left destitute and naked stripped of all light life grace blessing and goodness before call'd by the hand of God to a most high and soveraigne dignity and honour now blindly fallen from that most lamentably to the devils jaws before an obedient child now factus liberâ— voti-fragus before a chaste and Evangelical Missioner now sacrilegus scortator before reputed an honest man questuosus mercator now fugitivus Apostata seditiosus sectarius factus before rasi'd from a Sall to be a Paul a preacher of the word and pennance now turn'd to be a Sall persecuting warring in a most furious manner against the heavenly fortress of true faith the pillar and foundation of truth and so become a wretched Iying and vile protestant wallowing like a nasty sordid and stinking sow in the mire of liberty libidinous lust pride and concupiscence retire retire poor Andrew to your interiour man have a care of your drooping soul minde eternity fieres si scires tuum tua tempora mensem rides cum non sit forsitan una dies Micheas understanding that he was rob'd of his domestick Idols ran after the Robbers crying most lamentably and being questioned what was the matter with him and why did he cry mourn and lament he answered my gods which I made for my self are stolen away my priesthood which were all my riches and comfort Jud. 18. all what ever was dear unto me taken away from me therefore why should I not mourn I ask if this wretch kept such a deplorable stir for having lost but Idols he vainly imagined that losing them he lost all that had been precious unto him oh Andrew why will you not grieve cry mourn and with bitter tears lament the losse of the true living and dreadfull God for the losse of divine grace of your sacred function of your fame and estimation security of conscience and the peace of your heart the pledge of eternal glory O madness O blindness oh woful catastrophe of apostasy Oh poor Andrew you fell from the mother-Church grounded not on sands or quagmires as protestanism into which you miserably declin'd you imagine to impugn and beat down the glory lustre and triumph of the same alas alas all your venome you may spit and bark like a mastiff and fill the ears of your deluded audients with those â—ould railing and lying empty assertions calling the Roman Church superstitious erroneous the horrid beast and the whore of Babilon and such like sapius indies repetita in your tub-pulpits but all signifies nothing but to heap judgments and confusion on your head oh Andrew all shall recoile upon you Niteris incassum Petri submergere Navem fluctuat ast nunquam mergitur illa Ratis you deserted a Church in which onely is Faith Religion priests Sacrifice Altars Sacraments and Reall Remission not onely of original sinne but also of actual mortal sins all which is excluded and exploded and quite abolished by your protestant Sect as it 's prov'd in the Reasonable Reply to the seasonable discourse you deserted a Church out of which there are no sure inducements or means for salvation for there can be but one true Church left by Christ out of which no assurance of his doctrine nor of the divine ordinance instituted by him for salvation mark pray what S. Joh. 10. says erit unum ovile unus pastor there will be one fold and one pastor one fold ordained by Christ that is one visible Congregation of men in a common union of one faith and government under one visible pastor Universal Vice-gerent of Christ and undoubted Successor of S. Peter with true Orthodox preachers with all other sacred ordinances obliging all faithful under pain of eternal damnation to embrace follow and practise the same with an absolute promise to maintain it to the end of the world by divine protection but alas poor Andrew you well know in your Conscience that no other Sect or visible Congregation could yet have or enjoy these divine and supernatural qualifications and heavenly perfections but only the Roman Catholick Church therefore the same and no other is the one fold and one congregation enjoying without intermission one Visible Universal pastor in communion with one faith necessary for salvation Further this Church onely hath a visible head â—nder an invisible head Christ tu es Petrus super hanc Petram c. the delivering the Keys of heaven to Peter is nought else but a full and soveraign power for to govern the Church to him said Christ pasce oves â—eas tu aliquando confirma fratres tuos â—o one of the other Apostles were these words intimated but to Peter only hereticks will reply that all the Apostles received plenary power for binding and absolving I answer that the rest of the Apostles received immediatly that power from Christ yet the power of Peter has been more absolute and excellent because he received that power as ordinary which thereore did flow and doth passe to his Successors the rest of the Apostles only received a delegate power which do not passe to theiâ— successors but is in them expired and sâ— S. Peters power was absolute and the highest to which the power of the rest had alâ— ways as annexed to it a kinde of subordination and subjection to Peter to whom only Christ said tibi dabo claves pasce ovemeas agnos meos confirma fratres tuoâ— against which the gates of hell shall neveâ— prevail that is neither Turks Pagans Jews Hereticks nor wicked livers shalâ— never beat it down hence he is called caput omnium Ecclesiarum potestate authoritate Vniversalis Patriarcha Mater omnium summus Pontifex Apostolicae sedis Antistes Ecclesiae Pater Rector Caput anâ— Justinianus the Emperour said of him summi Pontificatus apicem apud Romam esse nemest qui dubitet ad Romanam fidem perfidia noâ— habet accessum because Christ said rogavâ— pro se Petre ut non deficiat fides tua and thiâ— moved S. Jerom to say that true Religion cannot be conserved without the Empire oâ— a head or great authority of an universalâ— Pastor and Vice-gerent of Christ Ecclesisalus a summi sacerdotis dignitate dependeâ—â— without which there will be made daily in finite schisms divisions and subdivisions iâ— kingdoms as we may see now in pooâ— England so as the true Church hath two heads one invisible viz. Christ fundamentum aliud nemo potest ponere praeter id quod posttum est quod est Christus who is fundamentum fundamentorum but Peter is the second cleaving to Christ and placed on Christ we believe in the first principal head or fundamental stone Christ the second Peter wee onely obey Christ is the primary foundation basis and prop of our faith because we believe all those things to be true which he as the first infallible verity did reveal to be believed we believe God to be one and three the word made flesh and so forth not that Peter Paul
Roman-Catholick Church cannot endure division the soul must not be divided it must cleave altogether to the true Mother-Church Christ's spouse the house and temple of God the pillar and foundation of Truth it must believe all the Seven Sacraments all articles of faith believe all tenents and revealed mysteries propounded as means for salvation with S. Paul we captivate our understandings to the obedience of her true and un-errable faith but the false Mother will have the soul divided in two she is for division and for halfs seeking to bring into the house of God an anarchy of the children of Belial a division a destrustion of union and of Monarchical heavenly Government diuidatur infans the protestants say they have faith but will have no works of fasting watching praying pennance nor mortification c. they beleeve that their laick Minister doth abolish original sin in baptism but will not beleeve that Christ left power to true and lawful priests to absolve from actual mortal sins they will have the Lords Supper but will not believe Christ's words Hâ—c est corpus â—â—cum the reality of his body in a most miraculous manner in the Eucharist they will follow Scripture but only what is pleasing to them and what is contradictory to flesh and unbridled appetites they do reject and deny these words per solam fidem by bare faith you are saved are welcome to them but good works maceration of the body and austerity of life they cannot endure erescite multiplicabini pleases them serviti venâ—ri libidini c. but other words of Scripture they will not liâ—ten to as fides sine operibus est mortua poenitentiam agite sic luceat lux vestra ut videat opera vestra bona Regnum