The Quakers Unmasked 2, Postscript
A Poſt-ſcript.
THat the Jeſuites (The See Ludovicus Lucius H ſt. Jeſuitica, P. 293, 235, 328, 336, 447, 592, 624.Peſts and Perturbers of all Republicks, who domineer by diſcords, tumults, Sects and Schiſms) (as well as Franciſcan Fryers) have a principal hand in erecting, promoting the new ſect of Quakers or Shakers lately ſprung up, and much increaſed amongſt us, and that by Diabolical deluſions, ſorceries, enchantments, practices, to divide us as much as poſſible, and extirpate our Miniſters and Religion; theſe particulars ſuperadded to the premiſes, may more than probably perſwade, if not ſatisfactorily convince all intelligent Engliſh Proteſtants, and our Quakers likewiſe; for whoſe information I have made them publick, being unknown to moſt, who are utterly ignorant of the ſtratagems of theſe Imps of Satan, to ſeduce them, to their eternal ruine.
1. That Ignatius Loyola, the Father of the Jeſuites, and firſt Founder General of their Order (at firſt a Soldier by profeſſion) when he began to play the Impoſtor, Seducer, and inſtitute his New Sect, pretended a divine Call from God, and Jeſus Chriſt, appearing to him, whereupon he left his former Profeſſion, Houſe, Habitation, caſt off his coſtly Apparel, (which he gave away to the poor) cloathed himſelf in courſe Sackeloth and ragged beggarly cloathes, lying upon the bare ground without a bed, wandred up and downe in them from place to place, like a pilgrim, profeſſing the ſtudy of poverty, penance, Mortification and contempt of the world, leading a moſt auſtere life for a time, moſtly eating little elſe but courſe bread, drinking nothing but cold water, faſting the greateſt part of the week, except on the Lords-day; converſing with the pooreſt and meaneſt ſort, teaching and preaching to them often gratis in the open ſtreets and woods, and all other places where he came, without any Ordination or licence at all from the Biſhops or Clergy, exhorting them to repentance auſterity of life, and contempt of all earthly things; whereby he got great eſtimation amongſt the rude people, (eſpecially for his pains in inſtructing their children and them without any Reward) gained many followers and ſome Scholars likewiſe to be his Companions: Maffaeus Vegius, Ribadeniera, Joannis Euſebius Niremberger, Haſenmullerus (all Jeſuites) record at large in his Life, with Hoſpinian, and Ludovicus Lucius in their Hiſtoria Jeſuitica: And is not this the very practiſe of our Quakers and Shakers now, who exactly imitate him herein?
2. That Ignatius upon his firſt reſolution to enter into this new ſtrict kinde of Life, and erect his New Jeſuiticall Order, fell into a fit of Quaking and Trembling, as Ribadeniera (his Diſciple) and others record in his Life: Yea, Haſenmullerus (who was a Jeſuite ſundry yeares, and lived in divers Jeſuites Colledges) in the end of his Jeſuitical Hiſtory, with Ludovicus Lucius Hiſtoriae Jeſuiticae, l. I. C. I. p. 8. record in expreſſe terms, from the Teſtimony of Tunianus the Jeſuite. That Ignatius ITA A DAEMONIBUS EXAGITATUM, was ſo vexed and SHAKEN BY DEVILS (not God or his ſpirit) both in his Dinner, Supper, MASSES; and likewiſe in his Recreations, that he powereth forth the moſt cold ſweat of death in great plenty; tandem vero CƲM▪ TREMORE ipſum objiſſe, and that at laſt he died Quaking, o… with a TREMBLING, having a moſt black countenance. Yea, †See Speculum Jeſuiticum, p. 3, 4. 26.Ribadeniera himſelf, in the life of Ignatius l. 1. c. 5. 17. records; That Ignatius had many conflicts with the Devil, who frequently appeared to him in the form of a Serpent, and that he whipped his companion Xavier whiles he was praying. And l. 5. c. 9. That the Devil painted Ignatius ſo lively and exactly in his colours, that Laynes his companion much admired at it And yet cap. 8. and 10. he relates; That Ignatius cured one poſſeſſed with a Devil with one word: that the Devil in another poſſeſſed one, was caſt out by the Jeſuites, onelyonly naming Ignatius to him; ſaying, Name not Ignatius to me, whom I moſt hate of all: And another Devil in a Maid poſſeſſed, ſaid; That Ignatius his greateſt enemy, was in heaven after his death among other Founders of holy Religious Orders. Let our Quakers and their Diſciples hereupon ſeriouſly conſider and examine, whether their Quaking fits be not derived from this Father of the Jeſuites; and proceed not originally from the very Devils themſelves, as his fits did▪ Yea, let them take heed they be not vexed and ſhaken by Devils as he was, and dye Quaking and Trembling as he did, with a moſt black countenance, as if he had been ſtrangled by the Devils, which made him a Quaker firſt, and then a Seducer; whoſe Diſciples have made moſt Chriſtian Kingdoms, Churches (eſpecially our own of late years) both to Quake and Tremble, and Shake them in pieces.
