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Four tracts. I. A short discourse about divorce and its causes, fornication and adultery. II. A charge to judges, juries and witnesses concerning oaths. III. About infant baptism. IV. A letter to a lady, who hath forsaken [t]he Protestant religion for the Romish. / By J. Gailhard, Gent.
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Gailhard, J. (Jean)
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2. c. 15. and Index lib. prohibit Res 4. forbid people to read it tho' in several places of the Old and New Testaments there be an express command to read it which for brevity sake I shall not quote only in my way I shall take notice of an Interpretation of the words in Psalm 91.13 Thou shalt tread upon the Lyon and Adder the young Lyon and Dragon shalt thou trample under feet a Prophesy relating to our Lord and Saviour yet Pope Alexander the III. whilst he in the Porch of St. Marks Church in Verice was with his Foot treading upon the Neck of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa caused the words to be pronounced with a loud Voice to which the Emperor as bad an Interpreter as the proud Pope was of Scripture answered non tibi sed Petro this was not said to thee but to Peter whereunto the reply was Et mihi Petro to me and to Peter Before this Holy Word they prefer or at least make of an equal Authority their Traditions their own â—nventions and Forgeries For Madam give me eave to say That the Church of Rome is a great Impostor and hath been proved such by several Divines both Forreigners and our own yet Bellarmin in the same Book and Cardinal du Perron against Tilenus are for Traditions contrary to so many places of Scripture whereof some are quoted in the Margin (d) Deut. 12.32 Exod. 25.40 What things soever I command you observe to do it thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it and St. Paul saith (e) Gal. 1.8 9. If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have precahed let him be accursed the word in the Original signifies besides what we have Preached there ought to be no dimunition addition or alteration But Madam to avoid prolixity which I see an enumeration of many of their Errors would unavoidably engage me in I shall in few words say their forbidding at certain times to eat some sorts of Meats when Gods Word in so many places speaks against it and that as well as the prohibition for Priests to Marry is called (f) 1 Tim. 4.1 2. Heb. 13.4 Doctrine of Devils when the Apostle calls Marriage Honourable and the Bed undefil'd How dare they to command that which God hath forbidden or to forbid that which God hath instituted approved and commanded Pope Pius the II. was so sensible of the unreasonableness of this as to say that if Priests for good cause had been forbidden to Marry for a better they should now Marry (g) Matt. 8.14 We Read in the Word how Peter whom they so much pretend to follow * Act. 21.8 9. and others among the Apostles and Evangelists were Married After this what shall we say of Campeggio †1 Cor. 9.5 one of the Pope's Legates at the Council of Trent who openly maintained there that 't is better for a Priest to keep a Whore than to Marry Their Mediators of Intercession are an Injury to the Lord Jesus The Error of Transubstantiation is contrary to Scripture Sense and Reason and attended with Idolatry And now Madam I shall be more plain than I was once meerly out of respect for you when as you may remember a Pragmatical Priest at Table vexed some Body whom you know and with a Brazen Face denied the Romanists to Worship Images and other Creatures for 't is known how all your Priests are downright Idolaters first they make their Wafer God for saith one of them (h) Gab. Biel. Can. Miss 4. He who Created me without me is now Created by me I say the Priest first makes his God then falls down and Worships it and at last Eats it up Is not this as great an Idolatry as can be to Worship a Creature of his own making The place where our Saviour speaks of false Christs is remarkable (g) Matt. 24.23 26. If any man shall say unto you lo here is Christ or there believe it not or behold he is in the secret chambers or little places which they have above their Altars where under Lock and Key they keep their Idol God believe it not What manner of God is the Wafer God of Papists of one or few minutes standing which by the pronouncing of five Latin Words tho' in the Text there be but four This is my Body is as it were by a Magical Vertue changed into the substance of Christ's Body and so with them becomes God and as such is by them adored What a poor Idol God is this which cannot preserve it self from being eaten up by Dogs Rats Mice Spiders and the like Vermin and if it doth but slip out of the Priests Hand when he holds it is like Dagon before the Ark broken in pieces And the Priest when such an accident happens as it doth sometimes in the Street with a Rope about his Neck to shew how for his Idolatry he deserves to be Hanged doth scrape up the Crumbs with the Dirt when it happens to fall into 't and lays it up Of this Wafer-God may well be said what Elijah in a mocking way said of Baal He is a God who is either talking or pursuing or he is in a journey or he sleepeth and must be awaked For let the Popish Priests as well as Baal's cry from Morning till Evening as loud as they can there shall be no Voice nor any to Answer because the Wafer-God is as much a Dumb Idol as Baal's Image was 1 King 18.26 27. Upon this matter of the Wafer-God I must not omit taking notice of a thing which gives their Transubstantiation and Corporal Eating of Christ's Body a deadly blow and that with a Weapon of their own for in a French Translation of the Bible Printed in Antwerp by Martin L'Empereur in 1534 with Charles V. his License Dated Brussels the 21st of November 1533 in the 6th Chap. of John's Gospel over against these words Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood ye have no life in you There is a Marginal Note in these words To eat the flesh of Christ and drink his blood is to believe in him whereby their pretended Corporal Manducation is quite overthrown and it perfectly agrees with the Doctrine of all Reform'd Churches As to the taking away the Cup from the People in the Sacrament 't is positively contrary to what our Saviour said (k) Matt. 26.27 Drink ye all of it and one of the Evangelists observes how they all drank of it and the Canon of the Council of Constance against it doth them more harm than good for in the Preface they own thus Licet Christus instituerit c. that is (l) Mar. 14.23 Tho' Christ instituted and gave after Supper the Sacrament in both kinds to his Disciples and tho' in the Primitive Church it was Administred in the like manner yet the Council for certain reasons doth command that the Sacrament be otherwise Administred
