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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51449	The most Christian Turk: or, a view of the life and bloody reign of Lewis XIV. present King of France Containing an account of his monstrous birth, the transactions that happened during his minority under Cardinal Mazarine; afterwards his own unjust enterprizes in war and peace, as breach of leagues, oaths, &c. the blasphemous titles given him, his love-intrigues, his confederacy with the Turk to invade Christendom, the cruel persecution of his Protestant subjects, his conniving with pirates, his unjustly invading the empire, &c. laying all waste before him with fire and sword, his quarrels with the Pope and Genoieze, his treachery against England, Scotland, and Ireland, the engagements of the confederate princes against him; with all the battles, sieges, and sea fights, that have happened of consequence to this time.		1690 (1690)	Wing M2870A; ESTC R216384	73,891	189

Places where Briefs were granted and large Contributions given for the Support of such poor Refugees as took shelter and by many Difficulties escaped the Vnchristian Cruelties of the Most Christian King Nor will it be improper for the better informing the Protestant Reader to give a brief Account of what the Manner and Form of the Abjurations and Subscriptions those of the Reformed Religion were to make for the Pleasure of Lewis XIV in which Popery is briefly anatomized viz. IN the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Amen I Believe and Confess with a firm Faith all and every thing and things contain'd in the Creed which is used by the Holy Church of Rome viz. I Receive and Embrace most Sincerely the Apostolical and Ecclesiastical Traditions and other Observances of the said Church In like manner I Receive the Scriptures but in the same sense as mother-Mother-Church hath and doth now understand and expound the same for whom and to whom it only doth belong to Judge of Interpretation of the sacred Scriptures and I will never take them or understand them otherwise than according to the Unanimous Consent of the Fathers I profess that there be truly and properly Seven Sacraments of the New Law Instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ and necessary for the Salvation of Mankind although not Equally needful for every one viz. Baptism Confirmation the Eucharist Penance Extream Vnction Orders and Marriage and that they do confer Grace and that Baptism and Orders may not be reiterated without Sacrilege I receive and Admit also the Ceremonies Approved by the Catholick Church in the Solemn Administration of the forementioned Sacraments I Receive and Embrace all and every thing and things which have been determined concerning Original Sin and Justification by the Holy Council of Trent I likewise profess that in the Mass there is offered up to God a true proper and propitiatory Sacrafice for the Living and Dead and that in the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly realy and Substantially the Body and Blood together with the Soul and Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and that in it there is made a Change of the whole Substance of Bread into his Body and of the whole Substance of the Wine into his Blood Which Change the Catholick Church calls Transubstantiation I confess also that under one only of these two Elements whole Christ and the true Sacrament is Received I constantly believe and Affirm that there is a Purgatory and the Souls there detained are relieved by the suffrages of the faithful In like manner I believe that the Saints Reigning in Glory with Jesus Christ are to be worshipped and Invocated by us and that they offer up Prayers to God for us and that their Relicks ought to be honoured Moreover I do most stedfastly Avow that the Images of Jesus Christ of the blessed Virgin the Mother of God and of other Saints ought to be kept and ●●ained and that due Honour and Veneration must be yeilded unto them I also do affirm that the Power of Indulgences was left to the Church by Christ Jesus and that the use thereof is very beneficial to Christians I do acknowledge the Holy Catholick Apostolick and Roman Church to be the Mother and Mistress of all other Churches and I profess and swear true Obedience to the Pope of Rome Successor of the blessed St. Peter Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ In like manner I own and profess without doubting all other things left defined and declared by the Holy Canons and General Councils especially by the most Holy Council of Trent and withal I do condemn reject and hold accursed all things that are contrary thereto and all those Heresies that have been condemned Rejected and Accursed by the Church This is the Goodly stuff to be Imposed on