It is the obſervation of learned aGulielmus Ronde letius, Methodus curandi Morbos, c. 23. 39. See Wierus de Praeſtigiis Daemonum, l. 1. c. 11.Phyſitians; That Shaking Palſies, Quakings, Tremblings of the Members and Joints, are very dangerous diſeaſes, proceeding from the coldneſs and weakneſs of the Brain or Nerves, cold flegme, extraordinary cold weather: (which makes moſt ſhake without any divine influences of Gods Spirit) ſudden fears or frights, extraordinary Venery, Drunkenneſſe, frequent handling of Quickſilver, Poyſonous fumes of Henbane, white Poppy or the like: And ſometimes from Sorcery and the Devil himſelf contracting, ſhaking the Nerves and Muſcles of the body in a violent manner: That if they grow inveterate they are hardly curable, and bring certain Death. Let our Quakers and new Trembling Paraliticks, examine, whether their Quakings and Tremblings (if real, not feigned, as ſome of them doubtleſs are) be not rather Diſeaſes and Infirmities, then the motions of Gods Spirit in them, proceeding from ſome of theſe natural cauſes, (eſpecially overmuch Venery, ſome of them having been lately taken ſhaking with their female Proſelytes between the Sheets in a warm Bed, as I am credibly informed) or from the Devil or his Inſtruments, Sorceries, Enchantments; and let them ſpeedily ſeek out for cure, leſt they prove deadly to their Bodies and Souls too, in concluſion, as Ignatius his Quaking fits did.
3. That many Jeſuites and their Schollars ſtudy the art of Sorcery and Magick, and are Arch-Magicians; affirming blaſphemouſly, that Paul himſelf received ſo great Revelations from Heaven, by being inſtructed in the Art of Magick: that St. John had skill in this Art; yea, that Chriſt himſelf was the moſt abſolute Magician of all others; as Joannis Cambilhonus, (once a Jeſuite in Styria) in his Relatio de abſtructoribus Jeſuitarum Artibus & Studiis, Printed 1608. & Ludovicus Lucius Hiſt. Jeſuitica, lib. 1. cap. 8. p. 172, 173. record. Yea, theſe two Authors, together with the *See Ludovicus Lucius, Hiſt. Jeſuitica, p. 172 396, 432.Univerſity of Paris, in their Anſwer to Peere Cotton the Jeſuite, (Confeſſor to King Henry the 4. of France) Thuanus. hiſt. I. 132. phyſiogmonia Jeſuitica, Printed Lugduni 1610. & Speculum Jeſuiticum p. 106, and do all atteſt: That this Father Cotton was an Arch-Magician, and the beſt skilled in this black art of any of their Society: That the Jeſuites themſelves affirmed he had a Magical Glaſs, wherein he would plainly repreſent to the King what ever he deſired to know; and that there was no thing done or conſulted ſo ſecretly in the moſt private Cabinets of other Monarchs, which he could not diſcloſe and reveal by the help of that conſtellated, or rather condiabolated Glaſs. That by the help of this Magician, the Jeſuites hoped to convert one of the greateſt Proteſtant Princes of the Empire to their Religion and Party: That he conſulted with the Devil many times, and demanded his reſolution of ſundry queſtions and doubts, which he entred into his Magick-book;which Devil poſſeſſed one Adrian Freſna, a Maid at St. Victors in France, which he uſed as his inſtrument to predict many ſtrange things: particularly, he demanded of the Devil that