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A15396	A catholicon, that is, A generall preservative or remedie against the pseudocatholike religion gathered out of the catholike epistle of S. Jude, briefly expounded, and aptly, according to the time, applied to more then halfe an hundreth of popish errours, and as many corruptions of manners. With a preface seruing as a preparatiue to the catholicon, and a dyet prescribed after.; A catholicon.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1602 (1602)	STC 25673; ESTC S114006	113,250	270

the Donatist If thou shouldest say vnto me that I am Petilian howe could I tell to refute thee but either to deride thy scoffing or bewaile thy madnesse but because I thinke you iest not you know what followes See this shamelesse fryer in charging the protestants with the persecution in France hath coyned as impudent a lie as if he should face me downe that write this to be lying Feuerdentius which if he should doe he might be truely iudged to be out of his wits and so I thinke he was possessed with a spirit of frenzie and madnesse when he set his mouth and penne to vtter this slaunder Nowe concerning the affaires of the state in England this franticke Franciscan hath couched many lies and vntrueths togither Feverdentius refuted 1. that Catholikes are drawn and forced to come to Church 2. that they Protrahunt ad conciones are put to death for refusing to come to Church for simple recusancie is fined onely with a pecuniarie monethly mulct they are not otherwise violently drawne to the exercises of religion much lesse suffer death for it 3. that the bodie of any are cast out to beasts and dogs is a great vntrueth But it is most true that once a popish bishop in Hungarie did cause a Ex tomo 2. convival ●erm Iohan Gast godly minister hanged round with hares geese hennes to be torne in peeces and woorried of dogs 4. As vntrue it is that inaudira supplicia c. that punishments neuer heard of are inflicted vpon Catholiks For it hath beene the auncient and most deserued punishment for traitours by the law of this land to be hanged drawne and quartered 5. That any pope-catholiks are put to death for keeping the auncient religion of their Fathers is a great blasphemie of our state as now shall be shewed for the satisfaction of all The Romanists suffer not death for religion but for rebellion not for their profession but for their practising against the state not for poperie but for treacherie it may diuersly appeare 1. Because there Feuerdentius refuted are so many thousand knowne papists in the land and yet fewe of them but such as are seditious and treacherous are capitally punished 2. Hereticks that doe swarue from the faith are by the lawe adiudged to the fire but no papists haue yet felt that heate as protestants did who were consumed with the flames of fire aboue 300. in lesse then fiue yeares space 3. None of these traiterous papists that haue suffered for their demerits were indited arraigned examined or condemned for any article of faith as it may appeare in the seuerall proceedings against them 4. There is no law in England to put any papist to death for his conscience and without lawe our state punisheth none It will be obiected that the act which maketh the comming in of the Iesuits and Seminarie priests treason doth for their profession condemne them I answere that this is altogither vntrue 1. because that this act was but lately made in comparison of the whole time of Her Maiesties raigne hitherto about Anno regni 27. when it was found by experience that the end of their comming ouer into England was to peruert the obedience of the subiect and to contriue most vnnaturall For religion in England conspiracies against our most gratious Soueraigne Then was it high time to restraine them by law 2. If it be obiected that though some of them haue conspired against the prince yet all of them doe not so I answer that they beeing birds all of a feather and receiuing their direction from the Romish chaire of pestilence are all to be feared though perhaps not all alike imploied yet they are all dangerous beeing deuoted to execute the Popes will who is a professed enemy to our state 3. Their very purpose to alienate the subiects from due obedience and to reconcile them to a forraine potentate is and hath alwaies bin adiudged by the lawes of this land a treasonable act as to be adhęrent or ayding to the kings enemies such as the pope is was made treason An. Edwardi 3. 