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.will not win over Mr. Berington to the
lide of trudiy they may prevent many from
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lingtcms manijifl endeavours to corrup«t
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l^vanment^ and to &am a. party againft
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<|Kflmaive tide iX Stafbrdshire Clergy ,
viU iionour thenp vkih a penifhl , they n;iay
per^p^ .(iiibovi^ fame motives, to Isii^
tt J^ieir condefoenoeace, in accepdng, dte
^ed^caijiOD of Mr. Benpgtons ia^^ woric :
sod' if d^ 5iil iiQ( yet lelinqt^ die
Oppo^ticHi to ep^copal authority > imp
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controverfy o^lii^^^^ bf^ pfinctoles.' 9.'.^ Sen-
timents of oottteifey Relative to TMr. Beringtona
Writings. M.^lVe^fdp fqx ?n8|efn^^».coi»Mt
verfywith ^jr, ^ejingtbo. 15, r-i;TJ»« iaJboif •«!-
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of otjiijri5>o..a5^^,pjjT-,ctjapjp^ -87-
•— The authQ^:^nj5ption$ v^ tifiirljr" ftftjed. ^j^
-^Mr. Beringtdns intentions difcbvere'd. 31.':.. A
Temarkable intention of Mr. Berington examined. 33.
*— An aflfertion of Mr. Berington difcufled. 35.
•-. Conduft of modem reformers'. 38. — Imitated
by Mr. Berington. 40. -. Mr. Berington a dange^
tous «dvetfary-why 48 Specimens of his ftyle.
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<— Accoaoc ofrlphD Muskr(j^tt| 85. >— Jefuits
fefaooU in the fixteentfii century. 91. — The femi^ .
4ath9)int<!«M| iB «#ii(»iffl»J«^4l5%r^ l^r^WSfltff
«f Pr. .«wb»w X«?««s ) .»• -irr /Ofigjii of ^M^
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fons. 130. <«-» Pirody o^ it. 13a. «-* The proteT-
ution of allegi&Dce by the 13 priefts examioed. 134*
IPoIitics of the feminary priefts examined. i40«
~» D*. of CardiMl Alien asid Parfdos. I4»»
'«— Loyalty of the eathcriic clergy defended againft
Sir J. Throcktnof tocL 149. — » Politicr of Parlbof
with refped to the fiicceffion. 156. --l Idea of
Mr. Beriogtons authori. (note) 154. ^^ Oath of
tllegiifoce. 159. -^ Death of f^rfons ••» Mr. Bei^
Ingtottt inconfiftence. xtfo. — Appelhmtt. lit*
Indiibreet condtuft of Mr. Bishop. 1^4. ^^ Reaftmt
for n6t aj^inting ordioariet in Engtand. iftf^
--^ Enter Oregorio ^tosani. xtfS. ««»
PA RT II;
Fknzani iotfodoced. 1(9. '^ Difedvettd td bt an
Impoftor 171. -^ Dodd^ feheme of pcilBtahing the
memoirs of Windebank. 17a. «-> Imeitatidn tf
Mr. Berington. 175. «-^ The im|)ofturt of Pansani
proved from Blonds Ketters. fjf. «-^ Cdtidftn on
Dodds motives for i)ot poMtshiDg^thein^tfttiirSt and
on Mr. Beriogtons afiimion« that 'theyt. are now
lirft published by hinkfelf. ito. -.-Itfr. Beringtooa
jplagittiftn .^ the aothors ^ifitoo^df 0bdds^iriotk|.
x85. .^ Intrinfic evidence of the memoMr^eia* .
mined hi various inftabcer jW. t6 1)18. — The
tgrQeaSnr*btcireeii tbt • deify Mi' iht^ Mantel
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#f the provincial Blood* aoa. — * A rpeculatioo o(
Ftosaoi* dotf. -*«• Private oath of the clergy. 907%
«-« Secpod review of the memoirs. 309. ~- RefV>ed
of Urban VIII, fo» tb« £r%lish. Aktioo. a 10. -^
F» Preftoo. an. Paozani debarred ftom coort
If Jefbiti. ill. mm Interview between Pansani abd
Windebaokdefcribid. axf- -^ Thi^ proteftant clergf
appoib the appointment of a caiholic bUbop^ ai4ir
«-^ The <rt>}eftioos of the. Jefoits ag^nft it ' on«
known. jai5r— The kiog$ Aippofed inclination to
ftvour catholia. ax5. --^Ablurd calomnies againft
the jefoits. 117. ^^^ Cardinal Baijberitiiif repropf to
j^nztni^-^well deCeived* ai8. -^F. Davenportf
lKK)k. a ip. '^^ The Popes ofiet ,^^>facrificc tht.
|cfuits examined,, aao.*~Fanzanis.fcctets — hisn^;*
gociation examined, aaa. —Enter Fiiflief Philip. -«
his great penetirat^nt at}, r^ Ha pr^pofes a ?e<i^
€iprocal agency. 004.^ *-^ Mr, '^eringtoos injiiftice
tp F. Ihxilip. 235. -— MijraculiQAis converiion of
i/b. Montague, ibid. — 1^< r^ objeft of tjtst
feciptocal negociation. aaJ$.-*^Ent^r Mr. Conn-*
his modcjfty and his difappointments. aa8. -i-. .Th9'
agi:eeme&t l^tween the clergy. #«d, the regulart:
aigain confidered. d3o. ~» Jnftanc^ eif ^ F. PhUipfh
penetration, agx. ^ Mt. Cosn. once more 933;:
-^ Panzaoi Ijpecu^^ if^W. the privileges pf thii»
legolars. agi- -^ PoJlti^l; ^^fcerngiAQt qf:\lm>
|eftiits •— * of the Pope «~ weak policy of the
t0ou. agf. *^ The rareeshoW» or the moft inte«
ktol Ictoc S37. ^^ PatitioD foe Mr. Conns me«
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PART III- — „
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gton; 855. -i^Oft^dtb;^ the^l^o^ «Sd *y tkt
BitE^ishcl^rtj^il^.^^ their opiidbc^^ 1158^
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Z>6dd «-^ poifits^ of cbrinaioiA bettiretts^ Ilodd tn^
Mr. Berlttgton; *Jj- -^i- Dr: HbHeo; -*i Opinlotrtf
6FDD. Pogli and lieyborb concetmbg ^tfim. ^6$.*^'
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-^ Infbnce^ 6f ttie refp^ which I)r: ttoId& diodght
due to the Pope. 270. ~. IVTf: lleringtbns adniiratiott*
of Ctora'vrell and repobllCtotfin. ^^p. — Atidret^
BfbiriWch. -^ Dootra abbut kij ' hi^ng /t dtfef"
iSife oaths.'^ 274» -i^'batfr orthptoilacy — tannot be*
sdtaiitted by eathblics. 37^.'-^ X^ft'olical^ vicah
MdtDicted by lames H. a;^"— 'Ca\in« of the deia^
Jii -appointing Bishopsr «6r/±L'' Apoftoficdl vicafV
not oppofed IJy the clergy. 283.' —^5^1^^ Sergeaiit —
his eharafter CMte") ^^4. ^^' His rtiilboforg' about
^pifcopal po^erP Sl^^. Ur-pffia-cnte'^^W^ h^
fyfttfm aft« that of Mr. Beringtmit^fiW.— ' EffbttS
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AN ADDRESS
TO THE REVEREND
JOSEPH BEayNGTON.
take yoa fbt m; molM- lii^.tJM
writing of uldnAff. Wfeew yoii
judge proper to complain of ^e «ooiludk
of a Biihop, youadddels the pi>blte«%h#
"^ probably concern themfohrea wfpy /little^
either with your addtieflea or arlUi yoot
comptoiott. («) Hasiog fone leeibii- 1(» bt
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C«) S$e the addrefs ff Alf , B^i|i|toi| «i)d C;*( 19,0^
catholic clergy of England , Jan. t6. 179a. It Wu faom
iftct te^inted io 4*. irhh a Slue covet ,lqr • Aiv of kifi
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and to deliver to you, ^ithput difguifi^ , my
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your conduft. The public^ if it will, may
lofpeA touf CODt»dve?{y ; ' and if* it should
ever think proper to awprd a jqdgpent uppa
ky; 4^ jiidginciH Will ndt^ comeftt^ by iiie»
Soon as I obtained a fight of The Me^
moirs of Gregorio Paniani i I read the bookf
becaufe it was yours , but^with little ettriofitj^^
and with lefs emotion. I couid not reafbmil
i^gf^ smy gr»tificati0|i for the fbrfaier oli^a
iiiiije^,^9rhiah you had already treated wim
lbfif9H)dft;AiperfictaL levity I (*^ and^the rcS*
^Og K^whidl 1 beftoitred bft year ocrfemfi of
irour ,Qilh«r wotks,: hM .rendered, nie^ tattoos
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f iUa^'wfto -ear Ae4 tf^ Ute attt rtmiUw d
liutfldal iof two faundred yctn , and then ^US>
gor|^ ie alxMil '^ ia topei tint the pubttfc
trUl fxnUov inch -filthy food t Stnmge,
Mr. Beriogtod, that im fo long a coorfis of
tioc^ you coold fidd 1M> ftaf^iriog of virtue,
to diverfify the •odioui repaft f: Vou have
fanfii^M the hiftory of joor fiMetdotal bre*
threff doring tiro bt4|hc eentoties Of thxit
txiflewte » in order-MV ^fiftovier ibe interpuoc*
tio0i of datluMff V vbidi hiftory or tradition
1»t preferred, ae^fs to^ 14aae of virtaet,
UriMch o(her«ire> SDfig^ have been thoagfat
|dcredi>le ) yoil^ have «xerted all yoiir fiigatitf
to obliterate that Aifikaie of your predeoef-
fiffSfirtdeh ftigmidiist your dwn degeneracy.
Wtdi equal rage you deViiMir yonr cotetapo»
taiies ; nodiing can ctoy yoor toTacity. After
long aiaiigttDg the oafoaffte of dead JefiiHv,
jfou tie them up coliviog Birftops, pridband
BBonks) it ii the cnselty of Meientius ,
. TomtuA g,nus /,...,. ^
And. what have yoo provedl If «very affif
tion in your tale w-ere irrefragably tMe , it
would at moft follow t that Ibfl&erly thert
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iris « diverfity of opinions iuhdng taUt ete«
barked in a common caure', that bur prede-
ceflbrs, two hundred yfeaft ii^d, were frail
tnen as we now are. It wefe teitainly uore
agreable to forget, than to r«£bunt tlieir
weaknefles ; it is better to hide than to uncover
the nakednefs of our fathers. Vour brethren
of the catholic clergy have looked into tho
Uftory of their predecefTors as well as you*
And every ban aixiong them has, l>een edified
with an unintcfrrupted fiiccetiion of thebrigh*
teft virtues 9 sliihing in the mi^fl of the
ftvereft trials; each one can Repeat venerated
nasties, Which have dignified his refpe^tive
college, from Cardinal Allen to Bi$hop Dou*
gtafs, from father Parfons to the R. Mr.
Mbte. If the bright ferieS of virtues has
.been fometimes foiled with the alloy of bumaa
weaknefs; iffufpidousjealoufieihave, infome
infhinces, engendered complaints and recrimi*
nations aipong individuals, or eyen entire
bodies; they may eafily be derived fripm a
too k^en feeling of that naturat partiality t
which attaches IbdiViduats to ihei^ own fociety ^
and which always ctfmpeofates^ by a thoufan4
aidVantage|{ , the tranfitqry diminution of good^
which it fometimes occafiSRf.^WlER wonder «
Sir, that even virtuous sten do not always
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dUcetn the lioe^ wlijcti difcrii^ui^tes Ia^dabJ|p
emutation from The cqpr
Joiinding oFthefe ni^^^ niark^.l^orders. is
apt to occafioQ V^ry iticorrefl: decif^aps ^vci^T
thing appears irregular and dii^pned , ,w.e
fancy our rights invaded . y^e cpnceive refiftr
ance to be ^ duty , s^nd ^ in thg^ hurry, o^
miftaken zeal , we fee a foe m ^yefy^
friend. 'iThe annals olF private Ipcieti?? ^ , ?s^
\vell as the histories of nations, muft have
exemplified this truth to cverV attentive rea-
dcr^ and I should' coxiceive ii'to be th? cluty
of the hiftorian, when he takes 'his ,rctrofpe<%-
live view of |)'aft .tran{a£li9n^ , to replace all
objefts in their proper .fite, F
true colours , ' diffahces . and' I-
ferve Ae true lights^ the ti t
pifture. Hqw dBfferenfly S )
I bbferved t6 ybh'IaQ: year , t
portraits , ydii for ever give f
the perrons wTiomyyou attei >
dawb (and dav^bfng is your < „
( unluckily for them^^vhile , t \
either Pqpe'sV 9r J^i^hops , }
that iriftant your teafon , or r?^r y^ WSfQ<^"
lair nerves are in a flurry; ;^pur eyefigjjc.^^
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^ffloTcferecF, Von (e6 horns fewa^i from their
foreheads, theff ftrt clefevd ifi Iwp ,* and whea
tvfepay y68 our 6\ arid 6<^o^ ydur pifture^
tfi'have purthafed toonftfei-i^^ . '
Xjorgpnsan^ 'Harpies and chineru 4ife.
4n ^ne pf^fem kifiaoce^.jitrdly a Cealute
fc|tjie*pii^wal-j«.yrtf^^^ ixir ttue forw<
(t^.^ould i^x]t)ilpk a delighiful pi^re;4ind.tb4v
few "ctooked Unys , which .n^.ighf^ offend the,
tyfi th^x^e^s^fyv^^f^^^ the
few fpecks 1^ wWeli ,pvift fticjc ^p ihe virtttes of
cgbrcal^^yjoji^^ala)^^^ dif^dar io the bright
colours, which .fufroijnd tt^^,ift- ^^uf^it.fe^py^
^ajt your m^pn ;s ncH jou ^yel ^n^qu^Utiw
i^makefimitih^ crooked paih^^jm iherontcaijj^
you extend: tbefn^ from the fcgipn. of , erro|;
into ' thatl pf . abiQlgte faifehood- 1 Jnftead ,o£
pathating faults , you magnify tl^^nij inta
crimes; you disfigure goodnefs with the garb
office; yofton^Ae* every intention ^i yon
Waft 5 .yduc!*ritlwr:.€Tcry virtue/ Whoevw
sb^lditaiSiEt^ouodeftri^on oftcmrmiffioqwjli
BI^A^fdrifl^e:tnidii 6)uft dertikdy; donclude^
tb0l. With the exaption of 'a ifew^ theyha^
\fitn i aod. iUll a/Q ^ a barood o&cmtMocpitittto
and vicious mifcreants. For tuna te l y for thrir
<rf&lit, whbe^'er lisronfy ii VAiJfl^re, of tha
hillotry of thofe extraordinary men / wlio have
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continued among us above two eenmrlets
under the preifure of penal laws , the difeoa«^
ragements of poverty, and the privation of
the advantages of fodety , muft certainly be*
lieve, that they have been a£hiated by Ibme
principle of generous virtue, that they have
been eonne^ed by fome bond of goodnelf t
that they have not been uniformly bigots »
wranglers , ibbls dnd flaves. In a word^ the
extravagance of folly and vice , iRfhich yea
impute to them , muft awaken fufpicions fa*
vorable even to Jefuits; it muft render your
ftory improbable to the uninformed ; and per*
fbns, who are converHint in the matter and
ftfyeCt the catholic religion , vsill continue to
expreis that dif^uft of yoAr performance,
ii^ch has been already tefiified by almofl
every ipdividual , who has had the misfortune
torea<ifit.
It is not my prelent bufioeft to refiify
ill your miftakes , or to write'4be hiftory of
Efiglish catholics, which you Ijave fo wo*
fiilly disSgu^ed. The former task hw beetf
lately, in great meafuret executed widi foc«
ceft by a dreaded ad verfar y $ ( * ) to whom yon
•■ III ) < * } I' lJ ' M ' 11 1 ! 1 ■ Ml ' ' —
(*) Set Btfkltt§k0i Htmwm ^t*9¥t ^ d>« &• *''•
MiliMt, F. A. S.
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teve replied) only with avkwnrd attempts
at mis-shapen wit and with wanton infult^
The latter part has been repeatedly performed
by writers of merit , from whom the antici-
pated refutation of your principal mis-fl:ate«
ments might eafily be gathered! botl should
^wander from my prefent .purpofe by copying
tiheir documents, which are at hahdi and it
"wotild be weaknefs in nleto run into the
foare^'Whieh you have fpread for me, but
tirhich. you had not the art to difguife. : la
controverfy as well as in real war, I know
that flratagem is often employed to draw an
'enemy from an advantageous pofi , from which
force cannot diflodge him; and an ardent foe
may fomeii'mes be inveigled to Tally ibrth
againft a'falfe attack, which is intended only
to decoy him from his jground , and to fcreea
the too real weaknefs of* the crafty aggre£R>n
Ifl your prefent fituidtion, your* charaj£ler<,
your religion, the credit of the catholic church
and of Ac catholic clergy , to both which you
yet belong, required from you, either. aa ext
plicit tevdcation of thkifalfe. tenets irireligioa
and .poGcy , with which I have charged ^^ou ^
or.elfe an jequally clear ri^futation of{tlio(ft
ch)irgesj|.with ?tlemon{iratu>n that theypar^
wroDgfallyriPfHite^ .Ifothing lef^ ^aik^ii^flA
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part of this alternative can cover yoa from
the jqO: indignation of the proteilant and ca*
tholic public ; and do individual would feel
Hiore lincere comfort than I, to fee you walk-
ing, wub candour in one df thefe paths ^ to
which I ftattiered myfelf that I had confined
you. But, inftead of this , you run off in a
diverging line ^ you are, in a minute , at the
chance of two hundred years from me, and
you cry out , that the Popes and Jefuits of
that period were knaves and rogues, in full
expe&ation that I shall run after you , to
hinder you from defiling th^ with the dirt «
which you Ikve coUefted for this purpofe.
The fubjefl which I. have in hand wilt afford me
incidental opportunities to wipe, off a part of
it; but in the prefentnddment I should perhaps
befriend your tottering caufe, if abandoning
you, I should burnish up all my weapons,
and proclaim myfelf aloud die champion of
the much injured Jefuits. I give you all the
credit that you-deferve, for your contrivance
to make a diverfion; bot as I emulate the
charaQer of a fiiir and honourable foe, I pu*
blicly declare to you ^ that you will not draw me
into your ambush. You will not induce me
toq^it the poft, from which I have chofeo
to figfat you, I feel myfelf not only io^reg*
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nible ifi It^ but J un-CbrxotD^Mtffjybiir
iiiailer^thailwill fiwte ^Mavdtiier to^dck^ovr*
ledge youe defeat^ !9r;«c ldk& :io tetird fiiom
fefitft of arnis and hide ypqridUgracefol woundk.
The infefkion of themaonoys yoor fleigbboom
you. ilill. continue to' fpread Tenwttr^itnbitg
the flock^ : but in vain do/you writke yoot fetf
around^' 1 have pointed you out to your Bisb^
op9'(c*yl have feid w Mm ^^^ ■'
^ape faxa mam $ (^^ robora Paftqf, » ^
Tqllentemque minas & c^rvila ^olla tumtnttfii . ,j
He may yet aim a blow at you with his
paftoral ilafF; this would at once remoVe a(l
our follicitude. Biit if He flill chufes leave
the conteft to bi« fubalterns, you. shall con-
tinue to find me among the foretx>oft. I will
aim a new.viiroke at every new head that
fprQuts^aadl will ijeferve for you tbofe wea-
pons, which you vainly wish me tp emplpy in
deferite of that ded^kfed fociety , which coo*
foled itfelf, even in death V with the recolleftiaQ
of its pad fuccefles' in a fimilar warfare
During the period of their itervice, tneY''were
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it this end of Remarks on , 2cc.
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ackjDOwkdjsed tO'&eofeRiI auxiliaries; tfae
maia body to whk^ they were aggcegated^
fitUvfbbfifU fresh; vigorous and ootire; aod
I told.y6tt lafi year , tbac the weabeft amoog
them is more than an * overmatch for you.
They regret the lofs of their ancient conlbrts
10 armsi but they will not lofe time in invcf-
tigating the pad condu£): of the dead, while
their prowe& is waot«d to refifi the neWjat^icks^
which you are perpetually dire£liiig againft
them. They are the fons of men, who have
been above two hundred years inured to com*
bats againft vice and error; they can boaft a
long lift of conquerors in this warfare^ apd it
]s my glory and utmoft ambition ^t prefenc
to be aftbciated to the exploits of thefe men,
..'•••• per quas ctcidert jufta
Mortc ccntaurl^ cecidit tremcndi$
Flamma chiaucrs.
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To fpeafc without figure, Mr. BeriogtOD,
the catholic clergy of great Britain are 00c to
foe frightened by youf attacks nor to befeduced
by your artifices. They heard you with
amazement, in your early career, delivering
for catholic truths, in their orthodox fchools,
the borrowed follies of lyftemaiicaldeiftsithej
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difmiflecl you from the chair > which yoil QMi^
faned; apd theyhavewitDefltd,duriag twenty
years , your ucceafiog epdeavoun to weakrp
or defiroy our refpe£l for the firfi Bishop of the
catholic churchy whofe Father» you contemn ^
whofe prelates you revile ^ whofe ceremonies
you ridicule t and whofe miniflefs.you infult.
With grief they have obff^rved your daring
attempts to fubvert the epifcopal authority of
our prelate ^ who reje£l your fervices; {a} they
have heard the hollow noife of your groundtefs
protefiations againft their exertions of fpiritual
jurifdiflion ; they have beheld with indignation
your attempt to roufe , if po0ible i the minifters
of the fanfluaryt againft their anointed prelates )
your maxims and your do&tinui your theology
and your pUkifpphy) your books and your
letters , your^ rams and your farcafms have ail
equally difgufied your ecclefiaftical brethren ;
they had long wished to fee a lAark fet upon
you; and when nobody elfe would undertake
the labour , they applauded my endeavours to
(tf) Ic is very ceruin , that the late right retetend
DoAors Cballpner, Thomu Talbot, aod Matthew Gibroo
utterly difapproved Mr. Beringtons principles and doc*
trinet; and I have proofs that they are equally difliked
by his prefent prelate; the right reverend Thomas Talbot.
The rentimenu of oot other Bishops are well known. '^
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evi!o(er tbfe contmdiaioas abd^ foUSss of your
iDCOceiical philofophy. With the melancholy
exception of a few of your nearefi neighbours «
there is but one voice , with rHpeft to you ,
throughout the whole body of our ctergy;at)d
of your writings I may aver with the exa£):ne6
of truth) what the love-Gck queen uttered of
faer treacherous fuitor 9
f • abolere nefindi
, CujnSa viri monumenta jubet monftrakqfit Stcerdod.
4* iSn.
If your other pabllcations ofiS^oded their
prthodoxy, your laft , which occafions this
tiddrefS) has raifed peculiar di^tift; becaufe^
befides the crfd vilifying inifmtidions againft
Popes and Bishops , it is, laiaoQg other
views, calculated to make a breach, if pof^
fible , in their owa body , by creating jeaiou*
lies againft tt^ remnants of their ancient
auxiliaries , for whom they fe^l nochtag but
charity and coo^paffion. Baie^ attempt ! it will
not fucceed. The clergy have but two ene*
mies ; they are error and vice ; they will
conftantly combat thefe ; and while you openly
prote£l the former, they muft confider you
as^ at leaft , an indired abettor of the latter.
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What a comfort 9 Sir ^ would it be to ine^
to view you in a more favourable light ! I once
lioped with hundreds, that your talents would
be exened in the fupport of our venerable
aged parent , die catholic church , that you
would not, at leafi, league your felf with her
foes* (*) Nature and grace had qualified you
for that honourable career; but you have been
dazzled by the falfe glare of modern philofo*
phy, and we are reduced to the painful ne^
ceflity of difavowing and Opppfing the man ^
from whom we once hoped to receive comfort
and fypport. Whatever you may judge , Sir ,
I am far from being fond of controverfy^
even when the goodnefs of the caufe removes
all apprehenfion of defeat. I know the toils
of that painful warfare, and I know that they
are never more irkfome, than when brethren
of the fame family meet to contend againft
each other. Neceffity alone can jufiify it^
and that neceflity never is more urgent, than
when one of the brethren attempts torc^ the
reft of their unalienable birth*right*, when he
endeavours to fow difcord among them«
wbep he lifts his arm againft the chiefs, the
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ftiters, the lathers of the family. When t
eogaged in the lifts againft you, I knew and
t efteemed your talents and abilities ; but f '
alfo knew, that, in fupport of a faulty caufe,
they Would be of no avail. I do not meaii
now to boaft of the ti£lory. which I have gain*
ed \ in fuch a caufe it could not fail me ,
nee habet vi&orta laudem. I ratber pity you ,
who, formed for better deeds , would expofe
yourfelf to fo certtiin a defeat. You are pof?-
feffed of a (park of fprightly genius ; and you
know from experience , how bewitching the
allurements are , which the vanity of fyilem $
the pride of (ingutat ity holds out to an a&>e
mind. In arts and even in fome fciences^ it
may be allowable, fometimes perhaps benefit
ciah In politics it is always dangerous ^ bat
in religion it is fuperlatively mifchievous; it
is an infallible dereliftion of th^t fimple truth,
ever ancient and ever new , which , like the
Father of lights , from whom it defcends ,
knows not the viciffitudes of change, no, not
the very shadow of alteration. (* ) This divine
truth is ever to be found in th^ pkliU beaten
track; and fince you have abatadbded this 9
. ^*) Dcfetndtnt h Patre luminum » 4^ui 4uem n$if ^f
iTMnfmuUtiOt nee vie(fttadinis ctumkratio. Jac. i. I7i !
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thro^ illsdain'of the guides commifl!ode4
to direft you in it^ you have gireu me^ap
advantage over you, which neither the arts of
(bphifm , the parade of tearnibg , nor tbf
brilliancy of talents Will be ever able to re«
cover. On any other point I Would avoid th<
contefli in this I am invulnerable^ I Qiuft
furely triumph. The pon^roverfy is entirely
your own choice ^ you called nie fortji jtp
combat) (*) and truths even in my bap^^^
has routed all your forces.^ You have taJlie^
them to make a d|verfion ( tod though I noiif
come forward with the eafy confidence o£
vi^ory , I do not afTume the haughty di^^^aiq^
that belongs to difcomfited pride « which ever
affefis to contemn its foe. You know that it if
the ufual refourqe of the defeated to- f^y^ u I
f» defpife my aptagQuid) I will not ^^f)M^
n him with an anfwer , «> whipn in realiiy they
have none, to return. On. the contrary ^t
efieem^ lvalue your talents; f and though you
aflert^ that you Will not evea-Jread my latt
Bemdrki on your^ writings $ atid my detnuieia**
tfon of them to your Bishop ^ I certainly ant
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huh expttlt 0d finguUri\e€jttam^^^ ^^^'J\.f({:?^:,
P. Jhiilafj: Sec tBe if^jpi^/ of Wtt ficriii|toii«(i4 C**
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iiot haughty enough to imitate you in this.