poſſeſſed her theſe Queſtions: What ſhould be the iſſue of the Converſion of the Lord Lavalii, and of the Counſellors of the City of Gema Geneva? How long Hereſie ſhould continue? What hopes there were of the Converſion of ſuch and ſuch particular perſons? How Hereticks might be moſt eaſily ſecluded from the Court? What was moſt profitable for the Converſion of all Hereticks? By what Sermons, Books, Means, the people might be moſt benefitted? What danger might be created by the Devils againſt the Jeſuits Society? Whether God would permit him to know by him, the time wherein the hereſie of Calvin ſhould be extinguiſhed? And (that which moſt concerned England) Qua ratione converti Rex Anglae, Regina, & Regnum maxime & facile quaeant? By what means THE KING, QUEEN, AND REALME OF ENGLAND MIGHT MOST OF ALL AND EASILY BE CONVERTED TO THE ROMAN RELIGION? Whether our Jeſuitical Impoſtors, Quakers, and Enthuſiaſts do not now ſtudy, practice the ſelf-ſame Art of Magick, Sorcery, and conſult with the very Devil himſelf in their Diabolically inſpired, poſſeſſed Prophets and Propheſies, demand not the like Queſtions, Reſolutions from them, and the Devil acting, ſpeaking, Propheſying in them, as this Jeſuite Cotton did from this poſſeſſed Girle, and the Devil in her, let their owne practices and conſciences reſolve them and others? And how truly they act the Jeſuites parts in theſe particulars, *See Speculum Jeſuiticum. p. 59, 60, 62, 63.Haſenmullerus (a reclaimed Jeſuite) in his Hiſtoria Jeſuitica, cap. 8. records. That John th… Jeſuite in his Sermon, 15. October, 1583. publiquely ſaid, Believe me, the Devils follow us Jeſuites every where. That the Monks of Ʋldaric would have caſt out a Devil out of one poſſeſſed, but he would not depart: Being interrogated, why he would not? He anſwered, I will not depart before my three Sonnes (ſo he termed the Jeſuites) who are paſſing from Delinga hither, are come; who no ſooner entred the houſe, but the Devil departed out of the perſon poſſeſſed: moſt likely to enter into theſe Sonnes of his, whom the Devils every where follow. Yet the *Haſenmullerus Hiſt. Jeſuitica c. 8. Speculum Jeſuiticum p. 62, 63. Petrus Thyraeus de Daemoniacis.Jeſuites boaſt of many Devils ejected by them, out of their feminine Proſelytes and others: particularly, the Rector of the Jeſuits at Vienna records; that a Maid poſſeſſed with Devils, who could not be diſpoſſeſſed by any Exorciſmes, coming at length to their Jeſuites Church was there freed, and no leſs then 156152. Devils (if the Jeſuite computed a right) were there caſt out of her; the laſt of them ſeeming to him to be Luthers Tutor, becauſe after the manner of the Lutherans, he ſpake many things againſt their Society and Religion. Surely this Jeſuitical Rector, had very intimate familiarity with theſe Devils, who knew both their Number (being ſo incredulous) and could ſo accurately diſtinguiſh between them. Yet ſome Devils there were in women, whom they could not diſpoſſeſs, and derided all their Jeſuitical Exorciſmes. Let all Chriſtians then beware theſe incarnate Devils and their Emiſſaries, leſt they be really poſſeſſed by the Devil with whom they are ſo familiar, and who accompanies them every where.
