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A09885	A refutation of an epistle apologeticall written by a puritan-papist to perswade the permission of the promiscuous vse and profession of all sects and heresies wherein the vnlawfulnesse and danger of such wicked licence is fully declared by auctoritie of Scriptures, canons, councels, fathers, lawes of Christian emperours, and iudgement of reason. Together with the punishment of heretiques and idolaters.	Powel, Gabriel, 1576-1611.	1605 (1605)	STC 20149; ESTC S114980	80,389	128

razing at least the deadly wounding of Popish Idolatrie The one whereof by Gods great blessing his Maiestie hath in manner already performed The other by Gods grace vsing the ordinary meanes he is shortly to effect The encrease of Papists in this Kingdome In the meane time it is certaine that Papistes vpon what false grounds I know not considering his Maiesties heroicall and constant Resolution to maintaine the puritie of the Gospell bragge much of their number and multitudes within this Kingdome whereby they haue encreased their malicious zeale in so much as they seeme to be euen almost ready to breake forth into actuall Rebellion I will not speake of the multitude of pestilent Books which they haue lately brought into the Realme to moue Sedition nor of the flocking hither from beyond the Sea of whole swarmes of Iesuites and Priests besides two Benedictine Prouincialls with their fellow Locustes who are said to haue shared the Kingdome betwixt them to prepare the people for their purpose nor of their labouring to alienate the common peoples affection from their loyaltie towards his Maiestie nor of their pernicious Libelling against the State nor yet of their Insolencie and Rage towards the persons of some particular Ministers and others that stood in their way Onely their furie and malice may be partly gathered by their outragious and enormous fact lately committed at Enborne in Barkeshire Ontragious parts plated by the Papistes as Enborne in Barkeshire as may appeare by this parcell of the Libell they left behinde them in the Church which in perpetuall detestation of their insolent Libelling-spirit I thought good here to insert as foloweth A fragment of a Papish Libell And now what we bee if any would know Catholiques we are and so do auow The Seruice-Booke here scattered all Is not diuine but hereticall So is the Bible of false translation To cut and mangle it is no damnation The Register also if so we do serue We serue it no other then it doth deserue For why should new Heretiques be thus enrold Enrole good Catholiques long dead of old Out with new Heretiques hence let them go Register Catholiques and register no mo For Catholiques onely are worthy record Into Church-register to be restord The Papistes violent carriage an argument of their imminent ruine This violent carriage of the Papistes in time of their restraint as it doth sufficiently declare their more then Diabolicall audacitie if they had libertie granted them so vnto me it is an euident argument of their imminent ruine For in deadly diseases it is commonly seene that before the period of death the patient is wont to receiue some small strength which vnto the vnskilfull giues hope of perfect recouerie but vnto the learned Physition as the extreamest endeuor of Nature is an infallible token of certaine death To this end at the commandement of such whom in the Lord I am bound to obey in all things I haue penned this subsequent Tractate wherein I haue proued the Vnlawfullnesse and Danger of Toleration of promiscuous profession of diuers Religions aswell by Lawes Diuine and Humane as also by Reason and the woefull Experience of such as euer found themselues deluded by humaine Prudence or Policie Of Toleration of Heretiques If any man shall aske whether I thinke it altogether vnlawfull for a Christian Prince in any case to tolerate Heretiques within his dominions where true Religion is setled I answer that I thinke I haue manifestly proued in this Treatise that the exercise of a contrarie Religion ought not to be admitted because it prouoketh the indignation and wrath of GOD against the whole Land exposeth orthodoxe Christians vnto the danger of Gods reuenging furie and breedeth contempt of Religion Of Heretiques cohabitatiō amongst true Christians But if Question be made concerning the cohabitation only of such with vs I answer that submitting my selfe I willingly commit that vnto the grauer iudgement of such as haue experience of publique affaires and exact knowledge of all Antiquitie albeit I am perswaded that all Christian Princes ought carefully to labour as much as in them lieth that Heretiques do not inhabite together with Orthodoxe Christians they should waigh whether Religion the Church and Common-wealth by mutuall exchange receiue any thing which may more benefit them So that I thinke Note will onely Ciuill and Politique Reasons as the profit of some Citie or Prouince greater gaine in traffique enlargement of buildings or encrease of reuenewes are not to be regarded in this case if they be compared with the mischieuous wilfull contempt of Ecclesiastique and Ciuill Magistrates and with the certaine danger of corrupting good Citizens who can hardly touch pitch and not be defiled therewith especially