left destitute and naked stripped of all light life grace blessing and goodness before call'd by the hand of God to a most high and soveraigne dignity and honour now blindly fallen from that most lamentably to the devils jaws before an obedient child now factus liberâ— voti-fragus before a chaste and Evangelical Missioner now sacrilegus scortator before reputed an honest man questuosus mercator now fugitivus Apostata seditiosus sectarius factus before rasi'd from a Sall to be a Paul a preacher of the word and pennance now turn'd to be a Sall persecuting warring in a most furious manner against the heavenly fortress of true faith the pillar and foundation of truth and so become a wretched Iying and vile protestant wallowing like a nasty sordid and stinking sow in the mire of liberty libidinous lust pride and concupiscence retire retire poor Andrew to your interiour man have a care of your drooping soul minde eternity fieres si scires tuum tua tempora mensem rides cum non sit forsitan una dies Micheas understanding that he was rob'd of his domestick Idols ran after the Robbers crying most lamentably and being questioned what was the matter with him and why did he cry mourn and lament he answered my gods which I made for my self are stolen away my priesthood which were all my riches and comfort Jud. 18. all what ever was dear unto me taken away from me therefore why should I not mourn I ask if this wretch kept such a deplorable stir for having lost but Idols he vainly imagined that losing them he lost all that had been precious unto him oh Andrew why will you not grieve cry mourn and with bitter tears lament the losse of the true living and dreadfull God for the losse of divine grace of your sacred function of your fame and estimation security of conscience and the peace of your heart the pledge of eternal glory O madness O blindness oh woful catastrophe of apostasy Oh poor Andrew you fell from the mother-Church grounded not on sands or quagmires as protestanism into which you miserably declin'd you imagine to impugn and beat down the glory lustre and triumph of the same alas alas all your venome you may spit and bark like a mastiff and fill the ears of your deluded audients with those â—ould railing and lying empty assertions calling the Roman Church superstitious erroneous the horrid beast and the whore of Babilon and such like sapius indies repetita in your tub-pulpits but all signifies nothing but to heap judgments and confusion on your head oh Andrew all shall recoile upon you Niteris incassum Petri submergere Navem fluctuat ast nunquam mergitur illa Ratis you deserted a Church in which onely is Faith Religion priests Sacrifice Altars Sacraments and Reall Remission not onely of original sinne but also of actual mortal sins all which is excluded and exploded and quite abolished by your protestant Sect as it 's prov'd in the Reasonable Reply to the seasonable discourse you deserted a Church out of which there are no sure inducements or means for salvation for there can be but one true Church left by Christ out of which no assurance of his doctrine nor of the divine ordinance instituted by him for salvation mark pray what S. Joh. 10. says erit unum ovile unus pastor there will be one fold and one pastor one fold ordained by Christ that is one visible Congregation of men in a common union of one faith and government under one visible pastor Universal Vice-gerent of Christ and undoubted Successor of S. Peter with true Orthodox preachers with all other sacred ordinances obliging all faithful under pain of eternal damnation to embrace follow and practise the same with an absolute promise to maintain it to the end of the world by divine protection but alas poor Andrew you well know in your Conscience that no other Sect or visible Congregation could yet have or enjoy these divine and supernatural qualifications and heavenly perfections but only the Roman Catholick Church therefore the same and no other is the one fold and one congregation enjoying without intermission one Visible Universal pastor in communion with one faith necessary for salvation Further this Church onely hath a visible head â—nder an invisible head Christ tu es Petrus super hanc Petram c. the delivering the Keys of heaven to Peter is nought else but a full and soveraign power for to govern the Church to him said Christ pasce oves â—eas tu aliquando confirma fratres tuos â—o one of the other Apostles were these words intimated but to Peter only hereticks will reply that all the Apostles received plenary power for binding and absolving I answer that the rest of the Apostles received immediatly that power from Christ yet the power of Peter has been more absolute and excellent because he received that power as ordinary which thereore did flow and doth passe to his Successors the rest of the Apostles only received a delegate power which do not passe to theiâ— successors but is in them expired and sâ— S. Peters power was absolute and the highest to which the power of the rest had alâ— ways as annexed to it a kinde of subordination and subjection to Peter to whom only Christ said tibi dabo claves pasce ovemeas agnos meos confirma fratres tuoâ— against which the gates of hell shall neveâ— prevail that is neither Turks Pagans Jews Hereticks nor wicked livers shalâ— never beat it down hence he is called caput omnium Ecclesiarum potestate authoritate