4. That the Jeſuites ſend forth their Emiſſaries and Agents into Proteſtant Kingdoms, Churches, States, under the diſguiſes of Souldiers, Merchants, Mechanicks, Phyſicians, Chyrurgeons, Travellers, Exiles for Religion, and pretended Converts to the Proteſtant Religion, in all ſorts of h…its, diſguiſes, the better to conceal their perſons, the eaſier to intrude themſelves into the Courts, Company of all Proteſtant Princes, Nobles, Miniſters, and perſons of all ranks, to fiſh out their Secrets, inſinuate themſelves into their favours, poyſon them with their Errors, divide them in their Judgements, excite them to Warre upon and deſtroy each other by their mutuall diſcords, and accompliſh their Treaſonable deſignes againſt them, to their ruine: Permitting and diſpenſing with them freely, to reſort openly to the Sermons, Churches and Aſſemblies of Proteſtants, to diſpute and ſpeak againſt Popery, to eat fleſh on Faſting dayes, and allowing their perverted Diſciples to do the like, to feign themſelves the moſt Zelous Proteſtants, to be preſent in the Senates, Parliaments and Councils of thoſe of the Reformed Religion; to conſent to the apprehenſion and diſſipation of Papiſts by ſevere Lawes againſt them, together with the reſt, that ſo they may the better conceal themſelves, diſcover, divert or hinder the Conſultations againſt the Papiſts, promote the Popes and Papiſts affairs with more facility, propagate the Popiſh Religion upon all occaſions, and give them timely notice of any Intentions againſt them upon any urgent neceſſity: provided alwayes that they be ſecretly Catholicks, and ſubmit themſelves wholly to the beck and counſels of the Jeſuits, as their Inſtruments and Intelligencers: as you may read at large, in Jeſuitica per Ʋnitas Belgii Provincias Negociatio, printed Anno 1616 (containing the Inſtructions in this kinde given to Jeſuits by their Superiors ſent into the Netherlands to imbroyl, divide, ruine them) in Joannis Cambilhonus de Abſtructionibus Jeſuitarum Artibus & Studiis: printed 1608. & Ludovicus Lucius Hiſt. Jeſuitica p. 170, 175, 676, 677, 678. Therefore it is no wonder, that their Emiſſaries, and Diſciples to effect the utter ruine of our Proteſtant Kingdomes, Churches, Religion, now thus diſguiſe themſelves amongſt us, to promote their moſt dangerous Deſignes againſt them, by the ſelf ſame means and ſtratagems now.
5. That the Jeſuits make and profeſs it, one of their principal Deſigns, to withdraw, alienate the peoples affections from, ſtir them up againſt the true Proteſtant Miniſters and Preachers of the Goſpel, and to caſt them out and take them quite out of their way, that ſo they may with more facility and ſpeed ſeduce, devour, their Flocks, domineer and ſet up Popery in all places without oppoſition. Witneſs *See Ludevicus Lucius Hiſt. Jeſuitica l. 1. c 1. p. 2.Gregorius Baderus Provincial of the Jeſuits in Bavaria, his words at Landſperge. We and ours ſhall have no peace in Auguſta (or in Germany) unleſs we take care, Evangelicos Concionatores ejici ac tolli; that the Preachers of the Goſpel be ejected and removed out of the way. By our Councils THE EVANGELICAL PREACHERS WERE CAST OUT OF VIENNA: Whereupon our Society do now there teach in peace, and rule all things according to their hearts deſire. Seconded with their †Heſpinian & Ludovicus Lucius Hiſt. Jeſuitical. 4. Grimſtons Imperial Hiſtory p. 821. Romes Maſter-piece. Speculum Jeſuiticum, p. 175, 176.practices, in ejecting, impriſoning, baniſhing, ſuppreſsing, perſecuting all the Proteſtant Miniſters in Bohemia, in the years of our Lord, 1602. 1607. 1621. and 1652. to the extirpation of the Proteſtant Religion, and Proteſtants there: and their ejecting, ſuppreſſing above thirty of the Proteſtant Preachers, and ſhutting up their Churches in the Dukedomes of Juliers, Cleve, and Bergen; Anno 1628. To omit other later Preſidents in Auſtria and elſewhere. And is not this the Quakers and their Diſciples principal deſigne, endeavour, labour now, to withdraw the people wholly from, and excite them againſt, and ſtir them up to reject, ſuppreſs, renounce all our lawful Orthodox Miniſters, and Evangelical Preachers, as falſe Guids, dumb Dogs, Seducers of the People, Deceivers, Antichriſts? &c. Their railing Pamphlets, Preachments, and pretended Meſſages to them from heaven; enjoyning them to come down out of their Pulpits, to Preach no more hereafter, &c. contrary to Chriſts own expreſs commands unto them. Matth: 28. 