by such as are wholy bent to peruert and infect aswell their owne children friends as their fellow-citizens and neighbours Almightie God Lord of Heauen and Earth of his infinite mercy and loue in Iesus Christ giue his Church rest and deliuer vs from this great plague of Popish Heresie Amen Farewell good Reader London-House this 18. of May. 1605. Thine euer in the Lord IESVS CHRIST Gabriel Powel The vnlawfulnesse and danger of Toleration of diuers Religions and Conniuency to contrarie Worship in one Monarchie or Kingdome CHAP. I. ¶ Of the diuersitie of Opinions concerning Pacification Diuers opinions concerning Pacification DIVERS haue beene the proiects deuises and practises of sundrie men to redresse the difference in Religion and disparitie of worship which now for many ages haue vexed the Christian world Some haue thought it necessarie that the common Cause were debated in a free I A generall Councell lawfull and generall Councell Which would to God we might see so assembled and ordered by Christian Princes as the WORD OF GOD preuailing and all our Controuersies taken away there might be but one flocke and one folde as there is but one Shepheard Christ Iesus But this cannot be obtained of the aduerse partie without most vniust and vnequall conditions of appointing him to be the iudge of our cause whom we are to charge before Almighty GOD No man ought to be Iudge in his owne cause his holy Angels and his whole Parliament of Saints to be the very same great ANTICHRIST whom the Scriptures foretold should come for iust punishment of the wicked who haue not receaued the loue of the trueth and the very head of that great Whoore which hath made all kingdomes drunke with the cup of her fornications Wherefore seeing such a free and lawfull assemblie cannot be had we must remitte our selues to the Great Day of triall when Christ shall come with thousandes of his mightie Angels to iudge the quicke and the dead and before Saints and Angels before Heauen and Earth all Creatures bearing witnesse of his Iustice giue sentence according to his written-word on our side against our aduersaries Others imagined that the difference betweene both Religions is not so great but that there

A REFVTATION OF AN EPISTLE Apologeticall written by a Puritan-Papist to perswade the Permission of the promiscuous Vse and Profession of all Sects and Heresies Wherein the vnlawfulnesse and danger of such wicked Licence is fully declared by auctoritie of Scriptures Canons Councels Fathers Lawes of Christian Emperours and iudgement of Reason Together With the Punishment of Heretiques and Idolaters LONDON Printed by Arnold Hatfield for Thomas Man Iunior dwelling in Pater-noster-Row at the signe of the Talbot 1605. To the Christian Reader AS the famous City of TROY stood inuincible by any externall power of Grecke assaults vntill by Sinons craftie and deceitfull sleights the Troians were perswaded to breake their walles the rocke of their defence to receaue the Epean Horse out of which issued the destruction of their citie The Sinonian praectises of Papists to subuerts the State So the Ecclesiastique and Ciuill estate of Great BRITAINE being inexpugnable by any force of outward violence many subtill and pernicious Sinons deceitfully labour to perswade our dread Soueraigne to breake vnity of Religion the bond of our securitie to receaue into his Dominions the Epean monster of Popish Heresie which would be the vtter ouerthrow and ruine both of Church and Common-wealth of his royall Person and State To this end these cunning Work-masters haue bent all their wits and forces for their best aduantage for they haue omitted no meanes refused no labour spared no cost soliciting their Friends abroad and Fauourers at home earnestly to importune his sacred Maiestie in their behalfe And Camelcon or Proteus-like they haue transformed themselues into all formes and colours writing vnto his Highnesse Petitions Supplications Bookes Dedicatories Apologies and Epistles vnder the maske and vizour sometimes of Catholique Noblemen and worthie Gentlemen of England sometimes of Spirituall sometimes of Lay-Catholiques and now lastly because they would leaue no meanes vnattempted of True and Charitable Brothers of the Reformed Church Wherein I can but maruell at their behauiour and carriage towards his Maiestie The Papists hypocriticall dealings towards the Kings Maiestie For one while Serpent-like to insinuate into his Highnesse fauour thus they sycophantize 1 Papists 1. Supplication vnto his Maiestie Puisant Prince and orient Monarch 2 Pap. 1. Supplie Your rare perfections and admirable gifts of wisedome prudence valour and iustice 3 Pap. 2. Supplie Such a King to whom that may be applied Misericordia Veritas obuiârunt sibi Iustitia Pax osculatae sunt 4 Ibidem A Prince of mercy and iustice 5 Pap. 3. Supplic Your rarest clemencie 6 Ibidem Your singular and rarest wisedome 7 Pap. 3. Supplic Your Princely power and pietic 8 Pap. 4. Supplic Your Highnesse sit yeeres to gouerne and your long and successefull experience in the affaire being the Art of Arts and the Office of God 9 Ibidem Your Maiesties reguardfull loue the good triall of prowesse wisedome iudgement clemency beauty compassion the edification of your exemplar life 10 Papist 3. Supplicat cap. 