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church_n	believe_v	faith_n	infallibility_n	5,890	5	11.4885	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33406	A letter from the Pope to his distressed sons the Catholicks in England. As it was intercepted, and now published by S.V.	Catholic Church. Pope (1667-1669 : Clement IX); Clement IX, Pope, 1600-1669. aut	1674 (1674)	Wing C4636; ESTC R215135	4,630	12

carry Banners after Pentecost to go about with Corpus Christi play and other knick-naks nay to encourage you in Treason or desperate undertakings we have canonized Garnet and other zealous Catholicks who suffered Martyrdom for the Catholick Cause after that heroick and of all good Catholicks to be commended though unfortunate Powder-Plot To keep men from the sight of their sins we have taught them to mince them and that the first motions are no sins unless they go with consent that some are venial and need but an Asperge of Holy Water or a Bishops blessing to win ambitious hearts that fain would be aloft you must teach that my power is to give Kingdoms to such as can conquer them and to discharge Subjects from their Oaths of Allegiance and Loyalty as our Pius the fifth and Gregory the thirteenth did against that Heretick though to all the world and to us our selves known most Virtuous Queen Elizabeth Further we give immortality to such as can pluck the Crown from the Princes head and tell you that which is a most damnable lye but no matter so long as the Catholick cause is advanced to murder a Hugonot or blow up at a blast an Heretical Parliament are works meritorious If the people will know nothing to fit their humours we teach that Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion That Images are books for Lay men That knowledge of the Scriptures makes Heresies and not as that Heretick Dr. S. teaches that the Scripture ought to be the Rule of our Faith but that it is sufficient that their faith be folded up in our Church-belief without understanding or knowing what it is Again to please the multitude and to draw them to our Side we have holy Reliques Oh most pretious Dispensations Indulgences and thousands of years of Pardon and that Catholikes must believe not what Christ and his Apostles have taught but what the Church believes right or wrong and that they ought to pin their Faith upon the fallible Infallibility of her and not as Dr. S. affirms upon that heretical dangerous Book the Scriptures which have made Heresies as wisely said that Cardinal when it was enquired how so many Heresies came into the world Why says he we may think our selves for it alone for bad we kept that dangerous Book the Bible in an unknown Tongue these Heresies had never sprung so thick but now every private and Lay heretick puts his exposition upon the Scriptures And was not this answered like himself think you my sons Yea certainly for now we finde it to our woful experience Lastly lest simplicity either in Church-Service or Administration of Sacraments should breed contempt we have added many more petty matters to make them more commendable more acceptable to the palat and our followers more devout as in our Churches gilded Images Altars Super-Altars Candlesticks and such-like In our Massings and Church-Service Golden garments costly Colours strange Gestures warbling and numbering of Beads c. In our Priests square Caps Bald Crowns great Hoods In our Orders Crossing Anointing Shriving sorswearing Wedlock e. In our Baptism Washing of hands Salting Spawling Exorcising Crossing In Receiving to come with beards new shaven and an imagination of a bodily and real presence which makes Catholikes devoutly to receive when they are taught and really think it so but in truth none is but as the Hereticks own mystically so to be And lastly lest this our jugling should be espied which I your old Father hear begins to be too manifest we have made as strong Fences for Papism as ever did that wicked Beast for Mahometism For first we have endeavoured to bury the Scriptures lest by that light all our Projects obscure designes and darkness should be discovered which if sudden care be not taken I have reason to fear it will too too suddenly Yet fear not the Fowler is fain many times to follow his Game long before he can obtain it the Angler is fain many times to sit whole hours by the river-side before he can perswade the silly Fish to snap up their own destruction We have waited long and many of our well design'd and heroick Plots such as was the Gun-powder-treason have miscarryed but there may come a time when Secondly Church-service we have thrust upon silly people in a strange language Sons you know well why for ' Simon Magus was never detected before Christ was preached in Samaria Thirdly we have forbidden our followers to confer with the Hugonots for they are always striking at us with the Scepter of the Word and still cry To the Law and the Testimony c. Further we tell you that any thing though the horridest Murder or Treason you should act is highly meritorious so that thereby the Catholike Cause may be respected and the interest of our Church I mean that you may fill your own Coffers advanced and that as amongst the Scythians he was reputed the bravest Gentleman that spilt most bloud so I tell you he is Canonized for the worthiest Catholick that can bring most souls to confusion And now what can we do more Yet what doth there else remain but that you use all diligence feeding your favourites with strong hope and large promises standing at the Court-gates with Absalom the lively image of Courtly Politicks seeming to pity the peoples estate when his ambitious humour did greedily aspire after his Fathers Kingdom Even so you my Sons tell them that their Religion is good and how I your Father and theirs do pity them and that if I had the disposition of the Crown plenty should follow the Scepter and peace should follow plenty I say no more unto you but walk closely and keep your selves in tenebris For your predecessors I know not whether to ascribe it to angry Starrs the influence of the Heavens neglect of opportunity want of secresie by too great security have had so bad success that instead of supplanting a Kingdom they have broke their Necks at Tyburn and instead of reconciling Souls to the Romish faction they have united their Heads to a Halter this cruelty have they sustained for my sake whom therefore I have Crowned with Martyrdom and Question not but that they have as good rewards as they deserved Thus hoping and expecting to hear the downfal of Hereticks I am your tender though by Hugonots despised Father CLEMENT IX FINIS