19, 20. Mark 16. 15. Acts 10. 42. c. 16. 10. Rom. 10. 15. 1 Cor. 1. 17. Phil. 1. 16, 17, 18. 2 Tim. 4. 17. 1 Tim. 2. 7. 1 Pet. 1. 12. eſpecially 1 Cor. 9. 16. Though I preach the Goſpel, I have nothing to glory of; for NECESSITY IS LAID UPON ME; and wo is me if I preach not the Goſpel. And 2 Tim. 4. 1, 2, 3. I charge thee before God and the Lord Jeſus Chriſt, who ſhall judge the quick and the dead at his appearance, and his Kingdom. PREACH THE WORD, BE INSTANT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-ſuffering and Doctrin (mark the reaſon, ſuitable to our times and Quakers) FOR THE TIME WILL COME (and now is the time) that they WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, but after their own luſt ſhall they heap to themſelves Teachers, having itching ears. And they ſhall turn away their ears from the truth, and ſhall be turned unto Fables. But watch thou in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an Evangeliſt, make full proof of thy Miniſtry. Certainly then thoſe Quakers, and their ſeduced Diſciples; who ſay unto the Seers, ſee not, and to the Prophets propheſie not, propheſie not unto us right things, ſpeak unto us ſmooth things, propheſie deceit: Get you out of the way, turn aſide out of the Path, cauſe the holy One to ceaſe from before us; are like thoſe Jews of old, Eſay 30. 10, 11. Wherefore let them there read their Doome, Character, and what ſpirit they are of, v. 8, 9. (and I beſeech them, with all others to obſerve it well) from Gods own mouth. Now go, write it before them in a Table, and note it in a Book, that it may be for the time to come, for ever and ever; that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the Law of the Lord: But is this all? No, there is a Judgement with a Witneſs, purſuing all ſuch: Verſe 12, 13, 14. Wherefore thus ſaith the holy One of Iſrael: Becauſe ye deſpiſe this word, and truſt in ſraud and perverſeneſs and ſtay thereon; therefore this iniquity ſhall be to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in an high wall, whoſe breaking cometh ſuddenly at an inſtant. And he ſhall break it as the breaking of a potters veſſel, that is broken in pieces: He ſhall not ſpare; ſo that there ſhall not be found in the burſting of it, a ſheard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the Pit: (Let thoſe Statesmen or Magiſtrates, who out of deſigne, or ſelf-intereſt, tollerate or ſecretly countenance ſuch dangerous Rebels againſt God, his Word or Miniſters, remember it as well as theſe Seducers and their followers, leſt God break them thus to powder ſuddenly and irrepairably together, and our whole three Kingdoms too.) And if this Text be not ſufficient to convince them of and deterre them from this their Sin; let them read at leaſure Micah 2. 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11. Amos 7. 10. to the end: and quake and tremble at the reading of them. But if they hold theſe to be obſolete and Old Teſtament onelyonly; Let them then conſider, who they were, and what a tranſcendent ſin it was in thoſe, who prohibited (not ſeducing falſe Apoſtles and Jeſuitical Emiſſaries, as theſe vagrant Quakers are) but Chriſts commiſsioned, *Matth. 28 18 19 20. Mar 3. 14. c. 16. 15. Acts 10. 42 c. 1. 22 &c. c. 14. 23. c. 13. 2, 3. Rom. 1. 1. Rom. 10. 15. John 15. 16. 1 Tim. 2. 7. Tit. 1. 5. 1 Tim. 4. 14. c. 5. 22. Heb. 5. 1. to 6.lawfully called, inſtituted, Apoſtles and Miniſters, to preach any more in the name of Jeſus, and diſpence his Goſpel: Acts 4. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. cap. 5. v. 17. to 42. eompared with 1 Theſſ. 2. 15, 16. Even thoſe, who both killed the Lord Jeſus, and their own Prophets, and have chaſed us out, and they pleaſe not God, and are contrary to all men, FORBIDDING US TO SPEAK TO THE GENTILES THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED, TO FILL UP THEIR SINS ALWAYS: for THE WRATH IS COME UPON THEM TO THE UTTERMOST.