the Consciences of the Protestants which even an Ignorant Indian almost by the Light of Nature might detect And for refusin this they were forced to undergoe all the Torments that witty Horrour could Invent. And to this those that Recanted were obliged to swear in the following Words I Promise Vow and Swear and most constantly profess by God's Assistence to keep entirely and inviolably till death this self-same Catholick and Apostolick Faith out of which no Person can be saved And this I do most truly and willingly profess and that I will to the utmost of my power endeavour that it may be maintained and upheld as far as any ways belongs to my charge So help me God and the Holy Virgin And now to conclude this part of the Glorious Actions of Lewis XIV who would be taken for the very Champion of Mother-Church we shall give you a Copy of the Certificate that the Recanting party is to leave with the Preist when he makes his Abjuration I A. B. of the Parish of C. do certifie to all whom it may concern that having acknowledged the Falsness of the Protestant or pretended Reformed Religion and the Truth of the Catholick Religion of my own free Will without any Compulsion have accordingly made profession of the said Catholick Roman Religion in the Church of D. in the Hands of W. G. In testimony of the Truth whereof I have signed this Act in the presence of the Witnesses whose names are under-written This _____ day of the Month of _____ in the Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King _____ and of our Redemption _____ c. By this the Reader may see how Innocent Lewis XIV would appear when the Person is compelled to say he makes his Abjuration without any manner of Force and Compulsion voluntarily and willingly when indeed all People even the Preist that takes it knows it to be a palpable Lye Indeed Pope Innocent XI and the Pope we must conclude to be no Friend to the Protestant Religion which is diametrically opposed to his Interest when Lewis XIV by his Ambassador at Rome bore himself so much upon the Meritorious Service he had done the Church in converting such a number of Hereticks as he styled them told the Ambassador That if his Master had nothing else to boast of it would be little to his Glory for his manner of Converting Hereticks was neither pleasing to God nor Man But to trace this ambitious Prince a little farther let us see how little he regards Religion when his Interest or Wilfulness calls him on to Violent and Arbitrary Motions For even the Pope himself fared little better in his Hands as far as lay in his power to attempt against him though he would be styled the Eldest and most obedient Son of the Church Whereby it will appear that his Hand is against all without distinction Whilst Lewis the Great was so earnestly persecuting his Protestant Subjects Pope Innocent XI of a Pope reckoned to be the best that has been for some hundreds of Years finding an Increase of Murthers Outrages and Villanies in the City of Rome and that those

and promise of Diversion on the other-side to break the Truce And all this under the glorious Title of the most Christian King and Eldest Son of the Church which even barbarous Nations have detested in a time of Peace And yet such have been the Humours of this King's Flatterers that they have more and more blown up his Ambition by comparing him to the Sun as to the Star of Stars from whence all other Kings and Potentates receive their Lustre with many other Attributes as if they intended to set him up for an Idol for all the World to fall down before And of these we shall give the Reader a touch because those Parasites strive by glorious Epithets to make him appear white and shining almost if not altogether to a height of Blasphemy whom all unprejudiced and unbiassed Men behold cloathed with Oppression and Cruelty and dying his Scarlet Robes yet deeper in innocent Blood Amongst other things attributed to him passing over what is mentioned as to the placing his Name on the Jesuits College instead of that of Jesus we find these that follow which may be said to exceed what the Heathens have ascribed to those they foolishly Worshiped for Gods viz. 1. Lowis the Great born for the Glory of France and Happiness of his People in whom there lives an admirable Argument of Divine Wisdom and Fortitude that alone is sufficient to convince Atheists c. 2. Lewis the Great a King indeed since he Reigns not only over his Subjects but his own Passions being Invincible and strongly and sweetly overcoming all things who just as a God by one single Act of his Will subjects all things to his supream Power c. 3. Lewis the Great strong in Zeal for Justice a powerful and most just Rewarder of all good Actions the severe Punisher of Duels Blasphemy and all Iniquity the true Imitator of God who is