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A46751	The narrative of Robert Jenison of Grays-Inn, Esquire containing I. a further discovery and confirmation of the late horrid and treasonable popish plot against His Majestie's person, government, and the Protestant religion, II. the names of the four ruffians, designed to have murthered the King, III. the reasons why this discovery hath been so long deferred, by the said Robert Jenison, IV. an order of His Majesty in Council touching the same ... : together with a preface introductory to the said narrative.	Jenison, Robert, 1648-1688.	1679 (1679)	Wing J561; ESTC R11080	31,524	50

their Information Those Lessons being taught in the Schools of the Jesuits who afterwards did labour to infuse some of them into him The Seculars value themselves much on the accompt of their obedience to or patient suffering under those Princes and Rulers of a Contrary Religion to them in whose Dominions they reside Hence it is that formerly they persuaded those here in England of their own Sect and Profession to quiet subjection fealty and allegiance in the days of Q. Elizabeth contrary to the Principles and Practices of the Jesuits betwixt whom ever since their first Institution and the said Seculars there hath always interceded an irreconcileable Pique The former being as an Episcopal Protestant hath lately character'd them * Fuller's Ch. Hist Book 6. p. 279. The most active and Pragmatical Undertakers in all Christendom But alas This Censure is but a light Velitation if compar'd with that black charge of guilt which the Body of Seculars make against That Order and Society He that reads the Quodlibets of William Watson a Secular Priest published in the Year 1602 will easily confess That no Protestant Pen can decipher Jesuits in more dark and bloody Colours than he hath done For besides the liberal Epithites he intersperseth in his Book calling them Mountebanks Usurpers False-hearted Seditious Impudent Erronious Turbulent Malicious c. In his 5th Quodlibet Art 8. pa. 149. he hath these words speaking of them It is not unknown to all the Christian World as I verily think That in Rome in Spain in Flanders and every where but especially here in England Scotland and Ireland They labour to stir up all men under colour of Religion and Zealous Desire in them of our Country's Conversion against our Soveraign the present State c. But more fully in Quodlibet 3. Art 3. p. 61 62. he bestows his Favours on them in these Expressions They run now such a desperate Course as if Religion were but a meer Political and Atheal Device c. taught by their Arch-Rabbies how to maintain with Equivocations Dissimulation Detraction Ambition Sedition Contention Surfetting sorer than ever did Heliogabalus with his many hundred varieties of Services served in at every Banquet or Feast-Royal at his Table in setting Division breeding of Jealousie and making of hostile Strife by opposition of King against King State against State Priest against Priest Peer against Peer Parent against Children c. raising of Rebellions MURDERING OF PRINCES c. Are these Men then to be called Religious c. No no Their Course of life doth shew what their Study is and that howsoever they boast of their Perfections Holiness Meditations and Exercises yet their Platform is Heathenish Tyrannical Satanical and able to set Aretine Lucian Machiavel yea and Don Lucifer in a sort to School as impossible for him by all the Art he hath to besot men as they do Thus He. And though the same Watson notwithstanding his Zealous Professions of Subjection to Temporal Princes was afterwards put to death for Treasonable Practices against King James whereby he might seem to stain the Credit of his own Doctrine formerly delivered yet our Historians say That he was out-witted therein too by the Jesuits out of a Vindictiveness of spirit against him for his plain demonstration of their odious Practises mentioned in the asoresaid Book Hear what John Speed saith in his Chronicle in King James p. 1223. Watson having at large laid open in Print the Treachery and Unsufferable Machinations of the Jesuitical Order left this suspicion on them at his death that They in revenge had covertly and cunningly drawn him into this Action which brought him to this shameful End 'T is true The great Favourers of Ignatius and his Followers do look upon their Sect as a Necessary Bussier Floscul Historiar p. 386. 387. initii and Seasonable Supply to the Roman Church in regard it was instituted not many Years after the Assaults made against it by Luther To ballance the Protestants the Jesuits were set on foot as one of our own confesseth Fuller's Church History Book 6. p. 279. Melancthon and their Partners Yea Saunders in his Book De Schismate Anglicano drives the Observation a little further remarking it as a special Providence that the Order of Jesuits began to appear in the World when all other Religious Orders of the Roman Communion were suppressed in England by King Henry the Eighth Anno Dom. 1538. Nevertheless some Grave and Sober Persons even of the Roman Church do not without cause suspect that Their heady and rash Activity may in time contribute to the overthrow of that Religion which They would seem strenuously