THE JESUITS MORALS COLLECTED By a DOCTOR of the COLLEDGE OF Sorbon in Paris WHO HATH Faithfully extracted them out of the Jesuits own Books which are printed by the permission and approbation of the Superiours of their Society Written in French and exactly Translated into English But they shall proceed no further for their folly shall be manifest unto all Men. 2 Tim. Ch. 3. V. 9. LONDON Printed for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleet-street near Temple-Bar MDCLXX I Have perused a Book Entituled The Jesuits Morals Translated into English and compared divers of the Quotations therein mentioned with the Original Authors as they are in Sion-College-Library London and do find them faithfully and exactly recited Viz. Laymannus Lessius Filliutius Sanchez Azorius cum aliis April 27. 1670. 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make use of the latter than former way 4 E duobus mediis licitis illud videtur eligendum quod tutius est ex parte ejus qui seipsum defendit ad vitandam certam mortem ejusve certum periculum Because of two ways which are both lawful it seems that ought to be preferred which is most secure for the defendant that he may avoid evident peril or death it self And a few lines after he adds 1 Haec intelligenda sunt in foro fori quod dicitur forum Dei conscientlae Nam in foro litigioso ubi lecus est praesumptionibus ita praeveniens actorem injustum haberetur reus homicidii nisi seipsum purgaret That all this ought to be understood in the soveraign and inward Court of God and Conscience For in the outward Court which proceeds according to forms of Justice and considers presumptions and conjectures he who should thus prevent his Adversary how injurious soever would be condemned as a Murderer if he could not clear himself As if Gods Law did not forbid Murder as strongly as those of men and it were lawful to abuse his goodness by fearing him less than his Creatures because his Justice doth not commonly punish with so great severity and speed as that of the Princes of the Earth This Jesuit raises yet another Question whether one may kill a person from whom he yet never received any displeasure aâ—an infant when he cannot secure his own life but by his death And after he had said that there are many who cannot approve so barbarous an action he adds 2 Respondeo nihilominus cum quibusdam probabiliter id licere Propterea quod hoc praecepto Non occides non prohibetur absolute omnis occisio innocentis sed cum limitatione ne videlicet indebite sine justa causa fiat Sicut docet S. Thomas 1. 2. q. 100. a. 3. Ista autem occisio non fit sine justissima causa urgentissima qualis est conservatio propriae vitae That according to the opinion of some others which is also his own it is probable that this is lawful because this Commandment Thou shalt not kill forbids not absolutely to kill an innocent but with this exception not to kill him without obligation and just cause according as S. Thomas speaks Now in this case he that kills doth it not without just and very urgent reason such as is the preservation of his own life This reason may be extended yet farther For hence it will follow that liberty may be taken to kill an innocent not only to preserve life but honour and goods and if he should be blamed who had done it he may alledge for his justification that if he had not done this he had been ruined in estate and honour whereof the one is necessary to life and the other more dear than life it self and he will say as the Casuist here Ista occisio non fit sine justissima causa urgentissima Tambourin hath very lately caused the same thing to be imprinted If any one saith he assault you and make use of an innocent person to shelter him you may kill him that you may hit him who invades you Escobar is of the same opinion tr 1. ex 7. num 52. pag. 121. and Lessius whom he quotes proposeth the Question in these terms 3 Si is qui invaditur non posset se tueri nisi cum periculo innecâ—ntis quo invasor se protegit utrum liceat cum eo periculo se defendere It is demanded whether if a person assanlted cannot secure himself but by hazarding the death of an innocent wherewith the Aggressor covereth himself he may defend himself notwithstanding that hazard He answers 4 Respondeo probabilius esse posse Lesstus de just lib. 2. cap. 9. dub 9. num 57. pag. 86. That it is more probable he may He afterwards proposes the same case in another fashion 5 Petes si fugiens hostem non possit evadere ulsi per angustum iter ubi proteret infantem vel claudum poteritne illac sugere ut se salvet Suppose saith he that a man flyes from his enemy and he cannot escape but through some strait way wherein he will crush to death some infant or lame person it is demanded whether he may take that way to save himself He answers first 6 Petrus Nivarra negat nisi sit aliqua probabilis spes non interficiendi That Navarra saith that he may not unless he have probable hopes not to kill him But though this be always a great injustice to hazard the life of an innocent over whom we have no power to secure our own yet this satisfies not Lessius who outvying Navarra adds 7 Sed revera videtur eadem ratio quae in casu superiori Ibid. num 59. That in truth it seems that we ought to say the very same thing of this case as of the former That is that as to save my life I may kill an innocent with my own hand so one may ride over him though we be assured that he will dye thereof His reason is 8 Qâ—ia qui invaditur jus habet se defendendi quo jure non privatur ex illa innocentis interpositione Because he who is assaulted hath right to defend himself and that his meeting with or the interposure of an innocent doth not take from him this right Which is no other than an application of the general Maxime whereon he grounds all this Doctrine of Murder under pretence of defending life honour and goods which is 1 Jus defensionis videtur se extendere ad id omne quod est necessarium ut te ab omni injuria serves immunem That this pretended right of self-defence is generally extended to whatsoever is necessary to secure ones self from all injuries But he gives a charitable advice to temper a little these answers if they be found too rigorous That is to consider 2 Adverte tamen primo si potes fugere teneris saltem ex charitate ne innocentem interficies Ibid. num 58. That we are obliged at least by Charity to flye if we can for fear of killing an innocent But this language as we have already observed elsewhere according to the Principles of the Jesuits Divinity is not intended to signifie any more than that if being assaulted you can flye without any inconvenience to you rather than kill an innocent in your defence you shall do well though you are not obliged to it absolutely and in doing the contrary you cannot be blamed of any injustice This is that which the same Lessius saith in another case 3 Si tamen nolis fugere non peccab's contra justitiam If notwithstanding you will not flye you sin not against Justice All this murderous Doctrine hath also been taught at Paris in the Colledge of Clermont by Father Hereau under the view and with the
