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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

Heth. Let me see the Letter once more Mr. Dean See my Lord this Letter is directed to another man named Thomas Finne but my name is Thomas Heth. B. You are not the first man that hath altered your Name How long have you been in Town H. About three weeks B. To what intent came you hither H. Upon two accounts my Lord first to visit my friends for my Brother Nicholas was Bishop of this See formerly Secondly to be preferred for the Dean promised to recommend me to your Lordship B. Mr. Dean Did you promise to prefer Mr. Heth Dean I did my Lord and upon that account I permitted him to Preach before you but this Paper hath altered my intentions After this Examination it was resolved to send to Mr. Heth's Lodgings at the Queens Arms in Rochester where upon search in one of his Boots were found his Beads and several Papers among which was a License from the Fraternity of the Jesuits and a Bull dated the first of Pius Quintus to Preach what Doctrine that Society pleased for the dividing of Protestants particularly naming the English Protestants by the name of Hereticks In his Trunk were several Books for denying (l) The Papists Authors of the Sect of Anabaptists Baptism to Infants with several other horrid Blasphemies which being brought before the whole Assembly then present the Bishop adjourned the Court appointing another day for further Examination till they had acquainted her Majesty and her Honourable Council with these passages and sent for further Instructions how to proceed in this Affair In the mean time Heth was committed a close Prisoner and manacled till Order came from the Board On the 25th of November being Thursday the Bishop called a Court and sent for Heth who coming before him a great number being assembled to hear the Matter the Bishop spake as followeth Mr. Thomas Heth It is visible how you have not only deluded several poor Souls but also abused her Majesty and the Ministry of this Kingdom by your Romish and Jesuitical Policy purposely to sow Sedition in the Church of Christ it is well known that though your Society have taken the Name of Jesus by terming themselves Jesuits yet you have denied Christanity which is Christ for several have been called by the Name of Jesus but none by Christ from which all true Believers term themselves Christians By this means you endeavour to bring the people back to your Popish Zeal again (m) Those who still continue these Separations which the Jesuits first begun are desired in the Name and Fear of God to consider whether they are not guilty of the same Abuses A Prediction that Separatists shall when they see how they have been abused by the Jesuits unite with the Church of England to extirpate Popery which they have endeavoured to re-establish by overthrowing the Protestant Religion by their own Divisions But you will be mistaken for that sort of people whom you endeavour through a blind pretended Zeal to withdraw from the Church will be at last your Bane and hate your Society so that at the end when ye shall think ye have accomplished your evil designs and fall upon the Church of Christ those very people whom ye have after these Satanical Delusions beguiled will not so much through Love joyn with Christ to overthrow your Evil Intentions as through perfect hatred to your wicked Policies To several mens knowledge as we have since enquired after thy Actions thy Hostess and her Husband have declared that thou hast spoken against thine own Order yet thou by thy outward Purity hast defiled thine own Calling under pretence of purifying the Church of England What canst thou therefore say for thy self that thou mayest not be made a publick Example to all Spectators for thy wicked Schismatical Sedition sown within these Her Majesties Dominions Wilt thou openly declare before God and the World thy wicked and evil intentions which caused thee to run into these Schisms and reform thy course of life which now thou livest in and not only my self but the whole Court here assembled will endeavour to get thy Pardon and provide for thy future maintenance H. My Lord I know not what I might have done had I not been so publickly examined * Shame the true reason why some persist in their Opinions and not Conscience or Religion but seeing my Vocation is so publickly known I shall not acknowledge my self to be guilty of any Misdemeanor for I have fought a good Fight for Christ whose Cause I have taken in hand † A true but dear Experiment to which the Church of England may write a sad Probatum This Experiment I tried among my Countreymen that the World may see that all those who term themselves Protestants are not of the Church of England though they speak against Rome The Bishop hearing him speak so obstinately said Behold my Brethren a Jesuits Confession how he hath declared he had set up a certain Form of Religion purposely to withdraw you from the Church of England These things will be among us while we are a Church (a) A thing soberly to be considered by