25. c. 2. But it cannot be denied that all Iesuits and Seminaries are adhaerent and aiding to the Popes proceeding who is the cheife aduersarie to our state 4. All lawes 〈◊〉 ciuill and canon haue condemned all practises and conspiracies against the state Arcadius made this lawe that a conspiracy against the counsellers of the prince much more against the prince himselfe though it take not effect is to be punished with For religion in England the sword which lawe is rehearsed in the b par 2. c. 6. q. 1. can 22. decrees c par 2. c. 11. q. 1. can 31. Fabian decreed that he which did lie in waite against the Bishop should be committed to prison By the councel of d Tolet. 12. c. 1. Toletane he is anathematized which did seeke any occasion to hurt the prince He is by the e Constant. concil sest 15. Canons adiudged an heretick that did seeke priuily to take away the life though of a tyrant This point then I trust is sufficiently cleared that not the protestants but the papists are the cruell persecutors of these daies and the spillers of the blood of the Saints so that by their barbarous crueltie and vnsatiable blood thirstinesse it is no hard matter to iudge of their religion what it is and of themselues by what spirit they are ledde Nowe I proceede to the second cognisance and Antichristian badge which is treacherie for where by open violence they cannot make a way they doe attempt by wicked conspiracie to effect their cruel desires wherein they followe the counsell and sentence of Lysander whose saying this was Ubi Leonina pellis non sufficit assuenda Vulpina That where a Lyons skinne Plutar. will not serue a Foxes skinne must eeke it out To passe ouer the olde treacherous practises of Popes and popelings against The treacheri● kings and Emperours q Caxton l. 7. as how king Iohn was poysoned by a monke of Swinstead Gregorie the seauenth hired a russian to murther b Penno card Henrie the fourth Many treasons and practises attempted by Gregory the ninth against the Emperour Fredericke the second Henrie the sixt Emperour poysoned in receiuing the sacrament Fox p. 30● by one fryer Bernard procured by Clemens Avent in annal lib. 7. the fift To let passe these and many other such wicked conspiracies contriued in times past I will descend to the memorable accidents of these daies Was not the death of the prince of Auringe procured by the treacherie of papists and the late king of France Henrie the third by a dominican fryer most treacherously murthered But no country hath had greater experience of popish seditious practises then this nation of ours nor yet any people bound more to thank God for the deliuerance of their prince from so many dangers as we are What shal

poperie are by many degrees to be preferred and I doubt not but are better liked of the state 2. Those preachers and ministers of the Gospell neuer yet attempted any thing against the life of their prince as priests and Iesuits haue done neither doe I trust shall it euer be seene They neuer conspired the death of Queene Marie as these haue done of Queene Elizabeth Wherefore it is a great slāder of thē to say they seeke to pull downe kings princes 3. These admitte of no forraine potentate to haue power in matters ecclesiastical as the popish priests doe wherein they curbe the authoritie of princes 4. They perswade to obedience to their prince and thankefulnesse to God for the puritie of religion professed among them The other creepe in corners to seduce and peruert the subiects from the faith and so cōsequently from due obedience to their prince 5. They communicate with the assemblies of the Church in the worde praiers and Sacraments the Romanists refuse so to doe and disswade whome they may from our Church assemblies 6. They both in their publike and priuate praiers doe lift vp their hands for the life of our Soueraigne and the continuance of her state of popish priests it is to be doubted For whome the pope their head curseth how dare they blesse whome he would haue cutte off is it like they desire to continue 7. They haue beene meanes to detect the conspiracie of the common aduersarie and are readie with all their power to do it popish priests vse not to reueale but to conceale them 8. They are bound by oath to acknoweledge the princes supreame authoritie in all causes and to renounce all forraine iurisdiction popish priests will take no such oath 9. They acknowledge a Church here in England and themselues to be members of it the popes priestes count vs no Church but Gifford praefa 2 impudently traiterously saith that in England haerefis est regio diademat● ornat● hold all protestants heretickes and consequently her Maiestie vnder whose authoritie we professe the Gospell which they call heresie in that number and out of the Church 