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A10723	A true and a kinde excuse vvritten in defence of that booke, intituled A newe description of Irelande Wherein is freely confessed 1 The cause of the writing of that booke. 2 How that booke was brought into obloquy and slander 3 A reuocation of all ouersightes that through ignorance were published in that booke. 4 A bulwarke or defence of all truthes contayned in that booke. Pleasant and pleasing both to English, and Irish. By Barnabe Rych, Gent. Seruant to the Kinges most excellent Maiestie.	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1612 (1612)	STC 21003; ESTC S115925	41,531	58

Dubline that would take exceptions at this and these thinges were better to be buried with silence then to bee discoursed with diligence but if it bee a fault to speake against the entertaining of popish priests in Dubline that are wel knowne to be his Maiesties protested enemies I haue committed that fault through ignorance for I had thought that the Cittizens of Dubline in generall that haue receiued so many liberall giftes such gracious grants and large liberties from diuers and sundry Princes of England and that are so bountifully cōfirmed by our most gracious King that now is I had thought the Cittizens of Dubline in respect of their loue and duty to so good and gracious a King shoulde at the least haue restrayned though not punished that brood of vipers that doth practise nothing but treason and contempt both against his Maiestie his proceedinges And I perswaded my selfe againe that the Mayor of Dubline that is so great a magistrate within his owne precinct that hath the managing of all affayres within the Citty and that standeth vpon his prerogatiue within his liberties and will haue no more to medle but himselfe that may hang that may draw that may punish and hath his Maiesties sword committed vnto him for the same purpose if all this be not sufficient warrāt for the Maior of Dubline to hunt out of his iurisdictions those sowers of sedition those peruerters of his Maiesties good subiectes and those malitious enemies to their king it is pitty that he hath not a new Charter wherein these seruices might be better warranted vnto him I doe not speake of the Mayor that is now of the time present but I speake of all that are past and of the rest that are to come for if euery Mayor within his liberties and euery Bishop within his diocesse throughout Ireland would doe their duties God would be more honoured the King better obeyed and the people vnited in that loue and amitie that now is dissipated by this contrarietie in Religion In the 16. chap. speaking of some defects in the gouernmēt of Dublin the greatest fault that is ther armed at is the prophanatiō of the Sabboth day that day which God hath cōmanded to bee kept holy should be dedicated to his honor that day is most polluted in Dublin euery alehouse frō morning till night is pestered with drunkards with blasphemers I will not speake of whore-hunters but indeede with all kinde of disordered people It is truth that in England and else where that I know in Christendome there are drunkards there are blasphemers there are whore-hunters too many but the rate penal lawes to restrain them but especially on the Sabboth day and in England there is not any one permitted to keepe a tippling house but hee must from yeere to yeere enter into bond and good sureties with him to keepe good rule and order and I thinke there is no man that professeth to bee a Christian be he Protestant or Papist that will thinke I haue offended in this and therefore I shal not neede to make any Reuocation in the matter because I hope there is no man agreiued at it I would be sorry to reitterate the occasion that bred offence betweene the two Sheriues and my selfe because my desire is rather to qualifie then to reuiue matter of vnkindnes but what soeuer hath formerly past betweene vs I protest I am so free from malice towardes them that I doe not know them frō other men when I meete them in the streets what meaning they haue towardes mee I know not if it be good I would be glad if it be ill I care not the worst I doe wishe vnto them is that it would please God to inspire them with his spirite of truth and as I wish it from my heart so helpe me God And although I must confesse I haue euer hated Popery yet I protest I neuer hated papist for his religion but pitted him especially he or they that I know to be ignorantly led and seduced by others for I hate not the man though I hate his religion And let me now craue pardon of the Cittizens of Dubline in generall but to lament that calamity pittifull to bee spoken of that in the Citty of Dubline where the word of God hath beene so plentifully preached in such continuance that should giue light example to all the rest both of citties and towns through out all Ireland and are not able to make a yearely choyce of a Mayor and two Sheriues that will either goe to Church or willingly take the oath of alleadgeance to his Maiesty that they haue no other to imploy for his Maiesties seruice but such as will impugne his Maiesties lawes But they will say a Papist may bee a sound subiect I will not denie but hee may bee so but I will aske our Papistes of Dubline or else where but this question what they doe thinke whither at Rome or at Remes or where soeuer otherwise where popopery beareth sway whither they would put a knowne protestant in comission for the seruice of the Pope they would sooner put out both his eyes and carry him to a stake but what a gracious King is this that seeketh but an oath for his securitie And of whom marry of those that haue such cunning to equiuocate and haue so many dispensatiōs in a readines that what they sweare to day they may reuoke to morrow y ● are taught by their priests that when they are brought before such as they account for hereticks they may both sophistically sweare sophistically answere This I hope may suffice for a Reuocation of all ouersightes that I haue cōmited against the Cittizens of Dublin in the 16. Chap. of my booke And now to speake somthing for the credit of that city to deliuer truely but what I haue receiued from some of the Cittizens themselues not of the inferiour sort but from some of the best Aldermen of the citty of Dubline who foreseeing the partialitie that is vsed by officers of all sortes that bee papistes that doe execute there places not only to the great detriment of his Maiesties seruice but also when any of his Maiesties best affected subiectes that are knowne to be religious haue conformed themselues to his Maiesties proceedings if any of these shal light into the laps either of a Sergeant a cōstable or a Iayler that is a papist he shall bee afflicted and exacted on with more rigour cruelty then if hee were amongst Turkes or Iewes where contrary wise if a papist be brought in question although it be sometimes for his disobedience towardes his Prince there is scarce an officer that wil do his duty to aprehend him or being aprehēded there will hardly befound a Iayler that will scantle him with any short alowance belonging to an offender but will rather entertaine him as a friend And the more repugnant he sheweth himselfe against his Maiesties proceedings so