Dissenters but woe be to those Deluders or to those who will be deluded by them We have a good Law and the Light of the Holy Gospel now flourishing among us which hath for these many years past been absconded (b) A necessary Caution to all such as value their Souls Bodies or Estates the Peace of the Publick or the Protestant Religion therefore my Brethren consider the condition of your Souls (c) Cedro digna an Aphorism of undoubted Truth If you start aside once from your Principles having the right way so plainly set before you ye will not only run into Popish Slavery again but be in peril of a total confusion of Soul and Body (d) Which without the Assistance of Separatists is humanely speaking impossible and if Rome get once her Foot upon these Dominions again not only your selves and your Children but your Princes and Nobles shall become Slaves to her Idolatry After this Heth was remanded to Prison and for three days brought to the Market-place at Rochester where he stood by the High-Cross with a Paper before his Breast in which were written his Crimes then he was Pillored and on the last day his Ears were cut off his Nose slit and his Forehead branded with the Letter R. and he was condemned to indure perpetual Imprisonment but it lasted not long for a few months after he died suddenly not without the suspition of having poysoned himself From this Narrative we may observe Observations to be deduced from this Narrative that the chief Rise and Original of our unhappy Divisions and Separations is to be fetched from the devilish Policy of the Papists counterfeiting a design to advance the Reformation of the Protestant Religion to a greater Purity that the Pope Cardinals and Jesuits have been always instrumental in

1560 a strict Bull issued out of Pope Pius the 4th commanding all the Learned of the several Orders of that Church to find out proofs and reasons for perswading of Subjects to break their Oaths of Allegiance with their Kings and Princes and to gloss this device the better he dispenced with several of the learnedst of the Franciscans Dominicans and of the Society of Jesus to Preach amongst the Protestants of England nay with some of them to marry saying that the Marriage of England established by the Queen and her Clergy was no Marriage but plain Heresie All these so dispenced were to give monthly intelligence if from France to the chief Cities there if from Spain or from other Territories to those places and for fear any of these should be disswaded from their Orders others were sent to discover them if they found their inclinations so bending before they came to be fully resolved to turn this one Andrew Mr. Gibbons a Scotch Frier assured me who was sent for this purpose and betrayed one John Gyles who was then a recanting at the City of Glocester but Gyles ingeniously confessing all the contrivance and desiring proof might be brought who was his accuser Andrew Mr. Gibbons was summoned to appear and to proceed but Andrew suspecting that himself was catch'd straitly seemed to go but pretending to go into his Lodging for some papers to give the Bayliffs of Glocester went out the back-way and so took Horse and fled into France and came to Paris what became of John Glyes I did not enquire How the Penitents thoughts were when he searched after these writings first and how he altered his opinion after Still being desirous to search after all Indulgences Absolutions and Dispensations for Oaths Allegiance and for Rebellions to strengthen the Church of Rome supposing thereby to have made my self a Fortune and to be esteemed well of by the Clergy and Laity of Rome I for the most part made it my purpose to collect all things of this nature these being some of my Collections Paul the Third granted an Indulgence for Harlots to use their bodies with any men Paul the 3d. his Indulgence for Whoring and Adultery for money and to trade in this Sin as I found by his Bull in the third year of his Papacy granted upon the pretence that the flesh being so unruly a member could not be mortified although several Laws had been made against those evil sins yet the Sin was to be excused with those who could not consist in the state of Chastity provided the man gave a certain fee to the spiritual See and that the woman paid a yearly Revenue also and entred her name in the Registry to pay her fees accordingly which was to be gathered weekly this was pretended to go for the redemption of Slaves and Prisoners of the Roman Religion either with Turk or Heretick Every House or Stewes appointed for this purpose to have an Iron-Trunk or Box fastned in the Wall of these Stewes wherein the party thus inclined was before he could be permitted to take his pleasure to put in his summ through a slit in the said Box And three Testees were to wait on these Houses weekly to take out what summs there were thrown in whereof one third part was for the House the Whores were to have another third part and the See of Rome another third part at this time it being calculated that the Registry contained in Paul the Thirds days 45000 