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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87434	Le dragon missionaire, or, The dragoon turn'd apostle being a dialaogue between a French Protestant-gentleman, and a French dragoon, wherein the new-way of convverting hereticks by dragoons is very lively and truly represented : to which is annexed a letter of Monsieur Jurieu to a French gentleman of quality, upon his dragonary conversion / translated out of the original French ; suppressed in the the late reign, but now re[pr?]inted ...	Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.	1686 (1686)	Wing J1201; ESTC R43871	21,022	27

she puts upon her new Converts The same Spirit is the Author of so many horrible Slanders wherewith they blacken the Church of God and his faithful Servants It is he hath establisht that Maxim That Faith is not to be kept with Hereticks that Equivocations and mental Reservations are lawful and that the Pope hath power to dispense with the most inviolable Oaths that may be From the same Source have been derived all those Perfidious dealings with the Protestants in France by Repealing the most solemnly sworn and ratified Edicts and by publishing others quite contrary to them Neither is the Spirit of Cruelty and Murther less in vogue in the said Church Who can enumerate all the Barbarous Cruelties committed by the Holy Office of the Inquisition as they are not ashamed to call it the bloody Wars Massacres Poysonings Assassinations and Butcheries which that Religion hath and still doth put in practice in the four parts of the World or those only she hath been the Author of in Germany Bohemia Hungaria France the Low Countries England Scotland Ireland and Italy The Protestants of France formerly have been and are now at present a most sad and convincing Instance of this Truth The Cruelty of this Religion appears also by her condemning to Hell universally all other Christian Communions whatsoever and in that there is not the least Article she professes to which she hath not annexed an Eternal Anathema against all those who shall dare to contradict or deny it And for the Spirit of Impurity it hath so perfectly got the Mastery and Dominion over that Churche that it even reigns in those places which one would believe should be the Refuge of shamefac'dness and Chastity I mean even in Rome the Holy and throughout the whole Patrimony of the Church in their places for Confession in their Mon asteries of the one as well as the other Sex in the habitations of their Clergy throughout whole Spain which is so Emphatically Catholick and throughout whole Italy which one would think should not approve nor tolerate any such filthiness as being the own Country and Seat of the Holy Father and his Holy Court. And that no man may here alledge that these Disorders are not Authorized nor approved of it is most notorious that the Pope draws a yearly Revenue from the Publick Stews which are solemnly established in all the Cities of his Dominion that the Casuists even the most famous and of greatest Authority with that Communion do favour the practice of the most detestable and unnatural filthiness which the Spirit of Uncleanness can possibly suggest to men yea all the Popish Divines do declare with a loud voice that it is better for their Clergy to burn in the fire of all sorts of Uncleanness than to be Married But this Communion is not only guilty of Corporal filthiness and impurity but also of that which is Spiritual that is Idolatry For according to what was said before the very God of that Religion is an Idol What God is it which she serves and to the Worship of which she will compel and force the whole Earth To whom doth she Erect her Altars Consecrate her Festivals her Offerings her Vows and Prayers To whom doth she betake her self upon all occasions whether Ordinary or Extraordinary To whom doth she address her most solemn Adorations Is it not to the God of the Mass even to a God which the Priest makes every day of a little Water and Flower after he hath mumbled four or five Latin words over it and which he devours after he hath made it And this God can it be supposed ought else but an Idol And must not a man be deprived of the light of Sense and of Reason and of Faith before he can in the least doubt of it But to convince the most prepossed of this Truth from their own Principles is it not agreed upon by all that the Object of the Worship of true Religion cannot be doubtful or uncertain For they are false Religions which worship that which they know not as our Lord said of that of the Samaritans and is it not true and incontestable that the Object of the Worship of the Roman Church is uncertain and doubtful Is any one assured nay is it possible that any one should be so that J. C. is really present in the Species of the Eucharist since that depends upon the intention of the Priest that celibrates Mass according to the express decision of the Council of Trent And who can be certain that this or that Prie●t had the intention of fixing him there or that he had it not and supposing he had the intention who can be assured that his intention is acomplished and that our Saviour in obedience to the same hath indeed hid himself under the Species of Bread and Wine And if this Object be thus uncertain the Religion of Rome must needs be so likewise Again if this Object be doubtful it can never be the Object of Faith nor of true Devotion it cannot be the Deity nor indeed any thing else but a meer Idol But alas this is not the alone Idol which Rome Adores she hath as many more of the number as there are Angels yea Saints and Saintesses in Heaven and as there are Popes Crosses Images and Relicks upon earth for she