10. Those whome they call puritan ministers haue both by preaching and writing impugned the common aduersarie as much as any and therin haue done God good seruice in his Church And this is the cause if the trueth were knowne why popish priests haue such a spite at them because they stand so much in their waie staying the spreading of their infection by the contrarie exposition of sound doctrine And as for grossum caput and his fellowe let them seeke him among themselues I doubt not but they whome they most scorne of the protestants are able to set foorth from them those which either by writing or conference shall encounter the proudest priest or Iebusite But in truth we disdaine this comparison that the best popish priest should match with the worst protestant preacher either for doctrine or obedience to his prince Let them the priestes and the Iebusites measure themselues with themselues and compare themselues with themselues as the Apostle saith of the false teachers of Corinth 2. Cor. 10. 12. We dare not make our selues of the number nor compare our selues with them But as Ierome saith of the dialogue of Origen and Valentinian so we of this contention betweene these Apolog 2. ad vers Ruffin popelings In quo duos Andabatas inter se digladiātes spectasse mihi videor Me thought I see two blinde sword-plaiers play togither The fourth last consideration is the scope end of these popish books which is to insinuate themselues to the State and to perswade a toleration of religion which A toleration of popery dangerous I trust they shall neuer obtaine neither is it conuenient they should vpon these reasons 1. It were not for her maiesties safetie for if they haue practised so against her Highnesse person in the time of their restraint what will they doe hauing further libertie 2. It were not for her Maiesties honour that hauing held a constant course in religion these 44. yeares should in her sacred old age listen to any such motion 3. It would be an offence to all other protestant princes that the famous church and common wealth of England should giue such an example 4. It would breed a confusion and disquietnes in the land and tend to the ouerthrowe and abrogation of diuers profitable lawes alreadie made against popish practises and the masse 5. It would be an offence to God that a Christian prince should suffer idolaters such as Romanists are to exercise their idolatrous worship freely Iaacob would not suffer it to be done in his house but buried all the images vnder an oake Gen. 35. 5. much lesse is it to be permitted in a kingdome And Eliah well said 1. Kings 18. 21. How long will ye hàlt betweene two opinions if the Lord be God follow him but if Baal be then goe after him So to admit two contrarie religions were to halt betweene two opinions 6. The pope in none of his territories nor where he hath absolute iurisdiction doeth graunt any libertie to protestants but tolerateth rather Iewes and Turkes neither is it reason that his popelings should receiue any such toleration 7. It would be a meanes to obdurate and harden papists in their superstition whereas I trust there may be hope of thē so many as God shall call to returne to the Gospell 8. Her Maiestie hath the example of the good kings of Iudah for her warrant they are commended which did expell all contrarie worshipps as Asa because he brake downe the altars and images of strange Gods 2. Chro. 14. 3. Iehosaphat for remoouing the high places and groues 2. Chro. 17. 6. Iosias for putting downe the Chemarims that were idolatrous priests 2. King 23. 5. Whereas the scripture noteth such kings as did not take away the high places as Iehoash 2. King 12. 3. and Azariah 2. Kings 15. 4. 9. Her Highnes hath a president from vertuous and blessed prince Edward 6. her Maiesties brother who notwithstanding the request of Charles the Emperour and the instance of Bishop Cranmer and B. Ridley would not consent to graunt to his sister the ladie Marie to haue masse in her house Fox p. 1295. edition 1583. 10. Lastly I will propound the most worthie example of the Emperour Valentinian that when the citie of Rome sent Ambros. in obi●●● Valentin vnto him to restore the rytes of the temples of the idolls and all the consistorie being Christians perswaded therunto the Emperour alone being a yong man gainsaid them alleadging the example of his brother Gratian Quod pius frater eripuit quo modo à me putatis esse reddendum cum in co relligio laedatur frater à quo se nollet pietate superari How can I restore that which my brother tooke away for both religion should receiue hurt and my brother of whome he would not be ouercome