Harlots that paid him Tribute and that by Pius Quintus his Papacy it encreased to the number of 64360 Harlots paying him weekly Tribute and all those who went to any secret Whore were to be excommunicated if they were so catch'd until he had paid seven-fold the rate of the Whore's permitted which was seven Julies so permitted An Indulgence was granted by this Pope for to kill any that followed Luthers opinion The Popes Pardon for killing a Lutheran a thousand years pardon for his Sins besides the honour to be enrolled by the name of Rome's faithful Souldier This Pope Paul by his Bull entred at Paris runs Pope Paul's Indulgence to Rebels c. Englished thus Whereas we find the Hereticks now concord in the Administration of the Sacrament of the body of Jesus We grant full remission of Sins to those our Sons of our Mother Church that shall stop or hinder their union amongst Hereticks We also absolve all Subjects from their Oaths of Allegiance unto their Heretick Kings Princes or States as they be enemies unto the holy See of St. Peter All men from their tye of Matrimony with Heretick Wives or Wives from their Heretical Husbands Also all Children from their Parental obedience either to an Heretick Father or Mother Also We absolve all Parents not giving to their Heretick Children their Benediction or Portion either to give their Estate to the next Catholicks of the Mother Church a-kin to the Family or to give or to dispose of it to any other persons use Paul the Third the Servant of the Servants of Jesus Christ and to Fernesius our Trusty and Faithful Son and Champion for the Holy See of St. Peter the Blessings of the Holy Trinity attend on the Person of our Well-beloved Son Fernesius of St. Peter of St. Paul of the Mother of God The Benediction of the holy Host of Heaven of the Arch-Angels Angels Saints Patriarchs Prophets Apostles and holy Martyrs assist thee and those fighting under thee in our holy Cause Paul the 3d. his Indulgence granted to Fernesius who went to fight against the Protestants in Germany We grant to thee our Son and Faithful Souldier Fernesius a true and plenary Pardon for all thy sins committed or to be committed by thee or any other fighting under thee fighting for the holy Cause of St. Peter our Predecessor of this See of Rome We will and command the Arch-Angels and Angels to carry into Heaven the Souls of those our Souldiers that shall be slain in Battel for our Holy See of Rome fighting in so just a cause immediately upon their Expiration not suffering or enduring the least pain of Purgatory Also an Absolution of sins of one hundred years to all the Children of those dying or being slain in this our holy Cause against the Hereticks and Enemies of our Holy See of St. Peters 4th I de June in the third year of our Pontif. Paulus Tertius Julius the Third continued the Council of Trent Beneventum that Archbishop upholds so doing and we find in the Universities of Paris a piece of a Letter of this Julius written to Casa the Archbishop of Beneventum wherein he returns him thanks and absolves this Bishop for a Book written by this Casa defending the sin of Sodomy Which I do heartily lament that I took not a Copy thereof but can assure that I saw that Letter and the Books name specified therein for Toleration and defence of Sodomy The Jesuits of Paris their opinion

his life the Chirurgion said so It is impossible he replied I had the force of forty men assisted by him that guided my hand And being interrogated to several questions he made these answers That he was named John Felton heretofore Lieutenant to a Foot-Company under Sir James Ramsey That he had endeavoured for a Commission to be Captain in this Expedition and failed therein but without any regret upon the Duke from whom he had found respect nor for any private interest whatsoever that the late Remonstrance of Parliament published the Duke so odious that he appeared to him deserving death which no Justice durst execute That it was not many days since he resolved to kill him but finding the Duke so closely attended that it should be his business to pass a Voluntier and do it in this Voyage Somewhat he said of a Sermon at St. Faiths Church under Pauls where the Preacher spake in justification of every man in a good cause to be Judge and Executioner of Sin which he interpreted to be him That passing out at the Postern-Gate upon Tower-Hill he espied that fatal Knife in a Cutlers Glass-case which he bought for sixteen pence It was the point end of a tuff Blade stuck into a cross Haft the whole length handle and all not twelve inches fastned to his right pocket and from that time he resolved therewith to stab him That some days after he followed the Train to Portsmouth and coming by a Cross erected in the High-way he sharpned the point thereof upon the Stone believing it more proper in Justice to advantage his design than for the Idolatrous intent it was first erected That he found continual trouble and disquiet in mind until he should perform this Fact and came to Town but that morning That no Soul living was accessary with him