Vniversalis Patriarcha Mater omnium summus Pontifex Apostolicae sedis Antistes Ecclesiae Pater Rector Caput anâ— Justinianus the Emperour said of him summi Pontificatus apicem apud Romam esse nemest qui dubitet ad Romanam fidem perfidia noâ— habet accessum because Christ said rogavâ— pro se Petre ut non deficiat fides tua and thiâ— moved S. Jerom to say that true Religion cannot be conserved without the Empire oâ— a head or great authority of an universalâ— Pastor and Vice-gerent of Christ Ecclesisalus a summi sacerdotis dignitate dependeâ—â— without which there will be made daily in finite schisms divisions and subdivisions iâ— kingdoms as we may see now in pooâ— England so as the true Church hath two heads one invisible viz. Christ fundamentum aliud nemo potest ponere praeter id quod posttum est quod est Christus who is fundamentum fundamentorum but Peter is the second cleaving to Christ and placed on Christ we believe in the first principal head or fundamental stone Christ the second Peter wee onely obey Christ is the primary foundation basis and prop of our faith because we believe all those things to be true which he as the first infallible verity did reveal to be believed we believe God to be one and three the word made flesh and so forth not that Peter Paul
that this faith or beliâ—ving was to be sealed in the understanding that the understanding was to submit nâ— arrogantly to dispute And that this Act 〈◊〉 believe was a command or precept of Alâ— mighty God who will have his will obeyeâ— by all his subjects and the not obeying 〈◊〉 which is punished with eternal damnatâ—on Lastly consider Hebr. 10.23 let us hoâ— fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithfull that hath promised That faith is truly divine must be an infallible assent of our understanding submitting it self obediently to believe the Revelationâ— of God for otherwise faith consequently all Religion may be no more then fancy oâ— opinion and then no ways certain and if so then no obligation Now it must follow first that there must be some means appointed by God by which we may know this one true faith from all false Sects and opinions whereas to require one to believe upon pain of damnation not to give him any means whereby he may know what to believe for salvation in this Religion or that sect were to require him to walk without leggs these means must be infallible for we cannot be brought to an infallible assent by fallible and uncertain means as God would not require us to assent to an Authority which may deceive us then our understanding must of necessity submit to those â—eans under pain of damnation O terrible â—r if our understanding were at liberty to â—bmit or not submit to the means by which â—ving Faith is conveyed unto us it would â—en be no sin not to believe consequently â—od would not jnstly damn us for not beâ—eving and withall whosoever shall reâ—se to be governed by those heavenly â—eans and the same authority that God â—ath appointed to govern us he shall be a â—ebel against God and a vile Traitor Lastâ—y I say that two men of two differing â—iths or beliefs cannot be saved for both of â—hem knowing that they are bound to be guided and governed by those means which God hath appointed to convey saving faith â—o them and one of them flatly refusing to submit this person who refufeth must be guilty of disobedience and refractoriness to Gods Command and consequently cannot be saved And so to our present purpose ignorant people by reasonable and earnest diligence as it is very tollerable to humane frailty and very possible and easy for them may come by Gods grace to the true knowledge of these means otherwise God would have appointed means which would prove unprofitable to the end and so the far greater number of souls for whom Christ died would not be sufficiently provided for by Gods sweet providence 〈◊〉 that prophesy would prove also ineffectual Esay 35. Say to them that are of a fear fâ—â— heart be strong fear not behold your Gâ—â— will come and save you then the eyes of thâ— blinde shall be opened and the eares of thâ— deaf unstopped c. and one high way shall 〈◊〉 there and a way and it shall be called the holy way that way-faring men though foâ—â— shall not err therein It cannot be denyed bâ—â— this wholsome doctrine is agreeable with all sorts of people Apostats sectaries oâ— Dissenters from the Mother Church for it must be granted that there must be a way and a Rule there must be means appointed there must be a governing power to judge and decide all arising doubts and teach aâ— the world the true way and path to heaven with certainty but when we come to findâ—â— it out all persons will agree That they are obliged under pain of damnation to submit to it receive it and embrace it and walâ— according to it as to the Apostles if they were actually living or to Christ himself 〈◊〉 and when you understand this Rule and guide then you cannot but believe all and every article of faith which we the Roman Catholicks did all along from the Apostles time and this day do unanimously believe and practise this is the main point which will allay all controversies contests wranglings ammosityes and hatred between Roman Catholicks and all dissenters the God â—f union and truth open the eyes and illuâ—inate the understandings of apostats to â—ake right use of this my labour Now I â—t them know that neither private