we call naturall reason The wisedome of the flesh saith Saint Paule is enmitie with God And therefore when God speaketh reason iudgeth his words to be heresie The papist doth attribute the merit of grace and the remissiof sinnes to the worke wrought for they say that a good worke before grace is auaileable to obteyne grace of congruence beecause it is meete and conuenient that GOD shoulde rewarde such a worke but when grace by this meanes is once obteyned then the good workes following doe deserue euerlasting life as a due debt For the first worke before grace God is no debter but beecause he is iust and good it therefore behoueth him to approue such a worke and to giue grace for such a piece of seruice but when grace is obtayned God is become a debtor and is constreyned of right and dutie to giue eternall life for now it is a worke don in grace and therefore it maketh gratious Now if a man of his own abilitie may performe a worke which is not onely acceptable in Gods sight but is also able to deserue grace of congruence get of right and duty eternall life what neede is there then of the grace of God of the forgiuenes of sins or of Christ himselfe he might well haue spared his bloude and bitter passion we are able to craue for our selues and to worke our owne saluation by our owne deseruinges But if the Pope with all his religious rable were not both blind and malicious they could not choose but see and would not let to confesse it to bee a most horrible blasphemy to thinke that there is any worke whereby to pacifie God when wee see there is nothing that could appease him but that inestimable price euen the death of his Sonne away then with these Popish satisfactions of workes of merits of vowes of ceremonies both before grace after grace throw them altogether with their first founders into the bottomeles pit of hell Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne sayeth the Apostle Rom. 14. and therefore he that would deserue grace by workes going beefore faith goeth about to please God with sinnes by heaping one vppon an other and therefore thou canst not deserue grace by thy workes The Pelagians doe grant asmuch of grace as the papistes do for they say that menne may haue a good purpose and a loue of grace of their owne naturall strength for say they God hath giuen good Lawes and a manne may keepe them of his owne naturall strength or else the commandements were giuen in vayne And may not infidelles and misbeleeuers attayne to this merite of congruence for the Papistes doe grant that it commeth of naturall strength and yet it should not follow of congruence that they shall receiue grace nor yet attayne to the remission of sinnes for howe should a man without a speciall grace abhor his sinnes for if men may doe good before grace then we may gather grapes of thornes and figges of thistles we see now that the first parte of Christianitie dooth consist in the knowledge of our selues and of our owne vnworthinesse The seconde part if thou wilt be saued thou must not seeke thy saluation in thy workes but in Christ that was crucified and dyed for thee for God hath reuealed vnto vs that hee will bee vnto vs a mercifull father and without our desertes seeing wee are able to deserue nothing will freely giue vnto vs remission of sinnes righteousnesse and life euerlasting for his sonne Christes sake This is our beliefe touching Christian righteousnesse against these horrible and monstrous blasphemies of papistes concerning their merite of congruence and worthines of works Christian righteousnesse is Christ apprehended by faith and dwelling in the hearte but to giue a true rule of Christianitie first wee are to consider that a man must be taught by the Lawe to know himselfe and to vnderstande that all haue sinned and haue need of the glory of God Rom. 3 and that There is not one righteous no not one Psal 14. when a man is thus humbled by the lawe and brought to the knowledge of himselfe then followeth true re entance and heere hee beeginneth to sigh and to seeke out for succour and vtterly dispayring of his owne strength hee findeth this comfortable consolation Sonne thy sinnes are forgiuen thee beleeue in Iesus Christ who hath taken thy sinnes vppon him whose stripes haue made thee whole This is the beginning of health and saluation by these means we are deliuered from sinne iustified and made the inheritors of life euerlasting not for our owne workes and deserts but for our fayth whereby we lay hold vppon Christ When we haue thus laide hold vpon Christ by faith through whom we are made righteous nowe followe good workes and that is to loue God aboue all thinges call vpon him giue thanks vnto him prayse his holy name confesse his goodnesse mercie towardes thee beginne nowe to loue thy neighbour as thy selfe doe vnto him as thou wouldest bee done vnto helpe the needy comfort the afflicted giue almes to the poore These be good workes indeed for this hearing of masses this worshipping and offering to Idols this going on pylgrymage to the holy Crosse to Saint Patrickes Purgatory this giuing to lasciuious priestes leaue this to the Papistes the generation of Antichrist and the rest of that holy rable of the Popes Vermine that dares take those priuiledges to themselues that doe properly belong vnto Christ alone he onely forgiueth sinnes hee onely giueth righteousnesse and euerlasting life Good workes are outwarde signes of true faith which do not iustifie of themselues but are as testimonialles to the worker that he is already iustified so that workes are out the fruites of fayth good workes are all thinges that are done within the limites of the lawes of God in which God is honored and for which thankes are giuen to God That faith that bringeth forth good workes doth iustifie but the works doe not iustifie and this iustifying fayth is the free gift of God without our deseruinges for by this faith giuen vs thus by grace we attayne the benefite of Christes death which onely iustifieth vs so that good workes are the fruites of a good faith Fasting is a good worke but howe not to absteyne from the eating of fleshe and to pamper the panch with all sortes of fish till it be ready to surfeit not to refraine from the eating of an egge and to make no conscience at the killing of a man not to make difference of dayes and to forbeare from butter cheese and milke but neuer to absteyne neyther fasting day nor other to liue in drunkennesse in whordome and in all manner of loath some sinne and wickednes not to fast in the honor of a Saynt and to liue with bread and water one day the next day to glut our selues and to ryot and reuell it out with all excesse And what are these prayers that are deliuered in a strange tongue that are