1. Your Maiesties Candor and Clemencie is knowen vnto vs and by vs blazed throughout the Christian world 11 Ibidem Your heroicall vertues are made notoriout by our tongues and pennes 12 Papist 5. Supplicat cap. 7. So magnanimious a Monarch as your Maiestie is 13 Doctor Bishop against M. Perkins in the Ep. Ded. Your excellencie your high clemencie your exceeding clemencie mildenesse and rare modesty 14 Ibidem So louing affable a Soueraigne so learned 15 Epistle of the charitable brother fol. 9. So profound so mature in iudgement 16 Papist 4. Sup. Kellison in the Epist Dedic to his Surucy Your Maiesties direct title 17 Pag. 4. Supplic Your vndoubted right 18 Bishop against Perkins in the Epist Dedicat. Your Maiesties deepe wisedome and iudgement 19 N. D. in his 3. Conuers part 1. in the Dedicatorie Addition to the Catholiques A Prince most like vnto Constantine Againe 20 Pap. 1. Suppl Your Maiesties peerelesse Mother 21 Pap. 2. Suppl The good Queene you Mother 22 Bishop against Perkins in the Epistie Dedicat. towards the latter end Your most sacred and deare Mother 23 Pap. 2. Suppl Her title her religion her Princely vertues 24 Pap. 4. Supplic Your blessed and renowmed Mother 25 N.D. in his 3. Conuers in the Dedicat. Addition Such a Mother and such a Cause 26 Ibidem A Princesse most like vnto the Empresse S. Helena Also 27 Pap. 4. Suppl The Papistes reproaching and re●●tling his Maiestie The noblest disposition of our yong Prince and his Brother the rare vertues of their Queene Mother our most respected Princesse All which it is apparant how hypocritically they are auerred by the Papistes seeing Another while full like themselues they raile and reuile his Highnesse wishing him not 28 Bishop against Perkins in the Dedicatorie Epi. so heauily to persecute the Papistes Yea and sometimes they plainely threaten and terrifie his Grace 29 The Papistes threatning of the State These vniust courses of theirs the Protestants haue bred deepest discontentments and very mortall iniuries within the Realme which certainely had now broke forth to the destruction of many if hope conceiued of your gracious Clemencie and redresse had not made the stay Heere by the way the wise Reader may consider what it was that detained the Papistes from their intended tumults and rebellion against his Maiestie at his first enterance notwithstanding their great shew of applause and ioy was it not Hope of redres c. when this Hope is taken from them they will fall to their old plots and practises againe against the State and his Highnesse Person for all their pretence of Loyaltie and Submission And of his Highnesse And indeed so much they seeme to insinuate in expresse tearmes saying 30 Bishop against Perkins in the Dedicatorie Epist not farre from the end And when they the Papistes shall see No HOPE of remedie the state being now setled and a continuall posteritie like to ensue of one nature and condition God knoweth what that forceable weapon of necessitie may constraine and driue men vnto at length Behold the loyaltie and fidelitie of Papistes But God be praised his Maiestie need not feare these pyrgopolinizing Champions for all their desperate threats and big lookes He that hath more then ordinarily preserued his Highnes His Maiesties strange preseruation and deliuerance and deliuered him from manifold imminent dangers euer from his infancie hitherto which great effects are commonly neuer wrought but to great ends and now hath setled the Crowne vpon his head will doubtlesse defend and keepe him heereafter for effecting those ends wherefore he was so strangely preserued which I hope are Ciuill and Ecclesiasticall Vnitie amongst his Subiects The Ends wherefore his Ma. was so preserued the establishing of the Brittish Monarchie and the

Common-wealth where Heresie and Idolatrie is exercised Emperours plagued for toleration Constantius 21 Theodoret and after him Nicephorus speaking of Constantius say At that time when he heard that Iulian whom he had declared Caesar of all Europe began to conspire and moue sedition against him that had extolled him to so great honour departing from Syria into Cilicia he fell into an Apoplexie and died Because he kept not the heritage of his Fathers pietie whole he was destitute of that helper which his Father had ordained for him wherefore he grieuouslie and bitterly lamented that he had changed Religion Theodoret. lib. 2. cap. 31. Niceph. lib. 9. cap. 50. lib. 10. cap. 1. For he repented of three things although all too late as Greg. Nazianzen testifieth 1. That he had elected Iulian to be Caesar 2. That he had banished Athanasius 3. That he had changed Religion Naz. in vita Atha apud Nice priori loco 22 Iulian. Also The death of wicked Iulian as Theodoret speaketh declared his temeritie and impietie in granting toleration to the Gentiles and to all Heretiques For going ouer into Persia to warre against the Christians vpon the sudden he was wounded with an arrow which he tooke out of his body and filling his hand full of blood he threw it vp into the aire crying out Thou hast ouercome ô Galilean so this blasphemous dogge termed our blessed Sauiour thou hast ouer come and so died presently Theodor lib. 3. cap. 20. Niceph. lib. 10. cap. 34. 