spirit or natural reason of any man can possibly 〈◊〉 this Rule and Judge for this must subâ—it as a subject and Vassal to that Rule and â—udge and it 's always fallible and strangdly â—t to mistake misleade which is against â—e nature of the true Rule and Judge to be â—r if God should oblige us upon pain of â—amnation to submit unto and to be goâ—erned and ruled by an Authority that might receive and might teach for a truth what 〈◊〉 not we should be bound to believe that 〈◊〉 true which is not so and yet be damâ—â—d for not believing the truth further â—our private spirit or reason were to be â—is Rule and Judge then it would follow â—â—ntrary to the scripture that it is not imâ—â—ssible to please God without faith for â—â—ason would sufficiently teach us how to â—ease God yet it would be a breach of this â—ule to believe what we do not understand would likewise follow that every preâ—â—nded Religion would be the truth and 〈◊〉 contradictions would be true and there would be not only one faith but no faith 〈◊〉 all but reason above which faith is for reason excludeth faith and there 〈◊〉 scarce that man living but his reason diffeâ— from anothers understanding judgmenâ— differing as much as their faces therefoâ—â— none that follows his own Reason could 〈◊〉 justice be condemned by God and so 〈◊〉 ilation all men would be saved unleâ—â— peradventure you will say that in a buâ—â—ness of such main consequence as the salvâ—tion of souls our primate reason perswadâ— us to prefer the authority of such as aâ— wiser then our selves before our own judâ—ments which is most true But I then infeâ—â— that Roman Catholicks are the most ratiâ—nal most learned most wise most godly most unbiased people now in the world aâ— consequently have the best Religion 〈◊〉 acting most conformably to reason in the belief for they rely still on the authority 〈◊〉 General Councils consisting of the able and most learned men of all Nations whiâ—â— is the greatest authority to be found 〈◊〉 Earth especially having the assistance of tâ—â— holy Ghost visum est spiritui sancto 〈◊〉 bis as it appears they have both by thâ— testimony of the Scripture and the constaâ—â— tradition of all ages Upon these ground we may be sure that certainly God in hâ—â— good providence had appointed a moâ—â— sure Guide Rule and Judge to bring maâ— to the infallible faith for salvation the Reason and proud spirit otherwise God is defective in necessaries and that Religion were no more then fancy and opinion and it is worth observation how for the first two thousand years before any Scriptures were written the visible
or John or any Pape said so or taught the same but that the first verity God revealed propounded and said the same so as our faith is founded on Christ yet because those matters revealed by Christ are not so manifest what they are he therefore gave us a secondary fundamental stone Peter and his successors who tells us and propounds what Christ revealed and distinguishes such from what was not revealed or delivered by him and so our faith is grounded on both stones but in a different manner the one is but vice king or Vicar but Christ the prime and principal stone communicating to Peter his Epithete though it has been analogice tantum It is very remarkable what happened in the time of Stephanus intruded pape 7. according to Baron anno 897. how that Basilica Lateran the prime Pontifical seat impulsore Angelo malo did all fall down to the ground even from the high Altar to the very gate the sanctuary only in which was the Chair of the Pape being remain'd whole and entire which strange accident doth manifest that the true seat of glorious S. Peter can never come to ruine notwithstanding that sanctity and grace in heads and members may sometimes fail Because Christ Jesus that Eagle preserved the same though he sits in heaven in his glory yet he still hath his sacred eyes fixed on the nest of his Church to preserve it till doomsday even as when the Eagle hath his little ones in the nest fearing the poyson of serpents great enemies to his nest and his young birds he flies up and down among the Rocks for to finde out the precious stone called Aetites or Eaglestone which the Eagle places in his nest which hat rare vertue against all venome See Pierius valer even so that glorious Eagle Christ left in his nest the Roman-Catholick Church his heavenly spouse many precious Eagle-stones viz. many places of Scripture revealed by him for to preserve the same alwaies from the stinking breath and poyson of accruing hereticks Did not Christ place one Eagle-stone in the nest of his Church when he said rogavi Peter thy faith shall never fail and S. Cyprian lib. 3. epist 3. said that to the Roman faith perfidiousness could have no access Another stone Peter feed my sheep feed my lambs which preserves Peter and his Successors till the end of the world to be Universal Pastors Heads and visible Vicars of Christ in his visible Congregation from all malice envy and venome of barking hereticks Are not the seven Sacraments proved and marvellously preserved from all venom by several Eagle-stones in Scripture Confirmation has that stone Act. 8.15 17. Pennance and Sacramental Confession proved and preserved by Matth. 