I hare riead all that you have written in your
own defence and againft me, and I will not
tefufe it a reply.
' 'And here , becaufe I wish tp be clearly
iahderftood, it becomes neccflary for me to
explain to you in a few lines the prefent ftate
Wour controverfy, which your infuperab/e
4reIuAance to read iny Remarks muft otherwife
conc^l from your knowledge. I mud then
Yemind you, that early in the year 179a you
iflued a challenge to me , by a public appeal
to the tribunal of the catholics of England;
that this appeal contained a multitude of
imputations againft me, and a laboured pro*
feffion of your own and your aflbciates fiiidi
[ in which there was but one erroneous pro-
pofition,] (tf) befide^ a folemn afleveration .
of your common onhodoxy and facerdotal
merits. I thought it diffefpe^^ful to put in
. («> T^. pfCfoStimi It, ^ Of this cburch we belkft
^ the. Bishop of Rome to be the htad fspreme ia
,', iifcipUni hj ECCLESIASTICAL IKSTITUTIOIT. ,, Ic it
rtliuiTkable , diac this doftrine of the leanied Appelbstf
tr prefaced by the following aflkrtioo. << We know, tf
9, 9ihm ddf what oor faith iit.and in that knowledft
19 we htfe learned to dlftiogaith What is himuui fiM
9, whic U 4hiae. |» See 4ff§Mi tO| &c. p. ai. aa.
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^A anfwer to this appeal till the tribuml
should {ummon me cq .appear, and in the
Interval I examined feyeral of your writings t
on which you declared that you reded the
fuccefs of your caufe. I difcovered from this
examinatfon » that if you are an honeft man ,
that is , if your printed ientiments are thofe
of your heart, you are in religion a (cejptic «
and in ]5oIitics a Sans-culotus. And whereat
I had but little time and lefs money tQ
fpend in the demonllration of this difcovery.^
I felefled only abbu;^ three fcore articles^
out of hundreds, as obje£):s of criticism , and
I referved for the peculiar cognisance of youjc
Bishop feventeen pithy propofitions^ whiph
feemed to me to contain the pregpant feedai
pf ecclefiailical and civil democracy. Eye;}
criticifm was accomjpaniedwjth proofr, whic^i
appeared to me irrefragable ; and though the
language ^ which I ufed , might fometifii^
be rather, twitching than oily^ I think it was
fuch as cootroverfy jufiifies and good manner*
need not difavow. I here repeat what I have
often faid,thatl shall be happy, if you can
refute the charges which 1 have alledged
againft you, on the fcore of your religious
tenet;; and if you shall point out tojiie one
falfe imputation brought againft you, one
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ifi^rtioh lififbpportedby pfoof^IwHl pubiicFy
ifecall it , and mtkt twttf atonement fbr my
fault i which our common foperiors may agn
|>oint. Such , Sir, ha^ been my condti6t ; now
let iile examine yours*
^ In your preface t6 the Affairs ofPan^ani,
you have befiowed upon me four large o^vo
pagM , prefaced by a declaration, that ip what
you arte about to fay of me, you are an
imitator of Jefu8-Chrift$ andbecaufe he knew
what was in man , «< and4ieeded not that any
m !thottld inform him concerning mair, you
ti aUb like the divine mafte.r of charity,
m having heard what imy mouth has uttered,
( tho you have not read a word of my
lEtemarls) ^ can f^fely pronounce on tha
n abundance of my heart. f» (*) You proceed
to difl^ this heart , and taking your fiand
on the broad hajls ofuniveffal charity ,.(f ) you
there difcover that it belongs td — ^ a lineal
defcendant of the Phariffees — to a fellow —
a fpreader of defamation — a Tartuffi^ *— a
fanflimonious hypocrite — a tinkling cymbal
-^ a mote-puller — an oily fpeaker, wbo
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refufes to poor oil into the ^ores o^liis
M^ounded brethren « but employs city diSion
to Veil a mind o£^rtifice .— ii potey maker for
the facred heart of Mary — a latitudinarian
cafuift aCldated by refentment — the propereft
candidal^ for the bishopric of Billiogfgate —
a cut -throat — a gnat* drainer — a camel*
eater — a compleater of libels -and finally aii
officious Prieft. ( * ) T*o this fitany , grounded
on the btoad hafis of univerfal charity , might
be added fome other denominations drawn
from the (kme intuitive knowledge of the
buman heart , which 1 could co\\t6i from
your appeal of 1^92 : but becaufe the full
force of th^nf is expreiTed in the titles here
Reified 9 I will giv^ you credit for only
nineteen gratuitous epithets , of which ^ as you
have attempted to eilablish but one by proofs
I prefume it is the only one ^ which I need
examine.
You Once obferVed to me^you fay^, that,
M' from fome circumllances , it appeared, that
«» I was aduated in my writings by a fpirit
» of refentment ; n that my anfWer was , u fuch
i» may be the appearances , but when 1 took
(*)SeeiUd;p. XXZI.Ikf(i4.
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n nqr pen 9 1 afltire you , I ppriG^d my intett*
m tiooit; (*> and from this anecdote yoa infor
that my cafuifiry is more ingenious than any
tliat was ever feated in the chair of Mofes «
and is the mofl: apt of all to cover the commiflion
of crimes^ as will appear to whoever shall
take the pains to read die letters of Pafc^. (t)-
I apprehend/ Sir^ that in this infiance your
memory is as fiulty as your logic. As I
never had but one opportunity of enjoyiog
your converfation , I endeavoured to treafur^
it in my mind, and the gentlemen, who were
with us, (t) may pronounce, whether I ani
not accurate in what I shall relate of it You
did not obferve to me , » that 1 appeared ,
n from circumfhnces , to be a^uated by
« refencment in my writings »; but you asked
me 9 M if I was not a£luated by refentment in
n writing; my Remarks upon your works. »
Your queftion was xrbniined to this part of
my writings , and you mentioned nothing
about circumfiances which denoted a fp^rit of
xefentment ; indeed what circumfiances of
(•) Ibid. p. XXXII.
(t) Ibid. p. XXXIII.
(t) The htm. Mr. £>ormer, die R. Dr. BelUfyTe , tie
&. Mr. Sonthworth and the R. Mt. ^filner.
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this nature could you know or mendoo^
when you declared that you had not evea
read the book 1 My other writings were noc
named. My anfwer to your enquiry was
iirople and true. Far from allowing that the
appearances Were againft me, I anfwered, that
I had not been influenced by any perfonal
refentment againft you , but that my motives
were virtuous , my intentions pure ; and t
added 9 dint thefe natives had been approved
by peffons of high refpeS in the priefthood.
Redde mihi verba med^ & vanejcet calumnis
tua. C^) It is indeed 9 Sir^ a common mis*
fortune to us both , that you would not bend
your reluAant mind to read my Remarks^
before you compofed the litany of univerlal
charity, which I have juft reported. By
negle£ling to reconnoitre the ground , a general
may poflibly dire A his attack where there is
no enemy to be defeated; and groundlefs
imputations in controverfy will always favour
the caufe , which you wish to hurt. If you
had taken the common precaution o^ perufing
my Remarks \ you would proba^l^ have faid
little about intentions; and furely you would
have forborne from reprimanding me for o/// >
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diSion^ while 9 almoft in the fame breath « yott
pronounced me unwilling to fqueeze one
drop of oil into the fores of a diftrefled bro«
then Indeed, Sir, when I wrote thofe Re^
marks , I fpread all your wounds before me \
I judged that « proper mixture , of oil and
acid was moft fuited to the virulency of
them ; and I will abide by the verdid of your
own beft friends , whether the (iyle was too
oily, or, on the contrary, too acid for the
patient. If it has not wrought a cure , the
blame muft reft with yourfeif, who obftinately
refufe to take the prefcription. Though you are
totally ignorant of its contents , you pronounce
that u it is impoflible to draw any benefit
Ti from it, » (^) contrary to the opinion of
Mr/ Addifon, who thopght no bopk fo bad,
but that fomething might be learned from \u
You candidly allow, ( uoqueftionably upon
hearfay) that ^ the Remarks are written in
^ my beft manner , »» fuch as it is , that is ,
neither too oily, nor too four; and if no*
thing elfe could be gathered frotn th^m,
you would at leaft have learned my motives
and intentions in publishing them. You
would then have judged ^le from niy own
C*)Ptef. CO Mem. p. ixxir.
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if^ricitigs, Snftead of jtrdgiag inQ from thoft
of Pafcal, yoo would perhaps have fpared
youffelf the trouble of danmkig me for io«
tentioos, which yoo did not know^ and yoU
might moreover have ftivfed your liunj of
univerfd charity y for the prefiice of ^oOr tttxt
Work. What a ftvokt of literary economy
would this have been! But independently
of fo many advamages, I chink you '^uld
have difcovered in the RMtarks feViral vcrj^
Cogent motives for ^obt replying *6 them^
which every man ^ who hars read them %
would have approved 4 ^herons at prefent^
by taking chat hafty f dblution Without aF*
figning one reafon for it, the fifkeertft nay
be fo ill-natured aa to fufpeA that you vtGt
Without grotiodi , thtut you are afraid of
reading them ; perhaps even they may que(^
tion the purity of your intention in writing
your prefoce to P^n^anV If I had been iit
your cafe , I would at teaft hav'e peeped itatO
thofe Remarks.
Ydu have read, Sir, the ftory of The*
miftocles , who , when a philoCbphtr offered
to inftrudl him in the art of remembering
every thing, begged oii the contrary to bd
taught the art of ^gettbg whatever be
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Ihoald fiod to be a load upon his memory. C)
When I rt&Q^i on the (;atechi(lical lelTons^
jfhic^ ; yoi^ were taught in your youth , on
tl;ie pfQinjf^s, which you made to your ec-
clefiaiUcal rpperiors at your matriculation at
P^ay*).. and compare xbem with the philo-
£^ical documents, and the condu£l towards
Bishaps, which you have fince adopted, 1
fim l€4.to think 9 that you have either found
out or recovered the oblivious art, which
^hemiftocles coveted; and if you had looked
inio my Remarks,^ juft only to write your pre-
face,' you might. ;|^ $9fily have obliterated
thiBiB frpfla.vyour meqiictry, as you have erafed
froip it your promife of refpe£l and fubmiffioa
to the appl^olical vicars, or the obligations
which you owe to the Pope himfelf , who
foftered you in your youth , and who fed
you io ypur manhood. It would be ufeleis
here to repeat any of tbofe Remarks^ which
you will never read ; but becaufe the motives
and intentions, with which I wrote them,
alfo influence me in writing this addrefs, I
muft not omit the mention of them in this
place , leaving it to your own option to re-
member or to forget them, when you come
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to wrltg the preface '.td your nest woifc;
'Which , unlefs you forget your promHe, (^)
^ill be an exhonation to catboliosr to^ ibr^
fwear the old Popes fupremacy. '
Let roe try, Sir , to make this chapter of
intentions very diftioft and clear, On a late
memorable ojccafion ; we had all mtnaf&d a
formidable and determined oppofitioa to aa
important a£l of epifcopal authority,. openly
headed by two ctergym«n^ and ftoratly ap»
proved by a few othersr 'During tihe warmth
of thia conteft, I can -truly declabj that I
frequently exprelfed my ' fatisfkftidn , that ^
though you did not (bkeitfe Ration vvrhich duty
pointed out, in the fervice of the Bishops,
yet you had'^not flood forth againff thete. I
Was in a ^miftake. 'Yott were at that timC
folHciting voices an^ dpinioils ifa favour of
the reprobated oath-, anid no foOner was It
rejeOred by parliament ,* than , followed by
twelve other priefts , you publicly announced
yourfelf the eternal 'opponent of the fenidt
prelate, who hhdtfondemnedit, andhadifltied
a cenfure againft a refiraftory prieft, who
^uppo.tted h. This meafbre, calculated td
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pfiffUxsm Hktsii was liluNd fay me, itd
oirypor p«n it was fbUofcircd b]r apf>«a|s , pro*
t«Aa^Q« and addi*«fl««^» equally iiqucious to
the Bishop, and uncivil to ae. The lattsr
circumftaoce was of little account, and I
MgleAed it : Hbt fonn^r, bewg avowedly
defigaed to difuniie the el^rgy and Uuty froa
their %«fwaal fuper ior , wu a a»atte« of higbtr
eoooern^ An isvlta«ioQ-o« the ftart qf pri«&
to> rtjfl ipiriitniA arndtority was fi) oovel ia the
English, catholic chiucb, {q fifliilat to the
conduA of ioragii inoonrators of fiwh , that I
CQBcdvcd, it a mceicorioas deed, to warn my
brethren not to he n^ed by fuch m»u. I was
•ow .ac<)i4ainted with yonr. printed teoets, and
I was c^nvnced, that no upright man would
be feducedby your mcaiumical addg*/i^.\ehs>
should know tb« ijFr^gious and fe^tious
dodtines, with which ypu had fiained the
^ges.o£ yottr other, works. I pointed out a
ffiw of thcm^ I called upon your own Bishop
to Q>eak,. and my primary iauiuim in all this,
was to focuce the purity of catholic faith and
catholic k>yalty : for howei^ecindiffiirentl ant
about your mifiakes. in philofopby or ra
hifiory, when they ..arc uticouie^ed with
thefe two points,. 1 thiofe intolerance of error
in thefe to be a duty ^^Qmbed iy re%iaai
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and tbe hotxour bf our finall body tqui^ijf
jrequices^ that we should publicly diiavow f
falfe brother ) who mordeu our creeds and
who poifons our allegiaace^ I meaot then to
point you out equally to the catholic and
protefiant public , as a &lfe catholic and «
dangerous fubjeft I meant to ofi&r a public
difavQwal^ on the part of the catholic body^
of do^ioes uAiich they never herd^do£hines
fubverfive of their religion and of all fiibmiffion
to civil magiftratea; 1 meaot to prove , beyond
the power of refbtation, that^ the man who
published as catholic truths the feventeen pro^
poikions, which I denounced to your Bish-
op, was either mifeiably ignorant of the
catholic catechifm ^ acz, malicious calumma-<
tor of a religioa which he undeciiood. Can
any intention be more explicitly ^ more poinp
tedly announced^ Nothing is here concealed,
so jefuitical fistcbes or quibbles to difguifis.
the truth ; nor need I borrow any do*
cuments from Pafcal, to render the(e my
defigjDS, views and intentiooi intelligible to
the meaned capadty.^ . To fecu r e the catholic
idigion from mifreprefentation was the thing
uppermoft in my intention;, for this I coofi-^
deotly invoked your Bishop ^ the conftituted
iudge of the caufei^ and if I took in occafio*
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iiaUy fome collateral matter , which related
only to your logic or to your rhetoric , my
intention was to diverfify the fubjefi, and to
relieve the reader by incidental epifodes ;
it was to shew , that contradiftions and incon-
-fifieocies pervade all your thoughts, words
and works ; my intention was , not to cut your
throat, as you affirm , it was to prove, that
you had cut it yourfelf. See , Mr. Berington »
what information you have loft , by not
leading my Remarks. In the prefent inftance,
my intention is equally fimple , fair and per-
rpicuous. Befides the intentions which di*
re£led my Remarks , I have at prefent a
further view; and it is to defeat and difap-
point the intention , with which you wrote and
published your laft performance. ^ 1 have
told you above that I have difcovered this
intention ; and why have you not avowed it
with the fame franknefs and candour, which
1 have ufed in explaining mine 1 When
intentions are not clearly announced , charity
direds us always to ptefume and fuppofe thd
beft : but there are actions (b pointed , fo
decifive , that they leave no room for the
ingenuity oF charity , they proclaim the inten-
tion in every feature, and remove every po{B-
bility of doubt explanation or denial. Thus
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it would be ridiculous in me to pretend » that
I had no inteotioo to difcredit your iheoh>-
gical opinions and writings by my Remarks ;,
it would be equally abfurd in you to deny
your intention of rendering Popes, apoilo-
lical vicai's and Jefuits odious to British ca-
tholics ) and of induc'mg thefe latter to fwallow
the oath of fupremacy, which you yourfclf
once taught to be incompatible with the very
effence of their religion. (*) For this inten^
tion proclaims ijfelf^ it beams forth too clearly
to be mifapprehended , it is what our fchooU
men might call intentioJimpUeiurJlmpUx; and
it will hardly be judged an uncharitable infe-
rence to conclude , that if you can fucceed
in railing a party to abjure the fupremacy of
the Pope , one of your ftcunda intentione^ will
be, to eftablish a plebeian poll for the ele£lioo
of a popular Bishop. For this is not merely
what you term u an innocent theory that may
>» amufe the learned; « (f) it is not, in your
plans , as you affert ^ a projefl: << which muft
9f foon fink into oblivion , '» ( S ) it is a pradi^
cal fcheme ^ of which you have canonized
(•) Stan and,Bcbap. 9f R. C. p. 15a,
Ct) Sec Pre/, to Mem. p. X3ttij%
(S)Ibid.p.xxiy.
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the author 9 (^) and have diffufed the fplrk
throughout the length of your work. In fad
the execution of it will be but one ftep more
in progrefs ; and indeed , when the Pope is
once ftripped of his fupreme headship , it wilt
be a folly to accept of prelates from his hand^
when we shall have it in our own power to
bring up our fmall church to the true ilan*^
dard of modern Gallic purity. When we shall
thus poflefs a truly British prelate, we may
guefs , from various hints in your works ^ at
the fundry reformations which will be intro-
duced into our creed abd our difcipline, efpe-
cially if the returning officer at the poll should
report you to be the Bishop eleA. At pre-
fent, to finish this chapter of intemions , I muft
remind you of one , which you kindly d\(klo^
fed to me, in that ever preciods conference,
the fecrets of which you have firft begun to
bring forth into light.
One pf the interlocutors having obferved^
that in my Remarks, I had laid great ftrefs
upon the inaccuracy of your theological doe*
trrnes ; youwerepleafed. Sir, to acknowledge,
9% that they wore ioo/ely worded , and that yoa
(♦)Ibid. p. xxij.
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fi had purpofely exprefled them In that man^
T) ner ^ with an InHntion of wiDniog over pro-
99 tefiaDts to our belief n You added , » that
t» I had shewed fo little difcernment in the
t» choice of the feventeeil propofitions, which
« I had denouDCed) that you could eafily
« have fele£led feventeen others much worle
« than thofe, which had fcandalififd me. n
I^ever, Sir, did I feel myfelf more humble4
by fuperior abilities, than in that momenl^
I began to think myfelf indeed a mean critic;
but I was more than ever at a lofs how to
thiuk you a found theologian. By your dwa
confeffion, you had wandered , iar hefouii the
reach of my puny ideas and Remarks., i{it4
the regions of wilful error ^ and I could only
hope that the guilt of your mifiakes wa^
forgiven, in virtue of the abfterfive purity of
your intention. O that the virtuous Piifcat
were here, to be witnefs of this purify in|;
motive! The charity of it would cover t
multitude of fins, and he might write inothef
chapter on intentions ^ to demonfirate^ how
fome articles of hnh may be fawfblfy fo-
crificed or difguifed, for the fake 6t widntog
over poor heretics to the admiffion of the reft
Jpur old catl^otic qat^ctyifia, wl^ch yeu fe
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forely.bhme, {*) ufed to teach qs^ that die
catholic religion is indivifible , that we muft
not part with ah iota of all that we believe,
po.^ not though angels should (loop firom
heaven to indrud us in modern philofbphy.
The tolerant fpirit of the times has changed
altthis. You have taught us , that we may
miki corfcejfions to our diffenting brethren i
^ou have pointed out thefe conceflSons ; they
arc chiefly made at the expence of the Pope,
dnd you ftrnftify all this by the purity of your
intention^ to pleafe, to attrad proteftants.
Alas! Mr. Berington^ to be feriours, die
eathdic church would not receive fuch con*
Y^tis; she will even difown fuch dividers of
Chrifr> nor will she ever accept youralledged
i/Mntidns in lieu of the dogmas , which you
facriflcc^ She earneftly wishes the re-unioo
of ffU diflencers , she never ceafes to call them
back to the ancient (lock, she knows that
D/sus poiens efi eos rurfus in/eren^ hut she alfo
kn^ws that this can only be done, when
G<}d ^hall tncKde their nunds and heans to
belileve ,. without doubting, every wtide,
Which he bas infpired her to define and to
^teslch: Do you wish^ Sir, to hear any thiog
"• -^ '* ''■ ■- - - . ' . . . - - I -
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inore oti the cafuifiry of inuntionsf^ t leaVt
you to fiudy Pafca), and 1 proceedl-
»:l
• But before I bring forward otb^r' matter 4
I nauft remind you of aaotiier aflertioa, i;rhich|
you were pleafed to advance in our frkndly
conference 9 and it regards a criticifai con^
tained in the fixth page of thofe Rimarks^
vhichyou have never read, Yoa expreffcd
furprife, that I should have quarreHe^ ^^tb
the pfopofiiion, (*) in which you maintain j
that Charles IL and James IL with- alt their
minifiers^ deferved tobe bebeadediforhaviag
emered inta political conn^^^ions with France*
You plainly told me, << that my denouticing
M this do£^rine to your Bishop fairly tnrneit
« Qty whole book into ridicule. >> He^e^'
Sr, I. know not whit chapter of Pafckl iHll '
excufe you. I declare I was almoft ne^ttled
with indignation , to find one of the beft bits
of the work , on which I prided tnyfelf the
moft , laughed at as a |bUy , that fpread ridicule
over the whole. You happened to fay that
day, that you wished to bear nd more about
my Re/narks , or elfe I was going to be ferioiiB«
How, $ir, a trifle to kill two kings, befides
( * ) See Sfau and BehavUur of R. C p. 57*
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idl their mioifiers 1 Apd then to blame It fhill
be matter of ridicnilel Puriog the exifieoce
of the Jefuits ,when , you know, oo king was
fecure of his life, the rogues never dared to
teach regicide in foch undifguifed terms. Since
the extirpation of them from churdi and fiate
lias fecored princes from every danger of rebel-
lion, depofition and murder, with what con*
Icience, or rather mtb wteit pious intmiion
could you renew fuch odious do&rine 1 You
could not furely have had in view, oo that
occafion , to convert poor proteilanu to ca«
^licity; for they all know, that catholics,
if fteady to their principles, are zealous fyp-
I>orters of royal power t and I am fure , they
themfelves would never be allured by foch
tenets. With what intention could you fuppon
your condemnation of Charles and James,
|>y another principle, which catholics and
protefiants equally difavow; I mean your
do^rine , «^ that the government , which is
n beft inclined to give us proteflioo, has the
fi only right to demand our allegiance m1 C)
You may remember, that you taught this
bright doflrine to catholics at a feafon, when
two hofiile fleets were threatening our coafis
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vrith invafioQ, and ooly two y«ar$ after you
had fworn, that no foreign power had a right
to exercife authority or fovereigoty In thii
land, (tf) I call upon you. Sir, to explain to us
the intention^ which direded you in the publi-
cation of thefe do£lrines; we will then judge ^
if it can juftify or excufe the deed. Untill
we know it, we shall judge it more advifable
to Hand by the doflrines, which we have
learned in the catholic church , and we shaU
confider the forn^er of your do^rines as a
corollary to the opinions of Jean Petit which
the condemned at Conftance j and the latter
as a formal contradiction to whatever she
teaches on the duty of (ubiniffion to rulers »
and on the inviolable fan^ity of an oath.
To be plain , Mr. Berington , however ri-
diculous it may appear to you, I cannot
help regarding thefe two dodUioes , as the
very quinteflence of modern democracy.
They are to me a demondration of the truth
of what I once find, » that tt)e worft of re-
• publicans are innovating priefis. n I do not
wish to fpread them out thro' all their imme*
diate and reaiote confequences t but I have
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bbfenped, that' the famotks tree of pretended
liberty , which at prefent overshadows France ^
was fome years ago , contained in feeds
of fmaller dimenfion , lefs productive of
iK>xious fruits , than thofa which yoa have
fovtt among u^.- Happily you have,I troft,
mtftiken your foil ; they will not thrive
among British catholics , arid our paftors witl
be always afliduous in plucking up the noxious
weeds that may appear; they 'will warn us
not to feed in the regions where they are
fown, and they will tell us « inimicus homo
hoc fecit; he fows his tares with craft equal
to his malice, but you may always know fahn
by his fruits. We have feen thefe fruits in a
neighbouring land fuddenly fwell with veooor',
and poifon the flock , while the paftors are
forced to retire, with fore regret, that 'the
little feeds were not vigofoufly crushed and
deftroyed at a more early periods,
Mr. Berington^ I have been long accuf-
tomed to watch the progrels of modern refor^
nation in foreign parts; and I maintain , that
whatfoever may be your intentions^ you have
hitherto mimicked the contrivances of its coth "
^uflors. They did not tell us at once that
they would knock down the Pope and hit
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Biikops ; they levea profefled refpe^ bt
them y aiKl confioed chemfelves for a time , to
cxpofe, to deplore ) to exaggerate the crimes^
sod the abufes of fpiritual power^ which they
imputed to them. In their attacks upon this
|>ower, they alternately ridiculed and reviled^
difputed and contrafied every exerUoo of it;
they perlecuted , they vilified , they infulted
every man, who ventured to fupport it^ they
talked feelingly of the purity of faith , while »
under pretence x)f difengaging it from liuman
opinions, they aflumed to themfelves the
privilege of afcertaining what belonged to it;
they (lily infinuated errors; they conveyed an
herefy in a word or a hint, and the dete^lioa
of it afforded them fresh matter of ridicule or
-declamation againft mote-pullers and over-
weening bigots , who have neither charity for
the faults, nor yet the eminent virtue of
toleration for the miftakes of their fellow*
creatures; (*) by word and by writing, in
feafoo and out of feafon, they profecuted
their artful plan ; fome they intimidated, others
they flattered; fome they fedi^red , others
jthey hushed; all things cooperated with them
' to the compledon of the mifchicf; they are
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now aftonished at their own fuccefles ,^ey are
rioting in the ruins of thrones and altars ^ and
they fee not, that they themfelves will be
involved in the common deftru£tipn.
