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A46857	The Jesuites intrigues with the private instructions of that society to their emissaries : the first, translated out of a book privately printed at Paris : the second, lately found in manuscript in a Jesuites closet, after his death : both sent with a letter from a gentleman at Paris to his friend in London.	Gentleman at Paris.; Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.	1669 (1669)	Wing J717; ESTC R18023	39,159	78

diverse flowers so the Iesuites by strength of Reason compose their own Interest out of the faithful Intelligence they have of the Concerns of all Princes and of all Occurrences of State by which they do not only refresh that inward thirst of becoming Great but make likewise a mighty advantage in understanding their own emolument in prosecution of which they beat down all before them to accomplish their ends But what is most remarkable when as we have said before they are got into the hearts of Princes they are used to play them off by assuring them what excellent expedients they have for putting such a plot in practice and to bring about such a design But scarcely will they have begun in their assistance according to engagement but that upon consideration of some inconvenience this addition of Greatness to a Prince whom they have hitherto fed with fair hopes may bring to them they create a thousand delaies like Advocates in a Process at Law and then upon a sudden by some excellent sleight of contrivance turn all into confusion and so break the neck of that Plot themselves had laid He that will but reflect upon the League of France which being carryed on and concluded by them was likewise detected when they saw the King was like to get the better and upon England which they so often promised to the Spaniards will need no other proof to make out the truth of what I have said May we not then very justly draw this conclusion from the whole That the Iesuites having no real or sincere kindness for any nor will oblige the World beyond their own Interest neither Prince nor Prelate can make use of them without injury to themselves For at the same instant they pretend a like respect to all becoming Monsieurs with the French Dons with the Spaniard and so with all other Countreys as occasion serves and hopes of advantage They are very indifferent who it is they do harm or good to And no doubt it is that excessive Self-Interest and the little regard they have to any mans Concern else which makes few enterprises succeed in which they have a hand However I must allow that they have an incomparable art in concealing this indifference some of them still pretending a great zeal for the Crown of France others for that of Spain others for the Emperour and for all the rest of the Princes from whom they expect any favour But if it so fall out that some one of these Princes takes a Iesuite into his Cabinet-Counsels this fellow shall no sooner know any thing but that he will advise the Father General of it who presently sends back his result upon it in order to which he proceeds without consideration either of his Princes Will or Service And though these I have already declared are very great inconveniences I will shew you yet greater The first is That the Iesuites being fully informed of the several Interests and Counsels of Princes they amongst them that feign themselves to be of the French Faction propound to the King or his chief Ministers certain considerations of State which may be of some weight such as have been sent from Rome in their politick Letters Those which flatter the Court of Spain or any other Government where they have access make other propositions in these places quite contrary to the former or at least such as may keep Christian Princes at a distance to be in perpetual jealousies one of another which disturbs the common Peace more than can be imagined and brings a misfortune upon all Christendom For such a defiance hinders all possibility of joyning against the Common Enemy and indeed makes all Treaties of Peace between Princes signifie very little The second inconvenience is That by these subtle practices they have so opened the eyes of all people that no body minds any thing else but the Politicks So as nothing is done now a dayes that is not first weighed in this balance nor any business that is not directed by this Iesuitical Compass But all this would be nothing to what mischief would ensue if they of the Reformed Churches should take up this example and abuse their Interest with Princes after this manner For then in stead of Lutherans with whom some accommodation may it is hoped be found out one day we should have spring up a politick brood of irreconcilable Antichrists And to make it appear that I have said nothing but the truth when I have charged the Iesuites with such abominable Artifices and Collusions above all when they are upon insinuating themselves into the favour of Princes I must not forget what was done amongst them some years since upon the Concern of Great Britain One of their Fathers an Assistant of that Kingdom called Father Parsons having writ a Book against the Right of the King of Scots to the Crown of England Father Criton with others of the same Order defended the Kings Cause in a Book Intuled The Discourse of the King of Scots against the Opinion of Father Parsons or to that purpose And though you may suspect by this that they are divided among themselves yet I do assure you they do understand one another perfectly well For this Game was played by the directions of their General to the end that if the Scotch were disappointed of the Succession then should be shewed to whoever came in Father Parsons his Book or if otherwise Scotland should carry it then they should ingratiate themselves by presenting Criton's Work And so whatever came uppermost they were provided with that should make their Society acceptable By which you may judge how true it is that I told you Princes are the main object of all the Iesuites Designs and Actions and therefore reason good they should esteem their Order a Great Monarchy Nay is not this an undeniable argument of my assertion the small care they take to please any Prince when their Interest comes in competition We have have many experimental Examples that convince it beyond dispute if it were worth the trouble to set them down I will only give you one which shall be as good as a thousand Every one knows that there is none in the World that the Iesuites are in so high a nature obliged to and to whom they owe more fidelity than the Pope not only for the particular Vow of Obedience they make to his Person but for many other reasons besides And yet for all this Pius Quintus of blessed memory having a mind that these Fathers should officiate in the Chore and do all things after the manner of other Regulars they would never obey him but pretended still some great prejudice it would bring upon them Only there were some amongst them that submitted to His Holiness and did as they were commanded But how did the rest serve them Were they not by way of reproach called Aviatins or Starters aside And was ever any of them afterwards preferred in the least Just

