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A13833
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The admirable life of S. Francis Xavier Deuided into VI. bookes written in Latin by Fa. Horatius Tursellinus of the Society of Iesus and translated into English by T.F.; De vita B. Francisci Xavierii. English
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Torsellino, Orazio, 1545-1599.; Fitzherbert, Thomas, 1552-1640.
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1632
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Religion brought out of another world might not be diuulged in that Royall Citty To whome the Bonzy being now taught by the late disgrace he had suffred to vse more temper answered calmely that the reason was easy to be giuen because there was nothing more hurtfull then that to their ancient Religion to the Common-wealth and to the whole order of the Bonzies who both had alwayes did serue the Gods after a holy pure maÌ„ner wherof there were extant most certayne approbations and testimonies of the Kings of Iaponia so that it were impiety in they Iaponeses to seeke to saue their â—oules by other meanes then had byn vsed by their â—orefathers predecessours for so many ages Then Francis being by the King willed to answere â—nto this desired that there might be some order â—ethod obserued in this disputation Wherfore he reâ—uested the King that seeing the Bonzies were come â—f their owne accord to oppugne him he would be â—leased to command Ficarondono to declare in particular whatsoeuer either he or the other Bonzies miâ—â—â—ked of that which he taught that so he might anâ—were vnto them all And moreouer he intreated for â—he auoiding of contention that that might be ratified and held for good which his Maiesty with the greater part of the arbitratours should agree vpon touching matters in the present coÌ„trouersy The King granted Francis his request and commanded that all matters should be so carryed To which the Bonzy also agreed Then Ficarondono demaundes of him why he being a Priest of a strange CouÌ„try inueighed against the Iaponians most sacred Gods Because quoth he I iudge them vnworthy of so glorious and diuine a Title which the rule of right reason hath made proper only to him who by nature is Eternall and Immortall and being the Author of all things made both heauen and earth wherof he is sole Lord and gouernour For such is the infinite power maiesty of God that hardly can the wit of man by imaginatioÌ„ or thought coÌ„prehend it Wherfore these few things which heere we see with our eyes the motions of the celestiall globes and starres the certaine and fixed courses of times corne fruite and other things proclaime him to be the only true and proper God who gouerneth ruleth this world which himself made As for Xacas Amidas Giron and others whome you hold for Gods looke but into your owne Chronicles and Monuments and you will find them to haue bin men very rich and potent indeed but yet mortall as we are This answere which Xauerius gaue caused in the Iudges a soft whispering among themselues wherby they declared that it pleased them well Wherupon when the Bonzy was ready to oppose him the King bad him go to something else for that was already iudged for good by the Arbitrators whose sentence they were to stand vnto He therfore demandeth of Francis Why he disallowed of the Bonzies bills of Exchange wherby the dead were prouided of mony in heauen specially seeing by that meanes they who departed out of this lyfe became rich in heauen on a suddaine who otherwise would haue remained poore and beggarly To this Xauerius replyed that their riches who went to heauen consisted not in the Bonzies Bils but in the Merit of good workes And those workes were good which proceeded from right reason and true Religion being without question gratefull and acceptable to that Eternall God who giueth rewards to euery one according to their merit As for Religion there was none true pure but that of the Christians whereby sincerely and piously the true God is worshipshed the which is also called Christian beâ—â—use Christ the sonne of God deliuered it vnto men â—or Christ quoth he being made Man for mans sake â—â—ought downe that excellent doctrine from heauen â—ho being also glorious in miracles replenished the â—rts of men with heauenly precepts and lastly for â—ans saluation suffred death washing away their sinâ—es with his owne bloud Whosoeuer therfore being â—aptized according to the Christian rites do truly â—â—ncerely obserue the coÌ„mandments of Christ in this â—ortal life shall at last be admitted into heauen to an â—uerlasting life abounding with all happines Neither is the Christian Religion so niggard and â—inching as the Bonzies is it shutting out neyther â—oore people nor women from heauen so that they â—iue and dye as Christians ought to do and yet the Bonzies either out of niggardnesse or superstitioÌ„ will not affoard them any entrance into blisse wherby it is easily seene that the Bonzies course of life aymeth rather at their owne profit and commodity then at truth of Religion and that they respect their owne â—gaine more then the honour of God or saluation of â—oules For seeing God who is Lord of Heauen and earth hath created women as well as men poore as well as rich he will without partiality haue them also to be saued and blessed if they leade a good and vertuous life Heere now the King and the other arbitratours approued the discourse of Francis for very good whereat the Bonzies were extremely grieued and ashamed it galling them to the hart to depart the field with the losse of the victory by the iudgement both of King and his Nobility For with this the disputation ended notwithstanding that their obstinacy in defending what they had once sayd was not yet ouercome After this other Bonzies gallant fellowes both for learning and eloquence that they might not seeme wholly vanquished set againe a fresh vpon Xauerius As he was therfore speaking to the people they beganne to presse him with very many and different questions This businesse lasted for aboue fiue dayes all which time the King was neuer absent either to benefit himselfe by the disputations or else by his authority to defend Francis of whome he had vndertaken the protection hauing not the patience to see the Bonzies with more obstinacy then truth impugne his answeres which were very cleare and according to reason so as when the Bonzies ran crying out and rushing togeather in throngs vpon Xauerius he caused them to be kept backe telling them aloud that if any one would try whether a Religion were according to reason he should not himselfe be void of reason as they all seemed to be And with this rising vp he tooke Francis by the hand and with his Nobles following him led him to his lodging which was not indeed more gracefull and glorious for Xauerius and the Christian Religion then disgracefull ignominious for the BoÌ„zies who vpon this their new ignominy heaped vp also new rage in their spitefull minds Wherfore like men out of their wits with fury they fell openly a roaring out and with lowd voices to wish that Thunder from heauen would consume 〈◊〉 King to ashes seeing he made lesse account of his â—ncestours Religion confirmed by authority of so â—any Kings then of a strange and infamous â—ect â—ad a more sleight esteeme of the