to maintain And we do reasonably hope that the violent Humour of that sort of men may prove like the over-officious Duty of that Servant who pretending to lift his Master up to Horse threw him over on the other side But to return to Mr. Jenison He as I have said being Educated in the Principles of the Romish Religion continued constant in his adhesion thereunto till about the Month of January last past The chief occasion of his Conversion was The Confident Asseveration of Mr. Ireland who was his Kinsman both at his Tryal and Execution concerning his being in Staffordshire at the same time when he knew him to be in London and discoursed him there upon which he entertained such Thoughts in himself That a Religion allowing such Palpable Untruths in the very Article of Death must needs be ill-grounded besides the Countenance and Encouragement it gave to the Slaughter and Assassination of Princes in order to which he had been tamper'd with by the Jesuitical Party These things did first shake his Stedfastness in that Profession before ever he had Will or Inclination to read any Protestant Books though since he hath been further confirmed in the truth of the Reformed Religion by perusing some Writers especially the Bishop of Lincoln's Book Entituled Popery or the Principles and Positions approved by the Church of Rome where really believed and practised are very dangerous to all c. Wherein he doth evidently prove those Doctrines to be maintained by the Church of Rome which Mr. Jenison supposed to have been injuriously charged upon It before Yet when he was in the Communion of the Roman Church he had alwayes a secret Aversion to those King-Killing Maxims which his Cousin Ireland and other Jesuits would have instilled into him Hence it was that they communicated their Principles and Purposes to him but gradually and guttatim allowing him time to ruminate upon and digest One Principle before they attempted to infuse another And the Consideration of those Principles and his Conviction of the Evils of Them hath proved by God's Blessing contrary to their expectation a strong Inducement to the Discovery of their Vile Machinations and Practices If any shall Object That the matters contained here in this ensuing Narrative are but Crambe his cocta or a repetition of what was discovered before

his Soveraign is not only in Action but also in Words and Cogitations the good he is to do out of Obedience and in true Allegiance is not only to pay Tribute unto his Soveraign for his Regal support but also fighting his Battels with Joab adventuring his life with David and revealing with religious Mordecai all treasonable Designs and Attempts to pour out Prayers and Supplications for his welfare and safety to esteem and honour him from the Heart and out of Conscience as the Anointed of the Lord. Thus are all Subjects commanded by the old and new Law to honour serve preserve and obey their King and not to lay violent hands on his Sacred Person but to succour and defend him with the hazard of their lives notwithstanding the Pope's arrogant presumptive Power and Antichristian Doctrine in discharging all Subjects from their Allegiance absolving them from their Oaths of Obedience and giving them License to bear Arms and offer violence to their King a most Licentious Impious Irreligious and Diabolical Principle contrary not only to the Laws of the Kingdom as you may find in Bracton's Customs of England he was Lord Chief Justice under King Henry the Third Freemen and Servants are subject unto his Power as also whatsoever is under him ipse sub nullo nisi sub deo no man then ought to presume to examine his doings much less to oppose them by force or violence it is contrary to the Law of God also where it is said Where the Word of a King is there is Power and who may say unto him What dost thou This Power is given by God who counselleth To keep the King's Commandments and that in regard of the Oath of God for he doth whatsoever pleaseth him An evident Testimony that no mortal man whether Pope or Priest have or ought to have either Power or Superiority over a King as you may see further how St. Paul commanded every Soul to be subject to the higher Powers Rom. 18. he acknowledged himself subject unto Caesar and no wonder when Christ himself paid unto him Tribute and confessed one of Caesar's subordinate Magistrates Pilate to have Power over him and that given from above John 19. St. Peter likewise writing to his Fellow Presbyters whom he exhoreth to feed the Flock of God that they would submit themselves unto the King as unto the Superiour 1 Pet. 5.2 1 Pet. 2.5 Chrysostom says The Office of a Priest is only to reprove and freely to admonish and not to move Arms Sedition or Rebellion nor to use Bucklers nor to shake a Lance but only to argue and freely admonish Tertullian speaking of Kings says Inde illis est potestas unde spiritus thence have they their Power whence their Spirits Irenaeus saith cujus jussu nascunter homines ejus jussu constituuntur principes by whose appointment they are born Men by his appointment are they made Princes and not by the Pope's who were in former times both elected and deposed by Emperours and Kings and no wonder when the High Priests themselves were subject unto Kings and punished by Kings for their Offences 1 Sam. 22. 