coelorum vim patitur violenti râ—piunt illud castigo corpus mâ—um ad implco in carne mea ea quae desunt passioni Christi these places of Scripture they will not follow Is not this to divide the childe dividatur infans they are altogether for division and confusion they have Churches but without lawful priests altars without sacrifice and religion every religion either true or false in all ages had always a sacrifice as a protestative signe of acknowledgement of divine excellency and supreme majesty In the Law of nature from the very beginning we finde sacrifice begun by Abel which after continued by the Patriarchs Noe Abraham Isaac Jacob In the written Law so many sacrifices according to Leviticus and if we look upon Idolaters the Gentiles we shall finde them given to many different sacrifices so as a sacrifice is inseparable from the law according to S. Paul Heb. 7. saying Translato Sacerdotio necesse est ut leg is translatio fiat S. Paul said that Priesthood being removed or translated the law of necessity must be removed if priesthood be abolish'd the law likewise must be for to every law or religion sacrifice and priesthood is connatural intrinsecal and inseparable being correlatives for priesthood is in order to sacrifice establish'd and the law is ordained in order to sacrifice and priesthood delivering precepts and ceremonies relating to priesthood translato sacerdotio c. dividatur infans the protestants they have our temples but alâ—s bare walls no priests no sacrifice consequently no law or religion therefore qui sine lege vivâ—nt sine lege peribunt they have sheep without pastors pastors without mission function order consecration character or true commission Christians without grace by hand imposition prophets without miracles faith without works and charity without effects behold Sall excellent peeces forsooth of a reformed Church to which you adhere you see all is but division and subdivision you separated your self from the Catholick Church which acknowledgeth a visible head an universal Pastor Vice gerent of Christ on earth established by the express words of Jesus Christ in S. Matth. 16.17 18 19. averred by all the holy Fathers confessed by the continuation of a lawfull succession in the revolution of so many ages without any interruption and Sall must blindely divorce and separate himself from it withstanding the force of Gods spirit what will Sall be able to alledge in his defence at the dreadful Judgement that expects him ah he will say that he thought the protestant was the true and lawfull Church Miserable wretch seest thou not that the memory of all ages the consent of all Nations the very ancient stones of temples bespeak thy damnation what miracles hast thou seen or ever heard of wrought to this day among protestants what Angel hath spoken to thee to remove to them what sanctity and holinesse of life hast thou noted in the authours of this sect or in their deluded proselites wert thou Andrew so bereav'd of humane understanding as not to see palpably that a pretended Religion which begun by breach of promises made to God by the sacriledges and impurities of Apostates by a general revolt against God against King against divine and humane laws by the liberty filth and ordure of the carrion the flesh by the dissolution of good manners by bloud tyranny and furies could take its source from the holy Ghost didst thou not set before thy eyes the desolations of thy poor countrey the robbing and prophaning of Churches Gods houses and the ruine and impoverishings of thousands of brave ancient Families to take thence and from no other their source and origin Oh but you will say I found that this sect had the Scripture of its side ah lamentable illusion to whom Sall did the Scripture send thee if not to the priests and lawful Pastors what said the Scripture but that thou oughtest to keep the traditions thou oughtest to obey the Church and Prelats thou oughtest not to trust thine own judgement thou oughtest to captivate thy understanding in matters of faith and that it is better to beleeve with a holy simplicity then as you do and question with a proud peremptory and vain curiosity could'st thou be ignorant that the devils and all damn'd hereticks had taken the same pretext of Scripture only to colour their ignorance malice and apostasie and that with passages which had a fairer shew and appearance then those now of thy deluded deluding Ministers and yet all that followed them are miserably damn'd and so are you vile varlet unlesse you sound a timely retreat freely confessing you have erred as man and protest you will not persevere in apostasie mischief and rebellion from the Church the womb of your beginning and bosome of your repose Open thine eyes poor beguiled Andrew at least to the wonderful and heavy judgements of God which thou hast so long shut to thy duty consider that the last verdict and sentence of thy unhappy sect is already written in heaven and that it must soon yield and fall to nothing as other blinde heresies have done what can hinder you Sall from returning to the bosom of the Roman-Catholick Church which ceaseth not to
of life was drawn S. Mathew sitting in telonio drawn the thief on the Cross Mary of Egipt from the Ordure of her libidinous lust Pelagia from her prostitution and sordid quest of whoredom all these call'd away by several and unknown ways to follow and pursue vertue and the way to heaven so as hereticks and haynous Sinners that sits in the shade of death are illuminated to apprehend their lamentable dark state and look up to Eternity and to the pure light of true life making them from the children of darkness to become the children of grace and all this done by the infinitly great wisdom and Grace of God without which those sit in darkness of ignorance and infidelity in the imminent danger of eternal death having their heart and understanding obscure so as that they are ignorant of God their Maker ignorant of the way to heaven ignorant of the final sovereign happiness for which they were created and do not know themselves nor that they are children of wrath and obnoxious to death being ignorant of their own insufficiency to good ignorant of the necessity of grace and Regeneration ignorant of Christ their Mediator through whose sacred bloud they are restored from death to life but by pure rays of divine faith they come to know all these things and begin to look after earnestly the way of Truth and of life they implore grace they invoke their Mediator and seek after his soul-faving Science and heavenly knowledge according to these words of S. Paul 1 Corin. 4. ille qui de tenebris dixit lucem splendescere ipse illuxit in cordibus nostris c. Of the true Essence of divine Faith 2. Document REason is most properly exercised in tâ—ings of nature and Faith in matters of Religion great witts set up reason instead of faith and the light of nature against divine light which is at once to deprive man of his highest felicity and faculty and God of his greatest Grace the same Word without question which created the world creates a belief in a spiritual understanding by relying on a divine reavealing Authority It s most certain that God is said to Confound the wisdome and learning of the wise by Faith which declared that without believing they cannot be saved and yet without a supernatural Grace they cannot believe and as God is the chief good and perfect happiness of the soul and the object of our beatitude which cannot be comprehended by natural light or knowledge therefore a kinde of supernatural vertue is necessary by which we may attain to his knowledge which is saith the highest knowledge we have in this world by wch the soul injoys him by him the most excellent guifts and graces whereof it is capable according to S. Paul ad Eph. 2.8 gratia Dei estis salvati per fidem hoc non ex vobis Faith is that divine light by which we prepare our journy towards vertue and heaven without faith it 's impossible 〈◊〉 please God By faith Roman Catholicks do â—alk upon the grounds of the Church miliâ—ant where there is infallibly an infusion of â—abitual Grace sanctification in its sacraments and surely transcendent is their commendation for their faithful conservation of â—he sacred Oracles of Truth in all ages to â—his day for their well ordered Zeale for their most ravishing devotions deiform inâ—entions