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A05770	A toile for tvvo-legged foxes Wherein their noisome properties; their hunting and vnkenelling, with the duties of the principall hunters and guardians of the spirituall vineyard is liuelie discouered, for the comfort of all her Highnes trustie and true-hearted subiects, and their encouragement against all popish practises. By I. B. preacher of the word of God.	Baxter, J.	1600 (1600)	STC 1596; ESTC S112228	88,347	250

saith 1. Cor. 11. that there must be heresies that they which are approued might be knowne 1. Corin. 11. Where also that of Augustine is worthie remembrance let vs vse heretikes saith he not to that end to approue their errours but that by defending the Catholickes doctrine against their deceits we may be more watchful and warie because it is most truly written there must be heresies that the tried approued may be manifested or discouered from the holow harts amongst you Let vs vse this benefit of Gods prouidence for heretikes are made of such as would erre or be naught thogh they were in the Church but being out they profit vs exceedingly not by teaching the truth which they know not but by stirring vp the carnall in the Church to seeke truth and the spirituall to cleare the truth Thus then it is apparant that both the weaker and the stronger the carnall and the spirituall may profit by heresies and schismes which the Lord suffereth in his Church the one by learning the other by teaching for they shall trie our faith and our loue whether we be counterfeits dissemblers whether we wil be suddainly wind-shaken whether we will forsake the truth and follow falsehood or whether faith be grounded in our hearts or no For like as in the time of Moses God suffered great magitians to be in Aegypt that he might make his owne power more euident in Moses so he suffereth heretikes as sorcerers or enchanters to be in the Church that the power of praier of faith of loue of zeale might be more apparant A crab oftentimes carrieth the coat of an apple and is not well knowne but by the taste copper hath the colour of gold is not so well tried as by the touch an hypocrite may lurcke vnder the shadow of a beleeuer and is not throughly manifested vntill his faith be tried but the beliefe of Gods children is like vnto the glaze-worme which glittereth most brightly in the darkest night or like the lampe that giues most light in the darke But some will say alas we are no clearkes and in these diuisions and disputings here is euery one alledging scripture for himselfe what shall we doe or what course shall we take that are vnlearned For the better helping of you in this hazard first looke whether euerie one alledgeth scripture or no for that goeth for scripture many times with the Catholicks which is no more to be found in the booke of the Bible thē Paradise in hell Secondly know them to be false teachers which for confirmation of doctrine of faith alledge any other testimonies ouer and besides the scriptures for mans writings are no further to be credited then they bring warrant from the word of God which containeth the whole counsell of God touching our saluation If they reply that all is not written which the Apostles taught answere them with that which is said by the Apostle who requireth nothing besides the scriptures to make the man of God complete then compare their vnwritten traditions with Gods written truth the light will straight discouer their darknes Thirdly if the interpretations be repugnant so as one or more of them must needs be erronious then conferre scripture with scripture and expounde scripture by scripture as Christ teacheth and lastly referre the whole vnto the correspondency of the articles of faith the briefe abridgments of christian religion and then if thou bringest with thee a teachable minde and a desire to learne in humilitie thou shalt not erre but finde Christ in his owne home that is in his word The second reason why the Lord suffereth his Church to be troubled with deceitfull companions is his proportionable iustice against the vnbeleeuers And that Saint Paul meaneth when he saith that when men haue no minde to obey God and his truth 2. Thess 2.10 hee sendeth them false prophets euen with an efficacie and speedines of errour The beguiling of Achab showeth this euidently Who is it saith God that shall deceiue Achab as if he should say I see that he will needs be drawne vnto the bottome of hell for the wretch was defiled with his Idols had peruerted Gods seruice was full of all stubbornnes 2. King 22.2 and malice against the prophets would receiue no admonition Therefore God seeing him a man forlorne sendeth a lying