that we may be thought poor we must search and scrape up all that can be spared in Town or the Villages adjacent Our Preaching must be directed by the humour of the people we live amongst and it must be insinuated that we are come to catechise and teach their Children And this we must do gratis without regard had to any quality and yet so as in order to serve our selves by not seeming burdensome to the people as all other Begging Orders are We must profess to be of the number of the other Begging Orders till our House has got a sufficient Income to which we must have a particular aim CHAP. II. What must be done to get the ear and intimacy of Princes and Great men THere is great care to be taken in this business To bring over any Prince to Us we must be sure to take off that prejudice of believing They have no need of Us and perswade Them what interest We have That no man dares lift up his hand against Us. Princes have always desired a Jesuite Confessour when They have been engaged in hateful practices that They might not hear of reproof but still have some favourable interpretation put upon Them This often falls out upon Matches contracted with near Relations which are very troublesome by reason of the common opinion That such Marriages never thrive And therefore when Princes are set upon such things We must encourage Them and espouse Their Concerns putting Them in hopes that We can have what we will of the Pope and alledge some reasons opinions or examples which may feed the humour by shewing how Matches of higher consequence have been approved of for a publick good and have many times been indulged to Princes for the greater glory of God Thus when a Prince attempts any thing as for example He has a mind to make War We must go along with Him fix His mind and resolution upon it without enquiring into particulars for fear if things should happen otherwise than well the fault should be laid at our door And this We may do by pretending Our Rule which forbids Us to take knowledge of affairs of that nature To confirm the good will of Princes it is good to undertake some little Embassy always provided it bring us in some advantage by which We may render Our selves as necessary as welcome and let Them see how great Our power and credit is as well with the Pope as all other Princes There is no better way in the world to win Princes and Great Men at Court than by Presents which though never so mean are better than none at all And to give Them a full testimony of Our affections manners and inclinations We must than which nothing is more acceptable to Princes discover to Them the deportment and manners of those They have an aversion to By this means we shall creep into the hearts of Princes and Grandees Now if They be not married when we receive Their Confession We must propose to Them the Matching into some noble Alliance to some beautiful Lady and a great Fortune and such as if they are not related at least are very intimate with some of Ours set out such Virgins with Commendations suitable to our End to please These Great Ones Thus We may by preferring a Wife make new friendships as we find by experience in the House of Austrich with the Kindomes of Poland and France and the Dutchies When Women of condition come over to Us We must possess Them with as great a love to Our Society as is possible and that as well by those that are Our Friends of their Relation as by Our selves to the end they may become the more liberal towards Us. Now the way to gain their affections is by little Services and trifling Presents which will make them lay open their hearts to Us. To conduct the Consciences of Noble Persons We must follow the opinions of those Authors that write in a more gentle stile against the rigorous Morals of the Monks Which will make Princes reject the latter to embrace Our advice and counsel And thus They shall wholly depend upon Us. Therefore to have the good Will of Princes Prelates and other Great Personages it is requisite that They be acquainted with Our great Deserts and that We shew Them how considerable We are in all parts of the World and that We are able in a high measure to dispense with reserved cases which other Monks cannot do as to absolve from Fasting or Paying any just Debt Untie the impediments of Marriage and a thousand other Obligations and Vows We must endevour to breed dissention among Great Men and raise seditions or any thing a Prince would have Us to do to please Him If a chief Minister of State to any Monarch that is Our Friend oppose Us and that Prince cast His whole favour upon Him so as to add Titles to His Honour We must present Our selves before Him and court Him in the highest degree as well by Visits as all humble respect CHAP. III. How we are to deal with persons of Great rank that are not rich but have great power in the Common-wealth that we may make Our advantages by Their Credit IF They be Secular Lords We must under the protection of Their assistance and kindness carry any process against Our enemies and make use of Their partiality to hook in Houses Villages Gardens Quarries of Stone for Building especially in the Towns where we have Colledges always purchasing under a strange name of some Confident of Ours We must be very careful to uphold the Bishops and Parishioners revenues for Us lest They should hinder the exercise of Our Function where They have to do For In Germany Poland and France the Bishops have great power and can with a great deal of ease obtain from their Prince any Convenience for Us as Monasteries new erected Parishes the priviledges of Serving at certain Altars places devoted to holy uses and other things which must be facilitated by stopping the Seculars mouths with some small consideration Besides We may transfer to Our own use what foundations We please where Catholicks and Hereticks inhabit together These Bishops should be made 〈◊〉 ●●derstand that besides the meritoriousness of the act in such a case they will reap a great benefit Whereas the Secular Priests and the Monks would pay them with nothing but a Song They ought to have immortal praise for their zeal in so good a deed that are the Cause of Our getting into the foundations of some Seculars and Canons which may be effected with ease by the assistance of These Bishops We must see that when the Bishops and Princes are founding any Colledges we have a perpetual Licence conferred upon Us to assist the Vicar of the Parish-Churches in the Cure of Souls and that for some time the Superiour be a parishioner himself so to have the Church wholly at Our dispose The Bishops must be perswaded to build us Colledges in