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The Protestants' doom in popish times
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Bull, George, 1634-1710.
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1689
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â—ime their Business would be managed to the utter Ruin of the Pâ—otestant Pâ—rty The effecting whereof was so desirable and meritorious what if he had a Sea of Blood and an hundred Lives he would lose them all to carry on the Design And if to effâ—ct This. iâ— were necessary to destrâ—y an hundâ—ed Heretical Kings he would do it Singlâ—ton the Priest affirmed Thaâ— he would make no more to stab forty Parliament-men than to eat his Dinner Gerard and Kelley to encourage Prance to kill Sir E. B. G. told him it was no Murder no Sin and that to kill twenty of them was nothing in that Case which was both a charitable and meritorious Act. And Grant one of the Massaâ—riâ—g Gun-powder Trayâ—oâ—s said upâ—n his Execuâ—ionâ— to one that urged him to Repent of that wicked Enterprize That â—e was so far from counting iâ— a Sin that on the â—ontrary he was confident That thaâ— Noble Design had so mucâ— of Merit in iâ— as would be abundantly enough to make Satisfaction for all the Sins of his whole life Sir Everard Dâ—gby speaking to the sure purpose also The provincial Garnet did teach the Conspiratoâ—s the same Catholick Doctrine viz That the King Nobility Clergy and whole Communalty of the Realm of England Pâ—pâ—sts excâ—pted were Hereticks and That all Hereticks were Accuâ—sed and Exâ—ommunicated and That no Heretick could be a King but that it was lawful and mâ—riâ—orious to Kâ—ll him and all other Hereticks within thi Realm of England for the Advancement and â—nlargement of the Auâ—hâ—rity anâ— Jurisdiction of the Pope and for tâ—â— Restoring of the Romish Religâ—on Tâ—is was that Garnet whom the Pâ—pists here honoured as a Pope and kissed his Feet and reverenced his Iudgment as an Oracle and since his death given him the Honor of Saintship and Martyrdom Dugdale desâ—sed That after they had dispattched the King a Massacre was to follow But surely it mâ—y be supposed that the Temper of such a Prince or his Interest would oblige him to forbid or restrain such violent Executions in England I but what if his Temper be to comply with such Courses Or if his Temper be better Wâ—at if it be Over ruâ—d What if he be perswadeâ— as otâ—er Catholicks are that â—e must in Conscience proceed thus What if he cannot do otherwise without hazard of his Crown and Life For he is not to hold the Reins of Government alone he will not be allowed to be much more than the Poâ—es POSâ—â—LION and must look to be â—nmounted if he Act nor according to Order The Law tells us That it is â—oâ— in thâ— power of any Civil Magistrate â—â—r 〈◊〉 Penalty or abate the Rigour of the Law. Nay if the Prince should plight has Faith by Oâ—th that he would not suffer their Bloody LAWS to be executed upon his Dissenting Sbjects this would signifie notâ—ing For they would soon tell him That Contracts made against the Canon-Law are invalid though confirmed by Oath And That he is not bound to stand to his promiâ—e tho' he had Sworn to it And That Faith is no moâ—e to be kept with Hereticks than the Council of Constance would have it So thâ—â— Pâ—otestants are to be Burnt as Jo. Huss and Jerom â—f Prague were by that Council though the Emperor had given them his safe Conduct in that Solemn manner which could secure them only as they said from the Civil but not Church-process which was the greatest For 't is their General Rule That Faith is either not to be given or not kept with Hâ—reticks Therefore saith Simanca That Faith ingaged to Hereticks tho confirmed by Oath is in no wise to be performed For saith he If Faith is not to be kept with Tyrants and Pyrates and others who kill the Body much less with Hereticks who kill the Souls And that the Oâ—th in savour of them is but Vniculum Iniquitaâ—is A Bond of Iniquity Tâ—ough Pâ—pish Princes the better to promote their interests and to insnare their Protestant Subjects to get advantage upon them to their Ruin have made large promises and plightâ—d their Faiths to them when they did not intend to keep it As thâ— Emperor to John Huss and Jerom Charles the Ninth of France to his Protestant Subjects before the Massacre the Duke of Savoy to his Protestant Subjects before their designed Ruin and Qu. Mary before her burning of them But if there were neither Law nor Conscience to hinder yet in point of Interest he must not shew fâ—â—our to Hereticks without appâ—rent hazard both of Crown and Life for he forfeits both if he doth The Pope every Year doth not only Curse Hereticks but every favourer of them from which none but himself can abâ—olve Becanus very elegantly tells us If a Prince be a dull Cur