their heroycal acts of fasting praying recollections meditations inâ—roversies their aspirations humiliations mortifications abnegation of themselves and their dayly abdication of all transitory things so as none in his sences can believe that such a tree can be Corrupted in the root which brings forth such heavenly fruits Some properties we may observe of the doctrine of Faith to be true to be revealed of God to be preached and delivered by the B. Apostles The highest ground by which a man is perswaded that his faith is true is the Authority of God speaking and revealing the highest proof by which a man may be assured that his Faith is revealed is the Authority of Christ and his B. Apostles who delivered and preached the same as from God and that from the beginning to this day it is practised without innovation or alteration in all parts of the inhabitable world The Apostles in the time of Christ conversing with them had sufficient Faitâ— to prevail with their wills to command theâ— understanding into the belief of his being God and man consequently an infalliblâ— faith then it doth follow that whatsoeveâ— he taught was to be assented unto as infallibly true and that without being questioneâ— by our weak and limited reason And surâ— this was very necessary for the true Church otherwise they could not have been sufficiently assured that what Christ their Masteâ— taught them was true and so it would noâ— have been a sin in them to have doubted 〈◊〉 This infallible assurance also the Christianâ— that lived in the B. Apostles time and afteâ— Christ Ascension enjoied they had sufficienâ— ground without question to induce them to a belief that the B. Apostles were infallible Guides and Teachers and that whatsoever they taught and commanded was as infallibly true as if God had immediately spoken the same things and no more to be doubted contradicted or disputed against by vain and curious Reason which doubtless were as strong and as good as ours then the immediate words command or dictates of Allmighty God otherwise these who refused to hear and obey them had beenin no fault and it would have been an insufferable boldness in S. Paul to have required such an absolute submission to what 〈◊〉 taught as to oblige Christians of his â—â—â—e not to have believed even an Angel â—om heaven teaching contrary things to â—hat he taught them Hence it is that the â—â—maining writings of the B. Apostles are by â—ll Christians esteemed as the word of God â—nd this was mainly necessary in the ages â—fter Christ for the Church of God in the 〈◊〉 Apostles time to have a living infallible way of direction and this was the way to â—aintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of â—eace so become one body with one heart â—ot as sects divided subdivided scattered â—â—to as many parts and sorts as now are â—nd have gone to cuffs raising civil war for â—he diciding of controversies as we have seen they did since they divided themselves from the holy Catholick Roman Church Mark now those words Heb. 11.6 without faith its impossible to please God and of Math. 16.16 he that believeth shall not be damned and Eph. 4.5 there is but one faith one Baptism one Lord Jesus the faith which is to save us and by the which we are to please God cannot be had but in one Church and that of Christ it cannot therefore be found in Sects in contrary opinions it being of necessity but one of contraries one only must be true Do but observe 2 Cor. 10.5 bringing into Captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ
that never heard a word oâ— Christs Religion neither have had any kindâ— of impulses for to inquire and embrace thâ— same such shall not be damned for infidelâ—ty if none such sins they have committed either they will be illuminated by Godâ— that they come to the knowledge of saving faith or if they die in their natural innocenâ—cy they shall incurr only the poena damnâ— not of sense in the other world If a proteâ—stant living and dying so if he die in thâ— estate of innocency he shall enter into heaveâ— because baptized in Christ O Andrew râ—turn to your bleeding Mother she is youâ— true Mother while you remain abroaâ— with the harlot you can have no quietness no comfort no grace no ease no refresâ—ment no food but husks being destitute 〈◊〉 the help of the Sacraments which are the heavenly conduits through such divine grace is conveyed to Drooping souls you are destitute of the true Word of God of the prayers of the Church the Congregation of faithful Christians you are destitute of good and laudable examples you are destitute of a dread sacrifice destitute of faith destitute of Religion you have lost all devotion all Mortification and even the fear of a living God consider your lamentable state you are become one of a Sect where there is no Guide Rule or Judge or authority which God hath appointed for your direction and to teach and continue true faith in the world the Guide Rule Judge and Authority which Roman Catholicks follow is such and the same in effect is which the first Christians follow'd in the time of the Apostles and in every respect able and sufficient to execute its function and indeed the only means imaginable not only to teach and convey true faith unto the world but also to reconcile all differences arising in matters of faith as also to evince condemn all hereticks schismaticks so establish that union that becoms the Church of God which Christ Jesus our all-wise Legislator hath setled in the world and this Guide and Judge which Catholick do follow is infallible and hath sufficient credentials from heaven to prove her self to be so consequently that we are all obliged to captivate our understanding to the obedience of Faith Adhortatio Paranetica ad Sacrilegum Apostatam Cassellensem Salve Andrea me tantisper accipe A roaring Lion by Christs most heavenly call From Saul became a Gospel preaching Paul Thou Sall from Priest and preaching childe of Paul Beguil'd art turn'd to be a black curs'd Saul Your proud wâ—ll shak'd off the yoke of Faith Pursuing â—an n'â— lies illusions and deceit Lord what 's caitiff flesh when left to it self Faith needs must wreck when mâ—n is his own shelf How vain is humane confidence how frail Only Faiths true ways can our souls avail Vae impio in malum retributio manuum ejus fiet ei Isa 3. Who cannot Sir but stand amazed and startle at your dismal fall from the true ancient Church of Christ you a professor of Divinâ—ty though of no solid intensive learning a Religious priest of a Society most renown'd for learning sanctity piety vertue and blessings you a preacher of the word and pennance you who cleav'd so fast to the Rock Christ now to be so easily and so suddenly by the sâ—ubtil wiles cunning crafty slight and sophistry of crafty seducers hurried away to a Religion false tracherous and destructive of salvation and metamorphosed into the likeness of a loathsome and deformed villain and now in your old age become like a childe against that wholsome advice of S. Paul 1 Cor. 14. nolite pueri effici sensibus children commonly never regards precious things carts coaches and wheels made of earth delights them more then the rich brave painted coaches of Kings of great State and magnificence for these little ones are only led by their sences as you shall see a childe break to peices books of high esteem and value throw away precious gems and most noble Jewells and take up a black coal kiss it and eat it c. such a little childe you Andrew Sall is become of late when you made choise of darkness for light black coals of heresie apostasie liberty illusions falshood and sordid ways and such as please your wretched blinde sences and shamefully condemn most solid most precious and most soveraign things as true un-erring faith Religion glorious vertues Sanctity grace mortification purity of life and conversation devotion sasting prayers contemplation and sweet retirement all which are leading to eternal glory O stark blindness hinc lacrimae this wretched exchange sure must proceed from very gross ignorance pride and carelesness for the mind of man being the lowest among rational natures addicted to senses and carnal actions apprehends nothing perfectly beside sensible external temporal things as honour riches voluptuousness pleasures contentments c. and cannot apprehend spiritual and heavenly things viz. the