a further Inquiry into the matter he is perswaded his Wife hath abused him her own Behaviour doth daily more and more confirm him in his Opinion she keeps Company with such as he dislikes and hath given her Warning not to do 't yet she is so Fond of that Society that if she cannot publickly see the party she will do 't in private and venture rather parting with her Husband than to be deprived of the Company of her Gallant who long before hath sufficiently Ruined Her 's and Husband's Reputation The Husband takes no publick Notice of it as long as he can endure it and until it becomes spread abroad as much as any thing of that Nature can be This Woman at last being passed Shame keeping no longer any Measures and being broken so loose that every one that hath a mind may take Notice of her Miscarriages having forfeited Honour and void of Thankfulness for a Husband that hath given her a high Rank continues running on in her former Courses The Husband can no longer forbear Complaining in Publick and according to Law the Woman instead of with-drawing somewhat out of the Croud of the World which every Person of Vertue and Innocency under such Circumstances would do appears abroad as often and with as much Pomp and Vanity as ever finds such Friends as most Women of ill Character have by their means under the Notion of want of some Formalities and Customs the Prosecution is first Weakened then Stopt after which we Ride Triumphing up and down the Streets It is known how our Laws make it extraordinary difficult to Prove things of that nature 't is a Work of Darkness and so hard to be brought to Light and when 't is committed the Guilty avoid the Light do not seek for nor admit of Witnesses Though Proofs by some thought to be Competent be brought in which to give to the least that can be may in the Judgment of many be called strong Presumptions yet they go further when compared with the whole Carriage of a Woman of an Ill Reputation who careth not to take any pains to remove the evil Opinion which people have of her a Behaviour very different from that which Persons of that Sex and of Honour hold to redeem their Reputation when it falls into Jeopardy and under Censure Once 't was here the Case of a Nobleman upon the account of Adultery to Sue for a Divorce which was obtained and he Married again which may be a Precedent to other Cases of the like Nature It ought to be the Hearty Wish of every True Englishman to have Justice equally distributed for one as for the other and of every true Protestant without doing any Wrong to see Dignities and Fortunes to continue in Protestant Lines and Families When Reasons of Piety Vertue Honour and Duty cannot prevail then Fear and Punishment ought to be made use of If Lewd Women would but hear what saith a Wise King who at his own Costs had gotten a great Experience in these matters they might from him Learn Useful and Profitable Things against their Course of Life But alas they care not for Solomon's Books or any other part of Scripture for their Lust is their God and to Satisfy it their Aim However let us hear what a Character he gives of an Adulteress and see how fitly 't is appliable to some in our times (a) Prov. 7.11 12. She is loud and stubborn her Feet abide not in her House Now is she without now in the Streets and lieth in wait at every Corner Stubborn to every good Counsel at Home she cannot stay 't is not a fit place to entertain Lovers under the Husband's Eye some may happen to watch over her Actions there all necessary Freedom upon such Occasions may not be had She is to be seen up and down the Streets sometimes the fair Coach stops in a Corner waiting for an Answer to some Errand which a trusty Servant is gone upon and in the Coach (b) v. 10. She is with the Attire of an Harlot that is with Patches Painting uncovered Brests an Eye sparkling a Fire of Lutt and one Gesture or other that betrays her inward Corruption However she is to be found at Home when the (c) v. 19.20 Good Man is not at Home when he is gone a long or a short Journey Hath taken a Bag of Money with him and will come home at the Day appointed Till then the Gallant is free to come and is invited to do 't how well doth this fit our times Then saith she (d) ch 9.17 Stollen Waters are Sweet and Bread eaten in Secret is Pleasant Afterwards (e) Ch. 3â— 20 She Eateth and wipeth her Mouth and saith I have done no Wickedness Such is the way of an Adulterous Woman Therefore no wonder if these things make a Man uneasy when he hath found them out (f) ch 12.4 for as A Vertuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband so she that maketh Ashamed is as Rottenness in his Bones Very painful and troublesome But there is a Danger greater than all this What 's that Life is in Danger (g) ch 6.26 For the Adulteress will Hunt for the Precious Life When a Husband is too clear-sighted he becomes troublesome and lays in the way then he must be Removed Would to God of this we had not so many Instances as there are in the World When a Woman loves another better than her Husband then the Husband's Life is not safe wherefore 't is no wonder if those that are concerned do look to 't it were in them a prodigy of Stupidity if they did not he cannot be sure of his Life that sleepeth with a Snake in his Bosome there being so many ways to send one packing out of this World When once the Devil hath prevailed upon a Woman in a settled way to be False to her Husband he may on the Adulterer's behalf happen to lead her further and form a Combination between them after they have taken away his Honour to deprive him of his Life for the Devil was a Murtherer from the beginning and that Adultery can be followed by and end in a Murther for commonly Sins go by Couples we have a sad Instance in David's case a man otherwise much better than most Adulterers Sometimes the Adulteress is not satisfied to bring the Adulterer to a Piece of Bread but also she will bring Her Husband to his Grave Therefore in that same Chapter God by Solomon's Pen goes about to Terrify men from the Sin of Adultery by reason of the Danger for he compares it to Fire and to hot Coals (h) v. 27 28.29 32. Can a man take Fire in his Bosom and his Clothes not be Burnt Can one go upon hot Coals and his Feet not be Burnt So he that goeth in to his Neighbour's Wife Whosoever toucheth her shall not be Innocent And Three Verses lower Whoso committeth Adultery with a Woman lacketh Vnderstanding he