spirit to beguile him But here marke one thing especially comfortable to Gods childrē that when God had giuen Sathan commission to execute his vengeance vpō the vnbeleeuers he not onely giueth him leaue to punish them with losse of goods sicknes of bodie c. but giues powre to leade them into errour vtterly to deceiue them and to carrie them away with lies This is apparant in the historie of the triall of Iob where Sathan his first commission is to touch his goods and the second to touch his body but he may not meddle with his soule Thus you see it standeth both with the manifestation both of the mercie and iustice of God to send deceitfull workmen into his Church CHAPTER 9. Eight reasons vnaunswerable prouing all perfect papists rotten-hearted subiects to all true christian princes THere is a kinde of people who faine would that Dauid should alwaies sing of mercie that as it may seeme by excessiue clemencie our Soueraigne might nourish a serpent in her owne bosome Wherefore although this matter hath been handled heretofore of such learned and godly men as tender the saftie of her Maiestie and the flourishing state of her trustie and true harted subiects yet since the argument fits this place so well I haue thought good to lend my hand to my brethren and to proue that no perfect papists can be sound faithfull subiects to their christian princes And I say perfect papists because that euerie one that is blemished or holdeth any one errour or article of doctrine that the Pope holdeth as perhappes purgatorie or prayer for the dead is in that article a papist Yet I count not euery one that thus is taynted within the compasse of false heartednes to the realme or vnder the title of traiterous papists for manie otherwise sound subiects are not purged from all infections wherwith the whorish Church hath poisoned them wherfore the cōsequent reasons must be vnderstood of perfit papists whose hearts since they be Italianated I thus frame my first reason to proue them rotten hearted subiects The first reason prouing perfit papists traiterous subiects to Christian Princes ALl good subiects which obey for conscience as euery one ought to doe must haue their consciences enfomed by the word of God But perfit papists hate our assemblies despise the preaching of the word which should direct their consciences both in dutie towards God and loyaltie towards their prince and in stead thereof entertaine a strange worship Therefore perfit papists cannot bee sound hearted subiects I haue heard wise men say that there is no knot of theeues so dangerous as when there is

beard with the Pelagian heretickes to maintaine freewill powre to iustifie our selues and to fulfill the commaundements with the Messalians to mumble his mattens pater nosters seuen psalmes by number vpō a paire of beads with the Tatians Cataphrygians Montanists and Ebonists to seeke sanctification in eating and not eating in marrying and not marrying Whereupon the Romish faith is founded To be short in manie things he is Heathenish Turkish and Iewish so that whosoeuer is hot starke blind may behold whereupon the Romane Catholiks build their faith not vpon the doctrines of the Prophets and Apostles but partly vpon the scriptures sophisticated and quintessensed in a lymbecke to serue for a correctiue in the poysoned drench of the whore partly vpon such sayings of the ancient fathers as serue for their turne partly vpon the scum of gen●ral councels partly vpon the Caballa the Iewish Rabbins partly vpō the Tu●kish Alcoran and lastly on the pr●found diuinitie of Ouid and Aristot●● In this manner skipping like mucke y●● from one place to an other they pick what may best serue for their purpo●● euen as if a man would picke rotten o● of an apple with this prouiso that a R●mane Catholike hang as fast on the fo●●dation as a thiefe on the gallowes to w●● on his holy mother the Church of Rom● which can stumble no more then a ma● when both his eies are out And this their inuincible Stratagema and P●●nopila their strong furniture and fig●ting weapons of warre which they v● for the defence of their religion whe● by it may euidently appeare that th● bottomlesse pit is open and the diu●● is broke loose and that the Pope is th● porter of hell gates Beware then of t●● poysoned cup of the whore Can. 2. Math. 7. Reuel 20. Phil. 3. 