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A46363	Monsieur Jvriev's judgment upon the question of defending our religion by arms, with reflections upon the affairs of England, in his ninth pastoral letter of the third year faithfully translated out of French.; Lettres pastorales addressées aux fidèles de France qui gémissent sous la captivité de Babylon. Année 3. Lettre 9. English	Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.	1689 (1689)	Wing J1204; ESTC R15972	19,775	36

Royal-houses in the Countries in the Cities of the Realm II. 'T is the Crime of High Treason in the first degree against the State and the Laws to give reception to Priests and Monks within the Kingdom How can this agree with the condition of a Popish King who provides for Covents of Monks in his own Palace and every City III. 'T is a Crime forbidden by the Laws and punishable with Death to acknowledge the Pope to be Head of the Church and Vicar of Jesus Christ How can this be consistent with a King who makes publick profession of recognizing the Pope as Head of the Universal Church IV. 'T is the Law of England that what man soever holds correspondence with the Pope in any manner he shall be deemed guilty of High Treason How can this be consistent with the quality of a Papist in a King who believes himself obliged to receive the Pope's Nuncio's in his Court and to send his Ambassadors to him V. By the Laws of England the King is obliged to make the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance to be tender'd to all his Subjects by which the King is acknowledged the only Supreme Governour of the Church of England and wherein the Superiority of the Pope as well in Spirituals as Temporals is expresly renounced I would fain know how this can be adjusted with the nature of a Popish King What kind of Monster is it whose Body is a Protestant Church and whose Head is an utter Popish King VI. 'T is a capital Crime by Law to sollicit People and Subjects to be rec●nciled to the See of Rome How can this be consistent with the Constitution of a Popish King who believes himself oblig'd in Conscience to bring back all his Subjects to the Romish Church by Threats and Promises by Punishments and Rewards and Seducements VII 'T is a capital Crime in England for any person to promise Obedience to the Bishop of Rome How can this agree with the nature of a Popish King who calls the Pope Holy Father and submits himself to him at least in Spirituals VIII 'T is one of the Laws of the Kingdom that whoever enjoys any publick Office shall be obliged to take the Oath of the Test by which the Romish Religion is abjur'd and detested But how can this be consistent with the constitution of a Popish King who possesses the principal Place of the Kingdom and therefore so publickly embraces and defends the Romish Religion There is no end of reciting all the Laws of England from whence there is an absolute inconsistency between the being of a King and the being of a Papist in the same Person Thus then 't is evident that without Injustice the English Nation and the Church of England might declare to the King that his Religion rendred him uncapable of the Crown It is true the Crown of England is Successive but according to all Laws and in all places of the World he that receives a Succession receives it with all the Charges which by Law are annexed to it or he falls from it He that receives an Estate charg'd with Rents and Obligations must perform them must yeild Faith and Homage if he would enter into possession of the Inheritance It is yet more certain that in Successive Crowns there are certain Qualifications which ought to be in the Successour if he has them not he must have a Guardian or a Regent must be made or the Crown devolves to the next fit Heir who has the Qualifications required by Law. The Crown of England has a Happiness above any other Crown in Europe to be subject to certain Laws which are above the King so that a person who hath not the qualities requisite or such as are inconsistent with the Laws is not capable of being admitted to the Crown tho' he should have the Right of Inheritance All the World knows that the French Popish Lords who were in the Interests of Henry IV after the Assassination of Henry III prayed him to receive the Crown but in the quality of a Roman Catholick King as inseparably requisite to the quality of a King of France They had not the same right to discourse at such a rate for the Kings of France had for a long time rais'd themselves above the Laws and Henry being in such a State might have taken it with his Priviledges Besides it was false that there were any Laws in France which made the quality of a King and the quality of a Protestant to be inconsistent whereas in England 't is apparent that the condition of a King and the condition of a Papist are irreconcilable Nevertheless such was the goodness of the Church of England and the English Nation that they would not exclude James II. from the Crown perswading themselves that they had laid an inviolable Obligation upon him religiously to keep the Oaths made at his Coronation in preserving Religion and the Laws as he found them But this Prince suffer'd himself to be lead by the most impudent of Mankind who lifted him up above the Laws and made him forget the Devoir of the Kings of England which is to Rule according to the Laws He made a League with a great neighbouring Prince to ruin the Protestant Religion in all Europe He dispens'd with all the Laws both of Government and Religion He made Mass be said publickly in the three Kingdoms He invested the Papists with the principal Offices of State turning out the Protestants He would constrain the Bishops by corporal Punishments to those things which were against their Consciences And that which is the unconceivable Prodigy of Ages in a Protestant Kingdom he raised up a Jesuite to be a Member of the Council of State of the Privy-Council of the Council in a word that Governs the whole Kingdom So a Jesuite was seen Master of the Kingdom Master of the Bishops Master of the Church of England It was necessary therefore to think of securing Religion and the State and this the Nation was indispensably oblig'd to To this purpose did she implore the Succour of that Prince who now in England is the greatest Person of Europe and therefore 't is against him chiefly that the Country where you are discharges its Rage as if he had violated all the Rights of Nature and trampled under Foot the Obligations of Consanguinity First it appears that he was called upon by the Nation this I say appears by the suddenness of the Revolution which was brought to pass so soon as it began The only Princess of the Bloud that was in England and the Prince her Husband declared themselves for him all the great Men the Peers the Cities the Provinces acknowledged the Justice of his Demands and supported them If this Prince had refus'd to have afforded Succour to the Nation she would have done the very same without him that she now does under his Banners and from thence would have unavoidably followed the ruin of the Monarchy For the State was

