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Show ( 98 ) arr.o relra l' d , are ObliO'ed Virtute Orclinis & Officii, ~:> ' • d b their Order or Office to the comraiy ; an h~ve come into England (and many of rhem l ;rz h 1 ave gone beyond the Seas, and Enu 0''' W 0 1 c r. 'd) d re;eived Orders of rhe Pope, as atoreial an have fo been proved rh~ough a_ long Tr.aet of T' . Therefore ir provtdes, as m rhe faid Act ._I me ·1 g exprell . unro which I refer, and ro ts at ar e ' d h 1 -· the Preamble of the t:lid ACt, an r. e or 1er . . d ACts of rhe Narion, wluch rdate Lthaewresu, ntaon for rhe Groun d s on which rh, e Pro-- lr'l{ 'I OnS t. n 'th at Law c..~, .re made and bottom d, and on which rhey fiand. Now Whar is this ro the People calle~ 0!ake,- s, or' in Juftification of your Pr~cecdt~gs a-gainfi them as to Banifhment an )earh . . Are the; Papifis, or popi: •-Y A eCl:ed? Dtd ye ever find rbem fo ? Or, i~ach the leafi Shadow thereof been laid £O their Charge by you, or found againfi them ? • . Have you ever foL!n? th.~m ratling of At ms; or Planing or Comnvmg m order. rhe.reu~to. Or fee king w withdraw th~ People m your J Ltrifdiction from their Allegtance untO England; (it's well if fome fuch Thing be n_or found upon you) Or, harh it n~r been. mamfefr, that their Principle is orherwtfe ? Vrz. To lead out of Wars, arJd the Occfffion of tbem (fc.) tbe Lrifls that are in Men from whence they come. Did they e~er put the Nadon of J!.ngl~na inro Wars and Confufion, ro Exert rheu· Prmciple, or any other Nation on the Face of the Eanh ? Or, on the conrrary, harh nor Peace been that which they have Endeavoured ~d mong Men ? And is not dieir Gofpel, Good W:a towards Men? • ( 99 ) Are they Men of Blood, of AffalTinations and Murders? Hath any Man fallen by their Hands ? Or, have they ftretched out their Hand againft any Man? Have they not Endeavoured, and is ir not their Principle, to bring oztt of Blood and Confufion, out of War ancl Dejlruction, out of Defr:lation and Calamitr ? And have they not fubjeCled rhemfelves to the Spoiler, and their Eftar~s ro the Robber, in order hereunto ? Can •my of the feven Parriculars· aforefaid, on which the Law of Engla11d, in irs Provifions a .. gainft Jefuirs, is grounded, or any Thing Congruous or Suirable thereunto, be jllfily attributed w rhofe People? Or, have ye charged them wirh any fuch in Particular, and found ir upon them? I-Jow come ye then £O fay, In Exampl~ of the La'Jv of England, in their Provifiom againft .7efuits? Surely, ye thought to fcare Ignorant People therewirh, as Children are wirh the Name of Jefuirs : So that if ye Name bur J efuir, and fpeak of a Law made againll: rhem, ir is enough ; In Example of the Law of England, i1J their Provifion againft J-e(uits--(ay ye. Burch~ Law of Englar;d harh fuch Ground for ics Provifions :againfi that Order of Men, which your Law harh nor again!! thefe People: So your Warranry being gone, where's you hold? Thus are ye taken in rhe Snare which you have laid for others; and in the Pic which ye have digged, 4lre your felves fallen : And rhe Lavt of England is not for, but againfi you ; is not an Example ro you in this Cafe, bur the contrary. So henceforward,, rake heed how you thed Blood, and then feek co cover your felvc:s under rhe Laws of England, or feek ro thar for Shelter which will noc Save you. Thu~ G ~ much |