by any ways or means of the Dukes execution That he was assured his Fact was justified and he the Redeemer of the peoples sufferings under the power of the Dukes Usurpations c. And his Paper tackt in the Crown of his Hat seemed to satisfie his Conscience that he was thereof well pleased This unhappy Murther caused great distractions especially in State-affairs so that the House of Parliament and his Majesty differed very much in setling the Customs and other matters which in conclusion was the chief Instrument or cause of this Parliaments dissolution Anno 1652. There chanced to come unto Collonel Richard Lawrence then Governour of Waterford under Oliver Cromwell one Nugent who seemed to be a fair conditioned man and so was hired by the Collonel to work in his Garden but knowing the Collonels temper and Principles in Religion he strove to please him all he could not missing Prayers in the Family or Meetings when-ever appointed Thus he continued with the Collonel for several years At last it chanced that Justice John Cook who was executed for the late Kings Murder took a great liking to this Nugent and begged of the Collonel for to let him go over with him into England which the Collonel easily granted to oblige Justice Cooke Nugent staying for a while with Justice Cooke returned into Ireland and came to his old Master Collonel Lawrence where he remained for a while and upon the Kings happy Restauration this Nugent became the Popish Confessor and Priest at Leislepp some 6 or 7 miles distant from Dublin and hath seen the Collonel several times since and laughs at him to this day when he sees him considering how he had plaid the Dissembler with him as if he had been one of the Collonels Fraternity which is of the Anabaptists Thus it is evident how Dissenters have been mightily gull'd since the years 1640 and 1641. especially by the Church of Rome purposely to make Separation in the Church of England This the Collonel himself cannot deny for he told the Author this Story on the 28th day of March 1682. besides to others yet living in the City of Dublin who can testifie this Narrative for a truth Hitherto we have shewed how the Papists have acted under the disguised habits of Presbyterians and Independants with a design to ruine the Church of England It will not be now unseasonable to shew further how they have assembled themselves among the Quakers and Preached in their Meeting-Houses with a design of inlarging and continuing the divisions of Protestants To which purpose I shall subjoin a passage out of a small Pamphlet published by Mr. Prynne called The Quakers unmasked Which runs thus The Information of George Cowlishaw of the City of Bristol aforesaid Ironmonger taken the 22th day of January 1654. WHo informeth on his Oath that in the Month of September ber last this Informant had some discourse in Bristol with one Coppinger an Irish-man formerly a Schoolfellow of his that came purposely thither for his passage into Ireland who told this Informant that he he had lived in Rome and Italy eight or nine years and had taken upon him the Order of a Friar of the Franciscan Company And he told this Informant that he had been at London lately for some months and whilest he was there he had been at all the Churches and Meetings publick and private that he could hear of and that none came so near him as the Quakers And being at a Meeting of the Quakers he there met with two of his acquaintance in Rome the which two persons were of the same Franciscan Order and Company that were now become chief Speakers amongst the Quakers and he himself had spoke among the Quakers in London about thirty times and was well approved of amongst them And this Informant further saith that the said Mr. Coppinger asked him what kinds of opinions in Religion there were in Bristol And this Informant told him that there were several opinions and judgments and not naming any opinions of the Quakers the said Mr. Coppinger asked him whether there had been any Quakers in Bristol And the Informant answered him No. Whereupon the said Mr. Coppinger told him the said Informant two or three times that if he did love his Religion and his Soul he should not hear them Whereupon this Informant told him that he thought none of them would come to Bristol Who expresly replied that if this Informant would give him five Pounds he would make it five hundred Pounds if some Quakers did not come to Bristol within three weeks or a month then following And on the morrow following the said Coppinger departed this City for Ireland his native place and about eighteen days after there came to this City Most likely his two fellow Franciscan Friars fore-mentioned who have there done much hurt and gained many disciples some whereof disturbed two of the Ministers publickly in the Church and assaulted and reviled one of them in the Streets very lately two persons that bear the name of Quakers This is a true Copy of the original Information taken upon Oath at Bristol as aforesaid the 22th of January last From

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