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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50007	The history of the reign of Lewis the Great till the general peace concluded at Reswick in the year 1697 by Mr. Le Gendre ; made English from the third edition of the French.; Essai de l'histoire du regne de Louis le Grand jusques à la paix générale 1697. English	Le Gendre, Louis, 1655-1733.	1699 (1699)	Wing L944; ESTC R12498	179,772	352

Divisions which revived in him that most terrible Idea of all the mischiefs and misfortunes which occasioned by the followers of the Doctrine of Calvin had afflicted the Kingdom for these thirty Years last past When he recall'd to mind and seriously reflected how by the intreagues of this Sect above a Million of the bravest of his Subjects had been Massacred or kill'd in the Wars how above three hundred goodly Cities had been destroy'd and the most Antient and Richest Families in France were very near extirpated the more I say he reflected upon these Calamities the more he judged it becoming his present station to stifle in the very Cradle this growing Evil which in time might prove fatal both to Church and State The Followers of Jansenius refusing to sign the Formular pursuant to the Orders of the Assemblies alledging that they had no Authority to oblige them to it the King applied himself to Pope Alexander VII desiring him to prescribe another Formular and by his Bull to Command every Body to subscribe it The Bull was dated Feb. 15. 1665. But after this Bull had been obtain'd they publickly protested they could not in Conscience subscribe any Formular which declar'd the Propositions to belong to Jansenius and that they had been Condemn'd as such That neither the Pope nor the Church it self being Infallible in things relating to matter of Fact they ought not to be forced to a blind Obedience That their Eyes and Reasons were the most natural Guides and Judges of matter of Fact that indeed Pope Innocent and his Successor and three several Assemblies of the Bishops had given their Judgment in the matter and declared these Propositions to be the same maintain'd by Jansenius and they had been Condemn'd as such but that it was impossible for them to agree with them in their Opinion they having perus'd and examin'd the Book of Jansenius with all the Candour and Exactness imaginable and nevertheless had not been able to find out these Propositions To this it was answer'd that to argue at that rate was in effect to declare in plain terms that the Pope and the Bishops had unjustly Condemn'd an Innocent Prelate and had declar'd a Book Heretical which contained nothing but the pure Doctrine of St. Austin What a horrid confusion said they must this produce if it be allow'd that the Church may err to that degree as to declare and condemn a most excellent Book which contains nothing but the purest Truth as a Work of the Devil Tho' it must be confess'd that generally speaking the Church is not infallible as to every particular in matters of Fact it is nevertheless undeniable that in matters of the greatest consequence tending absolutely to its Tranquillity and the maintaining of Church Discipline the Church cannot be in the dark but ought to be the Test of our Faith for how could she be the Pillar of Truth if she could be guilty of such enormous errors as to oblige us under the most severe punishments to receive that for real Truth which in effect is notoriously false These Disputes maintain'd with equal heat on both sides were likely to have continu'd for ever if the King to put an end to the Controversie had not thought fit to put the last Bull in execution and to exhort the Bishops to take forth with effectual care that the Formular should be subscribed by all the Ecclesiasticks without exception in their respective Dioceses commanding his Officers to assist them in their Zeal and to give him an exact account of their Proceedings When they saw the King absolutely resolved to break the neck of this Controversie by his Authority all obey'd and these Prelates themselves who had hitherto publickly protested against the signing of the Formular following the footsteps of the rest Jansenism was quite suppress'd all Disputes ceas'd and Tranquillity was restor'd both in Church and State During this Calm the King employed part of his time in erecting most magnificent Structures in several places In Octob. 1668. but especially the Palace of Versailles which from a simple Hunting Rendezvous was by his Orders in a little time made one of the finest places in the World For in less than two Years time in a barren Ground without Water or any other Advantages there appear'd vast Allies of Trees spacious Groves and Labyrinths a whole Forest of Orange-Trees Here you might feast your Eyes with Statues of the best Marble without number and Cisterns of a prodigious bigness of the same Materials Whereever you turn'd your self you saw Fountains with their Cisterns adorned with Colossus's of Brass or most excellent Figures of the most exquisite Marble of a prodigious bigness with an infinite number of Water-spouts and a Canal that reaches out of sight To be short all that may be seen that is either extraordinary or surprising in the most famous and most accomplish'd Structures is to be met with here there being nothing that surpasses this Palace in Magnificence if you see it from any of the neighbouring Hills it affords the finest and most delightful Prospect that can be imagined The inside of this Pallace is in all respects answerable to its outward Grandeur The most exquisite pieces which being done by the Hand of the greatest Master of our Age Le Brun. adorn the chiefest Apartments the fine Tapestries interwoven with Gold inestimable both for their Beauty and Workmanship that prodigious Quantity of Plate The King Sacrificed all his large Silver Vessels to the Necessity of the State 1689. that variety of silver Cups Basons and other Vessels of all sorts which are to be seen upon the Side-board Tables all these admirable pieces being the Objects of our highest admiration are to be valued by a silent surprize The King taking a more than ordinary Delight in so fine a place he made it the constant Residence of his Court which at that time appear'd in such splendour that nothing was comparable to it in any other place this great Prince sparing no Cost to make it appear the most magnificent in the World All this did not proceed from any vain Ostentation or purely to indulge his Pleasure but from a real intention to augment thereby in the People the respect and esteem due to the Soveraign and to raise in Foreigners an Idea of the Riches of the Kingdom and of the Grandeur of the Prince that sways the Scepter But these were but weak and transitory Appearances of his Greatness his Riches Power and Generosity in affording timely Succours to his Allies To the Venetians in Candia 1669. A Turkish Chiaus 1669. Ambassadors from Muscovy and Guinea 1670. had rendred his great Name so famous among Foreign Nations that the greatest and proudest Monarchs sent their Ambassadors from far distant Countries to court his Friendship and desire his Protection But as his growing Reputation could not but be a great Eye-sore to his Jealous Neighbours who were kept in continual Alarm by so Potent a