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Show &l A Seafonable Ca'Ciiat agtfinH PoPERt. Voll. I. 41670· fo exprcfly confr,'d by OJir ~avi~Jtr, in tbe GdRfl, ~J ,comi;t~ in it feif ~ fo perfoEt ""ABridgment of ouT" whole Duly'~il! tov!x,Jn ,,., .Anfw We may take his Belief to be as hearty, as h~s COnfeffi?ns are fincere; 't know' not what to fay more.. mHy., .Than tha.r hts whole DiJCou!Je is aQ. IronY,; we are to rn~fure it by conuanes, efpecml1y when the Fruus give the Tree the Lye. L · b ft c. l{ow far the Romqn·Catbolitkf reverence the moral 3~\\ IS e .,~u fly cbnjidi:rln , hoW111any Laws they have made_ to d•lhoy " · 1, Thargof bimger. For though God.d1dexpreOy lnJOf~ 1Uif~r, Tltartlle lfraelires !hould not make to them~~~~· the ~~~ene{s of any PT~mg m He:~.ven Qr in Earth (whence the pnmmye-.Chnfhai\s abhorr~ atmure) Or·w~n they h~ ~ done, rPtrf tbey foou!d !fOr bow down uRt9 H: ~ et, ho~' 1nanY .Edias are rbete in. being, th:tt reqp. tre rh:m .to be fe~ up tn thetr Chu!:cb.es, •• 1'.'1,)'"'*"'' Cal;ridars, to whom da~ly Homase " performed; "e are. t~e ~endia Ertfigns of the Popi]h-l;\lg~a'tfrr~Rel•g•Jn. . .. :t" :l In not On 1 di nfing w~rh Difobedience tn Children, but 1~ c-,;cmng !h~ to it, if ey'tpre~end. feme Service to •heir Cliur<lh, be tt to make ~ ;~;~;t~fe frequent ll_bll! fo)' Motrmes, that can. no more be denie~ than Li ht t ~ool"daf, bY wl!ich People ·~\It been lhnW up, upon the P'.Oinif! of tori;ivenefs or Sin~" R-edemptlo.illl:om Ptlrga~ry; a.nd l:."temal Shtvanon; or dfeadful Dehounct~rjon ~P'Frei'Qal Damnatton, to emer.p~ lba.t Worlt of mur~ering roapy !lundrc!d lfh<lufands of ~tn1 Women, and ChjldrciJ, w/'r~out any llljja! Plelenttlleilt, Tryal or Conv_,a,on. Ru.t-rbe Confidetario)) of the!l: 11\ing..ls too '!'/"'P out of Fatll!on ~ En~l.nJ; . fince many erhbr.tce them upon their<prefent-Difguifes, :wd. not m theu uue fanguinary Appearances. , : :· ~ . . 4. The Breach of the moral Law i's ngnally mamfeftJin ,•helt Difpelllilt!· ons of t>Ublick Stews, efpecial_ly at I<._ome; where rh: ~opes Revenue IS oot a little Jl)<llid.lJl' thPfl'! ~f!SOdl,y Licenre,, Andr. m~ til" .fatllllY·kt>own· that by fu'cil i?nmorat Cou·rres, they h:tve ~repr mto d!l! moil-. 'C~in~t· <;:ppnf~ls Q~ J:rwc~~; ond not only rendJc;d, th~mfelvej ~!a~er> ol the11Se· C'~ls, b~~ iqfinp'\.ted their 1'roje¢ls by~~ Force of 'ef\emmate Temprau¢ Jl§ ;vhi<;ht, If <\.~ny'd, rpig!\t eafi\)' b~ ~rov'd·•n th':Cafo:.of Hrn. thefounh Q,fi;Prance, ~sl.9.tl;fers. . . , ·'·l Tha.> it~l1gion hath proved thq~re3\"ft Thie.f ur.Namre: Jr.s P~."· ~4inqls, 4r<6·bjj}Jeps, f!ifho.,pr, DeaQ.t~ Fhapten, mr~j(~hole Order.r. ofF~ , , l)~v~ ~··~r <l'!!lo{!M the groarcft Share of the ~ ealth of Eurofl', ~il:,p of thpf¢ Countries, where. yer.t~e;r. •. re R. egent. Before c,.n<r.lln(. ~~ ~Vean apd rne,ek' were Chrlfti'an M~niH:Cr~l puc m ~ts Ttme, an~ a fe':" q.