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That the Jeſuits profeſſed doctrine and practice is, that if they can, to ſuppreſs, deſtroy, extirpate Proteſtant Miniſters, Kings, Princes, Churches, States, and all profeſſors of the Proteſtant Religion, by raiſing Schiſms, Seditions, Deviſions, Civil Wars and Commotions aamongſt them, and dividing them one from and againſt another to their mutual ruine; which hath been their great deſigne of late years, whereof we have felt the ſad effects: As you may read at large in Hoſpinian, and Ludovicus Lucius, their moſt excellent Hiſtoria Jeſuita, Speculum, ſive Jubilaeum Jeſuiticum, and the Epiſtle to my VINDICATION, &c. of the good old Fundamental Liberties and Laws of England; which if they cannot effect by theſe means, then to excite all Chriſtian Kings and Princes to accompliſh it in concluſion, BY FIRE, SWORD, WAR, and THE POWER OF AN ARMY; as you may there be ſatisfied by undeniable Teſtimonies of Jeſuites themſelves, and Preſidents of former and latter Times: More particularly by the Words and Writings of Jacobus Crucius, the Jeſuite, in his Explication of the Rules of the Jeſuites, and his Sermon, Anno 1584. Thomas Stapleton; his Speculum pravitatis Hereticae, Duaci 1580. Thom. Campian, his Concertatio Eccleſiae Catholicae Treviris. 1583. page 22. Paulus Windeck, De Extirpandis Haeriticis. Antid. 10. and 11. Franciſcus Verona, his Apologia pro Joanne Caſtle, part 5. cap. 13. Cunradus Brunus, de Haereticis, lib. 3. cap. ult. Cornelius Cornelii, his Praefatio ad S. Trinitatem increatam, Commentariis in Minores Prophetas praefixa. Wherein, he bleſſeth the Trinity, for opening the eyes of Chriſtian Kings, and ſtirring them up all againſt Calviniſme, as the plague of their Realms: For inabling the King of France, Spain, and Emperour in a ſhort time to overthrow, conquer, expell, and deſtroy the Arch-Heriticks; the *See Haſenmulerus Hiſt. Jeſuitica l. 1. Speculum Jeſuiticum p. 61.Huſſites and Calviniſts in France, Auſtria, Bohemia, Moravia, Sileſia, Hungary, and both the Palatinates, as the fire-brands of Rebellion, to their eternal glory: concluding thus; Agite Principles generoſi, pergite magnis animis, opus faelicibus adeo auſpiciis caeptum CONFICITE; paribus ſtudiis REBELLEM CALVINI HAERESIN, pene evulſam, STIRPITƲS ƲBILIBET ERADICATE, &c. And by Antonius Poſſevinus the Jeſuite (to omit *See Ludevicus Lucius Hiſt. Jeſuitica l. 1. c. 1, 2.all others) in his Miles Chriſtianus (publiſhed when Pope Paul the fifth ſent an Army into France, againſt the Enemies of the Church, wherein he aſſerts, That all Chriſtians are bound of right, to defend the Roman Religion againſt the doctrine of the Goſpellers (or Proteſtants) with all their forces; and the effuſion of their blood: That neither Peace nor the publick good can be preſerved in the Roman Church, unleſs theſe her Enemies BE QUITE EXTIRPATED. Exhorting the Captains of the Army, to permit nothing at all to theſe Hereticks; not to keep their plighted faith with them; to ſuborn ſecrat Inquiſitors againſt them; *We may ſee by this, who were the raiſers and original contrivers of our late inteſtine wars, &c.DOMESTICA ET INTESTINA BELLA INTER ILLOS EXCITARI CURENT: To take care to ſtir up Domeſtick and Inteſtine warres between themſelves Proditores ac Sicarios, omnibus locis, contra illos, inſtituant: and to inſtitute Traytors and Murderers against them in all places: Aſſerting, that the Captains who did otherwiſe, ſinned againſt the Roman Church, & were rendred inexcuſable and damned. Now ſeeing Bariſonius the Jeſuit, in his Letter to *See Ludevicus Lucius. Hiſt. Jeſuitica, l. 1. c. 8. p. 164. 