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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	see_v	13,824	5	3.8383	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92790	A seasonable caution to apostate Protestants: or, mercy and judgment at once visible wherein you'l find heart refreshing mercy to the firm Protestants; and soul ruining vengeance on the rotten time-serving ones that turn papists. Verifying, in the very letter, that promise, whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it: Mat. 16. 25. (as here the true Protestants did, who gave themselves up for dead men, rather than turn papists to save their lives; and yet were miraculously saved: when, at the same time, the rotten unsound Protestants, who, at that pinch, turn'd papists to save their lives, yet perished. Written by Mercurius Hibernicus, an ey-witness of the Protestants miseries, and of the papists treacheries in Ireland; from whom expect several sheets to the shame of popery.	Mercurius, Hibernicus.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2220; ESTC R222959	4,782	1

A Seasonable Caution to Apostate Protestants Or Mercy and Judgment at once Visible Wherein you 'l find heart refreshing Mercy to the Firm Protestants and Soul ruining Vengeance on the rotten Time-serving ones that turn Papists Verifying in the very letter that Promise Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Mat. 16. 25. as here the true Protestants did who gave themselves up for dead men rather than turn Papists to save their lives and yet were miraculously saved when at the same time the Rotten unsound Protestants who at that Pinch turn'd Papists to save their lives yet perished Written by Mercurius Hibernicus an Ey-witness of the Protestants Miseries and of the Papists Treacheries in Ireland from whom expect several sheets to the shame of Popery NOW are the Daies doubtless whereof Christ and his Apostles forewarn'd us That there should be a departing or falling away from the Faith 1 Tim. 4. 1. 2 Pet. 3. 3. Jude 18. and that because of Iniquities abounding the love of many should wax cold Matth. 24. 12. Cold for Christ and the true Christian Religion Nay They shall even deny Christ 2 Pet. 2. 1. 2 Tim. 2. 12. And these things with many more are come to pass at this very day And this hath proceeded from the cursed design of the JESUITES and the rest of the Romish Faction who debauch many great Ones and they by their wicked Example which almost carries the sorce of a Command with it the whole Comonalty by deluding them with pretences of Venial sins and Pardons c. For is not Whoring Swaring Drunkning Lying Aequivocating c. become as a mighty Stream overflowing the whole Land thereby fitting us for some worse Judgment if the Plague the Fire and other Punishments we have had do no good upon us Therefore be steadfast How dreadful is it to consider and what a sure Token of approaching Judgment is it to see I. Many quandam zealous Protestants grown of late so cold colder since the PLOT than before so narrow spirited and basely timorous thinking 'tis a great piece of discretion and that they shew an emphatical piece of Wisdom That when Discourse is raised in Company concerning POPERY they will either shift it off with a Drool force some other Discourse or sneak away in hopes to save their Bakon cujus contrarium verum est so that really they are asham'd or half afraid to own themselves Protestants Shewing not so mch zeal for the true Worship of the true God as a Turk does for Mahomets or a Heathen for his Idol hereby declaring that they have sat under a dead Ministry of whom God hath said They shall not profit the People Those that never felt the Power of God under an Ordinance in turning them from all Sin and shewing them the desperateness of their Condition without Christ a holy Life c. will turn to any the worst of prevailing Religions especially to that which tollerates Sin as Popery do's nay makes it meritorious as murdering Kings burning Cities c II. Others are so pusillanimous so dirty and dastardly That they dare not own the Truth when they hear it traduced and impugned by men popishly affected when e'n the Spirit of God and their own Consciences prompt them to speak as if they were asham'd of Christ See Mark 8. 38. and with Spira desperately quench and resist the Motions of the Holy Ghost and if any put them to it by Interrogatories they 'l answer with an Equivocation or an Italian shrug Know they that dare not Speak for Christ will hardly either Do or Suffer for him These are light Wheat that will soon be blown aside if the Wind rises a little especially if Euroclydon blow hard III. There is also another sort who tho they will talk pretty freely concerning the PLOT c. yet their words are so cunningly and artificially placed as if they were coin'd on purpose Yea their Expressions are many times so ambiguous and savoring of the JESUITS canting Querks that the wisest Man alive can hardly tell what to make of them and all these three aim at the same thing viz. hoping by Silence Indifferency and Neutrality to find favour of the Papists if they should get uppermost which is the greatest Folly imaginable as I could evince by many woful Examples in the Rebellion in Ireland where they were most egregiously perfidious promising the Protestants quarter but in stead thereof murdered them in cold Blood And this one Relation shall serve in stead of many whereby you may see if you will what you are to expect when they have the Sword c. Take it faithfully as I receiv'd it from Captain Edward Leventhorp and others DUring the late Wars in Ireland A Castle well mann'd with English Protestants being suddenly and straightly besieged by the Enemy in so much that in few daies they were reduced to so great Extremity that they must of necessity either starve or yield to the Mercy of the merciless and implacable Papists whose tender Mercies are Cruelty as all along the Maryan Dayes the Troubles in Germany and the Irish Rebellion hath been proved Hereupon the Day and Hour being appointed whereon they should march out of the Castle without any thing save only their wearing Clothes These Noble Souls I call them so for their Magnanimity for the Cause of Jesus Christ came out of the Castle and as soon as ever they came forth so soon were they surrounded by the Enemy as you see in this Figure who with drawn swords in their hands waited only for the Word of Command to fall on and cut them in pieces whilst the other poor Souls were upon their Knees one while calling upon God for Mercy and another while crying to their Enemies for Pity but the Papists had sworn the Ruine of them all and had done it too if GOD by a strange and wonderful way had not prevented it For just as the Commander was about to give the Word to fall on and spare none of the English Soldiers GOD I say put it into the Commanders mind to ask them one Question first and it was this He demanded if there were any Roman Catholicks among them if there be said he let them draw out and separate from the rest who were to stand still The Word was no sooner out of his Mouth but out came three or four and confest themselves Roman Catholicks and withall antedated their Religion after them came half a dozen and at the heels of them half a score more and divers others after them and all acknowleding themselves Catholicks ante-dating as the first did Whereat the Popish Commander turn'd about and smil'd and when no more would come he asked the rest that stood Firm If they were resolv'd to dye PROTESTANTS They like true Christians Heaven born Souls indeed answered That they would not change their Religion to save their LIVES Say you so Quoth the Popish Commander