9
Cujus ift hoc imago ! Of whom is dits the
portrait^ I do not fay that it is entirely
the piflure and likenefs of you; I only fay*
that many features of it are difcernible in the
author of The State and Behayhur of the Ro^
man Catholics , of the Rights of Dijfenters ^ of
RefleBions addreffed to J. Hawkins, and above
all in the writer of the efifeminatp tale of
the unmanly Abeillard. It is there that the
whole fucceflion of fovereign pontiffs , in the
periods ) of which you treaty are ( uniformly
arraigned and condemned, as monfters of
pride,, violence and ambition; they are ftig-
snatizedas tyrants of the church , without any
regard to the circumftances of the times' or
to the principles of the ages, in which they
lived; their virtues are concealed, their faults
or their^ miftakes are exaggerated; they are
exhibited to the detellation of British ca«
tholics , who certainly cannot view fuch
unremitting depravity, without loathing the
controul of their fpiritual riilersi they may
even forget the reQ)e& due to their fpiritual
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thdraAef , and they ^il] be ttius dii^ofed to
fenOufice wtdireaditiefs, what they have been
long taaght to vleir With hatred and difguft
Nor are the pdntift of a later period fexeoipc*
ed from the common anathema^ They are
traduced with pecoliar malignity, becatrfft
their extraordinary &?Ours to British cathp^
lies, within the two taft centuries, are yet
fresh in the* minds and hearts of^ all ; and
thefe' mud be ^efficaeiooHy erafed^ before
perfed freedom of religion, that is, freedom
to reform religion ^ to defiroy religion , can
be completely leftablisbed. We had long
been accofiomed to hear,, with little emo^
tion , this language from declared enemies of
the papacy t they had renounced theiit
Obedience to the chief psflor, they had
difclaimed the pro&ifion of bis religion ; the
men were known, and their writings were
tieglefted. If you would imitate theit fecef^
fioo^ you would, in fo defperate a meafiUre^
at leaft rid os of fome oneaiinefs i yoot
worki would follow you , they would be as
little regarded , and do as little miibhief i as
is produced by the annual Inveflifves agalnft
|)opery , which are perhaps yet fpcnted
in fome obfcure conremicles on the' fifth of
t^vetnber, or. by the fitted deelaniaii«M
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againft celibacy , wtdcb >9po^te priefts piH
blish on i^eadmg their recantatioo. That you
should go fortli frdtn u$ and alleclge the
crimes of o\xr pontiffs as the. pretext of your
deparci]Hre, might well be Cuffered : but that
you:>shoujd ftili fts^y ^among us, toalieuate
thef^ock from the shepherd; that yofi:$hould
eaH yourfelf catholic and fpeak the language
ofidipi^nters; that you should qoalifyy.as ca-
tholic truths, the very dodrines, which the
catholic church reprobates ; that you should
share the Popes bread and infult the bene-
fa&ori who feeds yod; that you should fwear
obedience to the fi^preme head of the church,
and exhort us to forfwear bis fupremacy i
thefc are things which Wear out our patience,
the^ canhot , they mpft not be borne^ Spout
agaiqft Jefuits ;. they are fair gaiUe ^ they
hav€ been long, furretadered up tio the cavils
of the jealous and the declamaxioi^ of the
malignant; multiply prefaces againft iVIi|ber$
and Plowdens, they may eutertaitf feme, they
will mortify none ^.but'bow ^y^u^ head to the
throne and to the mitre, fpare our modarchs
and refpe^ pur pontiffs. Our veneration for
both is tended in our hearts, and while I
leave .to the jaws the cqm pC.avengiag the
dignity of the former ^ I wiU , fyt &kp q£, the
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^att^r^ iecommeiklto^yoiur.cofifidetaiioQ vliat
was fail) by Berorto bis cotemporaiy Airetin^
than vhom a.mor^ fcmi fevileroF l?of^ in
not found on the records' of fcandal ^ ttll^we
arrive at the pe^od; when you.bommenced
author. You are foAd of^Italiafi quonkionn
■ '* ) it'- 1 ' • -^ ; ' . •
Jl Papa i Papdf e tu fei un furfintt
■Nodrito del pan d^attrtt del dlr mate/' .*^"'
,... Cujus ^fi hose im<^of \f it not.^l^Cr Jijcfjnfff
of the man, who.bpafts of his refpeft for the
governors oPthe chuxcbin^bHe. ip ^ ?flem-
>ly, .of ^ his . breihr,4B.sbAi.PK^fumes I \o prtfenj
iumfel^. as the 4^t'<ired opponent; of . their
^orerttiiHintv whof ^imerfering itf' concerns
TorelW W'his Mitfri.^Ad %mpldypi'ptitV1ias
^jajgned as unjult^ jbeir regular .exertions
of authority^ witliout which , neither poriiy of
•feUh, hor due Ibbordination can be pfrferved;
liay who has even dared , (for why shoffTd t
'here commemorate his unwejiried .^deayors
,tp fan the flame of djfci)rdt aod to^eolift^* Jf
^ffible ^ embattled prielis againiVtfaeir anainteti
prelates ) but he has even dared publidy to.
roock their nioft folemn'jiidiciar^l^^^'and to
aOBijnilate their dofltrjnal decifions ^n^i injunc-
tions to the niummeryi ofa theatrical fedotfi ^^i)
(*) Sec Pref, tQ Mm, of'Ffnz. {k^XMiy;. ..
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Tfafo 4oaceebqr^ Sir, is ftill but a ftibafctrii
expreffioir of your coutempt of our prelatet ,
#hofe wtfaoricatiire maftcfams , 70U tell us«
cannot now enfore fubniffioD^ (*) even m
doCktwai difputes § which oothiog but authority
iverjbasor will terowiatei it does not reacb
that towering height of infultt wiib which
you traduce, them as- men capable of violadog
their oath and deceiving their king and country
by a perjury, (a) The(e bold affronts might
^ - ' '
' (#) M^ BeringcoM lapotaUoo it grovaded onanifl*
foraiicjoD Y'iiich be Imis loceiYed^ (lee Mtm. 9f Fmmi^
p. 43i3,) that Biahopf Welmeflcry an^Oouglaft \^^%fp^
• counter- proteftacion. I know not chat they have deal
fo ; boc I know t that if I had been (0 onfoaiiuce
98 to figh the Proteftation ^f if89,,as vof^ ddkert
4id, finder vagoe explaoatlons and an aOht«a£#^tlit oa
path WM ^ follow k) ceriaii^ly I wpnld leeord tbfttxm
meaning, !q which I bad accepted that deed* fioce it
has beeo fo violently diltorted to fignify eren mnch aiorci
than (he words , in their obvious Ihdfe, Imported. Tbi(
thiai4ial^ 4>e6o the cafe ia aade evident by the oath t
which was offi^ed » and which « tho' chargied with ad-
ditional deviations. from, ^ur old principle, Its fraaierf
and abettors 9enftant]j;matnuined to be the fame thing
with the Proteftation. The inftmment depofited fa cbe
mufcuni should not give evidence to pofterity, that i
liad Aid more Jthan I really' dieanc to lay.
Mf. SerlngtoQ aH^rcs (iMm. p. 433.) that the deed
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indeed be expefied from the hifioriaa of
^beillard., who has roundly den^d the very
exiftence of an epifcopal tribunal divinely
commiffioqed to decide dodpnal queiliony
without appeal^ and who has prefumed to
ailert, that fluAuation of faith ei^era, into th^
arrangement projefted by the divine founder
mmmmm^m^^mmm i i ■ m ■ ■ ■ nn p ' i ■ i ■ j i t M ■ i ■■ i^— — — i.<i<»
Which It dispoficed in the Brttith nofrrari it the $ri^0i.
I have retifon to think, that it it potj^ and if fo, fatcly
lio cachoHc will fuffer hit name to remaip fewcd to it.
It foch a cafe, the ditftrence between an original wad
PXtn a $ru0 cppy^ it of infinite confeqocnce": tut if them
be but a comma jchaiDgfid, then It it a &Ue copy, and
ev«y man will furely tear bit name from It. The Utc
committee in th^ appendix to their tbjrd bine book N*. in.
1>«14. have printed the Proteftation i(rith the following titlit
Vi». The dielatatioH and Prot^ation figntd ^ tht Engliib
Cathouq DissSn^bUS , in ijig. With thit title it
ptffed through three or four printed editiont. Jt wa$ pre-^
Tented to the Coaqiottt of griat Britain 19 ih6 form of Ji
petition, with o'llly the verbal variatlont nccefTary for this
purpofii, at beibg fbi bumble fititipu ofthcfirfont . tohoft
Ifames are hereiiHto Juifctibeif on behalf of thorn filves and
others Catholic DitsENTBRS ofEng;UndJ See ibird blue
*^l N". IV. p. ^x. It'ftands in the mufeuro at prefea;
0f ihg Proiofanon and declanftion of tbe ENGLitH Catho-
wet , writteii on the fame t)cio , on ^hlth the Proteftatioii
Jtfcif occurt. 'Thii It 'hot then the otfginal inftrument',
of which the coanntuee.publithtd three or four difierenc
editiont; it it not that, which vat pr^tfented to Parliament
in the $htpe of a petition; it if then 9 diifereflt inftrM
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of Ae ditiitli: (^)/' Wh(i tieS; 'Sft, will be
furprifed to heir you treat «^lb3ed errors as
innocent theoriis csffculaied^ t& amiife the ledrn-
^9 ( t ) or 'as exctefcencies hf^ilh imaginationt
^f virtuotn^ harned^ and honefi men, whom
Hhgs, prfefis und Jejhits (nicrdoUbt unjuftly)
per/ecutef^i^) Who will be furjxrifed to find
the ktds of t h e fe innocent T o ries a rtfiilty fcat-
tered tbrougbout your wrkittgs, where they
may ferment, till the overthrow ' df epifcopal
aythority shall enaj}le theiii| to tijie gro\;?th'»
and fpread. the iweet fruits ;of philofajAy^
a^nc* If cbc cjclje be 4:haQ{:ed, (CQiad/^f Mr. Betiogcon^
•WD reafonibg itid.^^ are we Vuie , chacVt^ere. mji ^pot
»iro ^xiH an «lceracion in chQ context? 'A material pn&.itt
thefignacures lias been pointed out t)y Mr^^ilner. Ef^ltf
JDemoe, Jcu&cd p. agfy &c/ Ian noc furprifed} tbactht
Bishops, having giyea, by their oach,,,)| pledge oS their
duty to. government } should t^. ^PKOI^^ to bcQli^ ,xhiiif
character from th^ imputation of baling ^g^ed whai&vjer
the agents of theJaiLe. conimittee^jnay ,b^a\(q depofited, ifx
the mufeum » without tbe knowledge or <;on£ent of thp
.catholic public.; I'^e gentlemen^ who^^ by a oMJomy of
twenty five, voted the Proteftfiju'on, int^^ the .noji^qi^.
. vndoubtedly meant, chat the origtnul whiqii was figof4f
Apt that a garbled ^fpy, should receiY€,^>t (lonoor. ,
(♦) Se« Life$f Abeillmr^^ &c« p. ^^i ISf. '^ '
Ct) P^^f' ^ ^^^' P- xx*U.
^f) Mim. tf Tdn'z: p. 443.
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where now you can lee onlyweeds of bigoted
iuperilition^ Tbu$ you talk to us of xA^
cumbrous weight of ceremonies aadthe unmeaning
pagtanaj wt^i^h is inconfifleot with the dignity
of our religion i (♦) thus you regulate our
moral coofiuft Jby the vibration of nerves { (•*>
thus you infiauatie the deep metapbyfictl
4ogma of the catiopality of brute beafis ; ( f )
and thus you doubt '^ flill more liejcvp^fly^ qf
the expediency ofour venerable old celibaiaiy,
canons. ( $ ) Short as tbefe hints are ^ they are
pregnant with meaning}^ and cpntain more
than you judged it, at that time, prudent to
preach upon the houfe-tops : they are the
yerbumfapienti , and dull indeed mufthe be , who
cannot take the meaning. For though it would
undoubtedly be a £iire inference to conclude ^
yet perhaps it may not be thought quite a
ipsh furmife to fufpe^ , that the priefi: , Who
has publicly announced his doubts of the ex^
pediency of fac^rdotal celibacy, has fometimes
privately thought q\ a Jifier a wife. At' any
(•> Sec Kefien. to J. H, p. 10. . *.
(•*) /Wrf. p." it)b. Ptcf, to State and Behdv. p. ir.
L^s of AbsiUatJ fwffim.
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rate, Sir, it tnuft appear aflbnishiti;g to youf
clerical brethren, that yoo would throw out
fach flippery doubts , in a work , purpofely
written in defence of the catholic fyftem of
faith and difcipline,againft ati apoftate monk,
who a liule before, had exchanged his vow
of chaftity for a muficians daughter. The
prieft, who could do this, war biafled, no
doubt, by philanthropy , to flatter religiooifls
of tfferydefcription; but, like other unfteady
men , he muft expeA to be trufted by none,
and to be cohtemned by all. For can God
or can man approve his conduct, while on
one fide he boafis himfelf the avenger of the
much injured catholic church , and on (he
other, (to borrow an expreflion, which, I
think , he fotnewhere ufes ) he fuRer^ himfelf
to carried down the rapid fiream of reformat
tioni It will be well, if, in the end, he do
not land upon the wrong bank ,
IlUs dum fc nimium qutrentl
JaSat ultorem^ vagus & finlftrd
Labitur rip&fjove noaprobante ,
Hoa. L. I. Od. d*
I have faid enough, Mr. Berington, to
convince you, that I ani f^r from regarding
you as an inconfiderabie oppo^entt I have
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indeed creifted you as an incDnfiftent fnan;
whofe vanity ever hurries him into contradic*
tions} buft then I have acknowledged, that
this is lefs to be impnted to your own native
chara£lers than to tlte badoefs of the caufe
whffeh you promote.. /Too well you know the
|Krdpenfity of your cdtempotaries to chei^fsh
tliie ffpirit of innoVatidriV and thoogh it is
always preffctilted amidft- liiconfiftencies, which
shoek tbe und^ftndiiigy yet it fkits not'io^
attraft votaries^ becaufe i't' flatters thi hesfrt'
It is this , that tenders 70U a dreaded enemy
of the cathdiic cau^;aml y6u know that fb^rd
are perfons in oirf o#n body , whd are ever
Willing t& forget "iJrmiV contradiflliobs , to
pafliate your groffeft ettoh\i6 bladSt! me for
detefttng and expofibg* theib; nay perhdps i
ftw might be found, who etmilating the ^lory
of demoHshiog Popes and Bishops , would be
difpofed to share with you the dangers of tlid
aflauK; and though they might yield to yod
ihe patati of foperidt' p]rowefs , they Wotil j
cittwd atomid you WlibitTd council/like'tfitf
Etdean brethren , hurling defiance to the skies,
" '"^siietfHMii Asrrs/inMi * ^
, a
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, r\>u wuft be fenfiWe^.^i^ , ihut tl^ Wco ,
if-fQ^b th^re ];ye « fiappqv bie koittefl together
ijpXQ a fQrmidable phalanjiv unlefs ypii place
ypift^e^t^x their head ; and if you would recede
firptn arxD^t they /would Ailbfide iqto^^acet
qratleail into inlign^i^ancy. Lay down your
Hfin^^r 394 flo dpubts wiji aqy longer exift^
hot that the^fucteeflar of St. Pcte;(r, eojpyi ^ by
right divine 9 the upQpmmunicat^e title of
l{ipt«me he|id of .the cithplic church : our
coni^ue;&t duty ^oj^ (ubmitting to the imine*
d^a;^, ppftprs appoioted.by him, will be no
longer. « prpbtem.^ jre shall uo ipo/e be
icaxi^aliied by prc^g^ls ai}d appeals agaiofl the
men ^ to whom we have fworo obe4ience; we
shall no longer dread, ypprthrea^e^^de^ipa*
flraiipos^. (♦) tha|:4;, i; Jawful tq diyjefk the
tii:ll pishop, of the exerafe of fupreme fpiritual
r4ile^ an4 pcrhapsrtp. transfer it m that other
chief, to. whom we havo irrevocabl}^ pledged
Qur. fl^^y ^°^ affe^ipn, in every civil and
temp9ral cpncern. Millake me pqtj, Sir,.!
do not dread the wfjg|ft,,pf y9ui: ^x^pmep^,^
t^ey are lighter than chaff; but I, dread the
^ifpofition of fome to prefer falfehood to truth;
I drofiift.tb&refentmeffts, the vaiiity i.4^£Q0*
C*) Ste mm. tf^a^. p. II.
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ranee of others; IcfriytF^lje tnitiATe^f rcfptrtf
ti€>ti> whick your exoSc^Htings hiVe tc^uired^
V - dr e ad dio fe talents^^ th^ irii^kte^if which
you iJbaxe, hitherw.f appjifd to thfiv^Ojftiof
parpofes.; in a woinl , I dread tb^: joint eSk&
ofall thefe caafes , *h!di\ 6nder yodrgtilidance i
may eaflfy* produce'a new tchifm" in jKe fnipU
i:einnant of our ancient natioqgl; -p^rcb*
Think noti^Sir, that i contemn ,ornildMvvahi(i
you ; no , not even^ as a writer, -f (» thcMigh
the degrading fpifit of neoterifm, virhich ibfSE^
all your thougTiii, has for fome years" pro-
portionably deteriorated ^our liangiidgeoatid
your ftile , yet 1 acknowledge , to fey^fotftid;
ev^^n in your later works • befides a conide-
tent uock of hiftoncal xqforrpajtion^ fj^^jByel]
mitten paffages^ whidi^ i:antimKal afi^at^oa
^prcttinefs had B(»•7rt;^1Jt<cr^yi5^fed;<lb)
' ' . J f i' *j*/j ill I *^
( tf ) Many curioas mbdtis of iifoidern fiitf Wtit W might
b^' gathered from Mr. beringcons later ^jlforks^ ^ Among
tbe fioWbts of oratory, thfe charaaeriftVc^of^fa^'^yli
[fSn^ tp^be.;jie ifope,.jir%> ^bcipriff^s ^cj^ ,.^«
lences for ever Hand vritb iht^roa^ cs^i ii^fffrtff^^^'^^J^i9^
l»)ftqry„ of ijenry U §?f*. Jj? pfhipular i^m^ytiifL this
fcwttty. Thus p. i^. •• To^eier t4iey^ww5 ygwncd. »
p. 17. ** Her Louis askec( in marriage. ^ p* 40. ^ When
«t Frederic was deaf— hi%^ etffro«nniAk«dkl9vrcC^£«
G a
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I h»v^ yenjKtf^ fomedmet to blame yoor
rhetpriCft ^equently your logic } (^) but t
M Id 'Ckh/brft ^f^a a 4€iro*t tbbot; him Ill«havd feK
M.&t.i»: p. 4s6. ^ Oo it h^ laid a daic.«...... bm
* ,9 neaqiogco referve for i more paittful death # p. 417* "
I, Mjr father and my two brothers you flew, n P- S^ ** ^
M Beclet they caa be fevere , tho' to his prince he
It neter'^tered laa^age fo uafeemly. «» p. 510/^ ApSm
M aflfiHoUed the pfcUtes « abbots « deans aad bafosa of
^the ftalm. M p. 54a« ** The duplicity , he luid oftea
P^^^\ted^ it wottid be no^, be thought » moft ex**
,^* pedienc to exercife. 19 &c fif pafim pit Mam. —
'.Ssntf (bhool boy knowt, that tiie firft ftnteoc^i of hta
exeicice has a prefcripciTe sight tp be oicely fm«othc4f
founded .^an4, polished. It fervgi^ as a letter of recoa«
nexfdaudii for what is to follow. I^iften to our author
epefting thi hlftory'of Henry II. p. i. • Awful it
M the impremon. wMch nolir fiille on my mind* wfaetf ^
» with the^^aiin^s.of time** long paffed open before me^
M I fit down to contenTplate the manners of men and the
tf-erents of their days , and /a trau , through the man
».of itsprogrefsy th.e m^j|n^riM 9^d^tfi49 ivan^fiewt Una
m Of trtith. ,» Is the reader able.ro tra^i • in this fentence t
^e jvaifuant line of good fenfe aqd CQpCftency ?
Ip p,.>. Mr. Bcrfngtdn afltfres us, that, tho' •> his
m gpidb, Whbm th6 coi«^l ^vered, (Roger de Hovedea
m Wiinkiii' MeubHgeftfis, &c.) liaVe 00 ftyle that charms;
M yet %e wili fallow them^ 6stro,eft tb briog forward their
n nMadirned narration, ani Tatj^er" Willing to incur the
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iUlL try to view with fome re{^£t a ptiated
paper in my pofieflSoo, in 'which you qualify
^ cevfure of dolneA , than to attempt* ttrnfement bj
•9 illufive arcs or tbe fupplemflnu of iafeiui#a; ^ Ht
f emembers the old adage , ^ Oriari .xea magna vetat *
M concaota doceii; Manil. L i.; it te kii#Vi with Ci-
cero 1. 3. de Fin. that ^ grandiorct its diceic ornaii
a» ptuarile aft, plana aucem ft perlptcue pofle, ddM efl:
M & inteliigentis Tin. ^ I kad not faigottan hit pTomife^
when I read hi« ^71 page , titt prototype of which ik
old Roger, whom, he ctcta in the margin » ia «s foUowiw
J* Viceiimi teitid die Sepcembrls Bicbafdna rei Anglic
4» venit Metaaam in Sicilia , cnm bnrcttt multia k, aliis
9 magnit na?ibus & galets ^ in taqcft glorift , & fonicn
M Cttbarum & bucqinii^i , qu^ tremor apprebendit eoa qui
» io civicace erant. Rex tero Fnnciaa & foi, & omnee
n priocipet ciTitatia MeflOmaty & clerna & popnUs ftabasft-
n in litcore adm|rante9 ftiper Us, qim tidtent & aodieninc
n de rege Aoglim ft de pouftaie •e|na;<}ni com appU*
9» caiflkt^ &c« fto, » Rog. de HoTedeo apod Ret« Ang.
' ftripcorea p. ^3. The reader will not modi wonder thac
.Hogert ftory is artlefa^^ becayfe he wore a cowl : b«t if
he has an; daffical taftOy he will adntiro the unadttnmi
ond elegant fimplicity ^ with which Mr. Beriagton ,
who .never wore t ctml^ hat deivvered Jt in finglicli.
P* 3?i ^ Qn the ^wency^thi td, afe ammnieat was feen^
n proodly advancing between Scylla and Charybdis. The
m ftieamem ftoated on die wind , and the gorgeoos- ap^
W pearatilce of gliftening. otjt^ , anw^uneed the approtftli
hcf^.tpn jeaftefn m^oareh; . Bot (b^ Was heard tli« fonnd
'!ii:Of muGc; and the^cUngor of hotnt an4 trumpets fwel^
• liog the biecie ivwciied.' n genetat 4dttittil!on. Tb^
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^ourlelf Pr6fhjp^ of Philofophy. It is now
fi>me year} fioc^ you proclaimed jrouHelf ^^
^ Boblet of Mefflna, with its priefts tod people , and Miii^
:i» the. Fiench monarch, with his arnsy , and che£nglx«ii
^ croiaders , a vail maltitudt , hafteaed to the beach ^
n gazed and Kftened. " It wae Richard king of England ,
'#» with bis galMes and their attendant vefiels, from the
j» pore of Salerno 9 which he had lefc when news came,
n that his fleet was at Meffina. ' He landed , &c. &c. i»
Siaiiai inftances of daffical pnrijty may be feen In the
death of Richard I. taken from good Roger, p. 436. and
efpecially in the battle of Bonvines p. 534. equally co-
pied from the coWled chroniclers of old feafon. YhU
battle o^ BonTines, on the whole, is well fought by
Mr. Berington; tho' his detail of tbe varhus ehanea and ,
s$chUvtmcnt$ §f it (which he promifes not to detail)
exhibits little invention or military knowledge. Change
the names , and the r^ will fit almoft' any battle tbK
was fought before tb9 invention 6f gunpowder. Nothing
was then more common , than to mcar mrm^vir ^ ttmfiid
ty tht akUft worimgn , which sbiv$nd dr Hunted the rt^
£$iiing wei^»ns f andhnt u no ameufon. Often before
king Philip, had a general been dragged from' hirhor/k
1^ a foldior who bad fixed bis barbed ja^Un on the top tf
his euirafs; often had kings wOb an Pheir armour 911 »
ifrang from th$' ground^ and after reffiing a hundred fekids^
had been refeued by the impetuous -fury of their borfit , ^
p. 53S- If Mr. Beriogton had ik>i ^ifelalmtd Mihpple^
^ents of invention (o tbe una4§rn^d ndm^ion of the oU
monks, it might be imagined, tiat:.aU;thif ^tna <dfMi
from hiroM. task -book at the coMege^.^ Ilay^iothiDg of
fbe pe4»ntry of pfing Qb^]cte:At;imw,emed wor4i| ot
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man^ of fomt Inters, (*) and I readily admit
your claim to that title : but it is the misfortune .
of perfons % who fancy themfelves men of fame
letters, that they have frequently a more im-
portant leflbn to learn, I mean, the art of
turning their fame leturs to an ufeful purpofe;
and to this logic would b^ of ufe. Th^
remark is juft , but it is not mine. It was
'inade , many ages ago , by the beft logiciaQ
of the chriftian church, who obferved, rf Qui
9>^ ^xiJHmat ss sciKS AZiQ^iD, nonduaf.
v> eognovit quomodo oporteat earn faire. ti (U
He that fancies himfelf a xo^xkoifome letters^
has not yet learned how he ought to uf«r
them.
The truth of this apodofical remark has
been moft exaflly exemplified in the feveral
writings, with which you have, during twenty
years, difedified the body of British catholics;
hut I mud confine myfelf to prove it from
'your late publication, which is throughout :a
ttflfixing uncoiDilioii meanings to thore which are curretfc.
.Such are karJikocd^ trwbhus^ ferUtrh^ garhb^ tranquiUy^
muinbood for bumanity , UMour for iakour , &c« ,
if ^rRifcM. f J. a. pr 35.
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bright illoftration of the apoftles text It it
not indeedf within my plan to refute all the
contents of that romance i I have not time to
write a book as thick as yours » and a few
comments 06 foihe of the prominent features
of it will fuffice to point out the knowledge
which you wanted, and the knowledge which
you have abufe3. ^ This want' and this abufe
of knowledge feem to import a Wilfulnefs of
error; and how can I excufe you from it,
Vhen you have avowedly copied writers,
who , on difputable points , had declared tbem-
ielves even paffionate partifans of one fide of
the queftion ; and thro* fear of acquiring infor-
mation, you equival^ntly acknowledge that
you would not even read what has.been written
on the other ^ In controverted matters, in
which the truths of religion are not^oncemed,
no infallible authority can be acknowledged,
and if it be a painful task to difengage truth
from the shades, in which it is enveloped,
that task cannot be fuccefsfully performed-,
ivithout eempftfing the aff e r t ions and reafo-
nings of the contendiag patties^ and writers
jexperienced in ihefe difquifitions have fre*
quetly found , that Truth was ftanding in the
middle between both parties, and was equally
unobferved by both. For your part, you
have
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feaVe Wiffbltf tUntet ynur laeft updn her,
you h»ve reilifM «b fbiteti for th« avenyes,
WbkA dfrghcfeftd y<« (o iKf^ and y«t yoa
have the afitirafict t» e^ dm , that you alontf
are In polt«fl^Q tff this tong coneeated and
iBtereftiflg fagiffte. i^od have df(cdver«d bef
ttitt:;<ig io (be dafty desk« of Dodd , ' and
you fofget that tM» «m«I', whatertr hia merits
'iiktK Ht tfihet feTpefb, iH» cettalnly Warped
l^y ▼fofent prejodicei, ^tid ought therefore w
Be io)ft»af(ed, thJl hii advtrfaries flbry has
Veeti t«1d and exartiiiied. But jtn adopt all
his prejudices, yoa #W not risk the tofs of
one of them t whi^h the* writers ontheoppofhe
l!de inighf polibTy Wi>e{t fh)m you ; and* though
yott are refotved Rehhei* to re*d n«r to beiteve
whaf (iOteitiporary Jefaits bud others have
tranfbkttfd to o» iw tlM»A>. natters » 3^90 ikioAl
uacen^onably espeft, that yoar cofeiftpora-
fies sbonM read and believe yao. 0ut, iff
am tightly info^ied, tfaey have tneted to yen
in y6uf QWji meafure t ^aar work i» )«ft m
thafkte, which bad a«ietided the A(foo9dirs d^
Ihiaaanl* tititiH y#et wdHrfnt tharity drew
thetii forth into tight; aod where ^aoAo^tf
has paid the pnee^ at which y ot> tajt it « many*
of the purchafers have aoi Iab<wred beyddd
the preface. .