and fly not upon Hereticks he is to be beaten out and a keeâ—er Dâ—g must be got in his stead Henry the Third and Henry the 4th were both Assassinated upon this account and because they were suspected to favour Hereticks And are we not told by the Discoverers of the Popish Plot That after they had dispatch'd the King they would depose his Brother also that was to succeed him if he did not answer their Expectations for rooting out the Protestant Religion But may not Parliaments secure us by Laws and provisions restraining the power which endanâ—er vs Not possible if once they secure and settle the Throne for Popery For First They can avoid Parliaments as long as they please and a Government that is more Arbitrary and Vâ—olent is more agreeable to their designs and principles It being apparent that the English Papist have lost the Spirit of their Ancestors who so well asserted the English Liberties being so generally now six'd for the Popes Universal Monarchy Sacrificing all to that Roman moloch being much more his Subjeâ—ts than the Kings and though Natives by Birth yet are Foreigners as to Government Principle Interest Affection and Design and therefore no Friends to Parliaments as our Experience hath tolâ— us But Secondly If their Necessity should require a Parliament therâ— is no question but they may get such a one as will serve their turns For so have every of our fâ—rmer Princes in all the changes of Religion that have been amongst us As Henry the VIII when he was both for and against Popery Edward the VI. when he was wholly Protestant Qu. Mary when she was for Burning Alive and Qu. Elizabeth when she ran so counter to her Sister And the reason is clear that he who has the making of the publick officers and the Keys of preferment and profit influenceth and swayeth Elections and Votes as he pleaseth And by how much the Throne comes to be fix'd in Popery the Protestants must expect to be excluded from both Houses as they have excluded the Papists For as Hereticks and Traytors they as Ignominous Persons c. you have heard forfeit all Right either to choose or be chosen in any publick Council And then all Laws which have been made for the Protestants and against the Popish Religion will be null and void as being enacted by an Incompetent Authority as being the acts of Hereticks Kings Lords and Commons who had forfeited all their rights and privileges But Thirdly Suppose our Laws were valid as enacted by competent Authority and such good and wholsom provisions as were those Statutes made by our Popish Ancestoâ—s in those Statutes of provisoâ—s in Enward the I. and Edward the III Time and that of pâ—aemunire in Richard the II. and Henry the IV. for Relief against Papal In roachments Oppressions Yet being against the Laws Canons of Holy Church the Sovereign Authority they will be all superseded For so they determine That when the Canon and the civil Laws clâ—sh one requiring what the other allows not the Church-law must have the observance anâ— that of the State neglected And Constitutionâ— they say made against the Canonâ— Decrees of the Roman Bâ—shops are of no moment Their best Authors are possitive in â—t And oâ—r own Experience Histories â—estifie the truth thereof For how were those good Laws before-mention'd defeated by the Popes authority so that there was no effectual Execution thereof till Henry the VIII time as Dr. Burnet tells us And how have the good Laws to suppress and prevent Popery been very mach obstructed in their Exeâ—ution by POPISH Iâ—fluence THE END Protestants are Herâ—ticks (a) Distinct. 19. Cap. a Caus. 25 q. 1. Cap. 11. (b) Cap. Vegent de Hereticis (c) Cap. Infam 6. q. 1. p 297. 1. Forfeit Dignity and Office (d) Suar. de Fide. disp 12. §. 9. n. 5. l. 2. c. 29. (e) Cap. de Haer. (f) Aazov Tom. 1. l. 8. c. 12. q 7. (g) Cap. 2. Sect. fin de Haer. in 6. 2. Goods and Estate (h) Cap. cum secundum Legis de Haer. Inno. III. Cap. de Vergentis (i) Vâ—sq in Suar. disp 22. S. 4 â— â—â— (k) S. 1 〈◊〉 (l) Cap. Vergent de Haer. 3. Lives (m) Cap ad abolendum de Haer. Suar. Dis. 23. Bul. Urb. 4 Inno. 4. By Bâ—rning (n) Jac de â—ra decis l. 2. c. 9. n 2. 4. Dâ—stroy'd by War. (o) Bonacina Diana Castro Mâ—â—anus c. Car. Allen. ad mon. to Nobl. Peop. p. 41. 5. By Mâ—ssacre (p) Briefs of P G. 13. Clâ—m 8. (q) 5 Jâ—â— Tryal p. 28. (r) Col. Lr. to the Internuncio (s) Prance 's Nar. p. 4. (t) Causâ— Ep. p. 189 (u) â— Jes. Tryal p. 25. 1. The Popish Prince cannot help if he would Oaths and Promises insignificant (x) Caâ—â— Officâ—â— (y) Bonncina de prim prac Disp. 3. q 2. (z) Person 's Philop p. 109. (a) Becaâ— Cont. Aug. â— 131 132. In Fowlis p. 60. (b) Ores's Nâ—r. p 4. N. 5 c. 2 Parliaments cannot prevent Ruin to Protestants 1. They may be avoided 2. May be made to serve a Popish not a Protestant Interest 3. Good Laws insignificant (c) Hist. Ref p. 110.