1 King 5. 1. King 2. Optatus saith There is not any man above the Emperour Chrisostom saith No man is equal to him upon Earth St. Cyril and Agapetus affirm the same Pelagius the first Roman Bishop of that name wrote these words unto Childebert King of France With how great study and labour are we to strive that for the removing the scandal of suspicion we may minister the obsequiousness of our Confession unto Kings unto whom the holy Scripture commandeth us to be subject this not five hundred years after Christ Gregory the Great Bishop of Rome confessed That Power was given from above unto the Emperour above all men and further saith I being subject unto your Command not out of feigned Humility but out of Conscience and Duty c. Otho the Emperour deposed John the 22th for his impure and vitious life Therefore Dear Cousin let this and your own experience not only satisfie you of the Papal Infallibility and Vsurped Power but also move you to recollect your Memory as to the enlargement of your Evidence not only against those Jesuitical Wolves and Pope's Emissaries but likewise against all other Traytors and Malefactors in this Hellish Plot concerned to your knowledge and assure your self that I will assist you with all that you have as I may well say under a Jesuitical Vaile related to me whereby I hope you may remember more than I have seen in your last Deposition by this means and no other you may recover your lost Credit serve your King and Country and hope for the Blessing of God and your Father who obliges you upon the duty of a Son to inform all you can and against all you can My affectionate good wishes and Prayers shall be for ever for your welfare and safety I am dear Cousin Your Affectionate Cousin and ready Servant John Smith Let me hear from you as soon as you can Note That His Majesty upon the perusal of the first of the said Letters thought fit that the Original should be left in the Custody of one of the Clerks of the Council with Directions That an Authentick Copy thereof should be delivered to me But the Original of the second is yet in my Custody Robert Jenison If in the second Letter too much Gall seem mingled with the Ink and some bitter Expressions contained therein it may be alledged in Excuse That long before Mr. Smith was born Censures more severe have passed on the Jesuits and that by Members of the Roman Communion Watson's Quodlibet 9. Art 10. calls their Government Antichristian Tartarian Turcical and Tyranical and their Doctrine about it Paradoxal Pragmatical and Stratagemical Besides I know Mr. Smith to be of such Excellent Morals and of so poized and just a temper that 't is hard to transport him to extremes So that those Expressions seem to be extorted from him out of a just detestation of their late cruel Designs and if the Jesuits did often hear such Reproofs and submit themselves to be regulated thereby it might be hoped that their Parts and Abilities would contribute to the setling and establishment of Kingdoms and not to the destruction and ruine of them ADVERTISMENT THE Reader is desired to take notice That there are many material things more that are not convenient at present to publish with such confirming proofs of what is herein before set forth as will satisfie all the World how deep this horrid Conspiracy hath been laid and carried on for destruction of his Majesty's Person whom God preserve and the Government FINIS ERRATA PAge 30. line 38. for had not read had he not p. 34. l. 3. for granted and full read granted out and full p. 38. Paragraph 3. l. 4. for Aunt and Neece read Aunt and Cousin p. 39. l. 9. for Aunt and Neece read Aunt and Cousin p. 45. l. ult for abundantii read abundanti

Communion with that Church or rest under the Conduct and Influences of it So I conceive the different Applications and Arguments used in those Letters to persuade me to that purpose may be some inducement to others who read them as well as to my self to have a different Opinion of the severall Orders of that Church and above all to detest the Society of Jesuits who have attained to that Ability as the Top of their Perfection in pursuit of their own Interest to violate all Laws Naturall Civill and Divine and to teach others so Thus my unhappy Brother most industriously labours to debauch my Conscience to a suppression of the Truth or to a profession of Ignorance of that I know whilst he pretends to design nothing but that I should assert the Truth And despairing of gaining this from me would now Charge me as one that hath debauched his own Conscience and denounceth against me the pains of Hell-fire as the just Reward of my Offence And I could heartily wish that this were done in Charity and kindnesse to my Soul but have just reason to fear it done in Design that this Truth which he would have supprest and is like to come forth may not find Credit from my Mouth after the Disparagement his Letter hath cast upon me But whatever Character he hath given me as I am not conscious to my self of any Guilt thereof so I reasonably hope that that sort of Men who have given reason not to believe them when dying will find little Credit whilst they live at least in