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Jq fea , Mt. Beringtoij, you come too lati
^o the market, to fell^ libels againft the Jefuits.
7hey are now a fiale war^ i they pall upon
{he appetke. Thirty years ago their deftruo
fion w^^ yet to jbe accomplished , and the
Beripgtons of the day then flunned our ears
ivith the rehearfal of jefuitical iniquities, more
f}Ipck and numerous, than ever (bined a table
^f finf in a janfenifiical prayer-book. Ac
prefent thefe fame inen have other work upon
their hands; they are now shaking dowa
thrones, altars, and cfiurch-eftablishments^
and you are kindly lending them an auxiliary
hand to complete the ruin. But the phantoms
of dead Jefuits are ftilt fluttering before your
eyes ; and white from, a remnant of afie&ed
moderation you blame your friend Dodd for
the afp^rity of the language, with wMch he
addrefled them; (*) while you wish that he
had pafled by them , like a furly mailiff, in
fileot indignation; (f) you, with your ufual
incoafiflency , worry them , with growl Cer*
berean , thro* more than five hundred pages.
The Jefuits have been fometimes reproached
with the folly of confidering their enemies
(•) Mem. cfPMM. p. 399..
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»s 'tben of the chtircb. I coiilcl iieVer obftnre^i
that they were guilty o^ fliis abful'cl}(y ; but
I have often htertl tbem remark , that ^11
enemies of the chufch'p^rofeffed aii ehmity'tb
them. This , I believe, was a very grcMilde^
obfervation; and it is equa% true, that^
though a few brthodox t>o€tot*s tmfikilll^ in
the fkcerity of their hearty veiittkirfes agali>ft
then) , yet the beit afld iMft-^adyi^herebti
to the catholic church regret their oV»rthrt>vif i
efpeciatty finCe providence has t>^{)iittefd the
innovators and philofophers , - whtf hzd tUn^^
tf]V«d It, to (fifplay the: d»{)Yh6f«heir' plat!',
by the (bbverfioD of a lai^e^ portion of^^the *
catholic church, in the.defi«!u£lkm fifaheigtS*
bouring kingdom; Inquire' of thbfe cHrtftiaA
bonfeffort , thedifperfed prelate&of the IPrendli
€hurehei ; they wiU ,* perhaps to a ' man v rene#
the honourable tedimoiiy, which the)<<"ff^e^
4eceflor8 -gave to the* Jefoits if^''i?6tii^^
when the philofbpbic PftiliimentartaniS'iltffiib'-
4atedthem to the refehtmentii of a:o€irni^ed
4:oort> t& the ragie^ ofj^^an hypocritical fe6iv ^
the fury of deiftical philofophers j, and above
all, to their own- rebellious fchemes of per*
fonal aggrandifement, ' The langUajg^e pr^^^^
H %
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fomptioa; with vbicb y<ott 4l«re to «efra« ih«
|er»its, as fyftoma^^l |]fpof<fff of«e|M(c0pil
jonTdifUm. JBtelMAe i»e« Mc Becuigisp, J
kp^ itlwi« .9)«ii ^a«r <tiiBQ fF«u» TAvsif
|B« 4priqg iMWcai «f my ibfsft yMrs« «iid ajr
«yef were aoc -eotWBly avfirfis t« ob^vMof.
I temmtbi^ ^ir virtafff vkh ^IcBfwne, mi
faltered JtAfiCi of tbem xny yet be ditaacA
^iKtti !vb»tey«f . Ungtk ihe 4i»tal«0Mr 4
their. £ittltfi iQiiybe fiippoftd , by igaarant. H
iii»lk»ou$4 «r l»y nopaitiel ^perioBe lo >hm
fsteoded* I can foUaairigr sum! tvuly ^brtaee*,
t^ dilTcefpfa t« eflcJefiiftiAl pvwem wm fM
vpoo the 4ifl. Dud^g Inwieea yeaefi «M!h
I fpem amoogtbe Jefuitt, I wvf^lkaiiiityfi^
Qu^iptcdwitkmcflibet^atftiiat hody^ eiidmiA
C9&tii nation nrlueb ibe fiw eitiUg^QS, is £»*
giMN) .^inuFilandeBt^ m Ffmce « in (^moMiiyiMiii
lo ^)y ; i(d) Aad^nriag tb«c-)WigirpaGe«f «ne*
(.0) Daring chit perM , the expnllion of theJ<raiH
irom aU the dominions cfthc honfe dTBoartMO «n4 f*"'
topkt hiA collefl ed into the towns of the Pofies £■">>
ftU the Jcfbiir «f liw Sattftm «cKi(MiM sf ■diofe ^
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I «(B?«r witMflnl i» udMA* or heintawoM
mffopg tbes), wlikli exfutfif^ Mr Miested
difregard for the cooilitoted powers of ifaft
church. Oo the contrary, the Jefaits in
«vei<7 cpmatf lo9]se4 up fa» «h^ e|pHiMpai order
(Bo€ {i^pp^tt^ad ifiton&\M i Uhsjr terery ^▼hece^
^odeavoored tp nttnt k by refipe^^ Mftlaai
90id(% il9 thieir pr^feffioml diMicsdMdl vkoi
tbe Jjtoinr 0f ^enffe Urudc i^eni to the |9Mia«d$
i« their ^^ooy, ihey heartl ataoft eteif
Otlojiic Bttiwp Mter a Qgh at their ia«s. The
fiiwp§ pi «be v«ry j^v prflatw, JH tfhooi k
^oiigl^t 9Q MQpaomA jpy 4 ffiighl: fac repc»t«l
«9 a bieatb, 9Bd, I ap.liiret thiMt tb^Aunl
<pf ao &)g^ish name wpiiU not jbe hfard m^Ag
thfOL If Parfoo», eke fiitbcr of the Ei^jysh
Jefoitt mv iflfr^d with ad jwti«epiftoipalisa
Ipirit^ 9* yoo ^I'tMiid pcrTqade m» at leaft ifaait
l^t did net reach his latcft defocadaote;,
who expised i^ 17:^3. Btrt «a« lim hi* -iied
-fltrchiet, fiefides a iroftitade of niffiown from every pirt
«f Afia, Aiafliiat^beI««aBt,Ac. ir<io,ifi'4h«lr4itile,-M
«ot g«ite fitiA "^^ t«>W f^ ^^9^- MflPy «f ^hM»
fiUl fiusise, to e^jfjT jtheltaliAO tpws 4f Fixi' re)i^«vs
depottffleot. See the acconnt gUren of tbem by Qtoflqr
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khacaa^rl Iflt^was, I ^hodOl^ fdrpeft From
.your wntnigs , that yon were < appointed his
'. The remarks^ which I am goitsg to make
•on your Memcips of Gregoei^ Pan\ani wili
kieceflicate me co fpeak of that celebrated
man more frequently than. I wish^ becaufe
ny plan is not to vindicate the Jefuits nor to
write the hifiory of British catholics; I only
viean to shew, that you hare written a fiitfe
"One. Either of the two former fcfaemes
would require a vohimfnou^ work; and if«
in executing the latter, frequent meortion of
the Jefottswiir occur, the feult is entirely
your own, in leaving fele£led them foir the
conftant fubjefi of your mifrepreftntations.
If in the lad page I have roundly xlenied the
4Boft prominent of your calumnies againfi:
.them, it can^ hardly be thoujght a deviation
jkom my plan ; both becaule the atrocity of the
imputation was peculiarly .provoking , and
.without advancing, hiftorical proofs, 1 have
barely flated my own afTeniOo againft yours.
^And, as Imuft now hafien to uiy remarks,
t clpfe thi? addreft ty declaring, that I, am
willing to* commit my eharaifler for veracity
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agaiDft yours , to the impartial jodgment of
tbofe, who have read and co'nfidered our
refpe£live wrUiogs%
I am, SIR 9 &c.
Charihss Plowdbn.
Oftober 19. ir93»
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PART I.
REMARKS
N T H E
INTRODUCTION
TO THE MEMOIRS
Of
GREGORIO.FANZANI.
Hfc fuppofiid Mem6its bf Gregbfh PM^
%ani, t;»hich, though the fitaitneft dlvifibn'of
the work, give the ndme to the VhoIef,'dl-e
.bolftered up on the tw> -lid« by' ah' 2fitf6'
daSion add a Suppliment^ afid 6a each of
thefe three pahs 1 ii^e Mr. BeriOgtdn (bdife
t emarks . 1 muft firft obfenre, that he
confiders the deftru^lion of the catboUe re*
iigion by Queen EU&beth » % neafute re-
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eommended equally by prudence and policy ;
and he tells us <« that the Queen refolved
n to liften to the voice of thefe virtues ,
n in order to terminate the differences of
n her fubjefls, and to give liability to her
ti thronfr. ^ C) Soon after, he contradids
all this, by deducing, that great event folely
from her fpirit of indignant nfemmeni^ which
was provoked by the arrogance of Paul IV ;
and €€ to him, he fays, the defedion of
n England from the communion of Rome is
9> to be imputed. » ( t ) In catholic principles,
neither policy nor indignation , but the evidence
•f truth, isaflumed as a guide in the choice
of religion ; and if prudence had been con-
fulted by Elifabeth, it would furely have
pointed out the impropriety of fubverting
l>y violence a religion , which had been efta-
Uished for ages , a religion , which she had
fwarn to maintain , and which was then
profefied by far the greatefi part of her fub-
je£ls. .Mr. Berington lavishes praife upon
Elifabeth, who fucceded in her undertaking;
lie referves his cenlures for James 11, wh«
£iiled in a fimilar atten^t to alter the re-
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Kgion of the land. Perhaps I fay' U)o much
when I attribute fuch a prOjeA to James i
&T whatever his intentions were , bis anions
announced no more than d defign to eftablish
a full toleration of the religion , which he
profefled, and to reftore the members of
his own communion to the enjoyment af
the civil and religious advantages, of which
his predeceflbrs had deprived them. Iti the
execution of this fcheme, neither racks nor
gibbets, nor yet deprivations, nor forfeit
tures , no^ confifcations ever entered into his
thoughts. He meant to deal out the good
things of the land with impartiality to per-^'
fons of every religious denomination; but hi»
intolerant enemies would not fuffer him to
be* juft. He was unfuccefsful , becauie he-
mifptaced his confidence, and be is rfcviled
by Mr; Berington , becaufe he was betray*
ed. (*) Confcientious convidion of refti-
^ude undeniably moved James to favour the
catholic reh'gion ; policy and intereft , which
Mr. Berington exalts into prudence and wif-
iom^ had alone influenced Elifabeth to defiroy
it ; and to thefe motives , rather than to the
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«fifw«r of Pflol IV , ^a 4ef«£Hon of ^glaod
iQmxli^ e^tbolic cjiurcb auuii i»e 9fqritie(]^
Official imfwcrs of pnoces iir« Dfually dh
gefted'aod framed with much G0QQd?r9uoiu
Though the ancient pap«l claims are oowdtfal*
lowed and rejefied, t^ miufi be femembered^
^t Pope Paul had never « either ia reality
'or virtually, renounced them. He was morc^
over the third fucceflhr of the Pope ^to vbofe
decifion the marriage of Henry VUI with
Anna Boien had beei^ ultimately ceff red by
ijbe British court; and after th^ folemo de«
termination of that great caure^ it was iiq(
poffible for hiffia aither 9s Pope, w^ as^fo-
irereigp^ to acknowledge the titU, w^K^.;b^
jflue oi^ that marriage prefered to the Bcitishi
tb^ODev In other circufuftancas « PquI would
prol;ab1y have concernej:) bimferf as ^tlq with
the fucf elfion of th^ British crawo , as big
pred^ceflbrs had dote ^ in i^ fey^a^ tr^dla-
tiona of it from one pretender to another «
during the two hundred preceding yeaf^.. if
to tbefe confideratioBS be added tbQ afibonts,
which had been offered in England to the
religion , of which he was the chief Bishops
and the well known difpofitions of Elifabeth to
renew theoi } the lofty ftyle of his anfver may
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perhaps create left Airprife, than tbeaods^itsfi
with which Mr. Beriagton pretendf, tha^^
the thoughts 9n4 c^pdofl of the fovereigo
pontifiT, ev«Q io political m^t^r^i ought cq
bie fettered and controuled by bi^ (Ubjefts^ (fl)
But fuch fenticnepts uttered by Mr. Beringtoo
create oo furprife io me» when I recoUedl
• (#) See Mim. p. 4. TheK IMchiveoa icfw ftcrfa
Ml. BetivgtM^Avtritc Ricbariin fji^iUL f'PrhkU maktt!tk«
VofW duty i^tf jy a|inifteria>| «^ 4ft«M»Bt upon \^oh
yfhQm be i% i^ppQiDced comic. O^cbolip^ Md» that;cb^
Pope IS the fuprcne head of th^ church in all matters of
ftith and dfTciptfoe 9 fn virtue of the cothmiffion delivered
bjChriftte*Sc^Tecef. Mf.BeriDgtontfid his Stuff^fdfhin
^ifff]fiMinc9Hi,>bi(Cjfat Pdpetrupffmcf t in iMcml «f
dlfcipUoe) \% d^nyc^lt not from divine ajppointoieQC^.b^p
from teci^ia^ical infituiinn. See theU a^pitil of Jan. 1^91.
1^. 33. Though this do^rine he patpabiy erroneous, lee
theoi «ot Im^ve, thai I ftigmatite tbem as bereii^
However, if thcj^do noc roao^ttceMid iwnkit their erroTi,
pre may indfe^ c;ontiniie tQ pfefamq \bi viiegihy ^fitjieif
faith , bvt we shall ^pply to th^m ^ w^C St. Epiphapios
faid of Meletius ^Settum duntaxat fccerat , it fide non dlfcefc*
fat, I further remark, that this StafFbfdshtrb do^rine tend^
astfreaif tfbterlMiiihe l))iritM«i p4l^r ofihe Popey«
Mr. Beiint^opa dei^^matdona t9i«ft:liM teiopQtil ^ver
reignty in Italy , and his commendation of Arnold of Brefcia
tend to excite rebellion in the cccTeiialHcaF date. See
Lift of /Ibtlllnrd pp. 309. 3^1 l( f^q* Wboevei « in
thefe times , is ai^ enemy to one eftabliih^ ibvereigncy ^
may be prefumed to be boftile to all* .
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tbe mighty ptaifes^ which tie has beftowed
upon Arnold of Brefcia , Tanchelm of An-
twerp and other Jacobins of the middle
ages; (*) neither is It a matter of forprife to
me, (fo much am I habituated to his contra-
diftions) to find him eUe where pronouncing
u the laws of Ellfabeth tyrannical and unjafiy
M and allowing the catholics, indeed in one
f> inftance , to have been highly blameable;
#> but that was, when power was in their
t> hands , and they wefe pufillanimoufis or impo-
«) litic enough « to permitihe fpurious ofi&prinj^
t» of Henry , whofe difpoficions they weU
99 knew, to mount the British throne. Our
«• fellow -fufferers in France « (the Hugoe-
t> nots) he adds,' would have played a better
» game. >Kt) All this affords no fubjefl of
furprife in a man , who is one day to write a
book of Ritraclations ^ u to shew die progreft
t» (in philofophy) which be has made, fined
t) he commenced author; » (§) and we muQ
be content at prefent to h^ar hm extol the
wifdom and fagacity of £li&beih, <# in mo^
99 delling a Parliament to her own defires , in
I
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*(t) Prif. to Refiea. to J. B. p. Wij.
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»» alteriog the whole fyftem of religioti in a
ri fiogle feflion^ ^nd in breaking down at
r* ^nce the whole mafs of papal jurifdidion^
t> becaufe the whole fabric of it feemed to
99 be the contrivance of human ambition on
9» one fide, and of weak conceifions on the
VI other. H (*} I am not fufiSciently verfed in
Mr. Beringtons philofophy to comprehend <|
how weak conceffions could contrive a fatric of
jurifdiBion; but I am fufiiciently acquainted
with my religion to know, that the umilier
nable fpiritual right of fupremacy, refidingin
the firft Bishop, was underftood as well in
the days of Elifabeth, as it is at prefent; and
I know that a woman aflumed it. « How
99 should a date proceed , fays Mr. Beringtoug
t) now convinced that fuch a paramount jurif*
99 didUon was incompatible with its (bve*'
•> reignty, than at once to break down the
n whole maf$^ confcious at the fame time,
i> that their decrees would not affeA what was
« really divine and primitive. « (t) I repeat
again, that this language creates in me ne
furprtfe , becaufe IVIr. Berington has declared
in his preface , « that he xs not of my reli-
C* ) Biem. 0f Panzatfi. p. p. 4- *• T-
Ct)i*W.p. 8.
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m glon, ♦> (*) which certairiyeia^ls from isl
a beikf^ that the fopremacy of thef firft Kshbp
is oF divine inftltaiion, and that it canoot be
vrelled from bim without a cHme. The thing
which furprifes me ia, that denyinj;, as be
noft certainly appears to do^ this article of
catholic faitb.| heftili continaei to call himfelf
a champion of the catholic church ; my f«^
prife i$^ Akt twelve catholic priefi) are fbtMdt
who will adhere to his protefiations ifgaioft
epifcopal juri(di£)Hon , and fbflfer a work to be
iofcribed to them, #hich tends direClly to
deny that of the fovereign pontiff to be pri»
mitive dnd divine. Perhaps the good meti
were not let into the fecret of Mr. Berinc^ons
inuntionsg m wtiting the f)bove cited paflEage.
Perhaps they forgot to compare it with his
idofitint in ifS/, when be taijght us, that
the Popes Supremacy, which li renounced by
the oath erf* Elifabeth ^^h as tnuch of a itH*
«i gious natute , as the (acramem jtfttf of the
» lords ftipper.«(t)
, Whatever this fupremacy waa* in itfeff ^
or may be in Mr. Beringtod^ creeds the
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Ct) M^^fi to tJk Pni^. Difcnt, p. a/.
Parliament
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PatlSament moddhi to Elifahahi dtfim fettled
It in its foil extent upon their mifirefs ; and
I here defy Mr* Berington to produce from
hiftory an aft of any ancient Pope, invafiye
of the legal and eftablished rights of princes ^
which, in hardlnefs of ufiirpation, can be
Compared ^tfith this female aflumption of a
povrer , which had been attached through
ifiore than fifteen cemuriei, exclufively to the
firft chriilian Bishops He has produced the
Queens fubfequent ladmonition^ contrived to
foften, if poflible, the rerdting features of
this afionishing deed; but the citatioh 6f iJiis
fubfequent admoniiiop is a pitiful evafion^
which can never elikle ndr excufe the naked
b£k. A woman really declared herfelf veiled
with a fpiritual commifllon to govern the
church ( and she fupported it , as her fatfier
had done, by axes and gibbets eredled agaihft
tbofe , whom confcience forbade to acknow-
ledge it* It is idle and nugamry in Mr, Be«
fmgton to tell us , that this bufineft was left
for future explanation. (*) Articles of faith
are not fub^£ked to the explanations of Qpeens
md courtiers , or of parliaments modelled, to
iheir dtfires; and as long as fiatute books and
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biulieotic hifiones 3h^l exift , they will give
undeniable evidence ^ 'that the all complying
parliament of Henri VIII mea^nt to veft in
that monarch all the fpiritual authority , which
the Pope had previoufly enjoyed, and that his
daughtec Elifabeth aflqmed the full extent of
her fathers new prerogative. She doled out
and she refumed her ghoOly gifts at pleafore;
for she was fupreme j.ahd who should controul
herl Venerable colons mark out to the
CAtholk Pope the cautious mode of proceeding
to the fufpenfion of depofition of Bishops ; but
BSfabeth^ frowned from the height of her fu-
pfemacy, and all the fpiritual powers of the
'primate of England inftantly vanished, (tf)
(0) See Che hiftpry of archbishop Grfndals fufjpenfioa
ia ColIycT Vol. a. p. 553. The Qu^q commands die
txcrcife of prophefying to be fappreiTed, and homilias xm
be read inftead of fermoiisk ' (^rindal expoftohces^ The
Queen chacges the other Bishops to difcontioiie the
praftice •f prophefying and ^ about a month after. Grin.
M dai opntinuing incompliaot , was confined in his hooft
n and feqoefiered froni his jarifdjftion for fit monthly
M This reflraint was chipped apoo him , when he wat
n goings on his* mecropolitical vlfitation Dr. Yatas
^ a^ed for him during his fufpenfion. m Afttr the fix
months, he makes an apology in a letter to the Queen;
but , »» this letter not being refigning enough , the feqoe&
y» cration continued, n The convocation petition withooc
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They wefe trahsfertd from arohbf^Op Gifndat
to a fubftitute of her ovro- s^j^piotmiAetiiv and
this fpiritual z& of kifpe^&on gave t&a^cf
to the threats' of deprivation^ -wWch she dt^
flounced againfi the reft of her liew modelttd
clergy i (tf) unlefs they would eOffcdr ttf
fuccefs for the reftorttion of the primate , who ^t Feogth
fobmus by a deed dated augdft ti. 1580. This^a^ir is^
fbppofed to have iiccelerated his deai^ , Which 'happetr^^
fooD after. This fa^ aldne jdemonfttaiet againO; Mt. Bt^
fiiigton, chat cb? ecclefiallical headship , which Eiilabech
alTamed I was undetftood bjber to involve that truly
fpiritual power, which catholics' believe to be theV/^iW
and primitive prerogative of the Pope. It equally refujieiB^
the meagre argomepts, with which Sir J. Throcktnortoti
attempts to prove , that the. oath ' p^ Supremacy means
fomeching different from the common'^acceptation of the
words. Such reafoning wilt Xiotnoii fucceed with English*
•atholics. See the complete refutation of it ia EuUf.
Dimoc. dtudttd, p. 16a & feq. ' \ '*
(jl) Seethe Queena^fpeech at the difTalution of ParliaToenc »
march sp. .1535. ^ Oo^ matter conchet^ m^ fo neere,
M as I may not overskip; r,eUgioo , .t^e, ^round^ on
M which all other matters ought to takeroote, apd being
M corrupted, may marr all thii tree'^ and that cher^ bfetoine
m fault-finders with the order of the' clergie, which (it may
n make a flander to myfelf and the churcli , vihoft ovirioiktt
99 god batlf madt me; whofe negligence pnnotBe ieicojed^
n if any fchifmes or errors heretical wer? fuffercd. Thus
* M much I muft iay, that Ibme faults and negligences may
f» growe and be, as in all other great changes it hap{»e*
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frusb ptiritamctl fchiiix^iticS) who i^elbised
to chttfe for themfelvtp a religion , which she
had not prefccibed not approved. Catholic
gainfayera of her fapremacy felt the firength of
her f{;cular Btia^ in deprivations « fines ^ exile^
chains and halters ; a|ul the new gofpellers of
the age did not dogmatize with impunity, (tf)
indeed Queen Elifabeth was, in the firid
fenfe of that word, a perfecutor. She perfe-
cutedeven the pre$byterians, whofe fuppofed
attempts to overthst)W the church, which
n neth..... AU whicli, if you my Lords of the clergiQ
It' do not imend , 1 mM$ to depo[$ you, Xodke ye there-
' t» fore well to your charges I muft yeelde thil
99 to be true, that I fuppofe few , that be no profbflbrSt
M have read more (than I.) I fee manle overbolde
ft With god almighty 9 making too manie fubttl fcaaniogt
n of his blelTed will, as lawyers do with human tefta*
«t' ments. The prefiimption Is fo great ^ as I may not
^ fuSer it , nor tolerate -newfanglednefk. f mean to
^ guide them both by gods "Irritten rule, n Stowes An*
aals. p. nai. ^w prhHIegio regi4 mnjefath d. B. i6o^
dedicated to the archbishop of Cant^bury. '
.; i^^XSee the Proclamatiop againft the feftaries of tb§
Smiiy of love y Odt. 3* ijlBo; the burning of MattfaeW
amont at Norwich for h^refy May ao. ejufd. an. the
execution tf Elias THacker and John Coping June 4. isHt
for writing againft f^« rjook of common f^aytr; ibe burnhig
of John Lewis for hcrefy in dotijing ib§ ^odbead tfChrif%
Sep. iz» tod. an. Howes ufon Sf9v. Suh his ana.
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tbis very Queen eftablished, Mr. Beriogtba ^
by his own confeffion, views with plearur«
anddelight* (*) With what decency then can
he extenuaxe and even commend' her feverity
to catholics ^ while » confidently with his own
profeiBons , he cannot applaud it , whep
extended to diflenters^ If 1 expected con*'
fifiency firom him, I would ask, with what
face he can defire the overthrow of the efia^
blished church , the public fervice of which
he fo highly applauds o as dignified and de-
« cent , and well adapted to the fedate apd
n philofophieal chara^er of the English peo-
ft pie <i^ (t) With what confiftency can he
preach the catholic religion, which he every
where reprefents as debafec^ by i<ile ceremoniee »
and tyrannized by haughty pontiSs and afluming
Bishops? With what confiftency can he exult
in modem attempts to overturn the eftablished
(hurch# (S) while he commends the catholic
clergy ibr fiibmitting to the laws of Eti&beth,
which eftablished it, and declares that u fuch
«» refignatioQ was then become their chri^ao
(*) See adfinft fo Prottft. Difint, p. 41.
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n dtity^ » (•) It w true Aat in rite next
|>9ge , he terms this very conduft of the clergy
a i^dk policy; but this fnconfifteocy only
proves, that his ideas are as unfetded as bis
religton; it demooftrates the troth of what
I exprefled to him laft year, « that the roan
t» who has once abandoned found princi{4es,
n will never afTume others, whk^i are con-
«» fiftent. »(t) .
To exemplify the truth of this remark, be
fnbjoins a note to this part of his work ; and
I leave the meaning of it to be unravelled by
thofe , who can uodierftaod it. It conraieqds
the moderation of our governors in an age
vf perfecation ^ and invites us to compare
the behaviour of our countrymen under more
Aan common irritation of human pajli<ms in
the days of the moderate Elifabeth , with the
conduft of the modern exiled cfergy of
France, placed in circumftances offime difficulty
and of greater opprejpon. ( J ) I am quite be^
wildered amidft this jumble of confiifed ele*
ments, and I am equally at a lofs to conceive,
(*) Mtm. p. i6.