so Good to repay by way of Recompence what he promises by way of Mercy 4. Lewis the Great according to God's own Heart annointed with his own Holy Oil whom in a particular manner God commanded his Holy Angels to preserve in all his Ways and whence the Existence of Angels is deduceable c. 5. Lewis the Great meditating only on eternal Things and knowing that the gaining the World with the Loss of the Soul profiteth nothing and therefore seeking of God the alone Happiness which God of his Goodness has called Man to 6. Lewis the Great Intent upon the Extirpation of publick Sin and the Encrease of Integrity of Manners and Virtue and for that Effect giving most sure Laws through the Inspiration of God the Supream Law giver by whom Kings Reign c. 7. Lewis the Great the Prodigy of the Grace of God and of so thankful a Mind towards him on that Account being Careful to Exalt that Grace has commanded all the Faculties of his Kingdom to explain that Grace conform to the Edicts of the Popes c. 8. Lewis the Great the Eldest Son of the Church who has restored to their See the Bishops that had been banifhed by Hereticks the Enemy of Heresie the Vanquisher of the Turks confiding only in God and burning in Love towards him the Example of Faith Love and Charity c. 9. Lewis the Great a Prince of Peace the Scourge of War having so far layed aside his Majesty that he might Remember the Mercies of Christ c. 10. Lewis the Great destroying all Vice and decreeing Several punishments on the Infringers of Divine and Ecclesiastical Laws In all things he hath demonstrated himself a most obedient Son of the Church 13. To declare the kinds of Sin though hard to some yet not to perfect Christians whose defender Lewis the Great justly to be named the King of Glory Strong and mighty in Battel c. We might recite a number more of this Kind which we find in print Exceeding the boasting Language of the Turks in their denunciation of War or magnifying their Emperor They have not only put them in print no doubt with the Approbation of this King who is not a little Ambitious of his own Praise but the Duke De Fevillade has erected his Effigies Crowned with Rays and Stars as the old Romans used to do their God Jupiter and in another place he is figured driving the Chariot of the Sun with this Motto I shine to All. And indeed this very much Resembles him for Europe has found him a very Phaeton if we consider the almost numberless Towns and Villages he has caused to fall in Flames At other times they call him Homo Immortalis an Immortal Man the same Character the Heathens were wont to give to those they fansied to be deified gathering the Conduct Courage Wisdom c. not only of his Ancestors but of all the Renowned Heroes that ever have been which they will have centre in him who indeed is but Mortalis Homo cum Fistula in Ano notwithstanding all the Flattery of Medals Prints Landskips Inscriptions Statues or as they have in one place made the Figures of Europe Asia Africa and America Kneeling at his feet as if he gave Laws to the whole Earth But how far he answers any of these Characters let us lay aside for a time his Actions and Behaviour towards his Neighbours and look a little into the Interiour parts of his Dominions and there see how he keeps his word and uses his own Subjects by whose Help and faithful Assistence his Ancestors mounted and himself as yet is fixed in the Throne of France King Henry IV. Grandfather to Lewis XIV had for the Many memorable and signal Services done him granted the Protestants the free Exercise of their Religion by an Edict and other Privileges that were granted them by Lewis XIII Father to this King The Edict of King Henry was given at Nantes in April 1598 under the favour of which the Protestants that had escaped the bloody Massacre in the Reign of Charles IX and the Sword of War that had continued for many Years revived as we may term it or multiplied in their Generations But when they thought themselves most secure and every one sat under their Vines of plenty this King by the Instignation of the Jesuits and his own Inclination began to thirst after their wealth as Ahab in another place had done after Naboth's Vineyard And finding whilst this Edict was in force it could not be attempted with the least Colour of Justice he published a Strict Decree to disannul it as likewise the Edict of Nismes given in July 1629. together with all the Concessions granted in them as well as other Declarations Edicts and Arrests of what nature soever forbiding any of the Reformed Religion under great Pains Penalties and Forfeitures to have any publick Worship amongst them as knowing like those who sought to destroy Daniel he could not make them disobey him in any thing Lawful The Bloody Decree being signed by the King at Fountainbleau in October