beauty of vertue the pleasures and sweet enjoyments of eternal happiness the beatifical vision and fruition of Gods most glorious face the onely source of ful content and never-ending felicity I say these things they apprehend but very weakly and even in a confus'd and languishing manner whereas the affection of the will still follows strongly the apprehension as when a man doth taste of the deluding sweetness of terrestriall happiness he vainly imagines the same to be far greater then really it is even so when one tastes a little of the roughness difficulty and loathsome bitterness of vertue doth likewise fondly imagine the same to be more craggy intollerable and loathsome then truly it is and so falls back and desists from going forward in the quest happy pursuit of solid vertue O Andrew non erit tibi amplius infans dierum senex qui non impleat dies suos quoniam puer centum annorum morietur Isa 65. that is to say if any old man be found of childish behaviour and becoming a puer centum annorum and yet would prove a childe in his senses in a vicious life and conversation that man shall not persevere in the Militant to pass to the Triumphant Church but shall be precipitated into everlasting darkness and flames oh Andrea haec te horrenda terreant how come you in your old age to be so enchanted and so miserably to revolt from a true antiently revealed Faith how come you to fly wretchedly from Religion piety pennance and austerity of life c. but because you doted you proved puer centum annorum becoming a scandalous Apostate a vile protestant and a pittifull object of scorn to boys and lackeys so as you may say with King David 2 Reg. vivit Dominus quoniam filius mortis est qui hoc fâ—cit The antient Philosophers were accustomed to compare weak effeminate men who easily would part with some most precious thing for a bubble or trifle to a fish call'd polype which cleaves so fast to a rock that it will be sooner
carnal childish sences and to turn your self to your mother the Roman Catholick Church wherein only is true faith Religion grace and true comfort to be found opus annorum multorum perdidisti arise and rouse from your dismall Apostasy An Appendix IN the great and most important affairs of faith all on all sides agree that they are bound on pain of damnation to believe all truths sufficiently propounded to them as revealed of God and to obey and submit to that Guide Rule Judge and Authority which God hath instituted and appointed to teach and govern them the reason is because whosoever denies any thing sufficiently propounded to be revealed by God denies Gods veracity and makes him a lyar No protestant can shew any other reason why by denying the Trinity and unity or the Incarnation Gods veracity is denied and God thereby made a liar but because the Trinity and Incarnation are sufficiently propounded as divine Revelations therefore the Real Presence prayer to Saints the Papes Supremacy auricular confession purgatory c. being without doubt as sufficiently propounded in the Scripture as those mysteries of the Trinity and Incarnation by denying which Gods Veracity must be also denied and so God made a lyar See in chap. 16.12 when the spirit of Truth is come he will guide you into all truth but all truth excludes all errours and this for ever which was to be longer then the Apostles were to live If you Andrew enquire by what means this teaching shall be by whom all people shall be taught all truths and shall be preserved from all errours S. Paul will tell you Eph. 4.11 He gave some Apostles succeeding in full Apostolical authority some Prophets expounders of the prophets some Evangelists preachers of the Gospel some Pastors and Teachers to what end for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the Ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ for what time or how long till we all come in the union of faith now Andrew you may ask will these secure us the very next verse tells you that henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro with every winde of doctrine by the slieght of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lie in wait to deceive as you lately have been most shamefully by the slieghts of Satan and his Instruments pride lust and avarice hurried away from Christs unerring Church wherein only are manifestly seen unfeigned miracles sanctity of life efficacy of doctrine admirable repentance of sinners conversions of people and Nations unity stability perpetuity uninterrupted succession of lawfull pastors which cannot be found in your protestant sect these are such heavenly marks as are impossible for God to affix unto a lie which is as impossible as to set his hand and seal to the confirmation of falshood according to the Rule of Gamaliel If it be of God it will hold the faith of Roman-Catholicks holds and daily grows more numerous in her proselites when the unsteady wavering protestant pitiful sect daily changes like the Camelion from one false doctrine to another which occasioned the most illustrious Marquesse Badensis from a Lutheran to become a Roman-Catholick the same instability of hereticks scoffed and laugh'd at by Fredericus great Duke of Saxony at a time being questioned by a familiar friend what did his Lutherans believe he answered quid hoc anno credunt scio quid vero credituri sint anno sequenti nescio nec ipsimet sciunt no wonder having lost their ground their rule their un-erring Judge the Roman-Catholick Church some years past the protestants in England according to their first institution did observe the Lent exactly and also were accustomed to fast from meat on Frydays Saturdays but alas all that is forgorten all is chang'd nothing permanent among them but persecution of the Roman-Catholicks yet to observe the Lent and to abstain from meat the forty days of Lent withal on Frydays and Saturdays would much conduce to the weal-publick for the growth of cattle and for the comfort of poor people meat being so excessive dear for not observing the fasts on those holy times not speaking of the infinite comfort and encreaâ—e of blessings both to soul and body which daily accrew to Kingdoms where the Lent and Frydays and Saturdays are duely observed and fasted in the Roman-Cath Church Now Andrew I conjure you in the bowels of Charity to learn by heart that most heavenly lesson of Christ Jesus viz. Learn of me for I am meek and humble of heart in order to this remember S. John 4.6 We are of God He that heareth God heareth us he that is not of God heareth us not hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour Andrew nothing was required to distinguish those two spirits but to hear or to refuse to hear the Apostolical Teachers Lo S. Paul saith Faith comes by hearing it will be as necessary now for you to hear in these our times those that are lawfully commissioned to teach as it was in the time of the Apostles Come along therefore return to your Mother your true un erring guide fly away from Babylon and save your soul begin to curse the day that you began to curse and dishonour your true Mother in imitation of that great Heresiarch Calvin who consuming with intolerable stench from vermine cryed out aloud saying Maledicta dies qnae primum studio scriptioni falsae me adduxit Bolsecus in vita Calvini haec te horrenda moveant terreant from appearing against truth and the faith of Christ for vain oftentation for sordid gain for to please men and displease the all-seeing God O Andrew how come you to forsake your true mother the Roman-Catholick Church which is the womb of your beginning and bosome of your repose and fall into the cruel hands of a false mother and harlot I pray observe 3. Reg. how two harlots came to Solomon for to decide the controversie between them about a living child the one alledging it was hers and the other also alledging the childe belonged to her the King said bring me a sword and they brought a sword before the King and the King said divide the living childe in two and give half to one and half to the other then spake the woman whose the living childe was for her bowels yerned toward her son saying O my Lord give her the living childe and in no wise slay it but the other the false mother said let it not be mine or thine but divide it then the King out of his wisedom said give her the childe slay it not she is mother thereof because she has true love to her childe and will not have it divided your soul is a childe which is claim'd by two Mothers the Roman-Catholick Chhrch and the pretended Church of Protestants how shall we finde out the true mother from the false one by Solomons dividatur infans let the childe be divided in two the