23 Likewise Valens Valens that great fauourer of Heretiques being in great distresse was forsaken of his brother Valentinian who sent him answere that it was not lawfull to ayde him that fought against God and refusing the councell of Terentius and Traiane his Captaines and of Isaac Bishop of Bretanioa who tould him that fighting against God he must needes be dest tute of Gods helpe would notwithstanding desperately fight against the Barbarians and sending his armie to the battaile he withdrew himselfe into a village hard by expecting the euent of the field But his Soldiers being not able to stand in the Barbarians face turned their backes and fled the Barbarians pursuing after them made a great slaughter and comming vpon the village where Valens was they burned it together with the Emperour Theod. l. 4. cap. 28. Niceph. lib. 11. c. 49. 50. 24 Basiliscus the Tyrant being by Gods iudgements betraied by his owne Captaines Basiliscus and deliuered into the hands of Zeno the Emperour was sent into Cappadocia and there murdered with his wife and children Niceph. lib. 16. cap. 8. 25 Hauing spoken of the Emperours on whom God shewed his iudgements for wicked toleration and collusion with Heretiques it remaineth to speake a word or two of common-wealthes which in like maner were punished by diuine wrath Common-wealthes and cities plagued for Toleration Nicomedia 26 Constantius in fauour of the Arians calling diuers Synods at Nicomedia when there was a Synode congregated a sudden earthquake ouerthrew almost all the buildings in the citie together with the temple that had beene but lately built and the citie walles wherewith infinite numbers were slaine and the timber taking fire by reason of the furnaces baths and shops of artificers the whole Citie seemed as it had beene but one bonefire Nice lib. 9. cap. 39. The Roman Empire 27 During the raigne of Iulian the Apostata God sent diuers calamities into the Roman Empire insomuch that it was not safe for men to tarrie within dores by reason of earthquakes nor to walke abroad by reason of great tempests of thunders lightnings haile c. Alexandria The citie of Alexandria was ouerflowne and drowned with the sea Also at other times the drought was so great that it killed all fruits and infected the aire whereupon ensued such a famine that men were faine to feed on beasts foode which ended with a pestilence and very great mortalitie 28 Of Valens his times thus writeth Nicephorus After the warre against Procopius there fell haile as big as great stones and there were such earthquakes in diuers places which did very great harme in many countries Nicea but quite ouerthrew Nicca a citie in Bithynia This was the twelfth yeare after the Subuersion of Nicomedia And not long after by another earthquake Seruia a citie in Hellespont Seruia was vtterly destroyed And a little after shewing the cause of these calamities he addeth This haile and earthquakes as most men thinke Note well proceeded from the anger of God against the Emperor because he banished many Bishops and was about to put to death whosoeuer did not subscribe vnto the opinions of Eudoxius Nicep li. 11. c. 5. CHAP. IX A Consideration of an Epistle apologeticall written by a Puritane-Papist in fauour of Protestants Papists and those of the Reformation HAVING laide downe such Reasons as in my simple opinion may moue any reasonable moderate and sober man fearing God to derest factious Toleration it remaineth to answer the arguments of the contrarie Paradox which because they are couched together in a small Pamphlet lately cast abroad to moue sedition I will briefly examine that whole Tractate ab ouo admalum as they say It is a litle booke in 8o. conterning 3. sheets of paper the number of euery folio shal be set in the margine in his due place the former side or face shal be distinguished by the letter a and the latter by b The Title is this Fol. 1 a AN EPISTLE OR APOLOGIE 1 Yea rather of a false idolatrous and vncharitable Papist of a true and charitable brother of the reformed Church in fauour of Protestants Papists and those of the Reformation for a 2 As if the proceedings against Papists hitherto were immoderate more moderat course of proceeding in matters of Religion by searching the Scriptures and examining their Spirits for the sense and true meaning of them by a peaceable conference and such easy meanes as were practised in the Apostolicall and Primitiue Church for planting the faith and rooting out of errour tending to 3 He speaketh by contraries vnitie of Religion loyaltie to the Kings Maiestie increase of honour to him and his posterity and good of the Common-wealth ANSWER A CERTAINE Stranger comming on Embassage vnto the Senators of Rome and colouring his hoarie haire and pale cheeks with vermillion hiew a graue Senatour espying the deceit stoode vp and saide What synceritie are we to expect for at this mans hands whose lockes and lookes and lips doe lie So the Libeller counterfeiting a sweete voice as Iacobs but hauing rough hands as Esaus The auctor of the Epistle a dissembling Hypocrite styling himselfe a true and charitable Brother of the Reformed Church being indeed an old Idolatrous Papist that hateth to be reformed what synceritie are we to looke for at his hands that so notablie dissembleth his religion euen at the first entrance But for all his cunning