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religion_n	exercise_v	good_a	great_a	252	4	2.0921	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32856	Camiltons discoverie of the devilish designes and killing projects of the Society of Jesuites of late years projected and by them hitherto acted in Germany : intended but graciously prevented in England / translated out of the Latine copie ... by W. F. X. B. ...; De studiis Jesuitarum abstrusioribus. English	Camilton, John.; W. F. X. B.	1641 (1641)	Wing C388A; ESTC R11407	15,823	38

so bold as to desire the sight of any one of them except he will 〈…〉 fore-hand with all virulencie and bitternesse raile upon and disgrace the Author whom he desireth to see by some infamous Libell and scurrilous Satyricall verse or writing In the middest of these severall Libraries is placed a Study being divided into many Seates distinct and separate one from another with a blew covering on the right side whereof sit the Fathers on the left the under-Graduates who have already taken some Degrees upon them The other Novices or Fresh-men as wee call them sit mixt with the fellow-Commoners that they may take notice of them and every man in his turne beate into them by continuall discourses the sweetnesse and excellency of the Order of Iesuites especially into such as are of the richer sort or wealthy heires I will say no more at this time as touching their Studies but I will describe briefly the manner of the Visitation which every Provinciall maketh because it is a point which as I thinke and for any thing that I ever read or heard hath beene never hitherto divulged by any Now every Provinciall taketh his Denomination from the Province or Kingdome rather which is committed to his charge and oversight His place is to visit the severall Colledges to take an account of their Revenues and over-see their expences exactly and punctually to take notice what Noble personages commit their Sonnes to the tuition of the Society and how many they are in number Whether there be not yearely an increase of Schollers as also of their meanes and Revenewes Whether there be any converted from Lutheranisme and how many such If there be no such thing or if the Popish Religion have lost ground or if there be any decrease of their wealth he sharpely reproveth their sloath and neglect and chargeth strictly that they make an amends for the wrong they have done and losse they have received in this case But if they have bestirred themselves bravely and converted as they call it or rather perverted many Soules to Popery if they have beene frugall and scraped wealth together he praiseth them very highly and extolleth them to the skyes Moreover he demandeth what is the opinion of the Neighbouring Hereticks concerning them What be the projects of the Nobles What meetings they have How many And where What they consult upon What they resolve to doe Whether the Hereticall Princes as they tearme them delight to live at home or abroad To whom they resort most frequently What is the severall disposition of every one of them In what things he is observed to take most delight Whether he take any care of his people or not Whether he be a Religious Prince or not Or rather whether he be not a man who delights to take his pleasure in drinking Wenching or Hunting Whether he have any Catholickes about him or that are neere unto him What the people report abroad concerning their owne Princes Whether the Churches of the Adversaries be full of resort or not Whether the Pasters of those Churches be learned and diligent men in their place and calling or otherwife lazie Lubbers and unlettered Whether the Profession of Divinitie thrive in the Neighbouring University of Heretickes Whether their Divines maintaine frequent Disputations and against whom principally What bookes they have published of late and upon what Subject To these and sundry such questions if the Regent and the rest of the Fathers doe answer punctually he doth wonderfully commend their industry and vigilancy If he find them defective in answering to these or any such demands hee reprooveth them sharpely saying what meane you my Masters doe you purpose like lazie companions to undoe the Church of Rome How doe you suppose your slothfulnesse in these waighty affaires can bee excused before his Holinesse How is it that you presume to take these places upon you and to manage them no better What or whom are you affrayd of Why doe not you buckle up your selves better to your businesse and performe your places like men These things if you had beene such men as you ought to bee had not beene to doe now These things should have beene done long before this time Doe you observe the incredible watchfulnesse of the Heretickes and can you be lazie And with these or the like speeches hee whetteth them on to their duty At the last he enquireth as touching the schollers fellow-Commoners Novices and the rest how many they are in number How much every one hath profited To what study or delight each one is inclineable Whether there be any one amongst them that is scrupulous or untractable or not a sit subject to be wrought upon For he adjudgeth every such an one sitting to be removed from the study of Divinity except he have bin very well exercised in the Disputations in Schooles and have a very great and good conceit of their Religion beaten into him Moreover hee enquireth if they have any one in the Colledge who can be contented for the advantage of the Catholicke cause to undertake any laudable attempt and to spend his blood in the cause if at any time necessity shall seeme to require it And at last he sendeth away all these informations being sealed up unto the Father Generall at Rome by whom they are immediately made knowne to the Pope himselfe and his Conclave of Cardinals And so by this meanes an order is taken that there is no matter of Action set on foote nothing almost consulted upon throughout the whole Christian world which is not forthwith discovered unto the Pope by these traytors that lurke in every state and Kingdome Also it is not to be omitted that the Iesuites are translated by their Provinciall from one Colledge to another and that for the most part once in three yeares that so the Provinciall out of their severall discoveries may attaine to unlocke all the secretest Cabinets of the Prince and State where he doth reside In the last place I will adde in stead of a Corollary some strange and wonderfull devices of the Iesuites which being but of late newly hammered in the forge they have carnestly endeavoured yea and at this day doe labour tooth and nayle to put in practice by publike consent for an Jnnovation to be made both in the Church and State throughout the whole Romane Empire To this end their chiefe and onely ayme is how to set the Princes of the Empire together by the eares and by taking off some of the Principall Doctors of the Church to bring the tyranny of the Spaniard and the Primacy of the Pope into Germany Concerning which very project I have heard the Provinciall DHL-RIO himselfe discoursing sometimes whose plots and Machinations were such as follow In the first place saith he care and paines must be used to estrange the affections of the Princes of the Empire one from another Now the meanes said he to effect that is to worke upon their contrariety of opinions