Roman Catholick Church what honour therefore profit or proselits can accrew to the Protestants by so much honoring and contenancing our poor Apostates made their chief Apostles none but rather great dishonour and shame for how can any man in his witts believe that such vile Runagates who proves faithless and perfidious to the living God Religion Conscience and consecrated vows â—an prove at all true real and faithful to a new-fangled groundless and inconstant Sect moulded and fram'd by mortal men It is worth observation to ponder how there was an Orthodox priest very familiar with Theodoricus an Arrian King who for to insinuate himself into more favour with the King became an Arrian which when the King understood immediatly commanded he should be put to death saying Si Deo vivo fidem non servavit quomodo mihi qui mortalis sum eam conservabit and you may reade in histâ—r tripar lib. 1. c. 7. how Constantius a Gentile Father to Constantinus Magnus used a strange stratagem for to discover who among the Christians in his Court were his faithful friends from those that were not he fain'd to set up the worship of false Gods and to banish from his Court and service all such that would not abjure Christian Religion and embrace the establish'd by him in his kingdom upon publication whereof many revolted from Christian Religion for to enjoy the kings favour many continued constant to their principles whereupon the King removed from his Court and favour all who proved unconstant and faithless to their religion not daring in his prudence to trust those who were found perfidious to the living God but those who stood stedfast to their faith and conscience he embrac'd and emploied in places of trust and honour Hence it doth follow that it is folly to expect that Andrew can be true real or faithful to Sectaries that was not constant to Gods true service neither can he be instrumental to draw many proselites after him in Ireland from the roman-Roman-Catholicks who are brave resolute clear-sighted Christians most zealous of their ancient Religion for which and for not going to the Protestant Churches against their conscience they would not suffer imprisonments forfeitures of estats if they had not been absolutely certain that all the Misteries and tenents of their antient faith are purely revealed by God and faithfully handed to them by their glorious and miraculous Patron and Apostle S. Patrick and so they choose undauntedly rather to suffer the loss of all their means and brave estates c. then make in the least shipwrack of their Religion and they be not ignorant how that it was not for any truth perfection or goodness in the protestant Sect that mov'd Sall to revolt to it neither for love of more vertues or more sanctity he deserted his true antient Mother but that it was rather for to enjoy more liberty indulgence more pleasure more mony more content and plausibility among protestants occasioned his dismal separation yet noâ—withstanding he will not if he can perish alone he will furiously endeavour to gaine proselites and will out of ambition pride and malice envenom others though I am confident he will catch none but Novices onely in both divine and humane learning and such as are unsetled in Religion and wild hair-braind loose livers and idle vagrants Therefore Andrew desist from preaching poor souls into just so much as shall beget their torture let them rest where they finde full satisfaction Oh Andrew desist from fighting against God who is the free disposer of his gifts and especially of faith do not expose your self dangerously to the indignation of God do not strive to drive others and thy self to eternal perdition without question you commit a most grievous sin when you endeavour by artifice of the devil to draw men to profess or act contrary to what their souls and consciences believes to be revealed and true when you wound the weak consciences you sin against Christ 1 Cor. 8.12 do not desperatly preach or strive to whip Roman Catholicks out of their true faith to a way that is but errour and falshood Let me now Andrew close this Discourse with this when Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate quicken his artificial bodies the gods for punishment of so high a sacriledge struck him not dead with a sudden thunderbolt but to be more deeply avenged let him live to be tormented with vultures continually gnawing on his liver O Andrew your horrid apostasie and sacriledge exceeds all crimes imaginable so your punishment will be exceeding grievous for in an unlucky time you steal away the heavenly fire of your sacred function mission and character from Gods service and employ it though to little effect to animate and quicken that artificial earthly imperfect dead body of protestanism your fire is turned to black coals fetch'd from the infernal pit to preach what in your conscience you believe untrue I am sure is damnable and to compel others to the same is nothing else but to drive them to renounce their sure-footing in Religion and the essential part in them their reason but let me tell you all your labour poor contrivements wretched ambition and oyl will be wasted to no purpose you do feel I am confident your self tormented with vultures continually gnawing on your liver nam sequitur superbos ultor a tergo Deus Seneca and withall non existimes impune tibi futurum quod contra Deum pugnare tentaveris 2 Mac. 7. My last advice to you is from the holy Ghost Eccles 9. quodcunque potest manus tua operare instanter quia nec opus ne ratio nec sapientia apud inferos quo tu prâ—peras ah dear Andrew be wise return to thy self confider these things work according to them that you may be happy according to the true prayers of Your true friend and well-wisher in the best things J. E. FINIS A COUNTER-POYSON For to Enchant that Enchanted Enchanting Forsworn Wretch ANDREW SALL APOSTATE Miserably wandring in the Region of Nothing Thou hast not lied to men but to God Acts 5.
that this faith or beliâ—ving was to be sealed in the understanding that the understanding was to submit nâ— arrogantly to dispute And that this Act 〈◊〉 believe was a command or precept of Alâ— mighty God who will have his will obeyeâ— by all his subjects and the not obeying 〈◊〉 which is punished with eternal damnatâ—on Lastly consider Hebr. 10.23 let us hoâ— fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithfull that hath promised That faith is truly divine must be an infallible assent of our understanding submitting it self obediently to believe the Revelationâ— of God for otherwise faith consequently all Religion may be no more then fancy oâ— opinion and then no ways certain and if so then no obligation Now it must follow first that there must be some means appointed by God by which we may know this one true faith from all false Sects and opinions whereas to require one to believe upon pain of damnation not to give him any means whereby he may know what to believe for salvation in this Religion or that sect were to require him to walk without leggs these means must be infallible for we cannot be brought to an infallible assent by fallible and uncertain means as God would not require us to assent to an Authority which may deceive us then our understanding must of necessity submit to those â—eans under pain of damnation O terrible â—r if our understanding were at liberty to â—bmit or not submit to the means by which â—ving Faith is conveyed unto us it would â—en be no sin not to believe consequently â—od would not jnstly damn us for not beâ—eving and withall whosoever shall reâ—se to be governed by those heavenly â—eans and the same authority that God â—ath appointed to govern us he shall be a â—ebel against God and a vile Traitor Lastâ—y I say that two men of two differing â—iths or beliefs cannot be saved for both of â—hem knowing that they are bound to be guided and governed by those means which God hath appointed to convey saving faith â—o them and one of them flatly refusing to submit this person who refufeth must be guilty of disobedience and refractoriness