bestows Religious Worship upon all these in the sight and ken of the whole World and consequently she cannot but be guilty of Idolatry and that in so high a degree that she may justly boast of worshipping the vainest of all Idols for never were any more vain than her Wafers are and of having raised Idolatry to that pitch beyond which no farther advance can be expected for there is no Instance in all the Records of Time of a more transported and besotted Dovotion than that which she hath for that piece of Paste Now tho' all this be indeed prodigious and amazing yet behold here another Instance which is no less surprizing and unaccountable which is That the Romish Church hath erected her self for an Idol and Object of her own Adoration and which she imposeth upon others to worship as God For she attributes to her self Infallibility and a Soveraign Independence and Authority Characters which are the Propriety of God alone She imposeth her Decisions as so many Divine Oracles and will have them received for this sole reason because they seem good in her Eyes She hath the boldness to maintain That all the Articles of Faith depend upon her Authority that it is from her we hold the Greatest Mysteries of our Christian Religion as that of the Trinity of the Incarnation Grace c. She raiseth her Authority so far above that of the Holy Scriptures that she maintains the Holy Scriptures to have no other Authority but what she gives to them and that without Her we are no more obliged to believe the Word of God than that of Mahomet which is Bellarmins own Comparison In a word

the Holy Scripture gives us of Antichrist do agree with and meet in the Pope it is evident that he is Antichrist This we will enquire into as briefly as may be The first Character which the Holy Scripture gives us of Antichrist is That he should depart and apostatize from the Faith and addict himself to seducing Spirits and to Doctrines of Devils That he should teach Lyes in hypocrisie having his Conscience feared with an hot Iron forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats 1 Tim. 4. 2 Thes 2.3 All which is fulfilled according to the Letter in the Person and Conduct of the Pope He is departed from the Faith and sound Doctrine and hath made others go astray from the some by himself and other Deceivers he hath employed In stead of the Truth he hath taught Lyes and all this in Hypocrisie i. e. Under the Name and Cloak of Godliness and Religion For this Impostor attributes to himself the Title Authority and Priviledge of a faithful Minister of God He does nothing if we will believe him but for advancing of the Divine Glory and the Salvation of Souls He makes a great shew of being for Jesus Christ and seeking nothing but his Kingdom He hath the Horns of the Lamb and takes to himself his Authority his Office and Glory but he hath the Voice of the Dragon His word is like that of the Devil false deceitful proud and murderous His whole Conduct and behaviour of himself is a Mystery but a Mystery of Iniquity a Mystery in appearance but Iniquity indeed and in truth His Conscience is seared with an hot Iron that is He is insensible of the Checks of it and hardned in all manner of sin He forbids Marriage and commands to abstain from Meats which God hath blessed The second Character of Antichrist is The Man of sin 2 Thes 2.3 This also fits the Pope and to be convinced of it you need only to read the History of their Lives writ by Papists themselves you 'l find there that there is no Vice which they have not made profession of nor Crime which they have not committed yea what is more taught and authorized not only by their Examples but also by their Dispensations and Indulgences and by the Tax and Rate-Book they have made of the particular Sums of Money payable to the Apostolick Chancery for the Pardon of every sin And lastly also by hiis Emissaries such as are the Monks and above all the Jesuits who as they have over-turn'd the Gospel by opposing the Doctrine of Grace so have they also annull'd the Commands of the Law by the Maxims of their New-found Morality 3. Antichrist sitteth as God in the Temple of God and exalteth himself above all that is called God 2 Thes 2.4 That this also is the Character of the Pope is plain He extolleth himself above all the Church of Christ and not only attributes to himself the Name of God but also his Infallibility Soveraignty Omnipotence and Glory for he causes himself to be Worshipped as if he were God indeed He exalts himself above all that is called God That is above Kings and Princes whom the Scripture calls Gods pretending to be the Master and Disposer of their Crowns and Properties and not only so but above the Gods of the Roman Church I mean her Saints and Saintesses because he hath the power by his Canonization to Deifie them above the God of the Mass which he can unmake at pleasure and his Priests also by power received from him and can make it again when it is made and which he causes to be carried on Horseback whilst himself is carried upon the Shoulders of Princes yea he doth even extol himself above the living and true God by dispensing with his Laws abrogating them and making others contrary to them and moreover by attributing to himself the power of doing what God can not viz. To make Vice Vertue and Vertue Vice and that which is Sin no Sin and which is no Sin to be Sin The fourth Character of Antichrist is Idolatry Rev. 17. Which so exactly suits with the Pope as nothing more for his Idolatry is so universal and crying that it is become the Offence and Detestation both of Heaven and Earth Believers and Infidels yea of many who live in communion with him 5. Antichrist was to set forth a false Christ and by his Doctrines concerning the same was to over-throw the manifestation of Jesus Christ in flesh and the Essential Properties of his Body and Blood Matth. 