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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29475	A Brief relation of the persecution and sufferings of the reformed churches of France translated out of French, and published for more general information.		1668 (1668)	Wing B4628; ESTC R13961	14,115	26

Burnt alive for alledged stealing a Chalice out of the Church although thereafter themselves made it evident by putting three Thieves to death who had committed the theft that they had murthered an innocent person What pitiful Justice did the Parliament of Thoulouze lately upon a wicked fellow convict before them of having suborned false Witnesses to depose against a Merchant of Montauban that he had blasphemed the Virgin Mary He was forsooth condemned in a hundred Liures * This is about 7. lib. sterl fine or damage and that was all the punishment What satisfaction hath there been made to Monsieur Bobineau Minister of Puzange in Poictou who was falsely accused by a Curate of Seditious Preaching and upon that pretended crime was detained two months Prisoner in the Common Goal of Poictiers although the accusation was found false and the Accusers convict of Forgery What Cruelty was exercised upon Monsieur Boxie Minister of Turenne who being shut up in a close Dungeon with Irons upon his feet was for a whole year treated with all manner of Barbarous Inhumanity and thereafter condemned to perpetual Banishment by Decree of the Parliament of Bourdeaux * Sept. 5. 1664. In which Act it is declar'd that from his words in a Sermon they had some ground to draw consequences reflecting upon the honour of the Blessed Virgin whereas in effect he had uttered nothing in the Sermon but that none except Jesus Christ was born without sin What punishment was put upon Monsieur Faison Baily of Privas who before the Justice Court of Vivaretz was convict of false accusing some Inhabitants of Privas as if they had deterred and hindred their Brethren from changing their Religion And what Justice was done upon a Priest of Nyort convict before the King's Council of falsifying an Act of Parliament which being made against the Protestants of Mer he would have executed against those of Nyort Although there was never a more bold Cheat in the very face of King and Council yet in stead of punishing the Author the business ended in laughter 12. When these false Accusations and foul convictions are made appear to the Judges in lieu of Punishment they tell us That they must respect the Honour of the Catholick Religion not considering that they should much better preserve it by punishing these Impostures which disgrace it then as their trade now is by destroying honest people by such practices horrible in themselves and odious to the World But it plainly appears that the design of this Popish Cabal is by all means and ways to crush and bear us down until being wearied disheartned and impoverish'd by such a long tract of miseries and cross affairs we become utterly unable to defend our selves and then in end being overcome with tentation seek our peace in the ruin of our Consciences 13. I shall add a word further of the Liberty granted to Priests and Monks whose Nature without encouragement is forward enough to insult over us to commit all manner of Violence and Injustice without fear of punishment yea and to execute the Acts of Council against us as now they do in Poictou where the Priests running from place to place with unparallel'd Barbarity demolish Churches dig up and search the very lowest stones of the Foundation break open Chests carry away the Poors Moneys pull down particular Mens Houses and the Castles of our Gentry most spitefully abusing their Persons with all manner of injurious words and violent actions 14. There is nothing more strange then the ways which those men take to make Proselytes For neglecting Instruction and good Example which are the only proper and lawful means of gaining Souls to God they only use Promises Threatnings and labour to catch men by snares Is a Woman at variance with her Husband thither they run and offer her the Protection of the Romish Religion provided she will embrace it Is a man decayed and his Estate disordered immediately they promise to bear him up against his Creditors and mountains of Gold if he will but change his Religion Is there a debauched Son and disobedient to his Father they 'r presently with him perswading him to change his Religion by a promise of the favour and protection of the Church Hath any man an unjust Suit at Law like to go against him Is another justly pursued for his Crimes their surest refuge is their change of Religion Is a man poor or sick in a Hospital A Danish Gentleman lying mortally wounded in an Hospital was solicited to change his Religion which when he would not do they counterfeited the Apparition of Devils with a Death's head wherein they had put a light Those seigned spirits having several times spoken to this Young-man thus That he was damned if he would not turn Roman-Catholick in end they so afrighted him that he dyed the 24th of January 1666. let him but change his Religion and he shall be sure of kindness and good entertainment but if he remain stedfast he shall be abandoned and die in misery Thus those men shew their zeal to propagate their Religion or rather and more truly thus they scandalize and damnifie it For while by these ways they labour to promote the same they but add to their fellowship such vile persons as having changed upon such base Motives will never do good among them 15. Nothing can be added to the rigour continually exercised against us thorow all the Kingdom whereby they deprive us of all means of acquiring a Livelihood and all hopes of Preferment there being no admittance of us unto any publick Office except those of the Chambers of the Edict no not so much as to the petty Offices of a Notary Attorney or Serjeant nor yet to learn Arts and Trades For although the King by his Decree Jun. 28. 1665. permitteth Protestants as well as Papists to learn Arts and Trades by way of Apprentiship yet by the opposition which is made when particular persons offer themselves whereby they are involved in tedious Suits of Law the expences whereof in end ruin them the execution of that Decree is obstructed and the Decree it self without effect So that even the Priviledg which the King was pleased to grant us is become a snare and ends in our ruin by the perverseness of those to whom the Execution of the Decree was committed 16. These things being considered it may be truly affirmed without unjust aggravation That the Protestants in France are reduced to the greatest extremity of imaginable misery being without Help without Comfort without hope of Justice overprest with troubles and destitute of all relief having scarce the liberty of praying unto or being instructed in the Knowledg of God So that indeed there is nothing left but the Life and that is nothing else but a sorrowful Breath drawn from a more sorrowful and afflicted Heart whereof were they likewise deprived they should be so much the more eased and happy for then should they rest in peace having