to Gods Command and consequently cannot be saved And so to our present purpose ignorant people by reasonable and earnest diligence as it is very tollerable to humane frailty and very possible and easy for them may come by Gods grace to the true knowledge of these means otherwise God would have appointed means which would prove unprofitable to the end and so the far greater number of souls for whom Christ died would not be sufficiently provided for by Gods sweet providence 〈◊〉 that prophesy would prove also ineffectual Esay 35. Say to them that are of a fear fâ—â— heart be strong fear not behold your Gâ—â— will come and save you then the eyes of thâ— blinde shall be opened and the eares of thâ— deaf unstopped c. and one high way shall 〈◊〉 there and a way and it shall be called the holy way that way-faring men though foâ—â— shall not err therein It cannot be denyed bâ—â— this wholsome doctrine is agreeable with all sorts of people Apostats sectaries oâ— Dissenters from the Mother Church for it must be granted that there must be a way and a Rule there must be means appointed there must be a governing power to judge and decide all arising doubts and teach aâ— the world the true way and path to heaven with certainty but when we come to findâ—â— it out all persons will agree That they are obliged under pain of damnation to submit to it receive it and embrace it and walâ— according to it as to the Apostles if they were actually living or to Christ himself 〈◊〉 and when you understand this Rule and guide then you cannot but believe all and every article of faith which we the Roman Catholicks did all along from the Apostles time and this day do unanimously believe and practise this is the main point which will allay all controversies contests wranglings ammosityes and hatred between Roman Catholicks and all dissenters the God â—f union and truth open the eyes and illuâ—inate the understandings of apostats to â—ake right use of this my labour Now I â—t them know that neither private spirit or natural reason of any man can possibly 〈◊〉 this Rule and Judge for this must subâ—it as a subject and Vassal to that Rule and â—udge and it 's always fallible and strangdly â—t to mistake misleade which is against â—e nature of the true Rule and Judge to be â—r if God should oblige us upon pain of â—amnation to submit unto and to be goâ—erned and ruled by an Authority that might receive and might teach for a truth what 〈◊〉 not we should be bound to believe that 〈◊〉 true which is not so and yet be damâ—â—d for not believing the truth further â—our private spirit or reason were to be â—is Rule and Judge then it would follow â—â—ntrary to the scripture that it is not imâ—â—ssible to please God without faith for â—â—ason would sufficiently teach us how to â—ease God yet it would be a breach of this â—ule to believe what we do not understand would likewise follow that every preâ—â—nded Religion would be the truth and 〈◊〉 contradictions would be true and there would be not only one faith but no faith 〈◊〉 all but reason above which faith is for reason excludeth faith and there 〈◊〉 scarce that man living but his reason diffeâ— from anothers understanding judgmenâ— differing as much as their faces therefoâ—â— none that follows his own Reason could 〈◊〉 justice be condemned by God and so 〈◊〉 ilation all men would be saved unleâ—â— peradventure you will say that in a buâ—â—ness of such main consequence as the salvâ—tion of souls our primate reason perswadâ— us to prefer the authority of such as aâ— wiser then our selves before our own judâ—ments which is most true But I then infeâ—â— that Roman Catholicks are the most ratiâ—nal most learned most wise most godly most unbiased people now in the world aâ— consequently have the best Religion 〈◊〉 acting most conformably to reason in the belief for they rely still on the authority 〈◊〉 General Councils consisting of the able and most learned men of all Nations whiâ—â— is the greatest authority to be found 〈◊〉 Earth especially having the assistance of tâ—â— holy Ghost visum est spiritui sancto 〈◊〉 bis as it appears they have both by thâ— testimony of the Scripture and the constaâ—â— tradition of all ages Upon these ground we may be sure that certainly God in hâ—â— good providence had appointed a moâ—â— sure Guide Rule and Judge to bring maâ— to the infallible faith for salvation the Reason and proud spirit otherwise God is defective in necessaries and that Religion were no more then fancy and opinion and it is worth observation how for the first two thousand years before any Scriptures were written the visible
or John or any Pape said so or taught the same but that the first verity God revealed propounded and said the same so as our faith is founded on Christ yet because those matters revealed by Christ are not so manifest what they are he therefore gave us a secondary fundamental stone Peter and his successors who tells us and propounds what Christ revealed and distinguishes such from what was not revealed or delivered by him and so our faith is grounded on both stones but in a different manner the one is but vice king or Vicar but Christ the prime and principal stone communicating to Peter his Epithete though it has been analogice tantum It is very remarkable what happened in the time of Stephanus intruded pape 7. according to Baron anno 897. how that Basilica Lateran the prime Pontifical seat impulsore Angelo malo did all fall down to the ground even from the high Altar to the very gate the sanctuary only in which was the Chair of the Pape being remain'd whole and entire which strange accident doth manifest that the true seat of glorious S. Peter can never come to ruine notwithstanding that sanctity and grace in heads and members may sometimes fail Because Christ Jesus that Eagle preserved the same though he sits in heaven in his glory yet he still hath his sacred eyes fixed on the nest of his Church to preserve it till doomsday even as when the Eagle hath his little ones in the nest fearing the poyson of serpents great enemies to his nest and his young birds he flies up and down among the Rocks for to finde out the precious stone called Aetites or Eaglestone which the Eagle places in his nest which hat rare vertue against all venome See Pierius valer even so that glorious Eagle Christ left in his nest the Roman-Catholick Church his heavenly spouse many precious Eagle-stones viz. many places of Scripture revealed by him for to preserve the same alwaies from the stinking breath and poyson of accruing hereticks Did not Christ place one Eagle-stone in the nest of his Church when he said rogavi Peter thy faith shall never fail and S. Cyprian lib. 3. epist 3. said that to the Roman faith perfidiousness could have no access Another stone Peter feed my sheep feed my lambs which preserves Peter and his Successors till the end of the world to be Universal Pastors Heads and visible Vicars of Christ in his visible Congregation from all malice envy and venome of barking hereticks Are not the seven Sacraments proved and marvellously preserved from all venom by several Eagle-stones in Scripture Confirmation has that stone Act. 8.15 17. Pennance and Sacramental Confession proved and preserved by Matth. 18.18 and John 20.23 Saint James chapt 5. from the dangerous venom of hereticks withall observe Andrew the terms of the Commission granted to Roman-Catholick Priests to absolve sins are so large and general that without great temerity that power cannot be restrain'd only unto publick and notorious offences and when the Priest pronounces the Absolution in the Name and by the power of Jesus since he doth but follow the express terms of their heavenly Commission the sentence then is repeated as given by Christ himself in whose place they are appointed as visible Judges to the visible members of Christ's visible flock so as it is the invisible high-priest viz Christ who interiorly absolveth the penitent whilst the priest exerciseth the exterior Ministry Extreme unction is confirmed and preserved from the infection of heresie by that stone placed by Christ in his nest Jac. 5.14 Marriage likewise by that precious Eagle-stone Matth. 19.5 and Eph. 5.32 Holy Orders established ratified and preserved from all poyson 1 Tim. 4. and 2 Tim. 1. The Real Presence of Christs Body in the Eâ—charist solemnly preserved from the venom and infection of heretical figurative understanding by those Eagle-stones Matth. 