(t) Remarks cn^ &c. p. iqS.
C$) Se« iw/tf p. ift cf Mm.
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in what fenfe he qualities the caufe of the
French cooyention with the epithets gnat
and ruMe^ while he acknowledges, that it is
profecuted with defpotifin , inioUrance , and
ddlibirare barbariiy., Nojt all the zQis of dif*
refpeA to royalty ; not all the horrid deeds
of fchifm, of rapine and profanation of (acred
things could degrade the /French revoIutiof|
in Mr.Beriogtons eyes; it wasiyet a great znd
noble caufe, untill it was iiained wUh royaU
facred and innocent blood* The truth is , the
unanimous voice of England checked him ia
this place; it witheld him from fiigmatising the
f'rench clergy as papiiiicajl bigots and re-
fractory fubje£ls; and by a kind of retrograde
ofcillatory motion 9 he feems to dagger to
their fupport, and in their favour , he demands
reparation to be made to innocence , virtue^ juj^
tice, and evert to manhood. And why np^
as well, to infancy, youth, and old age^
This muddled note may be recommended as
a true model of modern philofophical writing;
but where is the comparlfon between the Bri«
tish« and the Gallic prieHhoodl In fome
points of view 9 it would feem that the advan^
tage nes ra,ther on the fide of the Frendi
clergy. For not only a greater proportional
number of them have preferred confcience to
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iBtereft ; but hitherto they have H(6 enjoyed
the advantage and blefling of being united
among themfelves. If we could compare
the perfecutions ) which thefe two bodies of
men have fuftained — but the wHd rage,
the frantic ferocioufnefs of the foos of phiio*
fophy in France, outgo , beyond meafure^
whatever crimes we might attempt to con*
front with them from the annals of paft ages;
and yet the feverity of filifabeth was more
deeply fhidied^ more fyfiematically purfued^
more craftily concealed under the fandion
of law, ahd was ftill not lefs unrelenting^
than the modern effufions of jacobinifm, which
have ftained France with .the blood and have
adorned England with the virtues of the Grallic ^
priefihood. In oue refpe£l, the perfecuted
clergy of England in the days of Elifabeth
nay claim a pre-eminence; I mean, in the
aftive zeal, which they difplayed, to fecure
a fucceflion of their miniftry from foreign
countries , when their caufe became defperate •
at home ; and in the magnanimous ardour^
with which thofe wonderful men, undifmayed
by the flaughter of priefts , under Henry VIII ^
continued to encounter death g in defence of
their religion , for above the fpac^ of a
century.
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events^ and feewha( mifflooary expeditions of
the fame kind the Freoch clergy m procefs
of time may be infpired to attempt. If they
ever undertake them > they will be works of
religiouf seal ^ and therefore they will be op*
pofed. They may eren have their Beringtons
hereafter ^ to condemn their labours tod
itifulc their fufferings, to trample upoo their
memory and arraign them as traitors, efpe*
cially if they should fucceed to eftablish
houfes of education in foreign countries » in
order to perpetuate their miffions. And this
briQgs me to the origin of our tranfcaarine
feminaries , which Mr» Beriogton fo loudly
condemns*
I can eafily account for his eovetaomed
enmity to thefe feminaries! Twenty three
years have now elapfed , fince he made his
firft e&y to ingraft the improvements of
<i» } Bit&op CUiUontrs M$m9iN 4 i»i/Matf prUfk^ tit*
co&uia in accoont of aliove two hundrefl pricftt , ind
^0T» tb'an fixty lay men and womeD , csxecuted op re}!«
giouaaccountt, between theyeaft 1577. ^^* ^^*> befidca
aa hmoeDfe timber* Who Were €0ttdediiie4» ot iyftoe4
lapn(taflu»t|.coiifi&atioiia atfaaniihaaK osdmfiuiiifi^i^ii
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toodcrn pbilofophy upon the catholic tenets
profefTf d in their fqhodls. But the old Ilomaa
Hock would not coalefce with thefe exotics
of recent ipaportation ; the foil was unfavorable
ko their growth, the withered branch was
quickly lopped off and it was caft away.
No doubt was ever entertained in the college
at Douay^ but that the whole mafs of pdpal
jlLirifdi£Uon contained fome thing that was an
objefl, of catholic faith; and of courfe, that
the decrees of Elifabeth and her parliament ,
whiph had overturned this whole mafs had
offered fpmething that was primitive and divine.
The prieds of that feminary never fufpefled ,
\hat it was their chr^ftian duty to bow their heitds
in Jilent refignaiion ^ that is , either to furrender
their religion, or to ceafe to maintain and
pr«»ach it , in fubmiflion to thofe laws. Here
we have ^already more than is fufficient to
difguft lyir. BeringtoQ with foreign feminaries,
even though the ftyperiors o^ them had not
difmifled him from the chair , with which he
had been complimented at Douay. But be
derives all the grievances and' fufi^rhigs of
English catholids from thefe odious feminaries,
and he commends the Queens gentlenefs te
theprofefro^s of the old religion in the years t
which preceded the foundation of them. If
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'^n the clergy and Isiity had Quietly, ocquie&ed
in EHfabeths reform « (Vom a principle of
chrifiian duty , undoubtedly there w^u^ld hare
been no perfecutioh againfi the catholic:: r«U-
' gion. But Mr. Berington forgets the fevere
laws, which were etiafled againfi it, -and. die
sxecutions to death for the crime of denyiog
the Queens fpiritual fupremacy, which had
enfued, before the femioaries had yet any
exiftence : flill more he forgets Jris oan/ii
aflertioo* relative to this vfery period*, ^ tliat
t» to worship god after the old form *a&-pro*
99 hibited in public and private , and that iihe
99 fcheme of founding feminaries abroad , wis
w the only means now left of preferving 'from
99 utter xuin the fmiMI ^remains of cath6iicicy
99 in Engiand. >»(^): J. entirely agree widi
-him, that the feverity of tbofe hiws wascuioce
than doubled , when^ \ the Seminary - prieds
entered upon the fcene : fpr their appearance
called forth a multitude of catholics^ who,
intimidated by perfecution; had ndt- . dared
piibliclj to profefs their faith i and it is an
undoubted truth , that if there n5w be a body
of English catholics, ta share the favours of
|;overnment and Mr. Peringtons reproaches;
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thdf «Kifieiiee it pdacipftUf mmg^ woStr
God« to the coetiimadofi of the ctibolie an
niilry^ ^mcmtd bjr tbe taduihriotts seal of
Cardsoal Alleo and F/ Robert ParfeiK I
might with jtiftice odl thele floeo die tmo
patriaicbs of our pftfeot diwch. Tbetr
meinory will be fat ever in beoedidkm; and
in commemonitiDg the bleffiags wbkb tfaejr
have eotMiod opoo m, I hope it will one day
be forgotten « that the duef of their illufirioos
femkiariea bad tbe tnisfortuoe to engender
IVlr. Berington. Their main ofajeft was id
fefiore tbe aohoUc rdigion in Engiaod 3
]&tifabeth and her mioifters dreaded the fucceft
of their oeal; they counterai^ed it by nalti-
.plied precautions and f eaal faws; and ibefe
were dirked « as well to crash tiie aAeients
to the trld religioa at home 9 as to ^xtenni*
Date the new preachers of it , who in deftanw
of penal rigours, ca»e to lupportaod to
propagate it from abroad* They were not
fatiified with this« The Qoeen, « wbofe
H policy y 6iy8 Mr. Beringtoo , w» /o cooci-
»» liate the minds of men , and not to divide
•» them , «> <^) employed the more fiMe afi4 *
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siatt efficackros meafiire of fowiog dhrifiosf
•motig the csithplici, and id tUs, for tb«)r
greater utal, providende periBitted ber t9
fucceed. (4) The ecclefiafiictl aooali of
almoft every natioo 9 which has beeo cop verted
to chrifiiaoity, exhibit the impedimeotSt wbidi
difcord has every where oppofed to the work
of God i and I have before me a MS* treatifi^
written by Parfoos with refpeA ^ the period
of which I am (peaking ^ in wbicb he detailp
sod deplores ks e&£Uf in language equally
ikuplet pure and pathetic* Mr* Berington
prefumes to tell us on bis own credit without
proof, or at bed , on the report pf the JDoil
bitter enemies of Parfoas , that this father wa*
the fource and author of the fciiSoQs# which
^fuoited the exiled catholics i (*) and I tell
Mr, Berington^ ihat having read over a mul-
titude of MS* writings aodl^tt^n^of IWfow*
addrelled to Popes t kings , cardinals t Bisbopa
and the principal chara&ers of the English
(j) I bdiere thit tk rctdcr imy tni , la Cmden
jfnnaL P. II. tn explicit tvowal , that the difii(rrciii«ot^
among the cacliolict Were craftily ;fomented by the Qoeent
eaiffliries, eTpedaUj by Bancroft Bishop of (lOndos;
^ut I have not the bode by me «t prefenu
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fcatbofic clergy nnd laity ,1 find him evefjr
where like himfelf, glowing with zeal for
tlie fupport and progrefs of catholicity , ex-
Mufting his credit for the relief of his difirefled
^rountrymen, undifmayed by oppoficion, ever
Supporting fpiritual authority , and continually
inculcating due fubordination , charity and
peace, with motives and language, the moft
forcible , tender, and paternal. Mr. Berington
aflerts, » that with the found of his name are
«* alTociated intrigue , device , firatagem , and
^ all the crooked policy of the machiavellian
->y fchopli ri (*) and I anfwer him, that in this
•arbitrary character'; be has only copied
^amden, de Thou, Thoyras and Bayle, the
^vowed enemies of Parfons' religion and pro-
feffion; while he blushes not to own, that he
lias not even read what has been related to
4he credit of h'rs memory by catholic hiftb-
Tians , who wrote at Rome , from original
ideeds, letters, and traditions of his cotempo-
raries. He retails what a Mr. Mush (i?) and a
/■ ^
* (•) Msm. p. 05.
^a) John Mush, from being t menial fenrant, w»s
advanced to the rank jof a ftudenc coovidor in the Eo-
glish college ac Hoihe. For fome years he petitioned co
t>e admitted into the order of the Jefuitt ,,. bat be was
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few others have flanderoufly imputed to him ;
but he does not add, that theie men were
his profefled enemies, and that they \rere
wedded to a party, which equally oppofed
conftantly refufed, on account of his turbulent beb&vjouf
in Che college. He betaiie an open enemy of the Jefuics^'
and he was a principal author of the difiurbances i^
Hi^hich enfued in England. He wrote the DuUratU
motuum , &c. cited by Mr. Beriogton , in proof thac
Parfons was a Machiavellian. I have by me an ancienc
MS. entitled ^dnotationes hreves in UBillhm quendam fedi--
tiofum , 9 ifipnitis eatumniis nfertum , pr$$hyief$rum quo^^
rundam n$mine edimm • qui inferikitur , DecUratio mth-
tuutttj &c. In this refutation of Mushe^ libel, frequent
aiencion is niade of the principal work written againfl;
the pretenfions of the appellant priefts , viz. jfn apology
in drfcnfs 9f utU/Ufii^al ftibordinaihn. This Work oughc
to be read by whoever wishes to know the merits of
that caufe. Mr. Mush and Mr. Colleton Were both
fufpcnded from the exercife of fpiritual powers by the
archpriell in the year 1600, on account of their conduct
in the bulincfs of the appeal. They were both warm ,
^ven violent » in the caufe ; but they never thought of
{tublishiog throughout England a foUmn proup againfl
tbclr fu/penfion 9 as againfl a m$afuf€ arbitrary ^ unjufl and
uncanonicai. Sec the. addrcft of th^ Staffiirdsbire t>riells.
Dodd Vol. II. p. 355. records a proteftation of Mush oi
a difierent nature , in which he protefts , that he will^
fubmitto the decidon of the Pope and chat he will not
oppofe the authority of the archprieft, untill that decifioa.
he known. I find, by a letter of Henry (jarnet wricte|(^.
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P&rfods and Allen , the Ctfdiimlf procfc*
tors, the ^<^^% aod all ^ the ecctefiaftial
foperiors , who were appelated to govern
them. Such glaring partiality muft at once
*de{lroy his credit for hifiorical veracity^ and
readers, who wish* to form a fair judgment
of this extraordinary m^n, \irill naturally
compare Mr. 3eringtons ule with the rela-
tions of Juvencius ttnd Bartoli ; and their
trouble wiU be well requited, if they haye
iny relish for ^e pure and eloquent langua-
ges of ancient and of modern Rome, (a)
The whole life of Parfons was an uninterrup-
ted feries of labours and fufieraigs indie caufe ^
which he had efpotifed; he was cotifidered
la i6oa. chat Mash and Colleton bad thai made robmif*
fioo to the i(rch{»rieft; and that. Garnet havtag gone to
London purpoTely to meec Mr. Coilecon^ a recoocibV
tion had enfiied between them , in the prefence of the
nrchptieft pnd of Mr. Birkee , who was his focceffor.
See a letter of Mr. Colleton to Oarnet, with the anfwer.
4tpfiit N^*. I.
(4) Thelb two authors ate here mentioned, becaoTt
Aeit metit is decided. The curibns reader may likevift
ind AMch infefmation in Mores mft^ Pf$v, dng. Bombi*
iius Fita Edm, Cmnpiani. Mathi^s' Tannerus in Pirfonh:
and efpecially in Mangold , RejtixhHis in c^utin.^ hif.
$hU$. C. JUufU. T. III. A init. ad p. 314.
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US a principal agent in i€« ht was conful*
ted Md tf ufied ia • ildRift , every ' meafinre $
by' the DD/Alletiv Bairrett^ BlackwtU ;
Wit. GVbiniind4ihet adiiidwledged leaderj
in the'cMiiolkt icMwenM; ind ber -ttiainalifled
wiib xWe 0en^ aif intimate corte^ondeMi^^
fritndshkp and ludtttui Tb^ sibttifAititicm ^nd
iiipp^rdo^ of feminaricsr abroad vas the priin*
leApdt^Meatts V'^hich; theyUnpioyed to^eore
iWdefs ih 'tlieir lindemal^fig, an(£ tothisatl
fbeit': vneaicires ' ^mre ' diretfUd/ Parfohs , fiot
only obinuned pecunkiry ftkrcoiirs^fiiii't^^ cbt^
teges of Rbeims Ud^DU>lDe, botrlia fiHtAd
meapi' tb ere& and ^ttle!niore^'f(AtiiniMries<j
than, all the othe9-&ithciicexik»'{o^i1kk
In die profecutkn lot* thi^ifMifinlfe l^'dinfldf
di<iiov¥r that partiaHity^Arf hfs'oWb bo%i|
^di wbidb Mr. Berlngtoianr^oachM^IM'O^
He iiadj^ent near twenty. yeqrs in affift i pg ;
or founding feminaries, for miffionary cler*
^(p^li^ Ijiefore he:;b^ a thought o^efiabtisfai^
it Jfift^gie Jhoufe for his. own bo<]lyv7fIiKl«^^
waa only about the beginotng of ;tbe ttigm
of JatiiA I\ that the English Jefuits began^
tif affaiie jhe a'Jipcarance'd^ cott)obte bo^Jf >
viich . roTgh^^ ei^j^er envy'^' ot be ep;vi^4rby
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others. UDtilt ttiat dhf.^ |hey hsd. fieldoa
(npre thfMi tw^veoir gfi»pn^indLvi4ua(s :09
(be^ Snglisb ipi^iofi 4t 9Qe tifpe , all dft^ched
fwBki>?eign pirov|iifif»:9f their foijifttyi while
llicifrifligary, pnefii3,aw«i0ted to gbove thiree
^updfsd* '(^\ Th« UicoQMeiii«ncies eyperieo-
fied }^i£>0« Ailfin^ Barjrett^ &c from ibc
adfntflSan ^f fti^deots 9 who were already ad*
yflQC€)dnto:^lDaohoQd V Jfuggefled. to, Parfoos
therideajof fpcming/a college 9 ioto.ifrbidi
wAyik^y^ should be admitted^ frooi..afiMmg
W^^POkijaftitr tbejf j&ffteducadon 10 piety and
gfftjomiri ^^pllM 4)ri this edher feminaries
{iHglkt^jibe :feU£led. He executed this plan
IMI t^oViite 4'Eu;» tiodefl the patronage of
tiMniob$ pi Gi»rei»:j ani , afterwards noder
^.of ^ Kiog ^Spala^ atSu Qmer;. hat
Vfr^lkMki he faad-ntt.j^et.aa idea (tf fbmuiig
^iijl:
C 41^ A^ttt cbis time a confiderabie oombcr of Ea-
IlKsnmen entered into cne fociety oTthe Jefoic^ In ido7«
tl^ c^ftMM iiioQfe of hoVlciattt^tc "^atteb in flaiitoii
SHAiffl i^ « coltege At 'Aodioa sbiLiiige;/lii 10^
prPX^W) r.?P<} ?WP} |J*;^.SM^ 8lv»t .qr. ^b|i(l dieit ficft
p]^oy]nci(d. to 1^4^ the ED|iitii droVittce noabered three
tiendrM tnjf fi[frf fcveif "filrloDi. In^iri6 thfejr were
ch^ee DQiidred end fiftj; ' In * the laiccf ~ jeifi uf thfir
eiifteocOi they were sboat three biio4fe4^ - *.'. \^
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thm Etiglkh Mints intoa^iftiAaikRlyf Irthd
ordeb,. arid be pUioedr kifi ieVtfn4 fitfURflsBiM
under the divefttouof the Jcfdif/^oF^tM
finretfilopmirier^'infwttdi^chey v/i^t t^tedi
Tiiii doadyft of Psxfctii defevt^^ » ^^fltedU
confiilcfstioo*
I iMieve the ittalt partial iitetUn ^tlitf
Jeftiits will alttn^, ibat at kaft in tM itoA
ootfet bf tbdr Ibde^ and. durifig' iuii (lriiMii»*
^▼eyeaiSy tHey bad, ataaong th^ir. tWranl^oic
nriea , a confideial^le dtgrae of t:^ntiip9racfV0
merit. Hie rapid propagatioii xvf thilr oMm
tuid dieir prindpai ettitt-wtn derittd^iibin
the Alleges and ibfaoioUi,^ which' ihe^^^^fiuvf
wfaerfr opened for tbd: itiRxtnGAou^jofi^jkfiG
Withom compaHbg .dienr a^egtk inrith;tbe
acadeoiits^'Wfaiet^ now ftairiA ita<.tlie-!pmfti)t
improiEed ihte of learniog , the Jeibits ' fchools
in the fizteentb century^were certainly^ re^Koned
the heft, that were, then jcnpwn ;;aRd iW^jf
they nmft have had (bmey merits when i|bcjp
eoiitd' exblte the adteiVaf itfn bf ilfe^aMlP/yft^
of ttic' age , eVen^ ^^ M^ M««' ^W^cife'lier
BagQn. iThey had hee9;piaced^iit, ^e, jxead
of the-fiffft fennnary of the chriftjan'^worldf^
fModed by Vope Pins iV in eodfeqnefiiM^^
the decree of the council of Trent; and the
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stRoONU ted been tnttnflied to their^(
tioo:i On Uie ;DifcarriagQ:o£the &ft.
10 fettfb the new Eng^ feminwy at 'Rome
liiui«f^(0ir<: Mtiulot Clenock) they Ind been
called in , though after many demorsoD tiie part
of the Pope and the Cardinal prote^or , in com-
pliaORe vIlfa^headTiGe oTik. Allen ^aufl fhe
alflpiofi unanimous petidoa pf /th&iluctents; f^)
andi^tte qtherfeminar^esi&mndedbyPaefbM
at fifnttevValladolid, Ville d!Ea tsLC.ymo
allb can%ned to ihtvKi^ it was eiah^r be^
caufe otbtr iiiillitutors werenot to bi fboudf
m l>kciauie.they were jefteemcd to^ be: the befi
qualified, il ha^e feea letteri of DD. AUtu
B6iBarf6Ct^injffh9^ thdy plead their inaiBiity
to fiirtaiih fopeiiof s aad>pfDfeflbr8 for the otbtf
femkutroBi^^ffrofn diit ^of Douay or RlieiBSt
C^y I^t^ «o accouDC of -the jcfuits beiag calleil to
tliMi|h':ic iir iyvkUoifly.iHiliaMd by JMrJJcnograa;
ikrfgue I
thit.msarifre^in^idi wit tetGjpilttiMI ky ffaietm; and
^B^^fi^S^'J^iWU ado^41;arte| cte moft nut^re.^^t
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not bfcauf^ the boofe was unprovid^ of tniA
adequate to thofe employinedts , but becauft
their fervkes- were effemially^ required in their
own houfe V Of in the Eagliith ifiiflibn. So
little did Parfoos aim at the aggrandifement
of Eogliflh Jtfoits in thefe difpiofitiotis , that
he always preferred foreigners in the govern^^
ment of his feminaries, to order to fpare the
few English Jefuits for the great work: of
the tniOion. 1 have his letters to F. Crefwe!!>
in which ie rebukes him , rather with feverityj
for his attempt to procure the appoiiitment oit
English fuperiors in the feoiinaries of Seville
and Valiadolid^ while Spanish Jefuits werft
willing and able to yield that ferVice to th^
common cadfe.' After the fe^tlement of tb^
feminary at Rome under the. fir^Jefuit fe£l6r
Agazzari* a mod firiA coirefpoQdfnce was
efiablisbed between that father ' and Dry
Allen, (a) who had been <iiill(id to Romei
by the advice of parfons, to fuperintend ihci
biffinefsi ai^,a.,m,ytua) intercourfe of goo4
l>fl^3^ and^aor order for the exchange of
fiudents was fettled , Allen itiil being confi*
dered as the jhlAdpal fupcridir ana'conrfuabr
of the whole work. During this happy Hate
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(f ) J burs copki of mnj of thstt kctcri.
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^ tbe c«IlecM> piQty 9fKLftii€ty fiouftsbeil 9 and
s> iQog liftj q£ pfi«fi» feal^cl tbeirJatth viiii
tiieir blood m Ei^fid : and'/M fbey; weft
larded in* evtrjcdtbolic cotnotry as tamr*
$yr» ^ cbeif fqffiw}pg» 9od deatfo biwighc to
tliar , coU^D^ . tieiieradofi , ttfpi^^ ^ credit ^
protifiioo.aad kwebdiom,X^)i But dii
: (O Mr. AfrbigtMi: aid: Sir J. tjir«d»OTim !»▼*
JAoiifed cacbivioce ii»i that chafe ptie^awere tiii cae»
C0ca4 OD fdi^us accounts, but for ^liucal opiuons*
.wbicb endangered the fhtce. It is a very ancient pradHoe
^t Che enemies* of che catholic chfircb, to dilmitaiace
ker mmjiPy in-order to roh thettk oTcheeftJdic of ^Mriat
iwi for chei>j^ligien4 It hat been emplojrtd^ic difftefli
titteai by Nvfo^fbj ^le Arians , .^y i!|ie apoftate J«ilm»»
\j fhe.mipiftw,of.QMepp pliftb^tili, Mn/ihtftj^^fi^^mPfh
Jknn of regeneracpc( l^aris ; aiyl their inpoihires have beei^
tended by l^Wdl; by Camdeif , by 'Lotd Bbrtet^b;
ly OWhm aii# by> cbe ^faweahttii ^tOcoti ef cb^diUb
^tatentldih. Whitb i»f aU cbefeiiSjMr^^lrinfeM* n^dd?
The moft recent eiiaiDple has ulbally cbe f re^ceft iDfloeafe
•pon imitators. I arocal to the copfcienoe, of whoevef
Itfis read Bisbop Challoiier^ Biemoirt pf *mifin£rf pH^ ^
Whether x\ieti'kkm$its dbfeirte to be'fcoMtti^red'aS'a d-
iMklat 'Of Me#gac# Moni. OP naaHy cftl^ lidndrad prfaki
Cfodemnad w xktfjp^o^X'lk^mjttt^ifcw indted Mvl
accnfed of any ocfafr orimey chao-, ibfjc^ df deqriag 4ii9
royal ecclefiafticai .fupreflMCTf of having, received halj
«rders, and reading )n England.' In the few inftances,
JiT vrtich crealbaT wafllnpucH^ aVIn" the cafe of
Campion aid hia tMpabfoQlV i< :^^t riot >rofei i aid
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fpWit of difufiton craie to diilur^ their traa-'
quillky^ ' ' *
It ma; be* curious to tf^ace it^U fpicit up to^
its : firft. feeds, becauie xhey \coptiaued ttp^
^Uj6lify io various sh^pef aodrplacei^ firoot
^ periftd, ;pf wlblich I aw.fpeakiagt to the
^9j^y fe^leA^otio^our ooclefiaAical gowtm^
m^nt under four apoflofi<!al vicars # id tii«
^hort reign pf Jaqies IL And if the inquifitive
fig^rcher migbt . perhaps difcoyer ibine faiiK
, tfaces of it 9 leveo'io the prefen^ century 4 it is
at lead cerrain^ that 00 remartcable difference
^d diflra^ed our church fince the acceflioa
of James, untill 9 late attempt tQ. force upoa
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Cai^den hi^feif a^kiiovledges , that the Queen , who figocA
'their dnth-warrant , believed them to be innocenc. Pii^
rofqut tdmsM ex miff His bit /kardotiBus ixUii in fatrUxk
€9nfaudi cvhfcUi fu^[t non cndidit, Anilali Eli& p: "ji^^
CA. 16.15. Ta make food the aftartiona of Mt. Berkig^cK
apd Sir. J. Throckmortoa , ic|4^0ji^4 >e. proved > that dMr
pfjefts were acraigned , coDdemned and executed for «uu|i^
tainlng the depo^ng power of the Pope; aad even thn
It would Cbtlowvcbtt they were "potiithed merely' fiur
ophiioD, usAAwm opfnios whSck,itt«41idr- dvys^ waS>
4aoft nm^^^. 9«»t die . evideoco /of vt^ Aia} sbeWf^
tbat prieifthoiQd wat their only gqilt^ See Cardipal AJkst^
\ ShfCiU and mgdefi Dcftnpi of the fstffering . aubelies , a^
tt^oHoot refotatioB of Lord Burleij^s Exerushm pfjufiit
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u« an ioadmifllble oath produced ao iil-advH
fed refiftance to fpiritual authority , whicb
Mr. Berington continues to profecute by his
fttll outfianding Proiefi againfi the deciGoos
«f our fenior Bishop. It may fiifft be obfer-
Tedy that aixiotig the multitude of English lay
fti(:je^t whbmf the penal laws oF Elifabeth
drove from their Oirn bountrjr'inco Fhinders«
France, Italy and Spain, a few conceired
ihemfelves qualified by rank and'&mily to
fiike a leading part in the councils of the ca*
tholic princes \ • who mterelled • thcmfel ves in
thpir caufe; while far the greatefl number t
being poor and diHrefled , brought with them
Ae daims offaultlefs poverty, and that que-
fulous difpolition,^ which fo commonly at-
tends the difajppobtment of Its hopes.' Oa .
