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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44658	A twofold vindication of the late Arch-bishop of Canterbury, and of the author of The history of religion the first part defending the said author against the defamations of Mr. Atterbury's sermon and ... : the charge of Socinianism against Dr. Tillotson consider'd ... : the second containing remarks on the said sermon ... : and a word in defence of the ... Bishop of Sakisbury, by another hand.	Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.	1696 (1696)	Wing H3006; ESTC R9361	74,122	190

think any Man's Innocence a sufficient Security while he exposes Priest-Craft I shall content my self to give but one Example but that an illustrious one to justify my Opinion When King John began to set his Face directly against the Corruptions the Priest-craft Corruptions of the Church of Rome a parcel of ungracious Monks could not bear it not they no not from their Soveraign therefore they poison'd him with the Sacrament of the Altar and when they had done they wrote his History and publish'd him for a Wicked and Atheistical a Foolish and Tyrannical Prince yet Protestant Authors give him a better Character and there are Circumstances which will incline an unprejudic'd Man to believe that this King deserv'd it I did not think to have given another Instance but just as I am writing this there comes into my Head a very remarkable one which also has a particular Circumstance fit for Mr. Att. to consider so that I know not how to pass it by Pausanias in his Baeotics gives an accurate Description of Trophonius's Antrum and says that he himself consulted the Oracle there Now Pausanias was a Grammarian of Caesarea in Cappadocia and liv'd in the second Century so that by Mr. Att 's favour Oracles did not cease at the coming of Christ which Anthony van Dal● has prov'd beyond all Contradiction But to my Instance Pausanias declares by what Rites and Ceremonies they prepar'd themselves who to consult the Oracle would descend into the Cave and how they return'd back by the same Hole they went down their Feet foremost Then has he these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. They say that none ever miscarried in the Cave but that all return'd that went down except one only one of Demetrius's Halbadiers Now that Fellow had not run thrô the ritual course of Preparation for the Descent and descended like an ungracious Fellow as he was not to consult the Oracle but to discover the Priest-craft him therefore for this unpardonable Sin the Priests of Trophonius made away knowing that the dead tell no Tales his Body was afterwards found the Lord knows how far from the mouth of the Cave and then they wrote his History the Substance whereof was this That he was a profane Scorner who with much ado had made a shift to get rid of good Principles and such stiff Opinions as he found inconsistent with a Soldier 's Life and that he knew very little of the Divine Mysteries of the Gods by reason he was a proud suspicious witty sensual Fellow The third and last thing to be inquir'd is to whom Sir R. H. is beholden that his History is not written i. e. that he is not scandalously abus'd for that Mr. Att. means otherwise to write his History were to oblige the Age and perpetuate an honourable Name to a nobly descended Gentleman who deserves it with our latest Posterity And what a noble Theme were it to a Man that had a Genius capable The Roman and Grecian Orators prodigally wasted their Eloquence on meaner Subjects than the unshaken Loyalty of Sir R. H. during the Troubles of K. Charles the First and Second his Faithfulness to his Country during the Reign of King James his Courage and Wisdom in defending the happy Choice of the People and the Right of our present successful Deliverer our just and lawful King William But we are to inquire to whom Sir R. is beholden that after he has expos'd Priest-craft he himself is not scandalously abus'd and defam'd in a virulent and lying sort of a History Mr. Att. says that Sir R. is beholden to the real Religion of others meaning no doubt of himself and Friends Now real Religion will certainly restrain a Man from false Reproaches but nevertheless to suppose that Mr. Att. has some Religion that was not the thing which restrain'd him from a scandalous History for then it would have restrain'd him also from a scandalous Sermon much less was it any Reverence to Sir R. H. as being a Person of Honour and a Privy-Counsellor for Priests have not given such a Divine Right to Kings but that they dare open their Characters and will do it when they find themselves neglected King William our invited Defender our successful Deliverer our rightly chosen just and lawful Soveraign has not escap'd from impudent and wicked unrighteous and ingrateful Reflections in Priestly Protestations Prints and Preachments Was it then Sir R. H's good luck which sav'd him from unchristian Reproaches A Man must have very good luck that lives unreproach'd in the midst of a crooked and perverse Generation the late excellent Arch-bishop could not do it but was even by Priests reported a Socinian tho he has wrote against their reputed Heresy if not with all the Evidence which could be desired yet beyond any other Trinitarian and which recommends him to the Esteem of all sincere Christians he has wrote with a due Charity to Dissenters which also is part of the honourable Character of that good Man the present Bishop of Gloucester But what do I talk of good luck a word which unthinking Men use when the Reason of a thing is not very plain A little thinking and reasoning will perhaps satisfy the curious why the Author of the History of Religion has not been dress'd up in the San Benito For reason we thus Would Mr. Att. be content that his Character should be open'd and the History of his Life drawn forth he must needs have more Tenderness for his own Reputation than so He knows it is not Prudence or should know so to break his Neighbour's Windows when his own House is made of Glass Again we may consider that tho a Dog may bark and no body mind him yet if he bite he may chance to have his Teeth knock'd out The railing of Mr. Fr. Atterbury I have reprov'd as to the other short part which may be called Sermon I will remark but one thing upon one Period They say a fair Reasoner ought to represent the full force of his Adversary's Argumentations but there 's no need he should mend them unless he begin to be sick of his own Hypothesis wherefore I cannot but wonder at one Period of Mr. Att 's Sermon p. 19. The Jews were a Proverb and a By-word to the rest of the World the perpetual Subject of Contempt and Reproach and who would have thought may we suppose one of those wise Heathens to have said that Truth should have lain hid among such an odd sort of People in such a little spot of the World Now what Disciple of Spinoza or Hobbs could have put such pointed words into the Mouth of a wise Heathen and what Preacher beside Att. would have done it there too where he held not himself oblig'd to make something of a Reply to take off the ill Influence it might chance to have on young unstable People it would have become him at least to have subjoin'd that that odd sort of People were God's