26. Luke 22. â— Cor. 11.24 26. O brave militant Church O triumph of the pure nest of Jesus where souls are saved and conveied to the glory of the Triumphant Church against this fortress of truth against this Nest and Spouse of Christ all what Andrew Sall or fresher wits of the whole heap of Protestanism begun disastrously by the shameful revolt of Henry the 8th and moulded and made up by the arm of flesh shall never prevail against it and all that they say will be no more then so many several handfuls of execrable ashes taken out of the urns of condemn'd hereticks whose malicious contâ—ivements are quite forgotten that Roman Catholicks are superstitious erroneous c. is the onely chief rope whereupon the Apostate Sall dances the antick and triumphs which can never be proved empty aerial groundlesse bare words can beguile none but weak licentious and fickle reeds they will never prevail with any well-principled Christian And though all tempests of the world assail Christs faith yet gainst it hell cannot prevail Andrew eat your bread hold your tongue all you can say against Christ's sacred nest will signifie nothing but as meer scare-crows it can avail you nought else but heap judgements on your crazy head and palsey hand come along sweet Andrew 'T is worth your serious consideration to ponder the glory and splendour of Roman-Catholick Religion Saul from a persecutor by the hand and call of Christ became a Preacher an Apostle what greater confirmation of Christian Religion then to see Christ appearing to preserve his nest and his spouse from imminent danger menaced by a cruel wolf Saul the head preserves the members the glorious Eagle preserves his little ones from the jaws of hell the Scribes and Pharisees Math. 16. sought for signes from heaven lo now a most rare and stupendious one Christ in the air forcing Saul to become Paul and a main witnesse of the truth of our Religion here may be considered the strength and certainty of our faith an enemy of the Gospel Doctor of the Jews to become in an instant metamorphos'd and quite chang'd from a wolf into a meek lamb and preacher of Christ's law how come Saul like another Balaam to bless the people of God who was sent to curse them but that he was constrained by God so to do and has been taught in our faith by Christ himself most wonderfully O Andrew Sall this is no great comfort for you who from a Sall was raised to be a prest a preacher like another Paul now to become a Saul a wolf an enemy a persecutor of Christ and his members yea even a murtherer Return back call for mercy be reconciled come and receive grace Saul an enemy received grace was made a chosen vessel O mercy never to be duely pondered distrust not wretched Andrew diffide not of Gods goodness and mercy nor of the efficacy of his divine grace Sall Sequutus es errantem sequere poenitentem Saulum listen to Gods calling voice and illumination stifle not the divine inspirations of God vocantis illuminantis arguentis castigantis
cooperate tâ— the end of his humane faith viz. the desinâ— of learning now what thing can he imagiâ— so precious so glorious so honorable anâ— so desireable as to enjoy the beatifical visâ—on of Gods eternal glory and who but 〈◊〉 stark mad brain-sick man will not endeavour with all his power and faculties to finâ—â— out the means helps and ways and not 〈◊〉 spare any labour pains or sufferings whaâ—soever for to attain to such a happy Stateâ— O Andrew the prodigious stories of thâ— strict sanctity severe disciplins rigid moâ—â— tifications and great sufferings of Romaâ— Catholicks in all ages as in your conscienâ—â— you know the ardour of their heavenlâ— zeaâ— their deiform intentions their ravishing devotions ought to be an abundanâ— argument to shame your dulness stupidity laziness and supine negliglence and convince you that such faith as that of Romaâ—â—â—â—holicks is not humane but most divin◠〈…〉 more saintlike more majestical more reasonable and more productive of pure sanctity and grace then the bare humane faith of protestants and all other Sectaries O Andrew when I to my grief understand you now serve your pseudo-prelate at Camas with such hazardous slavish and difficult service with such undaunted courage and resolution because you believe him able to reward you according to his promise to you before you revolted to him though of his will you are not so certain and yet you are so supinely negligent and incurious of your service to the great God from whom you shamefully apostatised whose infinitely great power and will rewards all super-abundantly for if you believe there is such a thing as heaven and that every single mans portion of the glory there is far better and infinitely more advantageous then all the riches content and pleasures of this barren world it is morally impossible you should thus blindly prefer little before so incomparably great profitt and never ending happiness I cannot tell what to say but that you are charmâ—d lothum comedisti I believe you are not ignorant of a story of Homer in his Iliads who saies that Vlisses his companions travelling towards their native Country in their journey they met trees bearing most fair and lovely apples call'd Lothos which for all the fruit was pleasant and of an excellent raste yet it had a strainge property that chose that did eat of the same became so drowsie stupified lazie and forgettful that they did not minde to give a step forward in their journey to their sweet native Country whence comes lothum comedisti as an adage Oh Andrew you are created for heaven educated for heaven you that have labored for heaven many years in appearance to the world thether you travail as the place and period of your peregrination how come you not to minde your journey to give a step forward to advance your conquest why dost thou halt at Camas how come you to be so sleepy and stupidly lazie by heresy and Apostasie feeding on lothos vain pleasure fair promises deceitful wiles and sweet venom of hereticks O Andrew reflect reflect reclaim reclaim rouse up arise shake off your shackles and bonds of iniquity take to your comfort what I have read in Scripture how when the people of Israel were captives led to Persia their Priests did hide and bury the holy fire which always did burn on the Altar in the Temple under ground in a valley Many years after Neâ—mias employed priests for to finde out the sacred fire who found nothing but aquam crâ—ssam gross muddy water an mire O prodigy no fire but water and that muddy and troubled yet Neemias commanded the priests to lay the sacifice on the Altars to be offered to God and to sprinkle the sacrifice with the muddy miry water which done accensus ignis magnus ita ut omnes mirarentur O miâ—terious success a holy Expositor says what before fire out of that fire water was engendred now water and of that fire engendred O prodigy what means this but that for your comfort Andrew ex igne divini amoris gratia compunctionis oritur rursus ex compunctione Lachrimaram amor ardor coelestis desiderii mens nostra ad amorem Dei inardescit sometimes from compuction of heart and from tears the love and desire of celestial things is engendred and sometimes from the love of God the grace of compunction and teares are also ingendred Come along therefore poor Andrew he that continually wallows with dirty swine in the mire must expect to be in the same filthy condition the plague is not more spreadingly infectious then ill manners liberty evil company and hereticks ill example is more prevalent then precept make therefore in time 〈…〉 men your example lest you be made 〈…〉 example to others It is related 〈…〉 tâ—e body of the Emperor Titt 〈…〉 on the funeral 〈…〉 according to the Custome of those times his heart after the body was reduced all to ashes did many times spring out of the flames and being at last opened by such who wondred at the strangeness of the accident it was found to be full of poyson which hindred the operation of the fire upon it and when the poyson was wash'd away then the fire wrought upon it and was immediately consumed to ashes oh Andrew Sall the flames and ardour of the divine fire of Gods love cannot work upon your heart before the inward venom of heresie be wash'd and cleansed away by tears of compunction calling sincerely upon sweet