18.18 and John 20.23 Saint James chapt 5. from the dangerous venom of hereticks withall observe Andrew the terms of the Commission granted to Roman-Catholick Priests to absolve sins are so large and general that without great temerity that power cannot be restrain'd only unto publick and notorious offences and when the Priest pronounces the Absolution in the Name and by the power of Jesus since he doth but follow the express terms of their heavenly Commission the sentence then is repeated as given by Christ himself in whose place they are appointed as visible Judges to the visible members of Christ's visible flock so as it is the invisible high-priest viz Christ who interiorly absolveth the penitent whilst the priest exerciseth the exterior Ministry Extreme unction is confirmed and preserved from the infection of heresie by that stone placed by Christ in his nest Jac. 5.14 Marriage likewise by that precious Eagle-stone Matth. 19.5 and Eph. 5.32 Holy Orders established ratified and preserved from all poyson 1 Tim. 4. and 2 Tim. 1. The Real Presence of Christs Body in the Eâ—charist solemnly preserved from the venom and infection of heretical figurative understanding by those Eagle-stones Matth. 26. Luke 22. â— Cor. 11.24 26. O brave militant Church O triumph of the pure nest of Jesus where souls are saved and conveied to the glory of the Triumphant Church against this fortress of truth against this Nest and Spouse of Christ all what Andrew Sall or fresher wits of the whole heap of Protestanism begun disastrously by the shameful revolt of Henry the 8th and moulded and made up by the arm of flesh shall never prevail against it and all that they say will be no more then so many several handfuls of execrable ashes taken out of the urns of condemn'd hereticks whose malicious contâ—ivements are quite forgotten that Roman Catholicks are superstitious erroneous c. is the onely chief rope whereupon the Apostate Sall dances the antick and triumphs which can never be proved empty aerial groundlesse bare words can beguile none but weak licentious and fickle reeds they will never prevail with any well-principled Christian And though all tempests of the world assail Christs faith yet gainst it hell cannot prevail Andrew eat your bread hold your tongue all you can say against Christ's sacred nest will signifie nothing but as meer scare-crows it can avail you nought else but heap judgements on your crazy head and palsey hand come along sweet Andrew 'T is worth your serious consideration to ponder the glory and splendour of Roman-Catholick Religion Saul from a persecutor by the hand and call of Christ became a Preacher an Apostle what greater confirmation of Christian Religion then to see Christ appearing to preserve his nest and his spouse from imminent danger menaced by a cruel wolf Saul the head preserves the members the glorious Eagle preserves his little ones from the jaws of hell the Scribes and Pharisees Math. 16. sought for signes from heaven lo now a most rare and stupendious one Christ in the air forcing Saul to become Paul and a main witnesse of the truth of our Religion here may be considered the strength and certainty of our faith an enemy of the Gospel Doctor of the Jews to become in an instant metamorphos'd and quite chang'd from a wolf into a meek lamb and preacher of Christ's law how come Saul like another Balaam to bless the people of God who was sent to curse them but that he was constrained by God so to do and has been taught in our faith by Christ himself most wonderfully O Andrew Sall this is no great comfort for you who from a Sall was raised to be a prest a preacher like another Paul now to become a Saul a wolf an enemy a persecutor of Christ and his members yea even a murtherer Return back call for mercy be reconciled come and receive grace Saul an enemy received grace was made a chosen vessel O mercy never to be duely pondered distrust not wretched Andrew diffide not of Gods goodness and mercy nor of the efficacy of his divine grace Sall Sequutus es errantem sequere poenitentem Saulum listen to Gods calling voice and illumination stifle not the divine inspirations of God vocantis illuminantis arguentis castigantis
that never heard a word oâ— Christs Religion neither have had any kindâ— of impulses for to inquire and embrace thâ— same such shall not be damned for infidelâ—ty if none such sins they have committed either they will be illuminated by Godâ— that they come to the knowledge of saving faith or if they die in their natural innocenâ—cy they shall incurr only the poena damnâ— not of sense in the other world If a proteâ—stant living and dying so if he die in thâ— estate of innocency he shall enter into heaveâ— because baptized in Christ O Andrew râ—turn to your bleeding Mother she is youâ— true Mother while you remain abroaâ— with the harlot you can have no quietness no comfort no grace no ease no refresâ—ment no food but husks being destitute 〈◊〉 the help of the Sacraments which are the heavenly conduits through such divine grace is conveyed to Drooping souls you are destitute of the true Word of God of the prayers of the Church the Congregation of faithful Christians you are destitute of good and laudable examples you are destitute of a dread sacrifice destitute of faith destitute of Religion you have lost all devotion all Mortification and even the fear of a living God consider your lamentable state you are become one of a Sect where there is no Guide Rule or Judge or authority which God hath appointed for your direction and to teach and continue