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mercy_n	father_n	lord_n	redeemer_n	2,002	5	9.8210	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28611	The papists bloody oath of secrecy and letany of intercession for the carrying on of this present plot with the manner of taking the oath upon their entring into any grand conspiracy against the Protestants : as it was taken ... from William Rushton, a popish priest / by Robert Bolron. Together with some further informations relating to the plot and murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.	Bolron, Robert, fl. 1674-1680.	1681 (1681)	Wing B3503; ESTC R24664	11,839	18

and that I was certainly Damned if ever I did Discover the concerns of this Design or taking the said Oath of Secrecy But after I had taken the said Oath of Secrecy and was Acquainted with the Design when ever I went to Confession my Ghostly Father would be sure to Examine me how I had kept my Oath upon which if my Father Confessor did Judg that I had not so truly kept the same as I ought to have done then must I have taken the same Over again Besides my Ghostly Father did frequently Teach me how to make use of Equivocations and Mental Reservations First How to defend my self against the Protestants if I were ask't by a stranger whether Mr. Rushton were a Priest That then I might lawfully deny it or upon Oath before a Magistrate I might possitively deny my knowledge of Rushton to be a Popish Priest but then I must privately to my self make use of this Equivocation That I did not see the said Rushton take his Orders beyond Sea therefore could not swear him to be a Priest And then followed the benefit of Absolution for this or any other service done for the good of the Romish Religion And indeed my Penance in Confession was once enjoyned me by Father Rushton to lash my self with a Cat of nine Tailes or Discipline because I did not deny with Asseverations to one Mr. Burman that he was no Popish Priest although I did not confess the same to Mr. Burman yet he alledged that I did it but faintly and therefore that should be my Penance Secondly If Reproacht by the Protestants that they of the Romish Religion made no Conscience to destroy those that were of contrary Opinion to them Then with Imprecations I might lawfully deny the same only making use of this Reservation to my self that I must deny any thing which is against the Interest of the Church besides if I should own it to be the Doctrine of the Romish Church that then the Protestants would beat out my Brains as was taught me by my Ghostly Father Rushton Thirdly That since the Discovery of this Popish Plot if I did at any time hear the Protestants discourse that they of the Romish Church did Teach the Murthering of Kings and Princes and that the King was to have been Murthered by the Papists that then I must Vindicate the Romish Religion Arguing that such Doctrine the Papists held not with Reservation to my self that I must not own such a Design unless effected believing that Protestants being Hereticks had no Power to examine me neither was I obliged to answer directly to the Question The Ceremonies Manner and Form used in the taking of the said Oath of Secrecy is thus AT the Chappel door I did Sprinkle my self with Holy Water and then went into the Chappel where bowing towards the Altar I made the sign of the Cross and said Sprinkle me with Hysop and I shall be cleansed wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow Then kneeling I made the Sign of the Cross and said In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost Amen After that I said certain Prayers used before Confession and at the Conclusion made again the Sign of the Cross which being ended I went into the Vestry where kneeling I ask't my Ghostly Fathers Blessing as Children usually do their Parents Then after that I made again the Sign of the Cross and then had the benefit of Confession and Absolution from my Sins and then I went into the Chappel and said Prayers before receiving the Sacrament But when Mass was said I did not communicate with the rest there present although the Sacrament was consecrated for me but after the rest were gone then William Rushton my Ghostly Father call'd me to the Altar where bowing my Body and kneeling I made the Sign of the Cross then I kist the Mass-Book and laid my right hand upon it and so had the Oath of Secrecy given me by my Ghostly Father Rushton repeating it after him But at these words In Testimony whereof I do receive this most holy and blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist Rushton put the Sacrament into my Mouth and said this little Latin Prayer following Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi Custodiat animam tuam in Vitam Eternam Amen Then again I kist the Mass-Book held in the Priests Hand but held my Hand on the Mass-Book all the time I was taking the Oath aforesaid and after that rising bowed my Body to the Altar in an humble manner and so returned to my place again Now after I had taken the said Oath of Secrecy Rushton went again into the Vestry to say his Prayers on his Breviary but I continued still in the Chappel to say my Prayers used after the taking of the Sacrament Then after Rushton my Confessor came forth out of the Vestry he went towards his own Chamber whither I followed him but Sir Thomas Gascoigne hastily calling the said Rushton he laid down his Breviary in his Closet to which was no door and is scituate near his Chamber which said Breviary I taking up found therein the said Oath of Secrecy of which Oath I had a sufficient time to take a true copy and it is the real copy which is before recited although when I took the copy of the said Oath I never intended that any Protestant should have seen it The same day were Hallowed for my self two Pistols which were to be made use of for the destruction of the Protestant party if the Roman Catholick Religion had prevailed in England There were also Swords Guns and Pistols Hallowed for Thomas Gascoigne Esquire and others ingaged in the Popish Plot. And in the said Month of February I had an Indulgence or Pardon for Thirty Thousand Years given me by the said Rushton my Ghostly Father for my Encouragement in my proceedings of being so Zealous against his Majesty and Goverment and the Penance enjoyn'd was to say every day a Letany for the Intercession and Conversion of England but if I did twice a day say the said Letany then should I each day Redeem a Soul out of Purgatory But I have heard my Ghostly Father-say that some Catholicks had their Indulgences for Fifty Thousand Years others a plenary Indulgence to encourage them to be firmer to this Design Such a plenary Indulgence I did see in the Hands of Mr. Mowbray about the latter end of January 1676. And the Letany of Intercession for England is as follows The Letany of Intercession for England + LOrd have mercy on us Christ hear us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us O Christ hear us O Father of Mercy and God of all Consolation Have mercy on England O Son Redeemer of the World and of all things in Heaven and Earth the Pacifier Have mercy on England Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of Mercy Pray for England Holy Mary who hast destroy'd all Heresies Pray for England Holy Virgin