2. Cor. 11.13 Rom. 16. and th● wiles of such Foxes Wolues in sheep● clothing false horned lambes maski●● hypocrites deceiptfull workeme● craftie companions cosening knaue● 〈◊〉 by dissembled zeale palpable flat●●rie creepe into mens houses winde themselues into mens consciences lead away the simple captiue beware of these scorpions with stings in their titles who when they looke most de●●●rely pretend greatest mischiefe ●●ound the sorest when they speake the forrest with smooth speeches captiuate mēs cōsciences when they pretēd greatest libertie Let not your hearts be deceiued there is no such vice as that which is hidden vnder the colour of vertue no such arrant strumpet as she that seekes to shrowd her selfe vnder the shew of a graue matrone no such Iudas kisse as with an Apostles face nor fawning diuel as like an Angell of light no such enemies against the Church as those which vnder the name of it seeke the supplanting of the same To leaue their religion to speake of their liues can there be a sweet behauior where there is no sound faith certes no Corporall and spirituall whoredome companions collaterall and therfore experience wil teach thee that corporall and spirituall whordome 〈◊〉 hand in hand for who more hot in the seruice of Baal then wicked Iesabel yet was she but a painted harlot It is needlesse to tell you some sweet parts plaid in the popedome and to glance at the filthinesse of those chiefe chast fathers and maiden priestes the smell whereof hath ascended to heauen and annoied the Lord of hosts yet to the end you may know the birds by their kinde the colts by their dammes and the young cubs by the smell of the old Foxes I will giue you a little taste of the vnsauorie manners of holy Foxes holie fathers say they whereof some haue been famous and renowned heretikes some notorious blasphemers of God some shamelesse scorners some whore-hunters adulterers and sodomiticall beastes some wretched and rauenous helhounds some coniurers and Necromancers Anastasius 2. The old Foxes haue foule smels as histories doe declare Anastasius the second consented to the Nestorian heretikes which denied the humanitie of Iesus Christ and at last being stricken by the hand of God did void his intrals as did the heretik Arrius before him Boniface the eight was in a generall councell holden in Paris Boniface 8. accused and found guiltie of three capital crimes namely of heresie murther and symonie and for these causes was dispossessed of the popedome and afterwards cast into prison desperately gnawing and deuouring his hands like to a dog ended his daies for whom the diuels did wonderfully mourne and shed many a salt teare For on the same day was heard in the prison where he died called castrade S. Angelo such horrible thunderclaps and terrible stirres as if all the Popes Abbots Prelats Canons Priests Munkes and Friers in hell had been singing his requiem Pope Iohn the foureteenth who with an Italian tricke pickt ouer the pearch Pope Alexander the fifth Iohn 14. and afterwards verie featly created himselfe Pope was conuicted in the councell of Constance an apparant heretike an vn godly knaue an oppressor of the poore a persecutor of the righteous a stay to the wicked a pillar to the barterers of benefices a glasse to dishonestie a vessell full of all vice yea a verie diuell incarnate and therefore put beside the cushion and deposed from his aposticall seat What should I leaue Iohn the dog Foxe Pope Ioane the bitch-foxe and spake of Ioan the bitch-Foxe from whom Monks Friers pole-shorn● Priestes and the Romish spiritualty ar● sprung This Ioane was well content t● be gotten with child by one of he Cardinals and was deliuered in th● middest of the streete as she was deuoutly treading in procession by th● same token that at this day there dot● remaine an Image of stone hewen ou● of the earth as their histories do report and that the Popes in their processio● neuer doe passe that way least that th● like might happen vnto them Neuerthelesse for the auoiding of such a foul● chaunce the holy Church did ordain● two chaires to be hewen out of Porphy stone where they vsed to feele fro● vnder vtrum habet testiculos But tha● custome is now left for it may well b● that they make the matter manifest b● the brood of their bastards Iohn th● thirteenth Iohn 13. was in propertie muc● like to Pope Ioan who as he was descended of whores and knaues so was h● no changeling but did shew full we what stocke he came of for he was s● vowed to incontinencie that he maintained an open stewes the Emperour ●●to causing a councell to be gathered ●●erin he was complained vpon ac●●sed of many foule things as that he ●●d committed whordome with two si●●rs that he had made Bishops of chil●●en that he had deflowred many vir●●s that of Saint Iohns pallace at Late●●n he had made an opē stewes that he ●●d offered vp wine to the diuels and ●●playing at dice had called for aide ●his graund Captaine the prince of ●●rkenes But what can we expect at ●ir hands who are so neare linked and ●●d with