Jesus saying Lord give me the gift of faith and true Religion Lord Jesus inflame my heart with thy love oh Jesus give me a cleane heart from all self ends self seeking self interest and from all preâ—udicate opinion and insufferable over-weeâ—ing pride and malice O Jesus call me back from being such a fiery persecutor of 〈…〉 â—sed Julian was oh I 〈…〉 venous in malice and 〈…〉 me not gangrene in 〈…〉 â—diousness against this 〈…〉 carâ—bas me ego 〈…〉 Lord Jesus open 〈…〉 see my 〈◊〉 and 〈…〉 help me out of my ignorance Apostasy and folly Jesus be a Jesus to me wretched sinner Conclusion SUre Protestants by countenancing honouring and advancing to preâ—erment such Scandalous outcast Rubbish do overthrow their pretended Religion by these means and ways they seek to establish and strengthen the same Andrew Sall is admitted as a Minister and preacher among Protestants yet he from that Protestant Sect received no new character consecration or Jurisdiction for that they had none to give nemo dat quod non habet therefore Andrew preaching and acting as a protestant-Minister authorised only by the holy Orders he in the Roman Catholick Church received it cannot be denied but that they do own and acknowledge the Roman Catholick Church to be the only true Mother of Salvation which by many infallible proofs can boast of unfeigned priestly function character consecration Mission Succession antiquity sanctity true Mâ—racles judgment and reason all which is in no Sect to be found but in the
Church of God was this Rule and Judge was not I pray circumcision and other Rites brought in by Abraham and practised by the Church then without any Scriptures to try them by what would you have said if you had then lived would you have disobeyed the then Church and reject those ordinances because then there were no Scriptures to warrant them The Church of the Jews was so to the Jews after that the Scripture was written and this by the express direction of the Scripture Deut. 17.8 Thou shalt come to the Priests the Levites and unto the Judge and enquire and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgments c. and then he that shall do presumptuously and will not hearken unto the priest or judge even that man shall die and even Christ whilst the Jews his Church was yet in being gave directions Matth. 22.2 3. The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses chair all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe that observe and do assuredly God would not direct them and punish them with death for not obeying an authority which might deceive and misleade them would our Lord command the doing of whatsoever should be done by an authority when that authority was capable of mistakings the Church therefore and not the scriptures was the Rule and Judge to them they were to hearken to the priest and Judge upon pain of death The happiness of Christian Religion Document 3. REligion is a sacred vertue of a Superior and divine nature attended with an awfull respect to the worship of one Living God without any superstion in ceremonious observance and withall it may be called the Law of the supreme King commanding and directing that duty and worship which man owes unto him and rewarding man with that true happiness which he may enjoy in him the Athenians inscribed their Altar To the unknown God and their worship was as vain and ignorant whom therefore saith the Apostle ye ignorantly worship him I declare unto you where he plainly sheweth the difference between heathenish worship of God and true Religion it 's true they had some glimmering apprehensions of God but they abused it with their Idolatry and corrupted it with their lives S. Paul directly encountred the Athenian Idolatry plainly preaching to the people the doctrine of the Deity of creation providence sin Redemption Repentance Resurrection and the last Judgment Thus Poets frame Religion according to their fancy vain philosophers according to their imperfect Reason states-men shape it according to policy and Reason of state but the summe and substance of true Religion is sincerely to honour worship love fear and reverence the living God with heart soul and might in the practise of vertues which leads to Eternity of glory Holy and antient Religion is the Basis of the permanent felicity of kingdoms and Religion is said a Religando it binds hearts wills nowrisheth publick societies observes strictly lawes if it be changed nought but confusion disorder darkness discontent disunion discord and animosities can be expected to follow all which Germany England Flanders France Ireland can by wofull experience publish In all ages it was necessary to make open profession of Religion in acknowledgment of humane and exterior worship to a Deity S. Jerom doth advertise That by Tradition of the Hebrews in the law of nature the first begotten had right to the function of priesthood offering sacrifice untill Aarons time Adam by divine instinct instructed his Son Abel to offer sacrifice to God to fear and love God for when Cain said there is no Judgment to come no Judge no other world but this no reward for the Jult no punishments for sinners neither this world is governed by Gods mercy to whom Abel the defender of Truth replied frator ne sic asser as erroniè est enim Judicium est Judex est aliud saeculum est ibi merces pro justis poena pro Impiis Gen. 4. But in the Moysaical law the levits were chosen priests Num. 3. who had power to offer sacrifice to God then Abraham Jsaac Jacob Joseph with 12 Patriarks after these came Moses Aaron Josue together with the 72 Elders that governed the People with many Priests and Prophets all exercising Religion offering sacrifice four hundred years after came David Samuel and Nathan with many holy Prophets after God sent Jeremy Ezekiel Daniel Zachary Aggeus Malachy Nehemias c. for to preserve Religion divine worship Sacrifice faith and Sacrament now I ask what 's the reason that now under the holy law of the Gospel Protestants have no sacrifice the principal point of Religion it is because they have no Priests with true character function holy Orders Mission power and authority from above but from the weak arm of flesh therefore having no true Priests no Religion no Sacrifice no Sacrament no faith but opinion and fancy But the Roman-Catholick Church the mother and Mistrisse of true faith hath lawful Priests Religion Altars Sacrifice Sacraments successive function of Priesthood established by Christ for the perpetuity of his Church and comfort of his flock O mercy and divine providence never to be duely pondered now the infernal Dragon a declared enemy to God because he cannot come near him to hurt or offend him he hurts man the Image of God even as he that is an enemy to a father of a family when he cannot annoy his person endeavours to annoy his possessions his fields his children so the devil cast from Heaven by God hath still enmity against him but not being able to annoy God he endeavours to destroy man Gods image to pervert him to delude him and divert him from true Religion alledging that Christ's Church is not the true Church that it 's erroneous superstitious full of ceremonys c. You may reade in apoc 16. vidi prodire de ore draconis I have seen coming out of the mouth of the dragon the beast the pseudo-prophet three foul spirits like froggs this dragon this beast this pseudo-prophet is Luther the three froggs are understood by many Interpreters the three perverse sordid Sects which did flow from cursed Luther the first that of Anabaptists whose first Author was one Rosmanus before a Lutheran the second that of Sacramentaries the Author whereof was Corolostadius from whom proceeded Zuinglius and Calvin the third is that of Protestants whose Author was Melanchton or rather Henry the 8. for before his dismal Revolt from the Roman Religion there was for 1500. years and above no other Religion in England but the Roman Catholick Religion flowrishing most gloriously in piety learning sanctity prosperity and happiness having had 22. Kings in the opinion of Saints and no memory dream or word of Protestant in England before his Reigne And not unfitly heresy is compared to frogs for sordidness loquacity and for importunity for still you may hear the frogs in quagmires with their harsh unpleasant and troublesome clamors night and day to which the clamors of hereticks is very