matters concerning the Interest of their own Order or tending to the Vindication of their own Innocency And that the Difference forenoted between the Professors of that Religion may better appear it is farther observable that the Two other Letters are written by Persons not onely of a softer Sex but Persons educated under a more gentle and more moral Discipline then that of the Jesuits School and therefore though they all came upon the same Errand yet these latter speak a far different Language from the other These well knowing my Education temper of Mind and course of Life as did also my Brother had not the Confidence with him to censure what I had said and discovered as the Effect of a Debauched and Depraved Conscience Nor did they judge that I could wittingly and willingly injure any one by a false Report but impute my Discovery to some Distemper of Mind and transport of Fancy occasioned by some Sickness three years agoe There is no Malice in this Allegation nor should I have taken notice of the thing had not they gone about to persuade the world and my self also that the matter was really so when I made this Discovery And now I shall give it no further Answer then by Appealing to those that conversed with me at that time and who could not be ignorant of so notorious a Circumstance if any such thing were But I 'm really beholden to these my Relations for their Two Letters which coming from those that knew me well and at this time no good Friends to me will be more then sufficient to balance that single testimony of my Brother who to detract from my Credit hath Characteriz'd me as a Person of no Conscience or Integrity Having thus after some Contest in my self conquered the main Difficulties which hindred my Discovery I proceed on to give a farther accompt of my knowledge of this Detestable Conspiracie To omit then my Two former Informations taken upon Oath before Edmund Warcupp Esq one of his Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first given in the twenty sixth day of June 1679. the other the second day of July following as being already published in print in my Former Narrative and Depositions Collected by Charles Chetwind Esq of which mention is made before I pass on to Two further Informations taken also upon Oath before the same Justice of Peace and by Him transmitted to the Clerk of his Majestie 's Counsel the one dated August the 2d the other the 6th ditto 1679. which are here annexed verbatim The further Information of Robert Jenison of Grayes-Inn Esq taken upon Oath this 2d day of August 1679. before me Edmond Warcupp Esq one of his Majestie 's Justices of the Peace in the said County THis Informant saith Midd. ss That it being generally reported that the Evidence against Sr. G. Wakeman was full he this Informant was not so carefull to recollect the further discourses he had had with Mr. Will. Ireland before the said Triall as he hath been since And upon the most serious examination thereof he doth very well remember that in the month of June 1678. the said Will. Ireland did say that it was an easy matter to poyson the King and that Sr. G. Wakeman might easily doe it having a great opportunity by being the Queen's Doctour Which discourse this Informant doth verily believe the said Ireland used to this Informant to induce this Informant to his further intentions being as this Informant believes assured of this Informant's secrecy from Mr. Tho. Jenison his Brother and from some obligation the said Ireland had laid on this Informant by lending him Twenty pounds which he said was the St. Omerians mony And this Informant farther saith That upon the 19th day of August following he the said Will. Ireland at his Chamber in Russell-street did earnestly press this Informant by various Arguments to be instrumental in bringing in Catholick Religion urging how meritorious it would be and how much to the Glory of God and thereupon offered to cause the said Twenty pounds to be remitted to this Informant if he would be assisting to the taking off the King and would be one of those that would goe to Windsor about it But this Informant did answer That he would not for twenty times twenty pounds have a hand in the death of the King Whereupon the said Ireland replied Will you do nothing to bring in the Catholick Religion To which this Informant did say That he did not believe It would ever come in by Bloud Upon which the said Irel. replied What would you not have Religion to flourish in England again Whereto this Informant answered If it were done meaning if the King were taken off so and well But this Informant said he would have no hand in it But the said William Ireland not being satisfied with this Informants Answers pursued thus Do you know any Irish Gentlemen of our Religion that are stout and couragious Upon which this Informant replyed The Irish Gentlemen were commonly so and did name Mr. Levallyn Mr. Thomas Brahall Mr. Karney three Irish men and Mr. James Wilson being all Gentlemen of Grayes-Inn of whose names the said Ireland took particular notice in writing to the best of this Informants remembrance and this Informant did then tell the said Ireland that he believed no men of estates would be concerned in that affair and especially