:)nother hand, the decay of learning io the
vmiveriities, which, by M. Beriogtons own
account firom Jewel Collier and Heylin , fd*
lowed the eflablishtoent of Efffkbeth's reforma*
tlon ^ and perhaps, in fome cafes ,^ tf)^ fondnefs,
of change , impe;Ile<l numbers ^ot yo^ng . Ihx^
dems to refome.th^ old. religion, t and to re«*
Cbrt to the new national femiiiaries fbuqded in
foreign part^. I'he necJeflTary ii^eje&on of many
of thefepoftulam^ iocreafed thejjgat);eringmar%
of difcontent , while the tks\€k domeflic difci*.
pUne,
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pline, which the JeToits enforced^ efpeeblty
91 Rome, wa$ little fuited to the unreftrained
habits of young emigrants from Cambridge
and from Oxford. Many of thefe were but
cewly converted to the catholic religion ^
and it could hardly be expeAed . in fuch
circumftances , that young men, who had
now pafled their nonage, would eafily re«
linquish acquired habits % and bend their
relu£bint minds to the precifion of momentary
obedience, and to that firiQnefs of dtfct*
flioe, which was required in a fchool of mar*
tyrdom. {a) Perfons, who have lludied in
catholic feminaries , will eafily underftand
what is herefaid upon this fubjefl; and thofe
who are in any degree acquainted with the
hiilory of the colleges of Douay and of Rome |
are not ignorant, that this waa the greats
eft obftacle, which the firft fuperiors expe*
riehced in modelling their feminariea to the
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. (O The femintrifts kt this title Were tmiVcrfiilljr re*
venfk • its candidates of martyrdom. See Baroitfna SiainynL
:S#i^*d9 Dec. It Is tecoirded, that Sc. PbiHp Ntri>
'Wkojlixcd i^ ^ nei|bDurIiood of the En^sh femiiiary
in ftome, woold fiequeoKly fia&d near the dpof ofcho
houle^ to view the fiudents goiog fotih* tb'the (^ubiib
^ho^ The faint uCid to bow to them and taliite thffH
wit^^h^ words, Salviii P9m miriyrun.
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pun6:uality, of regular difctpline. Indeed they
never could furmount it ^ untill ia proceTs o£
timet they admitted only children^ whofe
tender' minds eafily fubmitted to carry from
their youth , the yoke of regular difcipline and
fiibordtnatioa. In the early times , though
Allen , Barrett, Parfons and.Agazzari cooti^
nually recommended to each other prudence
and warmefs in theadmiflionof po(lulants;yet
the ^reat numbers who flocked to them, and
their unwillirgnefs to difoblige fuch poftu*
lants frequently, precluded the necet&ry dif-
certiment ; and they often accepted perfons of
untoward difpofitions ^and factious tempers,
fometimes even pretended converts and efnif**
faries of the British minifiry, who came
purpo&Iy to create jealoufies and to foment
difcord/ Hence frequent tranfmiffions of
fludents from one ftminary to another, and,
jas a lad remedy , ftequeni^ expulfions of. the
iadious-enibed. The ' difmifred members,
generally deftitute of the means of eafy fubfif*
tence, herded with p(her exiles in iimiiat ^Qtua^^
tions , and they inflaitaed their mutual difcon^
tent againll the perfohs , by whom they' con-
ceived themfelves to have been aggrieved, (tf)
(a^ The reader will obrerye, that the charaaiet here
j^iven of fgjpe of the poftuSmcs Who refontd to ihltt^
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Rooae at this perioa, as well as Pans ind
Sruxetles, never was without a party of this
defcriptiofi , aoioug the catlialic exiles ; and I
have profDifed to trace that party up to its
primitive fource.
siioaflesy naft be coofincd to a nuiober comparaciytly
rm^ll. The far greater nuiBb^r were men. of foiipd.priociples
and Yircoe;. and with the edapacion of the feimnaTles^
they became chriftiaa heroes. Many of the hrighteft
Ijghtt of the feminarie* had been maftert or ftudents in
Cht two univerfitiety viz. DD. William Allea, Morgan
Pbilipa f Richard Briftow , Gregory Martin , William
Reynolds, Lanrence.Webb, Thomas Bayley, &c. beiides'
the FF. John Hart , Robert ParfQns ^ EdQiond Campion t
and many otbers.
An ancient MS. now before me, recounts, that though
Dr. Allen bad agreed not to fend Undents to Rome
advanced beyond the age of eighteen or twenty years ;r
yet on the arrival of fifty poftolants in one month ae
Rheitts , he deviated from his uHial pradicet, and feni^
thirteen ftudents thither, who were all fuH grown men*
This mifBon , fays the relation , did not quite -anOver the^^
good Doi^ors views. For though feveral of then^ ftic-
ceeded to his utmoft wishes , yet others foon found the
difcipline^ of the college too minutions and Uriel for
grown men; they cotoplained- that it was fit only for'
children. Hence oneafinefTes began to appear , ifgiich af«
terwards ripened into open difcord and revolt* Among-
thefe men was Dr. Chriftopher Bagsbaw , fo much cited'
and commended by Mr. Berington, Dr. Barrett at thar
time prefer of the ftudieSi and afterwards prefident of
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It feeins to htve originated in the dtTpIeaTinv
of Dr« Owen Lewis, a Welch clergyman rf
diflin£Hon^ who had obtained the archdeaconry
of Hainault in the diocefe of Cambrdy. TUs
gentleman, before the alteration of theEoglisfa
fte college at Rhtimt » upon the occifiof of theft ftvdescf
being fent to Rome, wrote the following woHs cotto
reftor Agazziri, Aug. i;r. 1583. <« Qui TenioBtad tos
19 hoc tempore! fuot ex prsftantiiBmit omniom, qoos Ik
M hahemas. Qoidam eorom , qa! & state & iogeeio
M ceteris antece^lunt 1 erunt forc^ paalo ? obis aoleftkiiei,
ft Certe nifi magna fiat mutatio, prKfertim in vnoeotiia,
if difficile praebebit toe Reverencie oegotium. Is eft
u Chriftophoros Bagsha^. Bonum habet ingenlam 9c
u facis aptum a<i ftodia, fed fakle eft iracuodns & dilficilit
m & ioqoietus. ProfitetuT ta«eA (e iftas & alias mulas im*
m perfe&ioses felle deponere, & propterea cnpere ad vos
w proficifci Tua ptudentia opus eft, nc deiccie
i» omnino cum' eo agator; nam apud nos, ne mioimiim
^ quidem verbum ferre pocutc , quod roprebenfionenn ali«
M quaqi fooaret vel admonicionem. n Agreablj to the
jodgmeot of Dr. Banecti his behaviour was fo intoletaU]^
diforderJy 9 tha^ afcer a trial of fifteen months , the Car-
dinal protestor came in perfon to the college , and di&
miflbd him. From this date the violent hatred commenced.'^
with which he ever after perfecuted the Jcfuics. At his
departurg, the re^r ufed all means to pacjifj him. He
added a handfome prefent in money to the ufual viaticum
allowed to departing fiudents; and he fpenc this money,
on his return , in procuring,, without licence from his
fuperiors, the title of DoAorat Padua 1 though he had
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liofpital at Rome into a college., had rat-
tempted , in coDJaD^lion with his country*
roan Dr. Maurice Clenock, to introduce a
Welchman of the name of Price , as fellow
into the hofpital; and he had been foiled in
the attempt , through the oppofition of the
English chaplains of the houfe , who hgd
intereft enough to procure from the Pope a
forbiddance to admit the candidate. This
petty difappointment was not yet forgotten,
when a national quarrel broke out between tlie
!Edglish and Welch fiudents newly admitted
into the college, in which Dr. Lewis failed
not warmly to efpoufe the caufe of his coun-
trymen, and to reprefent the English, who
follicited the removal of the firft fuperior
Dr. Clenock , as fa£Uous and turbulent. His
ftadied .only one year ia divinity. Dr. Allen was fo
difpleafed ac chit , that he rejefted bit requeft to be re-
admicced into ^e college at Rheinty and raffered htm to
proceed to England. The Jcfuiti took vDCommon patos
to keep peace with chit angry 'man : they ofbred to
fiibmit to any terma of recoaciliation. Ac Paria the
Popea Nunsio In vain interpofed hit good officea to
obtain iC| on account of the fcaodal, which hit behavioar
occaConed. In England he shewed the fame anreiencing^
temper 9 even In the prifon ac Witbicb, and he paved
the way to thoTe difturbancea, which enfiied rereral yeara
after , Jo the iMifinera of the appellanti.
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trediit with tbe (Cardinal prote£lor fopported
Clenock a confiderable time : but when the
caufe was at length determined and the college
was committed to the care of the Jefuita ^
Dr. Lewis felt the uneafinefles which fo fre-
quently accompany a diminution of intereft
'and credit J and he conceived a violent difgoK
againft the Jefuits, which he feemsto have
retained to his death. This may be conceived ,
without any prejudice to the virtuous and
literary endowments, which he otherwife
poflefled. He Was moreover foured by the
expulfionof hiis nephew Hugh Giiffin firom the
college for diforderly behaviour , and^ he had
exerted in vaid hi? whole fortie apd crecfit to
prevent it. By his difapprobation of the dew
ftttlement of the college^ he fotind himfelf in
oppofition to the mod (fiftinguished perfoa-
9ges among the English etiles at Rome,
and he connefled himfelf with men, whom
they miftrufied. Among theft, there was i
Sir Thomas Stukeley, a romantic adventurer,
who by adopting all the doflors ideas ^entire;-
]y won his confidence. By promifing to at-
chieve great things in Ireland in favour of the
catholic caufe, he interefted the seal of Lewis
in the fupport of his ill-advifed projefls ; and
he even obtained at Rome , through his credit 9
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a confiderable fum of money 9 which he foofi
after foolisl^ly fquandered io the expedition of
X>on Sebadiad into Afrixrd, where he perished
in theunfonunate battle againfiMuIey Hamet;
The mifconduft of this man and the mif-^
carriage of his fchemes lowered the credit of
Dr. Lewis in the Popei court, as much as his
mifplaced confidence had impaired it among
the English catholic exiles. The principal
t)er{bns among them fiad always difapproved
the trild projjs^s of Stukeley, and they equally
blamed the confidence which Dr. Lewis placed
in another intimate , LeHey Bishop of Rofs^
whofe flattering letters to Queen Elifabeth had
given great difTatisfafUon to them, and efpe*
cially to Dr. Goodwell Bishop 6f St. Afaph,
tind to Sir Richard Shelley Lord Prior of En«
gland , of the order of the knights of Malta, (a)
Nicolas Fitzberbert a gentleman ^ and one
Solomon Aldred (5), who had been an obfcure
(#) Sir Richard Shelly wrote i comineDC apo^ tlicfi^
letters <^ Bishop Lefley, of which I poffefs a eopf.
(») This Atdred was a fpy of Six Fraoda Wal&ighaai^
by wboB he was furnished with nonejr. Beiag deteaed
at Rome, be efcaped bj flight to I^oodon, where he waa
taken into the ibihillers family ^ and poUicly profbfled'
the proicftatit rdlgion, ' *• '*
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fliecanic at Lyons, and had obtained a penfioa
at Rome through the intereft of Dr. Lewis,
were alfo among his friends , and the reft of
the English refident in Rome confidered them
as forming a feparate party. It was foon after
increafed by the acceffion of Charles Paget ,
and Thomas Morgan, two gentlemen, who
refided at Paris. Others by degrees were
alTociated to them t and as the feminaries then
conftituted. a confiderable part of the English
catholic intereft abrosid , they left no means
untried, to fecure to themfelves a party wiihin
their walls » and to harafs the fuperiors, ttrbo
were charged with the difficult task of con*
dueling thetn. Every ftudem in the college at
Rome , who felt any uneafinefs or difcontent,
efpecjally the Welch , ft>und patronage in this
party , and fatal effefls of their fecret correT-
pondence were experienced in the difturban*
ces, which afterwards diftraAed that feminary.
At Rome however the growing party wai«
foon Weakened : for it was not only difcoon*
tenanced by th^ Bishop of St. Afaph , Sir
Winiam Shelley, the Lord Prior, Mr. Li-
centiate Ely , Dr. Parker brother to the Lord
Morley and every other Englishman of note
iifi the city , but Dr. Lewis alfo retired in
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difguft to Milan (n), and Dr. Cleoock \»
Rouen, where foon after he took shipping fof
Spain , and was drowned at fea^
But the ftrongefi oppofition ^hich Dr. Allen i
Parfons and their friends experienced, arofe
from Mr. Paget , who has juft been mentiO'^
fied.i and I find the original caufe of this
gentlemans alienation afligned in a writing
of Parfons J which is alfo confirmed by ab
ancient Italian MS. now in my pofleflion.
Mr. Paget living in Paris became acquainted
with Morgan a native of Wales, ^ho, while
he was in the fervice of the earl of Shrewsbnry^
had obtained the confidence of the capdve'
Queen of Scotland. They were both connefted
in friendship with her two (ecretaries Nau
and Curl, and as Parfons fajrs, u oppofing
n tbenifelves fecretly againft the archbishop
f> of Glafcow ambaflador for the Queen, they
(tf) Dr. Lewis , after hli departure from kome , Was
a grand Vkat ita the diocefe of MHlan , undet St. Charles
Boromeo^ and wat at length proinbted to the bishopric of
CafTtioo. He refigned his archdeaconry of Cami^jr in
favour of his nephew Hugh (>riffin» who has b\c«n men-
tioned J and who , after his difmiffion frpm the English
College found frequent 4>ppoho^itieB of* shewing' bis at-
cipathy €0 bis aotient maftfrs;
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broke hift credit much with the faid Queen^
% and wrung from him in time the adminif*
Y) tration of the Queens dowry in France ^
«> which was fome thirty thoufand crowns a
«> yeare; by which they were able to pleafixre
n mach their friends , and hinder their ad*
M Terfaries : and then joining tbemfelves with
»9 Dn Lewis in Rome , and falling out with
n Dr. Allen and F. Parfons, they were the
9f caufe of much divifion ;among catholicf,
n which hitherto hath endured. >» Now it
happened , that on the return of the jefoit
Creightoa from Scotland to Paris, a coafuka-
tioa was held on the concerns of the young
king of Scotland and this capdve mother, by
the Bishop of Bergamo nunauo at the Frendi
court , the archbishop of Glafcow , the Spanish
amfoaflador and the d\ake of Guife; and
to this confultation Dr. Allen and Claude
Matttiieu provincial of the Frepch jefuics
were introduced. , The archbishop of Glafcow
would not permit Paget to be invited to it,
aud'this omiflion was deemed by him an un*
pardonable aSront*; The refuk of the coo*
ftiltadon was , that Creighton should be difpat-
ched to Rome and Parfons to Madrid, to
follicle at tbofe court$ relief for the youog
king \ and it was upon this occaiioa that the
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latter procured for him an aanual ttldwance
of twelve thoufaod crowns , befides a donation
for the ieminary at Rheims, and moriover
cAablUhcd a credit at die Spanish court # of
which he afterwards availed himfeif for the
foundation of his feminaries. Paget and
Morgan already irritated that the buBcieiQiliad
been concealed from them, were fliU more
angered, to fee the management of it entrufiel
to two jefuits. The truth was , fays my MS.
that the archbishop- and the duke of Guife
miftrufied thefe two gentlemen^ befieving thac
they held fecret correfpondence with the En-
glish miniftry ; while the capuve Qgeen, con-
trary to their advice 9 correi^onded with tlj^m
by means of her two ftcretaries , and duis
feemed to withdraw her confidence from the
duke and the archbishop, who jufily thought
themfelves her bed friends. Hence Paget,
Morgan , the two fecretaries , and a few others
conneAed with them, inveighed bitterly againft
the priefis , ef{)ecially Dr. Allen , and they
firongly infified, that neither he, nor any
clergyman or religious > but only fecular gen*
tlemen , ought to manage the affairs of the
Scottish Queen , and other matters of public
concern , in the courts of catholic princes* /
From this time they ftood in open oppofkion
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to Dtrhatever Aflen or Parfons iituIertMfc;
they feemed to take a delight in difappoiociig
thein«<ii.) Their party was fttengtibened liy
every difconteoted prieft or fiudeot, viio
had quiued or had been difmiiled from tiie
ieminaries ; and my MS.adds , that the Eogfiah
miDifiry perceiYing this beginning of dtfuniofi
among the catholics , fomented it by all the
Arts of induftry and addrefs. (ft) Allen aod
.(4} Ac this time, the three young fons of the etil
of N^rtbemberUod were ac Paris, and the Queen i»h«
had refolved to ruin their father, had re<)aired, that ac
leaft the eldeft should return home. The earl fent over
• friend , Dr. Pullcn , to Paris , who coo(ulcin§ Dr. Alleu
and Parfons ^ was advifed by them to permit the youds
to retire into Italy , where , without eodangertn^ their
fathers li^ or the projierty of the family , neaos wooU
N. contrived to det(|in tbem, untill they had attained a
liper age, and were thoroughly grounded in religioa.
The earl confented to this fcheme , and only reqtrfred thst .
it should be executed with the knowledge of Mr. Pagsc
"this gentleman finding tlvn: Allen and Parfoos had adfiled
it , immediately fent the youths to i^Bgl&ud , where ihtj
were educated in ihe reformed religion , while tkieir fiittt^r
was committed to the tower, where, A>(pe time after,
he was found murdered in his bed.
(^) Among the friends of Mr. Paget there was fK>t
a more unrelenting enemy of I^rfbns and the Jefuits ,
than Dr. William Gi^rd, archdeacon of Sc Peters it
Lill^.' This gentleman tepeiled all Parfoos' adtances Xf
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Parfons drea&'og the confequence of diif
difunion repaired to Paris, where they met
the Lord Paget , who with many other ^tn-
'wtktdt a reconciliation ; he would not even aniwer hia
letters. After the pacification c^ the English college ,
the repentant ftudtnts fnrrendered to Parfois the letters ,
iRrhich they had recelYed from the difcontented party , who
had earaeftly recommended to them to conceal the names of
^the wriurs. From thefe originals Parfons extraded feveral
peflages, and by the advice of* the Cardinal protedor,
lent them to the principal author Dr. GiiTord acompanied
hjr a kind and pacific letter, which ends t)iiis. ** And
9, now, Sir, I fee but two wayes for you to choofe; the
9t one > to fet yourfelf to prove thefe things that you
n have avouched of our fathers , if you can ; or elfe to
•9 give fome manner of fatisfadion to them , laying the *
V faolte upon miftaking , mifijiformation , or the like,
n But the beft fatisfaaioo of all, would be, to leave
m off this courfe of contra4i^ton, and to attend. to peace
M and union in our nation , for the tyme to come ; for
^ that our divifions are odious both to Ood and man ,
ft and none can abida now to heare of them, or of any,
a, that will fofler them «, &c. ao Dec. 1597. Several
of his accufations of the Jefoits had been made public in
a pretended Memorm tg Ckment Fill, in C4rtajns Mif$
pointei $f MccHlaiion , &c.^in the Relation #/ the contMthn
ptfcd in ffisbick , &c aid they are as ridiculoully extra-
vagant, as 4iny thing that is found in the arrtts of the
late French Parliaments , or in the prefaces of Mr. fie*
riogcon. Thus , Tbi Jejuits bsv$ iti their infiitiahU defyn
thready fwallowed up kingdomt and m$narcbiti. Rel. p* 7^.
Jbi pride of the feeiity , arming it f$l ft witk aatboritie ^
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Icemen of note had retired to the coodoentf
to shcia the furyof perfectuioo. He bad been
preveotedi but be promifed them not to ft*
M iMimfs f trill p$wri out a fid r$veng0 , smd msk$ Mn
Hfiflu /Uugktef atid majfaker cf fmUs , st slresJy tb^
B0vg h$pM im wr$sck€d EngUnd* Ibtd. art. 7. Tkt J^^
jtdt$s d§$ tsgiffy maU$ for tho ^tho of tki Popo, mnd 4f
$ko nnowntd CMrdiual Toledo , thai tboy maf M9g vf§m mU
faugbter and Irloodsked , at they bavo long afayed^ £f^. ..«.
W. GifTord ep. 29 Sep. 1596. Tbe great^ part of the
O^UltU and oUargU do kewMille their mefi miferaUe efate^
in that they fujftr more gr^vous tM»g» under theft new
^Mtt the Jefultest $hmn hy alt their Hher growus dailio
ferfecuthns. W. Gifibrd ep. ad Marc, t &c. F. Holt and his
aompanlons in Plandets have gatherod ftioh an infinite mo/e
of money of the cathoNks in England ^ fUr di/^nfations ^ or
mnder the colour of expending it to thoir nfes^ ttt many cro'
dihly a fir mod it to exceed the /kme of fifty thovffiond pounds.
\V^. OifTord ep. ad Marc. aiig. 8. 1596. The DoAor
having afiferced In a latin letter chat tbe fom eiceeded
ducenta miilia of Italian fctidity Dr. Bagfihaw tranfiaced
the phrafe by the Worda two hundred mimons of Itoliao
ftudts , and ioferted them in hit true relation which
Mr. Beriogcon cites. It may be' hoped that Du Giflord
followed the advice of Parlbnt; for though hit name
ifaiada among the appellants , I do net learn that after this
period he took any very a^ve part in their concerns;
aad in 160a I find the Jefoita complaining of Watfoa
and othera, for repoUiahing the ftory and the comeoti
•f his letters ^ which , they hoped , were then buried ia
•blivioD. Dr. Gifibrd , thongh liable to paifionate pit-
Indicea, ppflbffed learning and other good qnalitiea. It
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irour or promote his brothers party, white
the other new exiles , conviaced that Mr. Paget
mod Morgan held an intercourfe with Elifabetht
minifiers , highly difapproved their iiieafure6*
But Allen and Parfons omitted nothing to
fiifle this fpirit ofdifcord in its fource. They
addrefled the mod eameft and confidentisd
letters to Paget and Morgan, and afterwards
returned to Paris on purpofe to confer with
them and to induce them to an amicable
is recorded of him , that he was diancflUe to the poor.
In f 606 he became a Benedi^iii noak , and by his co*-
ttexiont wich the family of Ouife » he was made coadjutor
CO the Cardinal de Guife archbishop of RheimSi witk a
defien that he might hold that fee for a minor prince of
Che family : bot te focceeded to the Cardinal in 1623^
and governed the diocefli with refute till his ieath in 162^
His kinfman Gilbert Giffbrd Was a known agent of the
Eoglith miniftry in the concernt of the catholics. Bekg
apprehended through the intereft of the Bishop of Paris ^
be acknowledged , chjit he had been employed by th«
difcontented catholics in a negociation^ with the miniftry ^
to procure the otter ezpullion of the Jefuics from the
English miifion. He ended hfs life in confinement. Ro^
bert Fisher, one of his moft a^ve aflbctates, was leiseA
at Rome and owned fipoa oath in his examination, chm
he had been employed on fimilar fervices. He Was one
of the moft violent oHlie appellant prielts , bat Is (aid
to hive repeated pf his cooBexioH wJlth ckem and. the
whole difttisfied puty*
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compofitioo. Dr.. Allen 9 as a mark of coo*
fideoce» lodged in the fame houfe with them;
and they both engaged the duke of Guife
tind the archbishop ofGlafcow to interpofe their
kind offices, to efie£l a reconciliation. But
this was defired only on their fide ; and they
fuftained the mortification of feeing all their
advances reje6ied with difdain. Their concern
was the more bitter, becaufe the confequences
of this difunion were now forely felt in die
feminaries of Rheims ind Rome, where every
ftudent , who was wearied with regular difci-
pline or difgufled with fiudy, was^carefled
by the friends of Mr. Paget , and encouraged
to hold up his head againft the fuperior of
the houfe. Lenient meafures were employed
to reclaim them ; and^ upon the fa' ure of
thefe , feveral of them were civilly difmifled
fub nomine miffionis , before they had completed
their ftudies. But evil efftGts again enfued
from this meafure; for though fome of thefe
unripened miflionaries demeaned themfelve^
with credit and edification in England, yet
the indifcretioos of others proved the remedy
to be almofl as dangerous as the difeafe. (a)
(n) On this fubjea I fia4 i letter from F. Holt
€0 the leCtor of the college ac Rom ia tbde wordi-
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But this, within a few years ^ frdm thi
trautes ^hich I have detailed , arofe to ad
alarming height. Thb diforderly fcholari^
Would fubmit to no dirdplide, no tontrOuK
They claimed and aflbkned the libehy bf
freqbentihg taV6rns , they murinured ', they
even tumultuated againft thetl* fuperiors , tfaejf
Viquired the governnlent of the houfe to be
abandbtled to th&tnfef ves , and unfottdnately
in thefe pretenfions iY^y ^ett eticoiiriged
1from without. Every inethod , Which pt*
tience^ ileadinefs and authority codfdfbggieft,
. Was tried in vain. "The reftdr ahd Ihe jgieni^
1 I I i I III II ^
^ Unuifi €ft, qbod ib Ip^reflb neo in Angliim fifeipeteihi
ti 10 nienteM YeiiiC'; fdque ooo fitie onilli R. Y. Dgidfltaife
n decril'i , t quiiulo pMTedi., quod ouot, fViCbm : la
ht a^fflonibus fcilicet Tcftris^i oon umeflTe ppus celtricate,
9t quim eorutn , qni mittancur , aiatdriute , prudeotia »
V* doteini & fervore fpiriids. AgBo(c6 tgd qoidedi
^•ceue R*<V. prudeacUm non indigere tdmoiiidoae. fflel ;
„ agnofco & onera, qii« quaodoque ica gnivii fane, ut
^ fublevari tea fie oectlTe ; agobfco fktU fdrVor^ lliim-
1^ iu)rum, qui pedibus pruTiunc, uc ad equuleos currant*
19 ^ fi quid eft, ^uod ad collegti crapquiUiuiiifh ft pactih
n r^i^c , id Ipfum togico etiam & cotnmendo. His taiaeb
'i» t)ifiDiSQs Ferio confideratiiflbpins ft perpeofii , ntec R. V.
M prxlcriW^ nee illoa deceVreo, fed attifqu'e confalo, nei:f
ydSia foluib , fed cactiolicis bmtiibus teftrS opeti juvad-
^ 3is,'opus effo in milSooibus y devotioois prodencic ft
m dbCtrim mantritatd , p^Btivt qnaili ^clerirate »«'.•« *•
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xal ojf the Jp(yit§ ofe^o determVied lo .refign
^e |rQV!f^i^meot. pf.t,he fr/pi^ary, 'and ^ey
jjirere «$ oJEtien hiq^ered-^y the remooftraoces
iiqd qdyife pf the chiefs 0|f (He, catholic (Cler^
«pd l^t^, siDd 1^ the jpo^tivc iqjua^ojos of
tb/tVoptp wi^otie qt^ncUswere now mach
A^cpF^^ by the d^%,rbances of tbe £i\gli$h
cyH^e- JPfo jrem^dy wa? Jfound , bujt in tlic
^dmi^iM^: prudence and ini|d d^adineCi of
jF, Pftrfon^i J?e was named Ae r^^or j he dX-
jfjiffi^^ffme , ^efoQtbedoFbefs,he v^s^i^ther
tpalL,W«4>?!ce«i *ecolifjge to its^xegi^ii-
Ijr^ap^ib/e g9;verne(i^ rW}^ fucceCs MlUiifdoitb.
