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A34212	A missive to His Majesty of Great Britain, King James written divers yeers since by Doctor Carier ; conteining [sic] the motives of his conversion to Catholike religion ; vvith a notable fore-sight of the present distempers both in the church and state of His Majesties dominions, and his advice for the prevention thereof.	Carier, Benjamin, 1566-1614.; Strange, N., 17th cent.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1649 (1649)	Wing C572; ESTC R8830	50,068	94

Majesty which if the Devill had not wrought to their hands they had had little to say against Catholike Religion before this day But I humbly intreat that the fact of of some few men may not be for ever objected against the truth of a generall Rule It is not the question which Religion will make all your Subjects true but which Religion is most like to make all true It is certaine there be Traytors against God and man of all Religions and Catholikes as they are the best Subjects so when they fall to it they are the worst Traytors But if we will look upon examples or consider of reasons the Catholike is the only Religion which as it doth duly subordinate Kings unto God so doth it effectually bind Subjects to performe all lawfull obedience to their Kings I will not repeat examples because the ancient are tedious and the present are odious But if there can be but one King named in all the world that did ever receive honour from Calvinists farther then to be their Champion or Protector untill their turne were served then I may be content to believe that your Majestie and your Family shall receive perpetuity from them But if your Calvinists do professe to honor you and all other Calvinists do overthrow their Kings and Princes wheresoever they can prevaile I can hardly believe that yours do * It appears so now mean any more good earnest then the rest There is certainly some other matter that they are content for a time to honour your Majesty it cannot be their Religion that ties them to it for it doth not tie them to it selfe There is no principle of any Religion nor any Article of any Faith which a Calvinist wil not call in question and either altogether deny or expound after his owne fancy and if he be restrained he cries out by and by that he cannot have the liberty of his Conscience And what bond of obedience can there be in such Religion 14. It is commonly objected by States-men that it is no matter what opinions men hold in matters of Religion so that they be kept in awe by Justice and by the Sword Indeed for this world it were no matter at all for Religion if it were possible without it to do Justice and to keep men in awe by the Sword In Military estates whilest the Sword is in the hand there is the lesse need of Religion and yet the greatest and most Martiall States that ever were have been willing to use the conscience and reverence of some Religion or other to prepare the Subjects to obedience But in a peaceable Government such as all Christian Kingdomes do professe to be if the reines of Religion be let loose the Sword commonly is too weak and comes too late and will be like enough to give the day to the Rebell and seeing the last and strongest bond of Justice is an Oath which is a principall act of Religion and were but a mockery if it were not for the punishment of hell and the reward of heaven it is unpossible to execute Justice without the help of Religion And therefore the neglect and contempt of Religion hath ever been and ever shall be the fore-runner of destruction in all setled States whatsoever 15. The Devill that intends the destruction as well of bodies as of soules and of whole States as of particular men doth not commonly begin with mens bodies and with matters of State but being himself a spirit and the Father of lies he doth first insinuate himself into mens understandings by false principles of Religion whereunto he hath the more easie entrance because he hath perswaded their Governours to believe that it is no great matter what opinions men hold in matters of Religion so that they look well into their actions and keep them in obedience which perswasion is all one as if the Enemy that besiegeth a City should perswade the Garrison that they might surrender the Castle unto him well enough and keep the base Towne and all the people of the Towne to themselves But when the divell hath prevailed so far as by false opinions in matters of the first truth that is of Religion to get the understanding in possession which is the Castle as it were and watch-tower both of the soule and body and state and all he will peradventure dissemble his purpose for a while and by slandering of the truth and pleasing them with the trifles of the world which by Gods permission are in his power make men believe that the world is amended for Nemo repentè sit pessimus but shortly after when he sees his time he will out of his Arsenal of false apprehensions in understanding send forth such distorted Engines of life and action as will easily subdue both body and goods and states and all to his devotion 16. The Calvinisticall Preacher when he hath gotten his honest abused and misguided flock about him will cry out against me for this Popish collection and call God and them to witnesse that he doth daily in his Sermons exhort men to good works and to obedience unto the Kings Majesty and am not I and my brethren saith he and our flock as honest and as civill men as any Papist of them all For my own part I will not accuse any Calvinist though I could neither can I excuse all Papists though I would Iliacos intra muros peccator extra But I must never forget that most true wise observation which the noble learned Sir Francis Bacon makes in one of his first Essaies viz. That all Schismaticks utterly failing in the Precepts of the first Table concerning the Religion and worship of God have necessity in policie to make a good shew of the second Table by their civill demure conversation towards men For otherwise they should at the first appeare as afterwards they shew themselves to be altogether out of their ten Commandements and so men would be as much ashamed to follow them at the first as they are at the last It is a sure rule of Policie that in every mutation of State the Authors of the Change will for a while shew themselves or pretend to be honest rather of spite then of conscience that they may disgrace those whom they have suppressed but it doth never hold in the next generation You shall scarce heare of a Puritan father but his son proves either a Catholike or an Atheist Mutinous Souldiers whilest the Enemy is in the field will be orderly nor for love of their Generall but for feare of the Enemie but if they be not held in the ancient Discipline of Warrs they will upon the least truce or ceslation quickly shew themselves 17. And as for their exhortations to obedience to your Majesty when they have first infected the understanding of your Subjects with such principles of Rebellion as have disturbed and overthrown all other States where they had their will it is a ridiculous