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A defence of Dr. Tenison's sermon of discretion in giving alms written in a letter to the author of The apology for the pulpits.
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Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.
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pentimento vero de suoi peccati confermo proposito d' emendarsene ò ch'serciterà qualche atto di virtu ad esempio de' sudetti Santi guadagni ogni volta sette anni altretante quarantene d' Indulgenza Chi leggerà qualche Capitolo della Vica de sudetti Santi ò viseterà il loro Altare ò venererà la loro immagine pregando per l'estaltazione di santa Chiesa e per la conversione de peccatori guadagni ogni volta cento giorni de Indulgenza Chiunque si eserciter à nella divozione del Santissimo Sacramento dell ' Altare ò della Vergine meditando quel Mistero e i beneficii che à not ne dirivano overo compatendo à i dolori che senti la Beatissima Vergine per la Passione e morte del Figlio ò in altra forma vener ando il Santissimo Sacramento e pregando per i visogni della Santa Chiesa guadagni ogni volta cento giorni d' Indulgenza Chi farà qualche limosina a' poveri overo compatendo à i dolori gìistruirà nelle cose della Fede ò buoni costumi ò pure opererà che ciò si faccia da altri ogni volta guadagni cento giorni d' Indulgenza Chi stando in Roma ò nel suo Distretto per lo spazio di venti miglia per legitimo impedimento non potria essere presente alla Beneditione solenne che il sommo Pontefice suol dare nel giorno di Pasqua e dell ' Ascensione se confessato e communicato preghera per l'estirpazione dell ' Eresie c. acquisterà l' Indulgenza come se fosse presente la quale Indulgenza conseguirà parimente chi starà fuori di Roma e di tal Discretto in qualunque luogo si sia benche egli non sia impedito facendo le cose sudette Chi raccommanderà devotamente à Dio in articolo di morte l'anima sua insieme ricorrerà all' intercessione de sudetti Santi ò d' uno di essi con la bocca ò non potendo col cuore essendosi confessato e communicato ò non potendo almeno contrito conseguisca plenaria Indulgenza de suoi peccati Che ciascuna delle soprad Indulgenze si possa applicare all' anime del Purgatorio per modo di suffragio Per acquistore le sopradette Indulgenze basta havere una Corona ò Medaglia c. benedetta da sua santità con le medesime Indulgenze facendo gl' atti prescritti come sopra benche per altro si douvessero fare per obligo Commanda sua Santità che nella distribuzione uso di queste Medaglie Corone c. si osserui il Decreto della fe mem di Alessandro VII stampato sotto li 6. Febraro 1657. cioè che le Medaglie Corone c. benedette con le sopradette Indulgenze non passino la parsona di quelle à quali sar anno consedute ò à quali da questi saranno distribuite per la prima volta e che non possano prestarsi ad altri ò darsi precariamente altrimenti perdano l'Indulgenza che anno e che per dendosene una non se ne possa sostituire in suo luogo un altra non ostente qualunque concessione ò priulegio in contrario Sua santità prohibisce la stampa di queste Indulgenze in ogni altro luogo fuori di Roma Michel Angelo Ricci Secr. In Roma Nella Stamperiadella Rev. Cam. Apost 1676. Con licenza de'Superiori Indulgences which his Holiness our Lord Pope Clement the X. grants to Crowns Rosaries Images Crosses and Medals blessed upon the Occasion of Canonizing the Saints and Confessors Gaetano Francesco Borgia Philippo Benizio Lodowico Beltrando and of St. Rosa a Virgin of Peru. WHosoever shall use to say at least once in the Week the Crown of our Lord or of our Lady or the Rosarie or the third part of it or the Divino Office of our Lady or of the Dead or else the seven Penitential Psalms or the Graduals or shall use to visit Prisoners or to relieve the Poor or to make mental Prayer for at least a quarter of an hour confessing himself to a Confessor approved by the Ordinary and communicating upon any of the Holy-days of our Lord and of the Blessed Virgin which Holy Church does celebrate that is to say Christmas the Circumcision Epiphany the Resurrection Ascension Pentecost Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi The Conception Nativity Presentation Visitation Annunciation Purification and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin or on the day of the Nativity of St. John Baptist or of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul or of one of the abovesaid five Canonized Saints or of All Saints or of the Dedication of his own Church or of the Patron and Title of it shall devoutly pray to God for the rooting out of Heresie and for the Propagation of the Catholick Faith and for the other Necessities of Holy Mother Church shall every time obtain Plenary Indulgence Whosoever shall fast the Eve of every one of the abovesaid five Saints and having confessed shall communicate upon their Holy-day and shall pray as has been directed shall every time obtain Plenary Indulgence Whosoever shall say Mass or being confessed and communicated shall hear it at an Altar where the Image or Body or some Relique of one of the abovesaid Saints shall be upon any day of every Month at his own choice praying as above shall obtain Plenary Indulgence Whosoever repenting of his Sins with purpose of Amendment shall visit in one day seven Churches at his own Choice and where there be not seven shall visit all that there be and where there is but one shall visit all the Altars of it praying likewise for the Extirpation of Heresie c. once a year shall obtain the Indulgences of the seven Churches of Rome Whosoever shall think devoutly upon any Mystery of the Passion of our Lord and in Reverence of that Passion shall humbly kiss the Ground seven times shall obtain upon that day the Indulgence of the Scala Sancta and that once every year Whosoever shall do an Act of true Repentance of his Sins with true purpose of forsaking them or shall stir up some Act of Vertue after the Example of the aforesaid Saints shall every time obtain seven Years and as many Quarantains of Indulgence Whosoever shall read some Chapter of the Life of the aforesaid Saints or shall visit their Altar or shall Venerate their Image praying for the Exaltation of Holy Church and for the Conversion of Sinners shall every time obtain an hundred days of Indulgence Whosoever shall exercise himself in the devotion of the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar or of the Virgin meditating that Mystery and those Benefits which are derived to us from thence or else having a feeling of those Griefs which the Blessed Virgin felt for the Passion and Death of her Son or in other