his Sheath and he healed the Ear of Malchus But by this he gives us to understand that tho' he has right to repel force with force yet he would have his Disciples make use of it only as a proper time and occasion may require And he there gives the reason of it 't is because that ought to be accomplish'd which was ordained by the Father And that which he adds to St. Peter when he bid him put up his Sword into the Sheath viz All they that take the Sword shall perish by the Sword cannot signifie that using the Sword is always unlawful or chiefly when it is employed upon the account of Religion it cannot I say signifie any thing like it For First 't is false since there are an hundred occasions where the use of the Sword is notoriously known to be lawful Secondly Jesus Christ would have contradicted himself upon the very spot for there he says Let him that hath a Sword take it Behold two it is enough So that this must signifie that he who strikes unjustly with the Sword shall perish by the Sword. Now one may strike unjustly with the Sword upon these two accounts either when he does it that he has no right or when this right is made use of upon some occasion that is not agreeable to the Pleasure of God. St. Peter had not used his Sword in a proper season not but that he had a right which it was not then a time to exercise for then God would have Jesus Christ die and St. Peter ought to have understood it In a word Jesus Christ commanded to take the Sword for establishing the Right which the Church has to defend herself against unjust Oppressors and he forbid Peter to strike to teach the Church that she ought to submit when God has made known his Will that she must suffer If Mr. Bossuet the present defender of this severe Moral That we are forbidden to maintain the Gospel by Arms finds our Morality to loose in this point he will do well to call into his help for our Correction Escobar Tambourin Caramuel and all the Tribe of new Casuists who are very good Catholicks and as good Catholicks as they are make it lawful to kill a Man for a Crown-piece or an Apple Nevertheless we have no design at all to inspire with the sentiments of Revenge those who have suffer'd so cruel a Persecution in France upon the account of Religion God forbid we do on the contrary render thanks to God that not one of them has been prevail'd upon to do any Action of Violence for though they could not have destroyed others without having been destroyed themselves yet it is a surprizing consideration that among so many people of different Characters there should not be found a great number who would act the part of Sampson to bury themselves and their Enemies under the same Ruins which was easie for them to have done But the Patience wherewith they have suffer'd is an Argument that the Spirit of God hath sustained them in their Calamities Nor do we pretend here to make a defence for all the Wars which have been undertaken upon the account of Religion nor all those which were for the Defence of a good Religion As the taking up Arms has always dreadful consequences it is certain that of two Evils the greatest is to be avoided and that it is better to suffer moderate Oppressions than to run to extreme Remedies But my Design is to let Mr. Bossuet see that he does not know what he says when he would make it so criminal in our People to approve those who bear Arms to maintain the Gospel As if in this they had done any foolish and odious Action There are some Extremities beyond which Christian Morality does not oblige us to carry our Patience And I think no one can imagine a greater Extremity than when it comes to massacring When the first War of Religion began in the last Age the Massacre of Vassy had given the signal to all France There was no longer any place wherein the Protestants could be with safety And by consequence it was time to make use of the Right of Self-preservation which no Prescription no Usurpation of the Mighty can ever annihilate But when only the Preservation or Death of some particular Persons is the concern as it was in the Reigns of Francis the 1st and Henry the 2d then was it a time for Patience but when the Life of a whole People is in hazard and in extream hazard then there must be a recourse to extream Remedies There may be also certain Circumstances when People are not oblig'd to attend the most extream Evils before they run to Redress them When the whole Nation sees the Prince in a Resolution to extirpate the established Religion a stop ought to be put at the beginning 'T is therefore that the English Nation cannot be blamed in their present Conduct against their King except it be by those People who are full of their Prejudices or Slaves to the great ones under whom they live or else altogether ignorant of the Laws of England When the King had once made himself Master of the Laws and Religion it would then have been too late to have sought for a Remedy REFLECTIONS UPON THE Affairs of England WE know very well my Brethren that in the Kingdom where you are 't is made a point of Honour and of Conscience to speak all that can be imagin'd cruel and outragious against the English Nation against the Church of England and against all those illustrious Persons who are at the head of that Action which is now brought to pass in England This great and sudden Revolution which is at this day the astonishment of all Europe is the execration of Bigots who discharge their fury upon those names which will one day make them tremble Behold say they the Spirit of your Religion 't is Rebellion a Revolt from Soveraigns 't is a black Invasion of the powers ordain'd by God. I know well that you ought upon this occasion to have a strict guard over the measures you take and to conduct yourselves with a great deal of discretion and I fear there are some amongst you ill enough inform'd to give an ill account of an Affair not only most innocent but even the most glorious and the greatest that has been atchieved for many Ages To convince you of this Truth you ought to know principally that the Qualification of the King of England is as inconsistent with that of a Roman Catholick as the Qualification of a Lutheran or Calvinist is with that of a Pope Nothing is more opposite to the Fundamental Laws of the State. I. It is forbidden under the pain of High Treason to perform any Exercise of the Romish Religion within the Kingdom How can this be consistent with a Popish King who requires Mass to be said publickly in the most eminent places of the State in his