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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62900	The principles of the Papists by which their leaders put them upon bloody and treacherous practices, plainly demonstrated by the Scriptures to be most erroneous and wicked. And a few better principles briefly laid down, for them (or others) to meditate on, tending to a peaceable life among men, &c. And also a few quæries left them last of all, to satisfie their consciences in. Partly for the sakes of those among them whose consciences have some tenderness in them, and are not quite feared: partly also for those who through ignorance are too much inclining to them. Also there may be some service of these things to others. By a lover of truth, mercifulness, plain-heartedness, humility and fidelity, W. T.	Tomlinson, William.	1679 (1679)	Wing T1850; ESTC R221759	49,364	105

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PAPISTS By which their Leaders put them upon bloody and treacherous Practices plainly demonstrated by the Scriptures to be most erroneous and wicked And a few better Principles briefly laid down for them or others to meditate on tending to a peaceable Life among Men c. And also a few Quaeries left them last of all to satisfie their Consciences in Partly for the sakes of those among them whose Consciences have some tenderness in them and are not quite seared Partly also for those who through ignorance are too much inclining to them Also there may be some service of these things to others By a Lover of Truth Mercifulness Plain-heartedness Humility and Fidelity W. T. Every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved But he that doth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God Jo. 3.20 21. LONDON Printed for and Sold by Benjamin Clark in George-yard in Lombard-street Stationer 1679. A PREMONITION TO THE READER Reader I Have fully exprest my sense who they are that by me are comprehended in this Treatise where I speak to the fourth Principle following But lest that should not be sufficiently minded I have here prefixed the same in effect namely That by Papists Church of Rome or Roman Catholicks or the Pope's Train or Pope's Children and such like expressions I do not understand the whole Body of the Papists or every individual among them but the Leading Ruling part who over-top and over-rule all in carrying on mischievous Plots and Designs and those who walk after or give their assistance and consent to such Leaders and own those Principles hereafter exprest If there be any among them that consent not thereunto they are not comprehended in this Treatise And such I hope God hath among them for I do believe that God hath a People even in Babylon the Great otherwise I shall not understand what that means where he saith Come out of her my people lest ye partake of her sins and that ye partake not of her plagues Nor do I write these things following in bitterness and envy against those evil workers that are acted on to such wickedness but though I may use sharpness sometimes yet it is to open their eyes to see what they do that they may repent of such their evils and incline their hearts to better things And therefore writing nothing against them in emnity or scurrilous lightness but in sincerity and a weighty sense of truth my Conscience gives me the boldness in the Lord to own what I have written with my Name leaving the event to the Lord. William Tomlinson The Principles of the Papists by which their Leaders put them upon bloody and treacherous Practices 1. THAT the Pope is substituted by Christ as the Head of his Church upon Earth and his Vicar and Peter's Successor and so hath power to rule the Church and all ought to be subject to him 2. That he is in his place infallible 3. That he hath power to forgive People their sins 4. That the Church of Rome whereof he is Head is the only true Church namely the Roman Catholicks so call'd and all others that depart from them are Hereticks 5. That out of the Church that is out of their Church is no Salvation 6. That Faith is not to be kept with Hereticks 7. That it is no sin to kill Hereticks or at least wise it shall not be imputed to them as a sin but rather is a meritorious work to destroy them so it be for the advantage of their Church That they are led by these Principles their Actions make so manifest to all men that we need not produce their Authors or Writers for them Now I confess if I were a Papist and made fully to believe these things I know not what I should stick at and not venture upon to obtain an everlasting Inheritance and Glory thereby in Heaven for ever Therefore I cannot but pity them who are bred up in these Principles and so misled by them and especially because To these their Principles two great Bulwarks are added to guard and defend them and so to bind their People to themselves thereby lest they should depart from them One is Their bloody and cruel Practices which indeed spring naturally from such bloody Principles The other is The taking away the Key of Knowledge from People and keeping them in ignorance For Thieves and Robbers and Lyars and Murderers hate nothing more than the light because that discovers them and their wicked deeds With what brevity I can I shall discover the erroneousness rottenness and falshood of these their Principles together with the wickedness and danger of them and of their Practices according to them 1. As to the first That the Pope is substituted as the Head of the Church of Christ upon Earth and his Vicar and Peter's Successor and so hath power to rule the Church and all ought to be subject to him To this I say first If it be overthrown all the rest will tumble down with it for it is the Basis or Foundation of all the rest upon which they stand and also the Top stone that binds all their Building together And as Goliah of Gath headed the Army of the Philistins as their great Champion whom little David brought down groveling to the ground with a smooth stone slung at his Forehead and so the whole Army was scattered So is the Pope the great Champion heading this People of Blood his Romanists and if he be brought down the rest must of necessity be scattered as having no standard to repair to I speak not of a particular Pope as this man but of that power he arrogates to himself and others attribute to him and of him whoever he be that stands invested therewith I shall content my self with a few Arguments against him And the first is taken from his pretended Rock even from Peter whom they so much boast of and it is this Argument 1. If the Pope be found in the state and condition of Simon Magus for which he was rejected by Peter from having any part or lot in that matter of dispensing the spiritual Gifts of God then is he not the Head of Christ's Church upon Earth nor his Vicar nor Peter's lawful Successor nor hath he any part or lot in dispensing the spiritual Gifts of God And this I presume no body will deny that hath any common sense or reason in them because they may as well affirm that Simon Magus was once the Head thereof as one that is in his case and condition But that the Pope is such a one I prove thus Because the same carnal mind is fully in the Pope which was in Simon Magus for which he was rejected by Peter from having any part or lot in this matter of dispensing the spiritual Gifts of God For the manifest proof of this let us