A DEFENCE OF D r. TENISON's SERMON OF Discretion in Giving Alms. Written in a LETTER TO THE AUTHOR OF THE Apology for the Pulpits A DEFENCE OF Dr. TENSION's SERMON OF Discretion in Giving Alms c. SIR I Have here sent you according to my promise The defence of my Printed Sermon you may please to use it as you see occasion Though I have been a Preacher many years yet not perceiving any want of Printed Sermons I never was prevail'd with to publish more than one It was a Sermon preached at St. Sepulchres Church in London instead of the Spitall upon Wednesday in Easter-Week April the sixth 1681. It was then a Thing in course to print such Spitall Sermons at the request of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen and with their Request I comply'd I was the more inclin'd to do it because I had seen little upon that Subject Discretion in giving Alms and yet I had very often observ'd that Alms by a careless and unskilful distribution of them fell unprofitably to the ground And I did believe it to be one part of Charity to give caution to the Rich for the Advantage of the true Objects of their Liberality I am not surprized at the offence which some have taken at this Sermon for it touches a very tender part when it touches their gain Those who have appeared against it are two persons of the Roman Communion The Author of the Advice to Pulpits and Mr. A. Pulton Jesuit The first of these the Author of Advice to Pulpits who is of the number of those forward Men who give Counsel when they stand in need of it has pick'd out the following passage which by the mention of Indulgences which tempt loose men to say to their Souls Souls take your Ease you have pardons laid up for many Years is become very grievous to Him and his Follower There is great boast made of Alms in the Romish Church they sound the trumpet of them perpetually in our Ears But what is the End to which a great part of this Charity tendeth The Scope they too often vainly aim at is the Blessing of a presumed Saint who is ignorant of them Security from the External force of Evil Spirits by the charms and spells of Monkish Conjuration a sort of Ecclesiastic Magic which those very Spirits invent and encourage Nay sometimes the Scope is that very wicked one of compounding with Heaven by their liberal Alms for their unforsaken Sins And here in this Nation whilst the Island was enchanted with Popery there were granted Indulgences even for what they call Deadly Sins for many thousand Years to come Here these Remarks may I think be made without impertinence 1. He first leaves out these Words frequently the Motive which perswades them is extremely selfish and the means they use are extravagantly indiscreet then he drops those betwixt incourage and Nay Avoidance of those causless Curses and Anathema's which are with Terror denounced from their Seven hill'd counterfeit Sinai Preservation from or deliverance out of the imaginary flames of Purgatory blown on purpose by Jesuitick breath for the melting of the Treasures of credulous people Canonization as scandalous as it is chargeable and perform'd in such manner that according to the Note of Cardinal Bessarion the making of their New Saints doth move some sceptical Men to question the Old ones He leaves out these Words which are not far from those he cited The things they purchase as conducive to these ends are the Wares of dark imposture namely such as these Shrines Images Lamps Incense Holy Water Agnus Dei's Blessed grains Roses Pebbles Rings Beads Reliques Pardons Masses Diriges and Soul-Obits the goodly Inventory of Superstition This it seems was too particular for the purpose of Men who deal in generals which admit of less discovery 2. Whilst he recites the Charge of Indulgences granted even for what they call deadly Sins for many thousands of years to come he leaves out the Proof of it Printed in the Margin in these words Horae B. M. ad us Sar. Fol. 66. Who that devoutly say these three Prayers shall obtain ten hundred thousand years of Pardon for deadly Sins granted by our Holy Father John 22d P. of R. 3. He allows that the Practice with which the Church of Rome is hore charg'd is in its Nature very wicked Otherwise why does he bring this part of my Sermon as an instance under his third Caution of exposing the Roman Church and laying on blacker Colours than justly belong to her 4. There remains then nothing but the Proof of this Charge and that is Printed with the Charge but left out by this Censurer that his party who read on one side only may believe my words to be malicious Slanders without any ground for their support For Mr. Poulton either he had Read my Sermon or he trusted to the Book of the Adviser If he trusted to him he was deceived by him and he ought not at adventure and with a mixture of credulity and confidence to have accused me falsly much less in Publick If he read my Sermon himself then the words he us'd in reproaching me and in discouraging people from hearing of me are a Demonstration of a wilful Malice for these are the Expressions he used in his Afternoons-Exercise at the Savoy-Mass-House on November the twenty seventh last past of which the Effects have been a further discovery of his rash and insincere dealing and the People's Contempt of his useless Admonition Mr. Pulton's Avice Therefore I say if there be any of your Preachers tell you in their Sermons that the Roman Catholicks do believe and do those things which 't is evident We do not you ought to have the greater Care of them I shall not mention the Names of any they are done in an excellent Book lately published Intituled Good Advice to the Pulpits which I would have every one here read and have by them wherein you 'l find an Eminent Doctor or one that is so thought to be in his Sermon taking occasion to lay this Calumny on the Church of Rome viz. that the Pope has oft-times granted his Bulls of Indulgence for many years sins unrepented of and that it has been and is a common Practice Now I say that this is notoriously false for I would sain have this Doctor discover by whom these Bulls have been granted what time in what place c Or else 't is a palpable imposture and abuse both to us and his Auditory and there when he goes thus to misinform six hundred or more that come at a time to hear him Preach the truth of the Gospel they ought to have a Care how they trust him for the future 1. Now here Mr. Pulton has added both to the words in the Adviser's Book and to those in my Sermon I say sometimes and He makes me to say that it has been and is a common Practice I did not say it but