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A92790	A seasonable caution to apostate Protestants: or, mercy and judgment at once visible wherein you'l find heart refreshing mercy to the firm Protestants; and soul ruining vengeance on the rotten time-serving ones that turn papists. Verifying, in the very letter, that promise, whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it: Mat. 16. 25. (as here the true Protestants did, who gave themselves up for dead men, rather than turn papists to save their lives; and yet were miraculously saved: when, at the same time, the rotten unsound Protestants, who, at that pinch, turn'd papists to save their lives, yet perished. Written by Mercurius Hibernicus, an ey-witness of the Protestants miseries, and of the papists treacheries in Ireland; from whom expect several sheets to the shame of popery.	Mercurius, Hibernicus.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2220; ESTC R222959	4,782	1

But what I pray Do'nt you think the others that separated from you good Catholicks No said the stedfast Soldiers because they never own'd themselves as such till now and they do it for fear of Death I verily believe it said the Commander for I thought as much before Then turning to the rest of his Officers and Souldiers he said Them yonder meaning those that separated are but Counterfeit Catholicks and the Rogues do it only to save their LIVES and to abuse us for they will run away the next Opportunity Therefore by GOD they shall dy every man of them and the other for standing so bravely to their Principles shall live and whom I would sooner trust upon any occasion than the other or any such Time-serving Rascals as they are In short he put all the Revolters to the Sword and saved the other for their brave Resolution and not only so but sent them with a safe Conduct to the next English Garrison having as many of his own sent in Exchange that had been Prisoners By this noble Act the said Commander won great Applause amongst the English Now consider this all ye that think to save your Lives and Estates by temporising and basely ante-dating your Religion or dirtily complying with and fawning upon every base pitiful the most of them are no better Papist before hand as if ye would forespeak Friendship as I am too sure many do And possibly you that are next to removed but one little step from them may find some favour for a very little time from them till you and them if they can by any idle foolish pretence get you to assist them against such as are more zealous against their Idolatries But when their work is so far done then they will more easily cut you off too for the least step of Reformation since Qu. Maries daies their Soul hates even as the purest worship For I can liken them to no better a Crew than Rogues and Thieves that live in an honest place who will carry it very fairly among the Neighbourhood to have som●●●dies good word at a pinch so they make to some one party to shelter under them and the●● only Polyphemus's Courtesy will be yours that is to dy last when you have seen the Throats of others cut your own turn comes next There are Seven sorts that above all others are most likely to turn Apostates viz. The Covetous the Ambitious the Self-lovers the Over-nice the Formalists the Ignorant and the Fearful See Rev. 21. 8. Mat. 10. 33. Mark 13. 13. Rev. 2. 10. 25. 1 Cor. 16. 13. Phil. 4. 1. 1 Cor. 10. 12. These 7 include the first three abovenamed and are wrapt up in the word HYPOCRITE and amongst them there are divers great Professors even of all sorts who as well as the loose ignorant debauch'd prophane Protestants for fear or favour may joyn with the Papists against sincere Protestants as the Lutherans joyned with Papists against the Calvenists An. 1567. and about the 10 year of Q. Eliz. especially when allured thereto by the curious Arts of Jesuites and their Proselytes the P●●ltring Baites of Profit and Preferment Seconded by the lusty tho feigned Promises of some principal Papists and their Agents But God can and perhaps will bring it so to pass That such revolting Wrethes may be served as they above mention'd or if not so yet they cannot escape Vengeance for I am confident they will perish by one means or other perchance by the hands of true Protestants And for my own part I do profess if God will make use of the Arm of Flesh in our defence I would sooner give quarter to French or any other outlandish-Papist than any English Apostate whatsoever Laity or Clergy that should joyn in Arms with them or our domestick or home-born Papists against the Protestants Cause And I write this with an heart that never yet feared the greatest or the proudest Papist in the World who have been at the routing of such almost an hundred times in my junior daies and therefore I think I should know the better how to deal with them now if they will needs force us to it by falling upon us first for till then we will not stir one foot Let them otherwise provoke us never so much as they have done very often and do daily besides burning of London Southwark c. But as crafty Fowlers as they are they shall not catch old Birds in the Chaff ☞ Be steadfast 1 Cor. 15. 58. stand fast 1 Cor. 16. 13. For In all Gods Armory there 's no defence for the Back the Runagade the Apostate must everlastingly perish O Apostate bethink thy self betimes True Protestants will rather chuse to dy Than Christ or their Religion deny And bravely persevere come what will come But Hypocrites will bow the Knee to Rome Ev'n these 7 Monsters which I nam'd before Would Popery if it were up adore Notwithstanding all this Let us and all that think they stand beware lest we fall 1 Cor. 10. 12. as they may without Divine Assistance Self-Confidence being a most dangerous Rock on which many have split even in this present Age Remember the Apostle Peter and the Apostate Pendleton in the Book of Martyrs LONDON Printed by Th. Dawks living in Black fryers Sold by Langly Curtis in Goat Court on Ludgate-hill Where also may always be had 1. Godfrys Murder made Visible containing the Cruelties of the Papists therein 2. A Chronology of Popery shewing When and Who brought in their Fopperies 3. Packs of Cards illustrating the Plot with a Book to explain them 4. The Beggars Petition to Hen. 8. against Popery shewing Reasons enough why the King did throw off the Popes Authority 5. Dr. Otes's Vindication for discovering the Plot tho the wicked Papists rage at him for it 6. Romes hunting match for III Kingdoms 7. Englands Calamity foreshewn from the Growth of Popery 8. Dr. Salmons Dispensatory 9. Dr. Salmons Horae Mathematicae or Soul of Astrology containing an account of Nativities by Inspection only without Calculation and of the evil of the next succeeding years c. 10. Famous Mr. Rich's Absence supplyed by a Key to his Short-hand Table faithfully discovering the whole Art in that Method he taught his Scholars together with the reserv'd Rules in their proper places the Table being little worth without this Key as also that all Books of this Art in Mr. Rich's Name are Counterfeits and for the Truth hereof he appeals to Mr Rich's Scholars The Papists Method in spreading their Pamphlets and Pestilent Books is this When the People come to Confession every Priest injoyns those that confess and expect Absolution to buy such Books as promote holy Mother Churches Interest and that they lend them to the poor sort their Neighbours and others and this they must do either as a Meritorious Act or as a Penance for some fault