2 Notat Azor quod licâ—t testis pâ—cunia corruptus sese occultet nec dilcedat an tequam juridice rogetur aut ad judicium vocetur non peccat contâ—… Justitiam nic tenetur restituere pecuniam sic acceptam nisi vero similiter crederet esse furtivam Dicost lib. 2. tract 2. disp 4. dub 8. num 156. That if a witness corrupted by money bide or retire himself before he hath been legally examined or cited into the Court he is not obliged to restore the money he receives in this manner As if Justice were no other thing than the formalities and outward appearance of Law A man is in danger to lose his life for not having witnesses of his innocency if being able to deliver him by your testimony you take money not to render him your due assistance you take it to put him to death since not he only who deposes against the truth but he also who conceals a truth whereon the life of an innocent depends is the true cause of his death Which is so much more true or at least more criminal and unjust when he suffers himself to be corrupted by money Tambourin saith 3 Hinc sequâ—tur 1. cum qui accusatur de crimine qued juridice ab accusatore probari nequit non lolum posse negate crimen sed â—tiam dicere accusatorem calumniari mentiti Ita Petrus Navarra lib. 2. cap. 4. num 34. Lege etiam S. Thomam 2.2 q. 69. artz Qui eâ—im â—ccusat de crimine quod probari non potest calumniator est mentiri praesumiâ—ur Tambur lib. 9. decal cap. 2. sect 2. num 2. That he who is accused of a crime which cannot be legally proved by the Accuser may not only deny the crime but say that the Accuser lyes and slanders him He sends us to S. Thomas in his 2.2 q. 69. art 2. This is without doubt that we may see his condemnation For S. Thomas proves in that Article That it is not lawful for the accused to defend himself by a slander and that even when he is not legally examined it is not lawful for him to speak an untruth Falsitatem tamen proponere in nullo casu licet alicui Tambourin for all that finds there is no difficulty in his opinion as if this were no lye to say unto a man that he lyes when we know he speaks the truth and to slander an accuser as a slanderer when he accuses us of a crime which we have committed Of two accusers the one speaks the truth the other lyes the one objects a true crime and the other a false and according to Tambourins admirable Divinity he who saith the truth is the lyar and he who objects a true crime is a slanderer of which he doubts not at all But 4 Haec passim in ore sunt omnium illud singulate difficile An si alio modo tâ— ab injusto teste tueri nequeas licite falsa crimina illi possis objicere quanta sufficiunt ad tuam justam defensionem Duo assero Unum satis mihi probabile est alterum satis incertum Probabile mihi est te si id facias non peccare contra justitiam unde nec obligari ad restitutionem Incertum mihi est an id possit licite fieri sine ulla culpa Ut quid enim 〈◊〉 Sodomitam oportet probari esse illum testem si excommunicatum si haereticum Quid enim si sit necesse publicas Scripturas ementiri Possetne Notarius publicus adhuc induci Libenter noâ—um hunc in aliud tempus exolvendum reservo num 4 5 6 7. There is saith he more difficulty in another case It is demanded if you cannot defend your self against an unjust witness but by slandering him may you do it without sin and impose on him so many false crimes as will be necessary for your just defence I say two things one is that it seems to me probable enough the other is that I find it doubtful enough It is to me sufficiently probable that if you do it you sin not against Justice and by consequence that you are not obliged to restitution but I do not know certainly whether this may be done without any sin For if it be needful to prove that this witness is a Sodomite excommunicated an Heretick if it be necessary to this purpose to counterfeit publick Kecords may we sollicite a Notary hereunto I leave this difficulty to be resolved another time It must be observed that he speaks not of a false Witness who charges with false crimes but of an unjust Witness ab injusto teste who accuses of true crimes but secret or which he cannot prove according to the forms of Justice For thus these Doctors expound themselves what they mean by an unjust Witness or Accuser 1 Hic acâ—usator sibi imputer si ex hoc calumniator habeatur immo cum probare non possit atque adeo injuste accusaverit tenetur restituere accusator Dicast lib. 2. tract 2. disp 12. pag. 3. dub 18. n. 285. That this Witness saith Dicastillus may thank himself if in the conclusion he be held for a slanderer since he could not prove the crime and by consequence having accused unjustly he is obliged unto restitution So that according to this Divinity to defend our selves from true but secret crimes and whereof there are no publick prooss we may say to the honestest man in the world who would inform against us in a Court of Justice that he is a Sodomite Heretick Excommunicate c. and we may for proof of this slander make use of false Witnesses counterfeit false Deeds and Writings and corrupt publick Notaries to subscribe them without committing any injustice in all this though according to Scripture those who do evil and those who cause it to be done or only consent thereto commit the same fault But after he hath maintained that herein there is no injustice Tambourin doubts if at least there be not some sin in an action which contains so many crimes because that he knows it not certainly that is to say according to the Principles of his Divinity that it is also probable that there is none therein For a Doctor so learned as he is remains not easily in suspence concerning things which he hath well examined and he doubts not thereof without reason And therefore his doubting of it is a sufficient ground whereon to establish a probable opinion He holds then indeed though he dare not declare it that it is also probable that one may without any sin as well as in justice commit all sorts of crimes to hide one he hath committed and to oppress by slanders false Witnesses forged Writings corruption of Courts and publick Persons him who would discover it because he is perswaded he accuses him unjustly that is to say he cannot prove what he saith by the ways and formalities commonly used in Courts of Justice though it be true and certain Tambourin