«ado«i8 litnes ?tKK difobaitged « &v«i»l «Qnd*
nued to be fuppotted Irotn tiie fenkniies,
untill they could be fettled In other habits of
H^i ( 4 X.w^HlB others re|;ijrqing into ^i^jgjapd,
(j?) t'hc.eiiles wcTc'continoaliy foIIicjtW .tfcc urti^reft
on.l?iP£eDer9fuyofthcfupenotsofthe fcorinancil Botli^re
.cxcriye4 i^ th?ir feryice , and wee of«i| rcquitedB^.complvnts
,an4 ingwitu^tf ; not to /n^ntion'tie ^ftat avpoidoo &o»
doniitflic'bufliifrs , wl;icb t^is.cKarity occafione^. Br. Allci
at Wgih,|diyifed Apa^zaH .and Parfops to ^vt thca|
WM^ ti^^y f^^ afford , but new more to' uke cHargc
./)f xbqt jjpfuii^ary po;»Qf rns or ineiyo^»^s to the Pope and
ether ^Tfett. iicifvna^. ThUi^ the (ubj^^i of «iiij of
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tenobdd^^ their r^iri^i'Qii ^iid'^iitiffid'ft^^relye'i
as (Vies in the ferVlde dfiihV Queens' Atdjfter^.
Thotttjii ftvetal infta'ntes'of this nature occur t
r d6 not lii^ish to hint « that fiich ^ chara^'er
df profTigady is to be affii^ed in general to'tlie
6pp6nents of P'arfoiiS aftd Ari^:^ f Kn6w\^^
fbtnc of the dtclkfed^ ojp^orienti j'tYpedii^y 6t
l^arfobs and the Jefuits, were mehVefpedable
fat their rank, or thei^ 'ifeafcnifig , oir* tfteiif,
ftifPeringsr io the caCife of* reTigibq ; bbt' ^i^^^
fiijudlty tfue, that brimanyoecaJTioris Aeyafied
tinder tHe inffuettfce of ftrbpg' ^afltons , which*
dif^ppbinimem^ or prejudices had mflariied ;
and they had the wirakoefs to throw themfelves
into a fmall but vibrent party of^ned of left
worth than tbertfeKres A wbofe e'xcjefles they
Were thus engage^d^ t6 diflerable , or' even to
a]()propriate to tllenifetv^St They were in all
biit aftt handful , when' CQmpafedvVitfi the bulk
df the Venerable AiAbners and exiled ca-
tti6liC!(, who. ap|iliilild^d th'e meafiKes purfued'
it Rome and at "Kheiin^ for the commoW
caufS; but Hill they were" widely "diffnjfed, jand
^ ' ' ■ ' '. ' '' '^' ■ '. -' rW ^— -^
. i>eiT letters , whicfct ly^^^Sgiep^^^ Qpim^ ^qy wv^:
^hQ hfid himfelf ]^\i\aatd . jto be feoc to .^hft ,]^lrngiishi
miOioD, cbnligped to .the xelief of the exiles or of tbo^
feminaries, the foms of .moQey^^ whiel^ Wmj9C^90aiJjb
lefc by Eoglisb catholics at bis difpolal.
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%h^ ftOSout tamper of fome broke out^ ff^
poder the pj'eflure of cbaios , in Wisbich caille,
Kothing ipore fal(k fhan Mr. Berio^ooi
iodtqatioD) that the uneafinefT^s iofhat priibii
^rofe from the ambitious policy pfF.Wedoan
one of th^ qioft excellep( iqiffioners of his age {
Bothin^ more partial , than his (itation of the
paffiqnate Bagshaws r#/a/ioAj, in proof of vhat
he infinuates. from 9II other cqtemporary ac-
counts 9 which I have feeq ^ it appears that a few
pf the imprifoned^priefts and (aymen were men
of untamed paCpons , who confiantly oppofed
the pious wish of the great majority of their
fellow captives ^ to fanftify their confinement
by a regular and unifpriQ fyftem of ^udy and
devotion. They deGred \o chqfe a commoa
fuperior , by whom they wished to be regu*
lated accprding to the x»\ts , which they
thcmfelyes h^d f^mecl ; and as F. Wefton
feems to have be^n the ^ao mod generally '
refpeSed adiong theip , they dcfired to confer
upon him this Hii^d of fuperiority. (j ) I refer
• 1 - ' ! -J /.. ^r rr — ■ .
(tf) F. WeftoD refofed to accept of this flight pre-^
cmiDence. Eighteen' of the imprironed priefti addrefled a
letter to his fttpenor I^enry Oariiet ( fee Append. N^ IL)
to engage faim to order Wefton to complj. Gamet
confenced, that he might be the dIi:e6tor of their iludie^
aod other regultir o^feryances , according to their qwn
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the reader to the Appendix N^. DL for fiuy
tber proof 9 that the accofation of ambiiioo,
\vb}ch was preferred agaioft the Jefuits upon
tliis occafion, was the laagnage of fa&ioos
<lircontent; and I further remark, that the*
prior and Jfubfequent coodufl of the few tur-
l^ulent prifoners at Wisbich, who did not make.
a$onement for their fault , was fuch at no
clergyman, not even Mr. Beringtoo , in Us.
moft antiTJefuitical humours^ could poflibJy^
approve, (fl) .
It appears then « that there ajre motives ta
miflruft, to arraign and condemn the fidelity
and cbrre£loefs of the general piAure , which
Mr. Beridgton has prefente4 to us of the
rulei , but would noc coDicnt , chut be thould bold,
cither the title , ranic or precedence of a fupcirior , in zpf
of their public meetings, meals , &c.
(tf) Of thirty five catholic prifoners coufihed in Wis*
bich caftle, ten or twelve, partly priefts, partly laymen ,
fided with Bagihaw todifturb the tranquillity of the ritt^
and CO calomniate theit friend F. Wefton. Four of
chele men repented and acotied for their miibehavioiur*.
It was remarked , that moft of the othera ended uohappiljf.
One was ftruck witV an apoplexy and i\td fenlelefs in
the prifoo. Others renounced their rclfgion , and pra<|ti*
fed the vile trade of infarmers ind prfeft ^^fd^chers. - Somct '
iDf theft vf etc i|f!;ef waUa executed -for rarioiia ctimb,.
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tfMl&^bns^ o^ thofe tintesl Th^ cuiiotiy irw
qoirer ii*b ^*ear tix Know the truth, wilt
certainly exuHoe other fburces' of infbrma-
turn, an(V htf wJH as cchanify difcover the
moft dedfk^' oimives to i^j^ his biftorjr of
the nomlbiitioil of Dr. Blackweli to be arch-
prieft, andt bis^^ooimt of the v^ibus dlftur-
tances, which Were* made by the afppethiats
lA coofeqociice of iba« appehftiheiir. He wHF
firft obfenre^ fbat Mr. B^^igtoits^ aeciouDt of
the IVippofed policy of Parfons in |Us bu^
fioefs hangs folely upon \i\s own deep infi^i
into the hvinan Hehrf, or at' fertheft, on the
credit of the truirddtion of Bagshaw. Other
biftoriansv wfaofe accounts 1 could' amply coo*
firm from cotetoporary MSS. if I were writing
an hiftory, will inform him, that the neceflTty
#f efiablishing a rejgnlar ecclefiafiicat authority
among the miflioners ib^ England had been,
felt for fonie years ^ and had been the fubj^ft
of frequent debates in the councils of the holy
fee. During the life of Cardiivil. Alleo^ .tb»s:
neceffity lyas lefs tvgeot^ becat^ his cxtmor-'
dtoary merit hadTecured to him apre*eniiiffcdce
of authorhy , without any fpecial" commiflibb r
and in almoft every mearui:e ^ . Iw advice
waf asked ^alld ooonaonly wMf hooouredr imh
comptiwce. After hiB^dfeadftyditfnKRafi&sf''
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jitiinber of pricd[ls ^ and. the fpreidiog difom*
tents « which iiad been is^pottt^ fi^om dus
continent, caUed for a goverqmeot .of mofe
energy , and the difficulty vas , what forn to
^dopt*. Two modern difcoF^rjes lately ouule
by Mr. Beringtos ^od his |>ai;ron. ^r Joba
Throcjcipdrton, %tf^ then,per£e&ly^uiikQowiL
7<fqc a man apippg the £nglis(b xratholic^ had
^et an idea,, that the goveflnm^ c^.the old
j&nglj^ catholic rclwrcb h^d h^ c ^ t j ina e4
without intercuptioi? 9 thoi^gh all i^$ Biihq§$
and dignitaries, veiled wnh ipirj|ti|al jurifiji^^
potij were .dea^^fior did^hi^y io ,thajt 9g;e.
f\ji(pc6t^ that fRiritu^/ jurUBi^ioq ccyuldexifit
pplefsji epia^ate^ frojn i^e ;3j^l^ji of Rook*
Io f word^ Mr Berlngtovc Jijiv^ infi^
1)9^ that all ref igioi)^ iiifru3^ , is, progrffiye ^
' 4ind that alLWM n^to be givfin ^.pf^ei C*) ^
pxu^ not iirpjQderi, that hfs ^Cfilor^ jp the
f^xt;eeoth cpnjifl^y j^rere ignoranj of (the gip*t
principle, wific;^ was referv^d for his diieo^
yecy in thefe iajtter days ^Jjgbt; I m^^ti^
ti t^t every paiitprt, by ^t^.diyinely eftablistMd
n order of Cl^fiftt, i** pofieiled i^f a profwr
> ;ind eflei^t'^) ju,t}f4i£Ht>p , wholly lyiooninMr
n table by and independent of the fee of
(♦) R4^. 9c.tQ y. H. p, 4«.
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i> Rome, ^j (♦) Still left did thefe men fafpea
the exifietrce of Sir John Throckmortoos
rule, that they might lawftilly or validly
eflabtish among themfelves an epifcopal poll,
independently of the fee of Rome; and it is
perfefUy ridicutous in.Mr. Berington to blame
them for not adoptingthis meafure , ( f) which,
had it been niimed among them , would , in that
dark age , hare been accounted fchifm. Fre-
quent mention is indeed made in the MSS. of
thofe times and alfo by feveral hiftorians ^ of a
projeff laid by fome priefts , td Inftitute a con-
gregation of clerg^mbn , tor/bfe governed by
two fuperidrs, iti the nortlierd and foutherA
counties, and their defign. it'is faid , was, to
fubjeft all the iniffioiiers , religious as ^'tl\ as
fecular , to their controuV.'- But this plan
feems not td have be em cbiibtenanced by tb6
bulk of the millioners ; the Jbfuits complained
of it, and they fcem to hav€< ibonfidered it as
a projeft, contrived by a few of their eiifemles^
to expel them frorii the miflJon. It Was vM[6
dffliked by many of the liity , Who found,
that it woukl operate. as a^-reftraint upon theiif
liberty ofaddreflingthemfetves. to whom they
(•) Siati and Bibav. pf R, €- p. 153.
(t) Mm. p. 43. 44:
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Wked beft amoog i;be approved priefts , in
their fpiritual concerns. The body of the
English catholics i6«n looked up to the Pope,
nor did the Pope tnfle with them , or ^bdn*
doa them to the ambitious wiles of a^macchta*
vellian Jcfuit, as Mr. Beriogton is pteafed
CO afiert. On the contrary , advice and iDft>r-
mations were taken fVom thofe, who were
deeiiied the wifeft amotig the Cardinals at
Rome and others, who were beft aci^inted
with the coocems of the nation i the bufintft
was debated in frequent congregations*; «iDd
at length ^a&er thetnoft mature delibetation.
Dr. Blackwell was appoiftted archpriefi^ I do
not fay that this was the beft mode of gk^
▼ernmeat; nays if 1 had been in their (ynin^-
cits ,1 a« (Confident that I sIhomM have advifed
the appointment of a Bishop. Certaip it Js;«
that Parfons, to whom Mr. BeriAgton afcribet
Xhe presbyterian (*) invention of an archprieft,
was decidedly of this opinion; {a)zAd it was
(•^) Mem. p. 48.
(i) It is difficult to ondcrftand, lioW ibe govetiment
by ao arcbptieft rcrcrobled the presbyterian fyftem. Tht
•KHpritft waa not merely a primui inter pares , nor yet
in elder by eUQlon. He was a true fpiritual fiiperior »
vefted with ecclcfiaftical juiifdiftion, derived , not from
his equate, but ^om an aoknoWledfed fuparior, tbt head
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undouj^tedly grouoded on tbe Coiid faafis of
tbe ve;gttt¥tr govemmeat of the cburcfa. But
thefe, )ir^o ov^r-rukd itUithe couocibof the
Pope , conceived , that the (leculiar fitnadon
of r^lig^P in England autborifed a deviatioa
irom the efiablisbfed pradice# They fouad it
even.impoiSMe to obferve the leveral caaoni*
cal 4nftil^iOBS , which regard the eflaUiali*
ineot of a diocefe ; and they apptehended ,
th»t the prefence of a Bishop io Engfamd
frpv^ld t^ to irptate the minifiry and fiiil
p[H)f^lo.exftfperate the Bishops of the newiy
^ft^jb^sfaed cliurdik 9 ai»d wsMd thus provoke
80 f ncreaCb of peHecutioo, All tl^ irigilaoce
of the .government , they laid ^ '^U be direded '
agaiafi the Bishop} catholics will dread !•
recgivi; km into tii?ir boufes ; they Would
of, the church. If ft council of affiftaots ^as allotted C9
1)!m for the management of bufinefs ; fucb a check upofl
fiis power ooghc not to be dilVelisfaed hj Mr. Berfngtoo.
An ordinary diocelan Bishop would no; have bean ibljeft
to fuch a reftrainc , in the ordinary adniiniftrat|oD M his
diocefe. Parfons delivered in Writing , yn^r^nloelieads,
the reafons which induced him to prefef i Bishop. If
Mr. Beriogton chufes to impute this to a rd^^neneot d
inachiavellian hypocrify; ic will be needleft to contradiA
hmj whiJQ every fober man rouft find him ,guil^ of a
rcfinemcncof paiti^licyi j[oiaefl to the blind^ prefu^cc
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fardy brionrired io the poiiishftteM fifat ^11
awaii him , and which it is oMairy ite^ffibfe
that be should efeape, ooleft by abfolure eon-
ccxlmefit of hit perfbn; and thi« agam m\i
render bis vaitAR^y almoll inrttfed}. Still
greater would be the nisfbrtune, if tbe feve^
sity of perfecoiioii ihoufd iatmidzitd a^ Bishop
uico aby compHance uawortby ofhismioifiry^
wfaieb^ saafioiplepriefl, would be ad 4vU of
h;fa fcanda^ to cacbolies, and a fubjeift df left
trhiiBph to ptotefhrns. {a) Ooe K^hop,
they continued, is unequal t^ the wh^ durf
of infpeding fo hrge and widely dfBofid a
ftockf and to multiply Bishops would be alfo
fo muttipty the difficukies already Pledged;
bifides the danger of their variation from One
another io opifirons aqd nseiifures; from
whence fiiU greate i" diffeniions would arife ^
than thofe which the new governifaerit is dr-
figned to (lifle and eradicate. But the reafon ,
by which the Pope was chtefiy influenced,
was^ his knowledge, that the principaK peti-
tioners for a Bishop held sr private correfpon-
dence with the Queens itrfniftcrs, to whota,
he knew that aH means of extirpatiii^XrithO-
(tf) The fubreqacnc weaknefs of BUckweir jforcd i
that (bi^'appreheofion was not quite groundlefs.
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licity were equally welcome, and who were
DOW plainly fomenting the unhappy difie*
reoces among the catholics 5 by fopportiiig
the pretentions of a .party, whom they cer-
tainly intended to overwhelm 9 together with
their opponents , in one common deilruftion.
The cautious pontiff would not concur in a
meafure , which Elifabeth patronifed ; he
thought that marks of re^Ueffnefs and ambi-
tion were difcernible in fome of the petitioners,
and he^ refolved to provide for the govern-
ment ^f the English catholic church, in the
mod peaceable and private manner, which
the a£lual circumftances alfo rendered Uie
moil prudent. The Cardinal protedor, who
was iuppofed to be beft acquainted with the
merits, of the principal clergymen, was e»r
powered to chufe the new fuperio^i apd if i
bull, was not expedited upon this occafioo,
the omiffioii did not proceed , a$ Mr. Beringtoo
pretends*, from a motive of contempt : it was
omittod ,. becaufe the formality of a public
appointment would have defeated the Popes
prudefitial views ; becaufe it would probably
have provoked the British government , and
would have pointed out the perfon of the
new fuperipr as the objefl of their refentmeot;
and becaiiiGe; it was rather a meafure of expc-
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riment) which circiunfhiticesB^gfat eafilf
fubjefl to alteration , than ^ fyfieiti calculate
for permanent duration. Mr. Beringtoai H
qtoite in the wrong , either wilfiiHy or otherWife^
to tell ujs, that bulls are iflued oh every
trivial occafion* (^a) If Rome, did not alter
Its determination 9 in compliance with the cla*
mours of the appellants, the refufai to do it
was grounded upon folid motives; becaufe
thofe men did not aliedge reaforis iixfficient to
outbalanor the motives , which had recom-
mended the adopted meafure; becaufe they
conducted themfelves with a fpirit of turbiiT
lency rather than of remopftrance; becaufe
they dafinglyrefufedTubmiffion to an author
rity lawfully confiituted; becaufe feveral of -
them had already been remarked for the tu-
multuous fpirit 9 which tbey |^ betrayed in
the collegesTi becaufe others were known ttf
have concerted their tippofition with the Efl-
|;lish miniftry and the protefiant Bishop Baur
croft; and fiDJUy becapfe they were not the
body of t^ie^cathoUc clergy, as Mr. Berii^too
(«3 T^e, fbrit of .a boU wat net iired on a laict ioH
poTcanc oeciifion , thi deftroaioii of ^ Jelbict. I ctll it
fMp^/irff/^:becaiife. it ceicaioljr wak fpy tt feaft t4 thi
Jefoi;! tkemfelTCfi and- to U?eir eneoi^it - .
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aiofr mrintfamaUjr Md^ fktfet^ afferts, tel
onty sliEDatt^ and with the nception of a finr^
Ihe leaft valuable part oFfbat body , tbe great
Imlb of which cotMfgmtdfy acqirfefctd ia the
Ibtm of g^ernmeiu, which hajd been pre-
feribed. (n) It is related , that when they iett
ibeir firfi depaties to Roise« they were tm
moee tfaaa fooneen , aad m fpite of their induf-
tfy to iocreafe tibeir Uft, tbey Mi^et fwelled
it to moftt tbao tlurty flames* (^) fc ^^
. : %
(«) Mr. Beiingcon boldly aflercs (p. 54.) chat oaly
tire jotiog miffioneh thanked the Pope for the appoincmeiit
•r the trdhpHcft f and chit they were aXnfci hjr tk*
prmifet) ar ii)ti>M()ited bj tbte tbr^M af Blatk#ell mi
Garnet. WickeqiuU afTamQce hr i^ofyfi^ tbr fppoikioa
of the few appeliaQts ^ as the depd of thjl^ cfergj. Tke
Appendix N**. lit may hefp th6 reader to form a judg-
neM of eho^ aecMcy of eht9 ft&temtfut. Ih the mttrj
lotert'of Oarffctv;whlch Ihacreby wi, fbeq^mc nencfM
ia 9add of tha appAilMHt « tahtfu..!^ iaWnytdeferibea to
be ftw and Of t lefs hoftUe to biofiMf »# the Jffiuta«
than* they were to tbe archprieijb. In tb^e letters he
l)^ks often of tlie zeat of tbe oiher priefts ; of the
COQlbrt : which he received fVont tbbfe '/irith' whom tbt
fererity of the times allow ed him toxoid anj interco^rfe;
of the fervices which he was enabled to yield co then 9
cfpe«iaQy to the yaang oiics'tieiirty'^aril^> anjl la ge-
neral of the odifyiBg aealof fba (jatMic gmry, in pio»
i]ffiog;aad fra&ifmg tte ditisf tf^cbeir nrt^a.
C») Themoft*attmcroorlillf6f^p^Hantpr?eftfy which
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fii^mber I w^H kaov that there were £raie
men of le^ino^tnd waght a»09g the cktgy^
tbovgli tbmr foperior« appear to h»Te bee«
foovioced <» tfasft tbey wefe ^^hia&ed nore fey
%k» prejudices of ^thn^ ^ tihaa hy the coo?ic»
itoQ of tbeir owp Judgmeoc Ic ioi^ft aJlb be
fajken into, qooflderaiion, that the greater
fiva}t>er of iboff , wboie aai»e$ are feiuid o«
Ibe difiereflt appellaot Ms^ wl}ich fatfve beea
preierv^, did iaptinftituci& a^ ^peal f^ioft
the fpirisual powec aod authority of ibe arch*
prieil^ but , mere^ly againft particular afif
of adoiiqiftr^H^ t by ^bicfa tbey conceived
^xnCjplves yo be aggrieved ; 4iey demaixkd
their ^^ofioU^^vA tl)ey. always proclaiiiie4
tbeir;'4^Ppf|^op }^ fubmit to the decifion
of the Pope, fro^i whom thejf .foHicited re^
^ref& {a!) Tfaiefe ciijcumliances bring tbetr
d^ed rathejr. Dearer to the ibrm of a regular
a^i and xhpy W^P^? ^*^^ ^^ of tbofe, who
Tlie number, cf laiflj^nert at tha^ cim«^ indudioi tbe Jc*»
itticsy canooc be reckoned at left than three hundred.
(4) Thii Wai the cafe of the ihirey two prieftf, who
fcgnedtheaft of appeal reponed by Dodd vol. II. p. 558;
The motfefii ^ode t>f appealhif to mU tbl cmth^M
ibnrcba in tbt univiffc » sn4 $Jps4ia!fy ^9....^ tJh aft^/kUfM
fu riibtly infirmid^ WM$ not jec in vSt.
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appealed from ^e very appointment of an
archprieft^ or who refufed fubmifiion to his
aothority , to a number as infignificam in
comparifon with the body of the clergy\ as ic
was contemptible in itfelf, with refped to the
characters of many of thofe , who compofed
it. But even among thefe there were a few;
whofe paft and fobfequent nterits entitle them
' to refpe£l and praife ^ though there can exift in
a prief^ no merit , which voluntary refiftanee
to lawful fpiriti^^l authorhy will not iinpair.
I am* far frdn> confounding ^Dr. Bishop,
Dr. Champney » Mr. Colleton and Mr. Smith,
with Fisher, Bluet , Bagshaw, Watfoo and
Clerk. The charafters and condu6i; of thefe
latter would have difgraceB a*^ better caufe,
and would have raHed a pii^judice againfi the
beft : and it b remarkable, that whatever
merit might be dalmed by xirhferV, ftftne of
them had cohftantty oppofed evety public
meafure, and had shewn a- marked averfion
to union and concord. Thr eocifinemeot or
fcqueftration of tlieir two firff ^deputifes in
the English college^ has the appearance of
a ftrong meafure , and I am not inclined to
applaud it. I only obferve that h was or*
dained by a court , offended by ,' «t leaft , an
appearance of retolt againflr a meafure, upon
which
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whidi* it had beftc^ved much mature dellbe*
racioii and care^Md :ifMii which the folid
fruits of peace and due fubordinaiion, wer e
reafboably expeAed* I'be deputies vete coa^
fined to the Eogllsfa cotttge^ m order* to fe^
quefter them from commuuicatiQii with their
countrymen in town , by foine of whom
th€ cabal (for futfa it "wUi deemed) *wbuld
ccrtaifriy be fomented; ^and^ experience bad
shewn ) that this intercourCe hadbeeti it^tte^
ly prejudictat in the tumotts of the Engtisfa:
college, (it)
(<i ) It it ooc ancoimnof at Rome^ Wbeii Biaii^t. atid
priefts arc cited co anfw^r to aajr accttfatioK f» complaiiity
to affign them their Mining in fone particulaT fanioarjr
Of coavmity and generally iti thac^ (^ their own' natioo, if
thtfte ba •new 1%e cwio d^cita of die diftoiUenced priafta
had bea» eiglitceii days in Roine> before the^ >ixiere of*^
dered to be fequeftered i^ cheflngUah ooliege. . Oq .tbeif
arrifaf, thtty W^re MiUjr iavkedrby tike tt&ox Paribna^ t9
ihe . bbfpitality of tbe eolfege^ b^t tbey haiahly t%MH
even to adiaic bia viBcy et xo appear ii the c«Uegf or
)t9i church.. Two Cardiiiala and the Popes fifcal trer^
deputed to bear tbeii cooiplaiots ; and the Pope, read
and confldered their whole report « before he gave hit
dedtfot). I bave ibmewhere read a letter of Mr. Bishop^
Whb Was one of the depntfes^ in Which he acknowledges^
tiiat he Was teleafed from his conftnement ^ kf tk^ ifiunft
mni prtcMftment of P. Parfofts. A MS. in my handt re«
lacei, that their confinement wonld hgve been mote ftrid*
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Id elafiDS diis:|xart 6f my rctnftrksi I ttnft
femtn<i^he:t€tiidfr».tlmtl have baceljTfskefched
the ouitioes of a fiory ^ "wllich has b^en related
vecy iliferently by wifters of differeot cooi*
pfeiDons^ My iiar ration is drawn aluioft en*
tirely from 'ancient MSS. and letters wckten
by f^fdns , wh6 highly ; 4ifapproved the eon*
dad of (Paget aod ^b friends^ that of the
ttttnultuoiis fiudemr^ ^abd of the appellants^
whomiMr. Berington. every Vfaere dignifies
if Pa/rons had not interceded, for them with the difpleatbd
pontiff. The angfy W&tfon afterwards called Parfout
tSexi'goalif^^ and Mr. Berin|;C5S feent to be delighted
iiirhr tfa^ cklomny. it Vat probabiy the caoifc , why
XHnifons wrote to Mr. Bhhop a letter of four sheets >
dated (Ktober 9. 1599, oo the fubjea of bis and Char^
nocks ^dafinement , whick I €nd entered ia a regifter of
the MSS. of Parfons preferved in tho afthif hMn-of the
SngKsh cotle^ -at Rome. I- have heard thic this archi-
"Vium/die principal repoficory* of papet'S relactre to the
concerns of Englri^ catholics t was nearlj emptied after
the dlfmiflton of the Jefuits fifbm the college in i/ra )
that flany of the papers were carried aWay and others
Scattered a^d wafted by ^lerfona^ ^ho probiblyrki^w not
the value of tfaen^. I have alfo been lafoiaied, (but I
cannot vouch for it) that a '^odth of the name of Kirk
at that time a yonng. ftudent in- the college ^ gathered and
faved fefne of theft papers, and hl» fiace connooicated
<hem t6 Mr. Beriagtoa. If the' letter of Parfoas to
Mr.Btahop be amoag jtjiem^ I hope Mr. Bsrington will
*ilV«»tir'os whh a fight of it^ : -
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wkb the oamc af';the cathoM d^rfyiu Hii
relation qF tbefe sveots;, and .erpedadlyi hi^
portrait of Parfi>iisv;is.cq^ied at fetodd baoil
from the Trui Rihthm of Bagshaw « the B^
claraih mMtuA o£ Musb , :mid the • JQupdUtvMs
of Watfoov and it tberifbife. coincides /with
the accounts, ^hicli aiay.be fotuiditn CaiH-
.deo^ De Thouy Thoyirasv and odiecs iofithe
moil bitter enemies of the Roman ^^e^ who
in their turn had copied andMrnpromd she
xelaiions of thofe': turbulent and paffia^ai;e
tl^riefig; .Mr. Borington has iupeffaddod :a
iHige.of maliciqus i]pii^>to .all tbiedrliblatjaoh;
heiias carried, bis ptaetrationlint^the defp
. IbUa of Par(hos\ twiitfcal nand , iodlr be^ has
.there uncavilied tbe^Mmlb fiepes :tf idiejxon-
trivancje projefted ; by • ibat faiber > ,r tot b^t
dowii!and to .trample upon the catholicdetgy,
^and to eftfabli^ the fal^ij^au ifioB^tchj olbtiie
Jefuits, without dontrbul'Or cofacumerides^
over tbe^ cathoiicsiof this land-' (^} .He f can*
, dudes this admirable: inftance rcffziUsiiffight
into the: human be^v by''toodeflt|nrfayitag
.f»3io:\thi8 ^ or in la itianoer .imcii^ntik^ /lii.