b Aug. 7. and Nov. 3. 1662. hath deprived us of the Comfort of paying our Last Duty to our Dead with any conveniency compelling us to bury Clandestinely and in the Night forgetting That the very Heathens had respect to the Tombs of their Enemies and that Hatred should not reach beyond Death Another c Octob. 5. 1663. hath divested Protestant Magistrates whatever be their Charge or Quality of the Priviledg of presiding in their Courts Another d Feb. 26. 1663. hath taken away all Means of Instructing and Educating our Children leaving us at most and that onely in some places the smaller Schools where is onely taught to Read Write and Compt As if our knowledg of God rendred us unworthy to study Human Sciences Another e Jan. 29. 1663. hath restrained the Liberty of Printing any Books in favour of our Religion by imposing upon us a necessity of obtaining Licenses from the King's Council Which any may well know they will never grant Another f Declar. Octob. 24 1663 and Act of Council Ian. 30. 1665. ordaineth Parents to give Pensions to their Children who change their Religion even although the said Children will not dwell with them As if Paternal Authority were Nulled by Childrens Apostacy Not remembring That the Christian Religion doth not absolve Slaves from their Subjection to their Heathen Masters How much less can the Romish Religion discharge Children of their Obedience which they owe to their Parents of another Religion Another g Octob. 5. 1663. prohibits the Exercise of Charity towards our Brethren who have not Sufficiency of their own to support them under their Burdens Which is directly to Forbid what God has Commanded Another dischargeth Payment of Debts by those of the Commonalty who shall turn Papists The like whereof was never heard the very Heathen themselves never pretending That those Christians who Apostatize to them should be exempted from payment of their Debts Another h Feb. 22 1664. prohibits Ministers to Preach without the place of their Residence Thereby depriving us of the benefit of Annexations that is the priviledg of one Minister's supplying Two Churches which singly are not able to afford a competent Maintenance Another i Sept. 13 1660. depriveth us of the Liberty of our k Colloloques Presbyterial Meetings in the intervals of Synods Whereby the exercise of Discipline is restrained and the Mean of timely repressing or composing these Differences which disturb our Churches is taken away Another l Octob. 5 1663. prohibiteth the Censuring of Protestant Parents by the m Consistory i. e. Parochial Eldership or otherwise for sending their Children to be Educated by Jesuits or Popish Tutors Whereby they compel Elderships and Ministers by their silence to approve a Scandalous Practice which Conscience and Office obligeth them to condemn Another n Sept. 18 1664 and May 12 1665. giveth liberty to Priests and Fryars to enter our Houses and come unto our Bed-sides when sick or dying to solicite us to change our Religion This is the utmost of all Afflictions That we are not permitted to dye in peace and that we should be exposed to the Cruelty of such Men who when they cannot triumph over Consciences forget nothing to satisfie their own Revenge And to that effect after our death carry away our Children alledging falsly That at our death we gave some sign or other of Willingness to embrace the Romish Religion Another o Iune 30 1663. maketh it criminal in Ministers to stile themselves Pastors or Ministers of the Word of God Nay though nothing hath been more free in France then the form of Garments they have gone so low as to regulate the Apparel of Ministers forbidding them to wear a long Garment that they might have no Character to distinguish them from the common people But we might reckon to a Century and engage our selves in a prodigious length should we be exact in this sad Subject One word onely of the Declaration p Declarat 1663 Ratified in Parl. Ian. 7. 1663 of pretended Relapses By this it is ordained That those among us who have once embraced the Popish Religion shall never again return unto us under pain of perpetual Banishment from the Kingdom Now this is a sort of Inquisition never heard of in France by which they put mens Consciences upon the wrack constraining the Weak who have been overcome by strong Tentations to remain in a Communion against the light of their Consciences and to stifle their remorse having no liberty to shew any evidence of Repentance A thing plainly contrary to the Edict Yea in the Execution of this Declaration they have proceeded so far that they have given it a Retroactive Power as they call it by putting it in Execution against persons who returned to us a long time before the Declaration was in being whom they have Imprisoned compelled to do Penance * By going bare-footed and bare-headed thorow the streets with a burning torch to the place of Iustice or person offended and there to ask Forgiveness and then banished the Kingdom And that they may not act this Cruelty without a pretext they alledg That these persons by forsaking the Catholick Religion have so violated the respect which they owe it that they deserve Exemplary Punishment This is utterly to destroy all Liberty of Conscience 8. To these Afflictions they have added another not less grievous to us which is That they seem to forbid us all hope of being heard in our own Defence For our Judges themselves are become formally our Party either because they are afraid to encounter the Papists a Party now so formidable to the World or because themselves are of that Party or because they perceive that the only way to advance their own Interest is to Oppress us as on the contrary to do us the least Justice or shew any commiseration of our Afflictions is reputed a punishable Crime I shall not insist upon the furious passion exprest against us by the Provincial Parliaments although arrived at such a height as nothing can either restrain or mitigate it Nevertheless we cannot but heavily groan under their daily Injuries the Number and Violence whereof is hardly conceivable All France knoweth the Decrees which the Inferior Parliaments of Tholouze Rouen Rennes Bourde aux Pau Provence Dijon and Metz have already made and which with all greediness embracing every occasion to pour out their Wrath upon us they are daily making against us Neither shall I speak of the Malice of Inferior Courts there being scarce any petty Countrey Justice who doth not expect to raise his Reputation and make himself Illustrious by persecuting of us I shall only instance one thing hardly credible though very true viz. That there is no hope of being heard at the Council it self where all our Affairs have their last Appeal and Audience For it hath often come to pass That the Protestant Deputies sent by the