166.a Noble Venetian (who deſerted their order,) dated at Bononia 21. April 1608. Printed 1609: amongſt other things thus boaſts of the excellency, power and perfection of their Iefuiticall Order, PRO LIBITU NOSTRO, ET BELLUM ET PAGEM MUNDO APPORTAMUS. That they can at their pleaſure bring both War and Peace to the World, as the chief Authors of both. That they lawfully may and do ſow diſcords and diviſions between King and Subject, Man and Wife, Father and Children, Brothers and Kindred, and uſurp abſolute Dominion and Tyranny over any private men, Cities, or whole Kingdoms they ſuſpect, for the benefit of the Church and See of Rome, in whoſe Service and Greatneſs true piety and the higheſt Point of Religion conſiſts; and that for this end they may in their *Of which read Iudovicus Lucius. p. 129. 199. 200Chamber of meditation, animate their Aſſaſinates to murder Hereticks, Enemies and Rebels to the Church of Rome, not only though private Perſons, but though the greateſt of princes and Kings, by repreſenting to them the heroical fact of Ehud, recorded in ſacred Scripture, and promiſing them a ſeat in heaven amongſt the Saints and Martyrs for ſuch an heroicke deed. And ſeeing the Jeſuits (diſperſed like Locuſts over the world) are increaſed in a few years to ſo great a Number, that they boaſted long ſince, *Ludovicus Lucius. l. 1. c. … p. 156. 172.that they had no leſſe then two hundred thouſand Scholars in Europe: and Claud us Aquacia, their late General▪ haunted; that he could bring into the field and than in a ſhorter time, more ſouldiers then any one Chriſtian King: and proferred Pope Paul the Fifth (during the interdict of Venice, when they and he were in ſome danger) to aide him with forty thouſand men, ſo as thoſe of them ſlain in the warres, might be reputed Martyrs: ſo infinite are the Numbers of their Society, Novices, Diſciples, Treaſures, Revenues; yea all their Colleges in foreign parts, ſo many ſtrong Caſtles, Forts and Magazines of Arms; Ammunition, Powder, and all military proviſions (as they boſt, and *Speculum Jeſuiticum, p. 207. to 213. Lud. Lucius, Hiſt. Jeſuitica. l. 1. c. 6. p. 156, 157. 238 171.others write) And ſeeing theſe Jeſuits, who make it their Maſterpiece to weaken and deſtroy all others by diviſions, Schiſmes, Factions, Tumules, preſcribe it as the principle part of their own policy, Safety, Power, Succeſſes and Growth, to maintain Unity, Peace, Amity, and prevent all Schiſmes and Diviſions amongſt themſelves, *Regulae Jeſuitarum. Printed 1627. and Ludovicus Lucius. Hiſt l. 1. c. 3. p. 18. 19. 21. 24. 26. 31.Preſcribing ſundry Rules and Orders for this end, to which they are all ſworn to yeild exact Obedience; I referre it to the conſideration of all prudent, Zealous Proteſtants and Stateſmen in our whole three Nations; How dangerous a Plot and *1 Kings 12. 26 to the end 6. 13. 