King for his Recusancy his 20. l per moneth of which as squares are likely to goe he hopes for little abatements to pay all Subsidies fifteens and other Tapes double considering the reason of the great occasions the King hath for money how thicke they come alas it would make a great hole if not cleane digge through his estate Therefore he must venter now to Church he hath occasion likewise unto London pethaps unto the Queens Court I doe not say unto her Chappell The Proclamation for the deparaure of all convict Recusants that refuse to come to Church at least 15. myles from London is strict and the penalty certaine Therefore he will first goe to Church to satisfie the Proclamation and afterwards about his businesse to London to Court or where else he is none of them the Proclamation mentions he is excepted A third cause is by going to Church somewhat perhaps more ordinarily then he needs to doe he brings himselfe into some confidence with his neighbours in the Countrey and takes away all suspition and heedfull eyes off from him no man now so taking notice or observing who they be that comes to him by which means he may carry businesses more cleanly and improve the Catholique cause more coveatly and securely These be the causes of his admittance into our Church though hardly into the Congregation The causes unknowne it is not fit we should understand but leave them to himselfe and his Ghostly Father The Symptomes of such an infected person having nothing about him of soundnesse but a meere painted species which are these You shall be sure to have him constantly at Church upon Holidayes but seldome or never upon the Sabboth day he loves a life to heare out all the service read out by the Curate at large and highly commends him for his devout reading he thinkes it hath some Assinity with the Masse and liketh it never the worse for that when that is ended he begins to be ill he hath sate so long in the cold or bareheaded and must be excused for not staying the Sermon he will receive the Communion at the most but once a yeare and be sure at such a time that the most and best of the Parish shall take notice of him at what time he will be content yee with much shew of Infirmity to heare the Sermon he likes well of the Protestation but dares not take it because there is mention made of the maintaining of the Doctrine of the Church of England but not of the Discipline which he esteemeth equall if not transcendent to the booke of Articles guessing as he conceives whence it had its Originall FINIS

THE DISCRIPTION Causes and Discovery or Symptomes of a Church Papist or Popish Protestant which may stand in stead this Yeare 1642. Which by Reason that this searching Parliament and wonderfull Conjunction of happy Planets hath proved so Sickly and Crazy unto the Romish Constitutions That it is to be suspected that some of them will flye into Churches for Remedy though not for Conversion London Printed for J. T. 1642. The Discription Causes and Means of Discoveries or Symptomes of a Church Papist or Popish Protestant THe Kingdome being lately praysed bee God reasonable well purged and cleansed from the open and publike profession and almost uncontroulable Remedilesse spreading Contagion of Idolatry by the wholesome Sage Mature and prevalent Remedies of that never sufficiently Renowned Colledge of able Physitians now sitting im Parliament who by purging some from the Putrifaction of their inveiglement vomitting up from others their ill conceived rotten humors of inbred indisposednesse towards the welfare of this Church and State dyetting these with the Supersedeas of Employment in any nature whatsoever That so the force of naturall vigor J meane Jnrellectuall parts if any were left untainted and not yet turned unto the malignant corruption as is the nature of that superstitious infection first to seize the understanding and to bleare if not utterly put out reason shutting up those from comming to Court or such a distance of where for their owne parts it is too manifest what pestilentiall Venome of Superstition by them was wrought any occasioned by words by Smels by Breath yea by Letters Collections ●●●aths Guifts Embracings by placing feare of displacing so that not onely the Carbuncles and Vlcers of Superstition rose upon persons of great Note in Court whereby it appeared that they were strucke with the disease openly inclining to superstition and the tokens came forth in great numbers declaring that they were desperately and irrecoverably gone in 't debarring these from the City whose hopelesse depth in the malady had made them senceles of their sickenesse yea had cast them into such a Lethargic that they tooke themselves to be the onely sound People and all the world beside infected yea to the height of predominacie within these few yeares mounted this almost Epidemicall disease that in not onely seemed stronger them all remedies but rose against resisted contrived the ruine and destruction of this wise and Honourable Assembly and now being mad with a Melancholicke mallice whereof that disease is very guilty and posest with an unsatiable desire of tainting others wherunto all infectious distempers are very subject thinking all that differ from them condemne them that they became very dangerous yea more perillous to others then to themselves threatning subversion to those that would nor permit but refulsed to proPogate maintaine cherish and foment their Romish Calenture with Dyet Aire Company and Garments thereto conducing as now no malady forfooth because generall as well for places where it was as for persons of quallity taken with it But the perfect soundnesse and firme sanctity which this great and honourable Colledge taking into their deepest consideration seeing that lenitive and gentle medicines would not take that wished effect that they all desired it might and that either the sound and cleere Members must infallibly be drawne into sensible damage or these peccant humours immediately taken order with and so were forced contrary to the mildnesse of their disposition to proceed unto sharper remedies letting some blood with the Lances of their Justice by the publique Chirurgion and notable Phlebotomizer Mr. Grigorie Brandon a man very well experienced in that practice or by applying their cupping Glasses 〈◊〉 diligent search and inquisitiue Jntelligence for the drawing forth the active designes and mischievous plots of others whereby at the least no dangers might come to others if no cures could be acquired to them depriving a third sort of their meanes and Jnstruments to wit their store of Armes plenty of Ammunition superfluity of Revennues the many props and supporters of that disease by the helpe whereof they were not onely upon tearmes to have kept up that malady even after its Cricis but to have allured others into a partnership of it This course thankes be first to God and then to the s●ill of those never enough worthily praysed Artists hath in a short time wrought such a Pappy abatement of that plague that as farre as wee can learne by the weekely Bills of intelligence it is to outward view of the world as touching the rage of it and any feare of suddayne groweth or spreading thereof cleane ceased yet the better to compasse the uttter extirpation of it and be no more annoyed with 〈◊〉 knowing that it is the nature of the most viprous disease●●lthough the head be taken off and doe not appeare to the Eye for dread of of the Remedies which are so contrary to it and which shee hath found for prevalent against it it may nay and doth notwithstanding leave some Rellique and some smatch in the Patient which out of the quallity of that rotten corruption desires to reside in the body til the next Spring when perhaps some Plannet may raigne more propitious unto it the party thus infected may be detected that so either torally cured which is very hard by reason of it's Morbus a Traduce most commonly an hereditary infirmity taken from Father or Mother Grandmother and sometime a pinne or two higher and therefore beloved of the child who in an humble blind obedient manner embraceth it because theirs not because true or openly descerned and rejected I have though it necessary to give the description of him in this following discourse A Church Papist or a close popish Protestant or if you will an Hippocritticall temporizing festered Romanist is a Papist lately scared though not out of that Jdolatry yet out of the vse and free exercise of it by the Weekely Diurnals of the proceedings of this Parliament which he reades and observes more out of reason then affection which having well pondered and how neere he may justly feare they will come up to him remaining in statu Quo he presently altereth his Coppie but not his tenure his profession but not his resolution he leapes into our Church for protection but not for instruction for safeguard not salvation like Cattell that in the heate of Summer betake themselves under Trees for shade not for pasture Camelion like he declares no naturall colour of his owne but borroweth it of the standing whereon he is mounted he comes to the Church to Act not learne to be seene that sometimes he is there not to be Catachized what he had proffited there he makes and accounts the Church his Stage not his Temple the Preacher his spectator nor his informer much lesse his reformer A Gentleman he 〈◊〉 be at the least for if he have not a Roman nose you may be sure if ever occasion serve he will make shew and proofe of a Roman heart and reasons