24.23 24. and 1 John 4.3 And does not the Pope hold forth a false Christ viz. that in the Mass and doth he not attribute to Jesus Christ a more fantastick and false Body than ever Marcion did or the rest who have opposed his Humane Nature 6. The coming of Antichrist was to be with power and signs and lying wonders 2 Thes 2.9 and how many false Miracles hath the Pope and doth still employ for to Authorize his Errors Superstitions and ungrounded Pretensions 7. Antichrist also according to Scripture was to be a great Merchant dealing in all sorts of Merchandizes whether of this World or the other of Heaven and of Earth yea and of Hell too and of the Bodies and Souls of men For what is it which the Pope doth not either buy or sell What can you name which he doth not make Money of Or what can be done with him without Money What Trade hath he not drove with Souls since they have been sold for Money All these Marks taken joyntly together for they must not be taken apart cannot be found in any person save that of the Pope onely We will add for the Eigth and last Mark his having his Seat where Antichrist was to have his viz. at Babylon and this Babylon is Rome which is the Mother of this Religion For it is this Woman this great City who reigned over the Kings of the Earth in the time of St. John Rev. 17.18 Which cannot be said of Constantinople which at that time had no such dominion This is that City seated upon seven Hills Rev. 17.9 which is so clear and distinguishing a Character of Rome that both the Ancient and Modern Doctors not excepting the Papists themselves as Bellarmine Baronius Ribera Viegas and many others do own and allow it as well as we The Antichristianisme of the Pope and his Religion doth also most evidently shine forth in the Spirit which animates that whole Body as well as the Head of it which is the Spirit of lying of murder and impurity As for the Spirit of lyes that reigns universally in the Church of Rome this Spirit is the Father of all those Errors wit which it swarms the Inventer of so many pious Cheats of so many false Revelations of so many counterfeit Miracles of so many supposititious Relicks of so many fabulous Stories and Legends which are so solemnly and seriously exposed there and of so many Gulls and Cheats as

of the fearful and of those who l●ve or make a lye of Idlaters and Apostates is in the Lake of fire Rev. 22.15 Matth. 10.38 Mark 8.38 Do not deceive your self by seeking out sig-leaves and pretences in abjuring our Religion you have abjured true Christianity the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ for our Religion is nothing else You have grieved the holy Spirit God grant you have not quite extinguisht it you have weakned the Kingdom of God up●n earth and strengthned that of his Enemy you have afflicted scandalized and made a rent in the Church of God and you have fortified the Synagogue of Satan and made it to rejoyce By becoming a Papist you have condemned your Teachers and Preachers for Schismaticks and Hereticks and have judg'd them worthy of all the fires of this world and of that of Hell to boot You are entred into Communion with those who but an Age ago washed their hands in the blood of your Fathers and who daily do the same in the blood of your Brothers You have left the Communion of Christ and are gone over to that of Antichrist from the Church to Babylon from the Spirit of God to the unclean Spirit from the worship of God to that of a Wafer and many other Idols You have rejected the Authority of Holy Scripture for to subject your self to that of Papacy and from a Child of God which you were are become the Slave of men Tremble at the thought of the sin you have committed and by no means excuse it you have to do with a God who cannot be deceived neither will he be mocked who is jealous of his Truth and of his Glory and who will not endure his Truth to be detain'd in unrighteousness nor his Glory to be given to graven Images I am surpriz'd with horrour when I consider the deplorable state to which you have reduc'd your self I see you destitute of your true Brethren and faithful Pastors and encompassed with false Brethren and devouring Wolves observ'd and beset by the World which every where lays her snares for you and enchants you with her delusions betray'd by your own heart tortur'd and wrackt by your Conscience if a Lethargy hath not seiz'd it domineer'd over by your own vanity your avarice sensuality and infirmity tyranniz'd over by Clergy by the Souldiers by Officers of Justice and all your Superiours loaden with all the Chains of Popery and fast lockt and taken in the snares of the Devil I see you in the very way to the sin against the Holy Ghost upon the brink of the Grave and Hell And had it not been better to have suffered a thousand Deaths for the Cause of God than cowardly to cast your self headlong into this miserable condition by your Apostacy And is it not better for you to expose your self yet to all sorts of dangers and miseries than to truckle any longer under this insupportable burden of Evils We offer up Day and Night most ardent Prayers to God that he will be pleas'd to snatch you thence and be not you wanting to employ your utmost endeavours to get loose and give your self no rest till you have given glory to God edified his Church and return'd your Conscience to that happy state in which you wish that the Eternal Judge might find it when you shall be obliged to appear before his Tribunal Let this be your great and onely Work Jan. 1. 1686. I am SIR Your most humble Servant and most Sincere Friend FINIS