2. &c.Jereboam like deſperate Policy it may in a ſhort time prove, to all our Churches, zealous Miniſters and Profeſſors of the Proteſtant Religion (yea to our preſent Governors, ſwordmen, and their Poſteri…ies likewiſe) any longer to tollerate theſe Jeſuitical, fiery, treacherous Agents, with other Romiſh Emiſſaries, freely to vent their Errors, Blaſphemies, Hereſies, Fancies, and ſet up Separat Congregations in all places, to multiply our diviſions, diſ-unite us all one from another, and augment their ſtrength and party, predominating in moſt Councels, Places; the better to ſecure any in actual Power for the preſent; though to haſten their, with our whole Kingdoms, Churches, Miniſters, and reformed Religions ruine by it in concluſion, even by force of Arms Mat. 12. 25.and Tumults, when they ſee their opportunity, as we have all juſt cauſe to fear? I ſhall therefore cloſe up all with the words of *De vera & Falſa Religione cap. De Magiſtratu. Printed, 1525Huldricus Zwinglius againſt thoſe Dippers and Anabaptiſts in his age, who denyed the Office and Coercive Power of chriſtian Magiſtrates (ſpecially in matters of Religion) as moſt of our Anabaptiſts, Quakers, diſguiſed Jeſuits & Franciſcans now do. Propter iſtos ipſos qui negant, Chriſtanum poſse gerere Magiſtratum, maxime egemus magiſtratu; quam vitam omnium talemeſſe videatis ut rigidiſſimo magiſtratu opus habeat. Quod ſi *1 Tim. 2. 1, 2,propacato ſtatu orare licet; licet & nimirum orare, ut Deus pium magiſtratum concedat, quo commodius, pax & concordia concilientur. Quin omnes hoc agimus, ut vitam innocentiſſimam ducamus, & nihil nos premet magiſtratus: *Rom. 13. 3.For Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil; wilt thou not then be afraid of the powers, do that which is good, and thou ſhalt have praiſe of the ſame. Hoc ipſum Oro, ut diligenter expendant, qui Magiſtratum detrectant. Si potestatem odio habent aut timent; quod rectum eſt faciant. Expendant ſimul Principes ne recte factis timori ſint. Qui ergo jam NOVIS EXACTIONIBUS, TRIBU…IS, VECTIGALIBUS, non modo expilant in ſeram plebem ſed onerant, excarnificant, excindunt, ut videantur eſse in communem nati perniciem; Qui malis defectantur, & bonis minacitur imminent, Principes non ſunt; ſed Tyrannt, ſed Tortores, ſed Lanii. Qui ergo omnium malo praeſunt, videant quo pacto Chriſtinomine glorienter; qui non modo ut Praedones & Furis in omnium bono, ſed ut Peſtes quoque in omnium corpora graſſantur. Sunt autem & isti Miniſtri Dei, ſed quomodo Satan Miniſter Dei est, qui ubi que adverſatur, circumvenit, terdi. Omni a in manibus ſunt cupidiſſimorum hominum, ut jam non unum Tyrannum habeant, qui ſub talibus Imperiis degunt, ſed ſexcentos. *A Character of our times.Friget omnis justitia, fervet cupiditas imo dominatur, putant enim ſi Tribut a ſint quacunque ratione ampliſſima, jam recte administraci Imperium. Ne ergo tenure ſummam rerum imprudentibus, pueris, ſtupidis, CUPIDISVE nedamus, ſediis quorum probitas, fides, prudentia, longo uſu perſpectae ſint, alioqui frustra nos aliquando queremur, quod dicitur, non putaviſſe: Tribuat nobis omnipotens Pater, Magistratus tales, qui nullum aliud exemplum ſpectent, quam ejus, cujus, ordinatione ad hoc cocuneris inautorati ſunt, ut ad modum Creatoris nostri ſeſe geraent quo Patres nos multos habere gloriare poſſimus: Nec queri cogamur, quod Propheta Mic. 7. (ver. 1. 2 3 4. 5. 6.) queritur. Vae mihi, &c.
Amen.