true faith in the world the Guide Rule Judge and Authority which Roman Catholicks follow is such and the same in effect is which the first Christians follow'd in the time of the Apostles and in every respect able and sufficient to execute its function and indeed the only means imaginable not only to teach and convey true faith unto the world but also to reconcile all differences arising in matters of faith as also to evince condemn all hereticks schismaticks so establish that union that becoms the Church of God which Christ Jesus our all-wise Legislator hath setled in the world and this Guide and Judge which Catholick do follow is infallible and hath sufficient credentials from heaven to prove her self to be so consequently that we are all obliged to captivate our understanding to the obedience of Faith Adhortatio Paranetica ad Sacrilegum Apostatam Cassellensem Salve Andrea me tantisper accipe A roaring Lion by Christs most heavenly call From Saul became a Gospel preaching Paul Thou Sall from Priest and preaching childe of Paul Beguil'd art turn'd to be a black curs'd Saul Your proud wâ—ll shak'd off the yoke of Faith Pursuing â—an n'â— lies illusions and deceit Lord what 's caitiff flesh when left to it self Faith needs must wreck when mâ—n is his own shelf How vain is humane confidence how frail Only Faiths true ways can our souls avail Vae impio in malum retributio manuum ejus fiet ei Isa 3. Who cannot Sir but stand amazed and startle at your dismal fall from the true ancient Church of Christ you a professor of Divinâ—ty though of no solid intensive learning a Religious priest of a Society most renown'd for learning sanctity piety vertue and blessings you a preacher of the word and pennance you who cleav'd so fast to the Rock Christ now to be so easily and so suddenly by the sâ—ubtil wiles cunning crafty slight and sophistry of crafty seducers hurried away to a Religion false tracherous and destructive of salvation and metamorphosed into the likeness of a loathsome and deformed villain and now in your old age become like a childe against that wholsome advice of S. Paul 1 Cor. 14. nolite pueri effici sensibus children commonly never regards precious things carts coaches and wheels made of earth delights them more then the rich brave painted coaches of Kings of great State and magnificence for these little ones are only led by their sences as you shall see a childe break to peices books of high esteem and value throw away precious gems and most noble Jewells and take up a black coal kiss it and eat it c. such a little childe you Andrew Sall is become of late when you made choise of darkness for light black coals of heresie apostasie liberty illusions falshood and sordid ways and such as please your wretched blinde sences and shamefully condemn most solid most precious and most soveraign things as true un-erring faith Religion glorious vertues Sanctity grace mortification purity of life and conversation devotion sasting prayers contemplation and sweet retirement all which are leading to eternal glory O stark blindness hinc lacrimae this wretched exchange sure must proceed from very gross ignorance pride and carelesness for the mind of man being the lowest among rational natures addicted to senses and carnal actions apprehends nothing perfectly beside sensible external temporal things as honour riches voluptuousness pleasures contentments c. and cannot apprehend spiritual and heavenly things viz. the beauty of vertue the pleasures and sweet enjoyments of eternal happiness the beatifical vision and fruition of Gods most glorious face the onely source of ful content and never-ending felicity I say these things they apprehend but very weakly and even in a confus'd and languishing manner whereas the affection of the will still follows strongly the apprehension as when a man doth taste of the deluding sweetness of terrestriall happiness he vainly imagines the same to be far greater then really it is even so when one tastes a little of the roughness difficulty and loathsome bitterness of vertue doth likewise fondly imagine the same to be more craggy intollerable and loathsome then truly it is and so falls back and desists from going forward in the quest happy pursuit of solid vertue O Andrew non erit tibi amplius infans dierum senex qui non impleat dies suos quoniam puer centum annorum morietur Isa 65. that is to say if any old man be found of childish behaviour and becoming a puer centum annorum and yet would prove a childe in his senses in a vicious life and conversation that man shall not persevere in the Militant to pass to the Triumphant Church but shall be precipitated into everlasting darkness and flames oh Andrea haec te horrenda terreant how come you in your old age to be so enchanted and so miserably to revolt from a true antiently revealed Faith how come you to fly wretchedly from Religion piety pennance and austerity of life c. but because you doted you proved puer centum annorum becoming a scandalous Apostate a vile protestant and a pittifull object of scorn to boys and lackeys so as you may say with King David 2 Reg. vivit Dominus quoniam filius mortis est qui hoc fâ—cit The antient Philosophers were accustomed to compare weak effeminate men who easily would part with some most precious thing for a bubble or trifle to a fish call'd polype which cleaves so fast to a rock that it will be sooner