~ aftei, to 'Vha1 '!.!\range l:iegree of exotb1tant Pt~ij 'and Avanced1d l)!.e Clergy !l!QUPf, when it c,oufd d,u;e on\n,l~ l'ew's· "I 10 .the whole W'Orld , Klngdoms and Empires muft he i?;IVtn and k~n with a W E ~I LI,, 0% WE. ·4 !l..A-N T, ell:. ' . . V;t~ r/ioJ,e..(:.'W};rie,r., and ,r~e umvttfal. Poverty of them zmpztte to. tbt~J: S.W.4.',t!l{;o["t)'-H}t~.amL Cq;erpt8?Jrt1 wPo, bv~b .corrypt mr4 brgtt~r tbem. TbH U.p.,Til'ff r/?tugb /ifl ]harking, yet more Crtmmal. '1·6 .. >~ey_ qorprip)ifly ~~~k the Moral·I,.aw, in !h?t ~re~t Command, '.l;hoi.Jfr'!.II"i'· 'e,w-ralfc-VIilnifs og~ilr/1 t!Jjl\'ri~11bour; ivhich com~rcfiends an~~~~~.:~~e'~i~efs is bOund 'io anfwcr fUrther the~ Hy Ihterroga~o'rles ht i<-pul1wk'd, fo-ioo it utt .. l¥-impollible, .tJuL ey,er.l:rJUh..lhould be rold •. or M"l' fin. in Lyin& ,(_whilft .9~e of the ~rQrel! Sms). If rhe l1~<Nifh MaXImS Wtl'<>l>U~ once ~ifd.i-o .&lneJof wliu:hll fbalttQUclt.· u.~oncUl>Ih~ S'ljuel of this Chapter. · . . · As to that Part of their COnfeffion, which may relate to thetr Keep1l·g 9£ I:r~mift:.. aA<l~;IYin~ Subj~!.iioQ t~ the Civil MJg,iftrat~s of whJt Re •& o~,f9<,vq, '1.\\~ 11111.~ 1'1\0fU~ t4o!li unde,r whom they. b\le: I pur!>'?felj> nvet·1ooktit bccaufe it i• "'e1l11Q~wn-, that rhcr have·b<Cn-fo fai f{om yieldlOll;.. ' mg A Seafonable Caveat againft I'oPI!RY. ing Obedience to !he Ma~ilhates of any Religion1 that they have not fiuck ro Affaffinare rhofe (If rhea own, to whofe Power they owed their Civit and Religious Pro~e8:ion. And truly, if fuch Do.uble Cordr of D11ry cannot tie the Hands of !'1en from murdering their Natural and Religious Princes (as 1ienr.! the th1~d an~ [ounh of Franc~, both Kings of their Country, and rhereu_1 of their Rel1g1on i becaufe a ht~le r~fratl:ory to the Sinifter Defigns of an mfolent Clergy-man or two) I thmk Jt needlefs to give their plainer E~~ti!h of Obedience, wbo fo exceUently render it in the Paraphrtr[t· Ofrlmr Life. I fpeak not this to incenfe the Powers againft them ; for it is my real Belief, rhat neither are ~11 of th~n1 fuc:_h, nor would I take the Burden off my own Sh~uldt:r, to Ia)' 1t _on therrr (bcmg a prof eft Abettot of an Univer~ ial Tolerauon) Bot thts be.ng Marter of Fad, as they c.1nnot deny it, fo ~ollld I gla~ly hear o.f their Confeffion of there Irnpinies ; and rh:n they dtfown the lt~e Prathces,. not by fine gloffes, but ab Amendtnenr of Life, and Reformarton of Doilnnc; which would really entitle them to that Verity, they do but hitherto fitl:irioufly attribute to themfelves. The Senfe and Opinion of their oWn Authors. . Firtl, Jrafque.:: teJcheth, That not only an Image of Clod, h11t any Creature tn the World~ rerifonah!t: or unre,ifonah!e, may tvitbollt Danger he worjhipped wub God, ttl His ./mt~ge. Th11t we ought .to adore t he Rdic!u of Saints tho' under the Form of Worm.r, De Adorat. lib. 3· dVE'fi . 