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
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
must follow in all other articles and why is it necessary to believe that Christ resuscitated and not that Christ's body and bloud is contained in the Sacrament of the Eucharist Doth not holy Scripture witness this 〈◊〉 Secondly I say Doth â—oâ— the Apostle ad Tit. 3. admonish us haereticum hominum devitare because he is subverted and condemned by his own proper judgement you must not reply that the Apostle meant him an heretick that rejects Christ or what is contained in the symbol for so indeed he would not be an heretick that would reject all the holy Scripture and all Sacraments neither also he who would condemn marriage and meats and place two distinct persons in Christ yet such 1 Tim. 4. 1 John 4. are held to be hereticks Thirdly Did all antiquity hold that an heretick could not be saved which moved and excited them vigorously always to oppose hereticks confute silence and condemn them wherefore has there been at all times General Councils of Learned Prelats conven'd from all parts of the inhabitable world and with great labor and expences celebrated but for to beat down and confute heresies and damn them with anathema why all commerce and familiarity with hereticks forbidden why very many Roman Catholicks did rather suffer exile losse of means and limbs torments and chaâ—ns then subscribe to hereticks were not all these encounters in vain foolishly and injuriously done if in those sects of heresie salvation might be had or obtain'd The reason is that it would follow by good ilation that the true Orthodox faith would be no better then the heresie of Arians Pelagians Nestorians c. whereas it 's stated salvation to be had in any of these as well as in the Roman-Catholick Faith and consequently it would follow all those ancient hereticks were saved because many of them did hold and beleeve the Apostolical Symbol all which is most absurd and that any should be saved by false faith for false faith neither is nor can be more available for salvation then no faith at all and because the foundation of faith viz. the reason of believing in hereticks is false and erroneous therefore their faith is false also which depends on falshood for they believe their dogmata or tenents either because their pretended Apostles Luther and Calvin c. taught them and these could not erre or be deluded or because by â—â—eir own proper sence and judgement they â—agine those to be contained in Scripture â—nd this is false too for one man alledges â—e same Scripture for this sect and another â—ledges the very same for another different â—ct because they understand it not or â—â—y believe sua dogmata because some are â—â—ght interiourly by a private spirit of the â—se of Scipture this likewise deludes â—â—cause for the most part all of them do brag 〈◊〉 boast they have the true spirit yet they â—â—ch and broaeh contrary things amongst â—â—emselves which verily a good and right â—it can never do Fourthly as he who â—aks one precept is said and held to be â—lty of all the precepts viz. if one be an â—lterer that he shall be damned as well â—e that has committed sins against all the â—â—mmandements of God even so in like â—â—ner whosoever rejects and will not beâ—â—ve one article of true faith falls from salâ—on no lesse then if he had rejected all arâ—es wherefore some in vain do wish or â—ect that the Church would remit someâ—â—g of the articles of faith to the end it 〈◊〉 come and agree in one with the late â—s but that is impossible for faith can reâ—e neither encrease nor decrease fides additamentum incisionem nescit quia divine faith is like an hour-clock her articles aâ—â— made like the teeth of wheels if you takâ— away or pull one tooth all the fabrick 〈◊〉 machine fails and serves for nothing therefore thrice happy are the glorious Saints 〈◊〉 heaven because they have a full vision aâ— fruition of the sweet face of God blesseâ— are the faithfull Christians here beneatâ— though pilgrims travellers because theâ— do not see God for by true faith shall comâ— that place where they shall see God face 〈◊〉 face for all eternity and as S. Austin saiâ— Psa 91. Vbi jam non dicetur nobis creâ— quâ—d non vides sed gaude quia vides finiallâ— if every one might be saved in his own faitâ— then we should have no need of recourse 〈◊〉 Christ it were enough some to be sent bâ— God that would preach the knowledge 〈◊〉 one God according to the Apostle ad Gâ— 2. Si per legem justitia ergo gratis Christ mâ—rtuus est and withall the very Scriptuâ—â— would prove false and in vain which teâ—â—â— us Chant to be our Redeemer and Mediâ—tour through whose sacred bloud we aâ—â— cleansed through whose faith we ought 〈◊〉 be jusified and in whose only Name 〈◊〉 ought to be saved for then if this we 〈◊〉 true and that any one in any faith may 〈◊〉 saved then every humane faith and perswâ—sion would have been sufficient for salvatâ—on for the Turks though they beleeve in â—e God Creator and Remunerator of all â—et they do not beleeve by any divine faith â—t because Mahomet delivered it so in his â—coran in which many moâ—t false things â—e taught as that Mahomet was the prophet 〈◊〉 God c. So likewise the Jews what â—ey beleeve they beleeve because their â—bbins do expound the Scriptures so to â—â—em yet notwithstanding all their grounds â—e vain false and most erroneous because â—e Rule of their faith is moâ—t false The â—ain reason that moves some to say that â—y may be saved in his faith is that they â—d it incredible that all Jews and Turks 〈◊〉 which very many do piously worship â—od and live innocently and iâ—noxiously â—ould eternally perish and that only for â—t beleeving in Christ for this they may â—eade an excuse by reason from their craâ—e they were otherwise instructed and â—â—d according to their light and breeding â—â—d in what they could serve God therefore â—e gates of heaven must not be made so narâ—w as that that vast number should be exâ—uded and not enter in but all this signifies â—â—thing for if it is not incredible that â—od hath left for so many thousand years 〈◊〉 the world the Jews only excepted in â—e darknesse of Idolatry wherein for cerâ—â—in they periâ—hed so it is very easie for every one to perswade himself the same tâ— have happened to the Jews and Turks anâ— further the Jews and Turks now-adayâ— have lesse plea to excuse them in not belieâ—ving in Christ then the Ethnicks had in anâ—cient times whereas the Jews and Turkâ— could seek and learn from the Christians liâ—ving amongst them the true faith of Christ which the Ethincks could not do becauâ—â— they lived in darkness and were hurried aâ—way by the common Custome to folloâ— and observe the Religion of their Ancestors To conclude I say that if there may 〈◊〉 found some
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
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-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.