1. c:tp. 2. ' Secondly, They teach, ThtTI CbiiJren may di obey tbeir Parents in heing :ft.;,'mts or Fryan: Jh1d this G_irls may do trt welve, and Boys a; Fonrrun Jears of Age. Butt he Co11nct1 of Trent enlarged tbe P1zrent'.r JJ.zuhority to Szxuen. This wretched DoCtrine was taught and decreed by Pope Clement t~e Third: Tb. Jiquin. '!"dafter bim his Scholar~ taught the fame, Cap. cum ;b~u~r~:~~e~!~tH!l~~~r~· 2. qu. 88. art. 9· hb. t. cap. tot. a!Jo in Cafe T)lirdl~, lf a Noble: Man be fer upon (fays Cardinal ToOer) and may ef· cape bl_got'!g aw_ay, be .u 'not obliged to do it ; hut fii'!J ~iU him that imend.r to Pnlie bun vmh a S1tcll, Inftrutt. Sacerd. Lib. 5· Cap. 6. Num. I 5· F~urth!y, If a Man he beajlly dnmk, and t hen commits Fornication, it is na Sm, Ltb. 14 Cap. Jj. N. 4· Alfo, That a Man may lie tvitb Women, to J oti.rfie his carnal Dejire, or for bis Hetdtb-Jtrke, Lib. 5· Cap. Jo; 13. A .A1an mny bed with his inte11ded Wife; nay, il is good to do fo if the .!rlarriage be deferred, Jays Emmanuel Stt. Aphor. tir. debitum con jugale 6. Fifthly, They inftruft: how robe an honeit Thief lt is law/Ill to deceive ar rob a Brother, when to do fo is nece_[fary, to preferve a good Name. For no Alan is hollnd to rejlorc flo/en qoo~s, thus. ~1avar. Cardinal Cajetan, and Toltt; who further add, That thu u a Dof!rthe ta11g_ht by man], and which ""Y be follou·ed wirb •f•fe Confcience, Toler. lnftruti. Saccrd. Lib. 5· Cap. 2.Manua!. Cap. 18. N. 7· Sixrbly, How juft they may be to their Promifes, how fubject to the Supream Magiftracy, and of how eminent Service to humane Societies, may befr appear out of rhefe fo1lowing Maxims. If a .hlmt fmear be wiU tnke Jl. C. to wife, bt mnyfccrerly mean (if lure• 4/urjhepkaft me) Inftrufi. Sacerd. lib.4. cap. 21, 22. If a .Mt~n fwear be wiU give a Thief Twenty Crowns, hf may fccretly fay, (if I plenfc to do it) and tbcn be is not bounJ. Of this rare lovenrion Vfl{guez v:lunrs not a little, 35 being gathered out of .AuguD. and JiqPin. fn. l· Tom. 4· qu. 9!· art.~· dub. IJ. · Thtre arc tr»o JiflinU Tribuntdt (fays Becamn) and the &clejiafli~al is the S11perior: .And tbere/tve, if a fcctJlllr Prince gives hH S11!JjcOs afafe ConduB; be cannot extend it to the S11pcrior T,.ib11nal, nor by any Suprity given, binder the Bifoop, or tbe Pope td exercife t heir ]11rifdi0ion, Theol. Scho· Ia. Th:u this is fo, let us call ro mind, rbat the Pope, and other of his Q q q 2 Ecclrfi· |