Ct>i*M.p.4?.
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iitii indeea bis own Mair^ imeteil Is cm-
'dtrnd m this preftimptiock For itot to taisth
tipn his faabitutl indimuoB 40 da#b io tibrk
colours, wc nmy.prtJxumihMi be fomxi ic ne-
ceflary to thicken diem ih the Cif iCTtur e of
ParfcHis^ whom he knc^ tb have be'to, ih Us
day, one of thelirffiefi fopporcs ^thit 1^*
rhual authority of the fdvtftifc^ pdotiff wMl
bis delegates , irhich fetters htm io all Ixis
motions; it wasrequ^e faioi-eoftrtirsMi^r
fnfime^ to ufd'fonle iKldlreft io anay Ufe
rifing qualms, which might accdrfi6nally ietoi
the confciendes of moderiA appeltkntktod jMh
tellers' againfi that authority ; and what lent-
tirecobtd be mofe gentry eflica^ious , tUki
eo adote Idieif predtaiibssf ^ die Bagdiavs aU
rWfttibns.ol* old iUijs\^ "widitTe^ genetous
.yktufe, and thub ta.ednbtt the Ipafibnslbe
f^eds frf*a very fe\y |tfieftfe,.^s khi^jvirttais
fOfthms of the whole dergy"? fWhila thde
men are broujgfat forward^ iil tlie pi&ife as
ihodeis'i&rimitatkm; thltfeft of dii?cWrgy,
^ho dhiliAofc ai&eirt toidi^qare ihrcAmimD
.the btekgroond^-ai'ii band of degraded ?ilaies,
rgaggedjaKLboundiiB^lFJ pai&ps laet. Such
an. unfieemlyiJtriumpkjDthfiuned by the. arts of
Machiavel , will even yet , // may.U^j^rejumed^
light up a fpark of houeft indignation againft
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the nm crrft-Gilkn PdHboiatosbf tfaffediys;
and if any should catch thfe gisbcnis ikuAi^
and agree with Mr> BcnogttA in this oiie
poin^ , they woDld at once avttnge him agi&ift
his modern je^ical amagonifis,, and probai*
bly would ivoi thwart- him ih his fistbre dErf-
p|ae.proje^4 1^ deliver uii fii6to'tfac iqiatmo(i
.of Rome , attd ta refioce.fidr liberty to' dik
Britiafa- oathfdic church. ' inMis^ br in m
riagton rtafoaj^i but a» lido; not po&ft Jut
^leQi t^f diftrecoiqg ipaxii. I offiw ny pob-
jll^re» mer/|{jjr;«s 9 fiarody 4)f>.-h« diStftBtioh
jon^tlpe .i«n^f|i|^'fe«fQplBghx)f BurfttAf I aitd is
tjie tea4s? ffi^A nowperceire ibtt Mh Be>
riogcop A«* ^ have gi«eo ^tey diifereae -to-
^ovqis oil^^hf isrchprieft and of the appeHaat**
his oiVfi.ii^ftirxntityt.wUl.dirfd'^m to.pfefior
that, which ahfil) apifear u> him to b^i&oft
cleared from paffion , and mpft cpnfonant. to
.truth, CflX .._^ ,..■ ■•.,..-. .. . ■
) ■_ I III f i j I r< 1 1 1 I ( iw I ^P l> B» d d li
-<rf th« tlii^ i' «b)(i Ac IfelAtfMir fi^ Ab dh:iipTl«ft ind of ibntb
thn V«D^r)K "H^Ueh 16 e»rtlS% i^idibfedas Vo dife '
ttcbprieft%io0eta4(di «iid IMbutic«; A 4MUn| Vitb
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; The protdfaitidn of illep^lkciy "winch wis
/offered by the; thirteeif pneA^ tdWardisr die
dofe ofElifabeths reign, and is fa much eie^
tc^ed by Mr. Beriogtoa and Sir J. Throck-
morton, {*) demajids a short word; sriod it
wiU lead nke to fiiy another oil' ibe'poHtical
iprtocipks ofDrV Ailen vof P^fons^ aad the
body ;of the tniffidoary' clergy. ^T^e^ principles
of civil allegianee ilated in that Mftrameiit,
when iofuhted \from every ^rcwfideratibn df
the times, are irreprdienible-; itay at all limes
they are trueakid oogfat 4o %e^lbHowed; but
1 cannot vO& this 9ccoat)t,2«^j^d' the coo«
dn& of the men ; ^aadvstneed XHm. I vnSl
readily^aekbotrledge thtir *he^ft IntenAons ,
when it shall be'provred to i^e^ Itfaat none of
them hflid pre^rioafly contrived ^pidt^votm
with the mirifters'or emiflaries^oftKe^Qoeen:
and if in iHi{irrpe6Un]^ finiplib'fty tifey acoepted
' • : i
bit cronblelbine opponesct. The Appendix^N*. V. will
iidp to- shew I whereHi kit cottdttft- w ii - jodged to be
de&ctifevSDd wili lifc^nriff e3(pIiuii.,cbe/r«^.ientii|Mnu
of Paifoiia itpd his^^^^ral Acqii}prispt:w)|]l^t)iey jndgQll
ic to be tbi^ir "dncy to fippof t eftibliahed aathority> 19
ibc perfon of the archprieft. The Np$f.,VI and YU of
the iippeirdix may alfo caft i^i^e ligjit vf^n the charade
of Parfom and oa ^he. amie , in which- tie was eag^sed* 1
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it^ becatrfe te cxt)reaions bf allegiance were
joii ; I willxxHniMad tfaeir loyalfy ; and I will
pity their phort*4igh ted policy. 1 cafloot doubt
that it W39 thus accepted by a few of their
immber, e^pechrtty by the tw^ virtuous meo^
\f ho afterwirdi being condemned to die for
their ' pdefliyvohamder, Mfiifitd to ranftfm*
thnc. itvea at ^e etpence of cbnfdence , by
pvQnounping. the oath of Jaoies L But there
were others, among them ^ who having joined
the ^pellams ^ weire engaged hi the iotrigoet
of^that party ^, and had availed themfelves 4>lr:
the influence; and deceitful proeedton of the^
mioillry') to overturti the? lawful (^ritual
government of the archpneft;in oppofitloia;
to the head: of) the chUrdi* aoii to the bulk of
their bretbrenj If h be thought rash to fiif-
pe£l. thefe mdmofa deeper defign, I muft at'
leafi fay, that their deed, even io its beft-
view, was an ufdefs piece of .offieioofneis : it
carried on its^ vfcry face, the moft lindeferved
affront to their brethren , and it has aU the air
of a charafleri^ing ftroke of party. If the expe^
tieace pf forty y«rs. could have^ mftru&ed
thje£e dien in the real poKey* of the govctm--
meot^ they mufl have known to a cei^taioty,:
tint f^e. Qi&tirpatjion of the catholic religioo :
w^ anoQg tb« f^rempft aod the fondeft of its
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wm : th0y tei^bt have knoim beyood a
4pubt, thflp the Queens . govsromeot never
iptended to indulge o^tholict in a quiet toJe-
miiop of their reKjpon , in retun Ibr cbeir civil
^Degiaope* Thn profligate govjermoeat w^
koew , th9t the catholics were faithful by
principle a04 by habit ( but. their policy was,
sot to pf oteft thfim booourably , as their doty
prefcribed , but to ipriBg from them , by arc
aod by force, that very religion, in which
they found the iborce and notive of their
allegiance. Why then sbooid thimsM pnefis
Q(fici6ufly d>tnidq upon fuch a government,
a dedftfation of their duty to then- four and
partial Queen, svbo had nev^tdoabced of didr
frlelity , who had no reafita to^ call it in quef*
tioo, and whd never meant^ in rttura, lo
firetch out to thim die lenieotsheod of pro*
tf^ipnl Their proteftatton, no doubt, was
acceptable to the Queen and her, miaifters;
IXK becaufe it fecured the fidelity of ddrma
pfitfls^ which had never been fubjed to a
doubt; bu( becaufe it conveyed a reproach
of difloyalty upon all other priefts and ca-
tholics, who far^Iy yielded not to them in
t^e di(cbarge of their civil duties; becaufe it
reprefented diem as rebels leagued with the
Queens foes, and thus furnished her an op*
portunity
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poftiSflity tb sharpen the fcorpions, with which
It was cvcp. the Iteady porpofe of her foul to
Scourge tb^di. The famous proteftatiod tot
only impUes this foul itnputatioa ; it Contaiiti
tbe moft un^qtrivocal avowat of ttitati in
thfiir btethrcoj, which thefe bfethred had lievet
eonnnitted. "V^iere and when ft^d caiibolie
priefls or laymen mad* vbn/plraeii^ agaitifi^er
majefties per fen , oT fundry fdteiih attaiipts far
invading and conquering her domtttioHif ^'Where
and When had they done thefe' ^if^g'sV (aider,
pretence ofrejhring the Ctiihoiic retigidfif^Wkeh
had it been proved, that they 1^ fapdtired
Ihe/i eon/piracies and inw^brts\'(*y jnkii "iHi
intended Spanish invafioo inisS^^^ In "^eibp^
poiition of guilt , Were \!&tihitii«^ pritfli ihe
only perfons. Who were: iniobact^e^ 'OSM^
den 4 the paftegyrift of EHntbethV^^^Th^U
and other enemies^ of the old fetigloo, talk
mtich' of confpiracle» and plots planned and
eontf^ed in the {toinarkst becaaftf k' wat
llieit bulinefs to (breeh the fe verity tfih€
penaf laws from -ifte execratfon" of 'tifaKkind.,
But wttere tfonfTd thefe prOteftiflg-'pliifts
faaVte teamed, thart 4hofe plots weri trtill
AIt; ^eringtes- Mmfelf j with a ll his infigh c
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iflto the human hean, knows not hov to
flercribe them. » I have noticed he fays y the
9» enterprifes of the difafifefted itien , of whom
|9 the proteflation fpeaks, and I have told
9» who the^ were; ^ {*) that is, he has
wildjy- attributed them to Parfons and the
JcCt^s; but with his ufual inconfiftepcy he
iias.^ed them real ^nd imaginary within the
j^hoxt ipace of three pages, (t) If the minifirj
liad/wamfd an aiTurance of cathoUc loyalty,
Vihy ^}d it not frame and propofe an unex-
/;^ptipnable mpdel for that purpofe^ to the
A;5(I\plp;l)(>d5f *} Why did it not propofe even
l\i^ i9f the thirteen prieils , divefied of its ca*
lumoie^^sWhy did i\ not at lead relieve thefe
thirteen prk^s from the preifure of the penal
Imfifl ^kyj4i4i they contrive, infteadof it,
Maar;it:apiiqu$^ oath, which , a few years after,
througb the weaknefs of Blackwell , too well
finfw^red .their real purpofe of difuniting thofe ,
whom they continually endeavoured lo fur-
prife and betfay into the fp^rf Sa idiich they
had preparf;4 fpr <hem;i If pfhcr hifiopcal mo-
num^ts were wanting to prave; it, this pro*
tefiation alone would be a denionllration, diac
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the priefis, who adopted it, were equally
guided and fooled by the miniflry , whofe fole
aim was to divide the catholics , and who ,
on that principle, favoured their well known
appeal to Rome {a). It equally proves, that
the fpirit of party , in which, they were enga-
ged, blinded them with refpe£l to the real
intereft of the catholic caufe, which they
loved, and which was better promoted by
that body of their clerical brethren, who
continued to refute their calumniators by
their peaceable demeanour ^ ^and to edify the
Qa^ Some of thefe priefts had been releafed from pri«
fou by the miniftry, and permlcced to travel In fecority
through England , In order to gaiff profelytes to the
appellant party. In the procefs of their appeal , they were
recommended to the «Engljth ambailkdort at Paris and
other foreign cooru, and they were always clofely
conne^d with Bishop Bancroft. ^ The mifunderftan*
„ dings between the feculars (priefts) and Jefuits ftill
ff continuing , Bancroft Bishop of London enterulned
M fome of the former , and famished them with convex
n niencies to write againft their adverfaries. m Collyen
Cb. Hifi. P. II. p. 664. Under oor prefent equitable
government , catholic priefts will merit the approbation
of their rulers , much more by fubmitting to their eccleii<*
aftical foperiors , than by holding- out to the public the
dangerous example of refifting and protefting againft their
acknowledged authority. Qui f^nfi cafire-^ eaflat.
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etorcb by their Dmnerited fuff«riogff« I0 thts
Yiew of the mattery I am not fprprifed , that
a fourteenth came could not be fouod, to
be joined to the prottftation of aUegumu\
and I shall be exceedingly adoaislied 9 if
a fourteenth name be ever added to Uif
modern proteftation of Mr. Beriogton and
Ills SuSbtdshire worthies y whole renowo he
has t>romifed to eteroize with that of the
appellant protefters , whofe deed I have bere
examined. I end with obferviDg, that as
thefe latter declared in their proteftation ^ thai
they would obey the Pope , whom they were
then aftuall]^ difobeying 4 fo the former profefs
« refpe£t for the fpiritual authority of the
Bishop , againil the exertion of which they
protell and appeal.
But what were the political princiiries of
Cardinal Allen , Parfons and the miifionary
priefts, whom thefe protefters fo feverely in-
culpate "1 From all the printed and manufcript
memoirs, which I have feen « (and I have feeo
many ) it appears , that political bufinefs formed
BO part of the education of the feminary priefts.
The bulk of them were folely intent on fitting
themfelves for the painful duties of miflioners,
and on preparing themfelves for a life tS. toil
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and £uffmngM which they cxpefled and ho^
ivould end in m^nyrdom* I have feen muUW
tudes of letters written by them from England
during Eiifabeths reign ; they all breathe an
exalted fpirit of religious zeal; they defcribe
the miflionary fuccefles, the piety « the fu£&r<'
iDgs , the executions of priefts and laymen ;
they frequently deplore the troubles railed by
apoftates and traitors , and the uneaiinefies
occafioned by the appellant prieiis; but I have
* rarely found a word relating to public bufinefs^
or to their own principles , wishes or imerefi*
in the political concerns of the nation* This
mud have been an efief): of the confummatf
prudence of Alien apdPaifons, who had for«
bidden any quefiions , in which the rights oir
prftenfions of princes were involved, to be
difcufled in the fchools and exercif4?s of the
feminaries« (a) It is however certain ^ th9t
(i?) Ic hts been vtrypettlDcntly remarked by Mr. Mil-
ner^ thacche depoRng do^rine under cet^P t6&li£UQ0&«
was caught , at this time , in every place of theological
edpcatlofi, the BngHsh catholic feminaries alone excepted;
and that the fix queries relative to it, Which were pro«
pofed to Campion and hts companions, were equally uo-
juft and cruel.. (See EecUf^ hem9c. deteSed. pp. i88. 190}
It may be added , that the variety of the anfwers gf^ven
by chofe holy men, is a proof that tb#y had not IhKl^ed
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tbey all coofidered Queen Elifabeth as the
capital enemy of their religion ; and as the
re^eftabUshment of this religion was th£ ulti-
mate end of all their labours and wishes , they
deemed it an happinefs to concur to it, by
every lawful means in their power. 1 could
produce many proofs of this difpofition of the
feminary priefts ; but I have never yet found
a fyllable, >?hich could prove or indicate a
plot or the concurrence of any of them in any
plot , againft the life or the fovereignty of the
Queen; and it is certain, that the inftru£Hons
to them from ^pe Gregory XIII required
their civil obedience to the Queen , and their
public acknowledgment of her fovereignty.
A few of them had deeper views. Mr. Be-
rington alTerts, that « the whole life ofParfoos
ff was a feries of machinations againft die
»> fovereignty of his country, »> (*) but, as
ufual , he has not adminiftered a iingle proof*
the queftion or forned )iDy fteady ideas opon ic. Thej
all agreed in one poioc , that they had difcharged eterj
duty of civil allegtaoce, and that no aiminality coold be
proved upon them. But the/ were priefti^ and therefoie
they were hanged. -
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I liaye eagerly fearcbed a oumber of his letter!
and other writings^ befides feveral of Garnet^
and of Cardinal Allen , and the amount
of. what I have difcovered , is as^ follows^
They all confidered religion as the fird hap*
pinefs and cdncern of man , and die defiruc*
lion of it by Elifabeth , as the mod unwar«
rantable abufe of lawlefs power. They adhe-
red in fpeculation to the univerfal do&rine of
theiir own and of many preceding ages, which
admitted a limited temporal authority in the
iPope, to be exercifed only for the efTential
fervice and interefls of religion ; and of couple
they never queflioned the juflice of tbofe
temporal and civil deprivations and forfeitures^
ivhich , during fo many ages , had been coc'**
nefled with (he fpiritual fentence of excom-
munication. If this was a crime , it attache4
equally to all their cotemporaries ; and Ibrely
nothing can be more dilingenuous , than to
maintain with Mr. Berington and his patroii
Sir J. Throckmorton 9 that|our priefis , wha
were condemned and executed merely for
their prieilly charajfter., did not fufier .for
their religion , becaufe fome of them did not
^roqodly deny, a doflrine, which almoft all
chriftendom believed, to be true. Howevef
Bncerely 1 di&pprove of the principle, oa
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Ithich the bulls of Piuj V. and SixtQs V.
againil Elifabeth were grounded, I am not
furprifed, that thofe bulls were approved by
Cardinal Allen and his friends ; and U appears^
that they would have conGdered the execu-
tion of them, ^ they had taketi effeft, as
juft and lawful. It is alfo certain, (though 1
find no traces of it in their lett^s ) that , on
account of the invalidity of Anne Bolens
marriage, efiablished by fentence of thb holy
fee and by various afls of the legiflatnre,
they confidered Elifabeth as wrongfully placed
upon the throne , to the injnry of the captive
Queen of Scotland,* from whom they might
expeA redrefs for their fuETerings and the
re-eftablishment of their religion , which of
all things lay neareft to their heart. They
remembered with bitter recolle£Bort , that
this religion, the exclufive truth of which was
Hn eifential tenet, had been, a f^w years
before , protefted from the throne , and reve*
ted throughout the extent of the 'empire.
They had witnefTed the crimes of three fuc*
Mffive reigns, which had plundered the
ihurches, defaced the altars, and murder^ M
ejefted the minifters; they Were now fheirfel?is
forely perfecuted by the unrelenting queen ^
imd they confidened thrs" queen as an ufurpef.
They
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^iil^ey hield freedom of catholic i'eligibn to he
the moft precious of the rights and dues Of
tnankind) and the obligation of protefling it
to be the firft duty of the fovereign. On the
Ancient principle above dated, they conceived
the foverefgn to be fubje£l to corredioo from
the head of the churdh ^ at leaft for crimes
fuch ak Elifabeth had committed; and on
Viefe grounds ,' the execution of the bull of
Pope Pius by Philip 11 wooljl, in their
fefiimation , have befeo a deed of eminent joiiice.
They knew that private individuals, however
injured , might not lawfully ufe violence to
Tedrefs their grievances; but Wat dem^unced
•by the Spanish monarch and fanfltoned by
the fentehce of the Pope , was to them at
iBDce honourable and lawful. Hence a few of
the leading Catholic exiles conceived great
hopes from the Spanish armament, and Car*
dinal Alien even wrote a short treatife to
prove ^ that the war was juft and neceflary.
to reftore the nation to the enjoyment of
thofe efftntial t\ghti\' of which Elifabeth had
forcibly deprived it* This treatife of the
Cardinal appears to have been little known ac
the time, and after the defeat of the armada^
it fell into oblivion, Dodd feems to deoy its
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€xi{lence. (<3) (*) l^parti^I perfbns however
lP(ritL not be hafty lo coodemniog the veuerabk
author as a traitor to his couotry , if tbej
coolidor, that be was then becotBefrom d^ccC*
fny a fubjed of a foreign prince ^ and coned*
ved hHnfelf authorifed by acknowledged au«
thority to declare enmity s^ainft her, whom
bt oonfidered as an ofutper, and to whole
ufurpation he folely attributed all his couotriet
grievances and diflrefles. Private enmity
was foreign from hi^ heart , and his emioem
fpirit of religion and honour fcreens him iron
every ftilpicion of fe'cr et revenge or unautho*
rized hoftilky* Tbe bittereft enemies of the
lemlnarifist Loiid Burleigh, Camden , WatfiMi
II I I ' ■ t ' ■ ii ■ I ■ i I. I »t\ I im
(«) lliit froaU treatffe itoiiliftiftg of Oxty pages in oc-
uvo is dated from Rome April a8 i$88 and it ettitled,
jf» admpmtioM to the nokitity and feofh of Englsnd swi
Jr eland concerning the freftnt vf arret , &c. I btve never
feen more than one copy of it. I prefume . that Mr. Be-
lington «Bd Sir J. ThrodctnArtdn have wot (cea tny. Tl«
former does Hoc dte it , anil ilie latter cat oiily fad
it blai&ed in a iener fufpofed t4 pt wiitem iB 1588 /tmi
a priejl to a Spaniard in France. Furtb. confid. p. 132. fdf.
It appears from the Cardinals treatife, that he was n^
ignorant of the blemishes in the cbarafter of EK(abetli|
which hive beea lb amply, dlfpi^ed by finrcnd eminetc
jKKiara wcitera.
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tilt appettam, IBering^Ma a^Si«X Tbrocle-
moctoa, ace reduced; tpicoofine tHomftW^ to
general impiuattodi 4)f weaibo; they cannot
iodiTidiiate a fingle §a&, Mr. Beringtan even
•» took upon himfelfta^a^eri^ki defianee of the
99 mod determined pntagonifls, that the ca-
99 tholics were not guiltyof one a^oftreaftn,
91 fedkion or rebellion^ dkiring the forty feur
99 years of £lifabeths rei^n , « (*) until! fin-
ding it convenient to adopt the ideas of his
new patron , he fefolved to write a book of
RiiraSiOions^ {]) and in the mean time in^
formed iTs, u that machioations agaioft the
-« Queen , fome real , fome fiSitious , werfe,
t» inceflantly praSifid inf the feminaries; ($)
V) and that the Important confiderations of
« William Watfon had shewn him , how in*-
f> confident with the truth of thmgs his own
» (former) ideas had been. »» (5) Such is the
fyftem of ajfbciation ofiieas\^ of which Mr.Be-
rington fo firequently fpeaks. I, who have
fearched for the guilt oJF ^the firft feininarifis
through volumes of MS records and letters
-T— F^
(t) Pref. to M$m. p. X«i
C§) Mem. p. 33.
CD Ibid.f, 36. ^
Ta
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written by them, hire not yet difeoviprei a
trace ^ a fy mptom of any plot or contri vaiKe to
4ethrone or to defooy Elifabeth, in which the
^founders of the femioaries, ot any of theii
friends pr depeisdants liiad tl^e fmalleft ^ncenu
p Their fellow-fu£Eerers in France (the Ho^
M gueoots ) <> (ays Mr* Beriogton ^ would have
9> played a better game. 99 (*).lVlay shame
overtake that prieft , who reviling our venera-
ble femioaries of edu^aUon , has dared to hold
out the example of rebellious ^uguenots to
British catholics, whofe aoceflors, duriog
two, centuries, exhibited an unparalleled
xpodel pf fidelity (a their fovereigns, though
their adminiftration feeaie4 often calculated to
exafperate ever,y fel^sh paflSon, which hurries
injured men to the perpetration of crimes.
But British catholics and tbeir clecgy have
deeply imbibed the l^reditary maxims ^ whicb
have be^n perjpe^uated in tbeir feminaries
from the days of Cardinal Alien to tb^e pre-
fent p^r^pd^ in .^bjcb thefie feminaries arc
falling before the rage of the declared enemies
of God, of monarchs and of.mankind. Our
clergy will perfevere in thefe maxims; they
(•) Refii». to J. N. prtf. p. yHj.
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will blasb It the difloyal dcOriiies of the
panegyrift of Arnold of Brefcia, and they
ivv^ill fmile at die glow of loyalty,, with which
fits patron announces to the British nation ,
» that neither the principles, nor the alle^
^> giance , of the catholic clergy are fecure. o (♦)
Faithful fubjefl! the zeal of loyalty eats him
up ! And has he then witnefled a word or a
^eed, which might ground fo defperate 4
charge againft any catholic clergyman , when
that fingle clergyman is excepted, whom he
has chofen for his own unlicenfed chaplain^
Qan he ey^n convi^pur predecelTors, of the
two pad centuries, of any pf thofe inceffant
machinatioas againft their fovereig'ns, of which
his chaplain has laid the fcene in our fernina*
ries 1 Jle may perhaps prove , what we shall
readily grant?, that the venerable founders of
thofe femidaries were taught a fpeculative
principle, which we rejeft; but furely it might
hecome Sir J. Throckmorton, living in the
mUd light of calm philofophy, to emulate the
generofity of knights of old renown, and to
shew fome forbearaoce, fome compaflion for
poor exiled priefts,^ who groped in an age of
darknefs, and were (in his judgment )fwathed
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in ibe fiibki of bigotry, igoorance wd pre*
jpdice* We their ions^ wo wiU repeat it
tb his foce^^are ftithful to our religion aad
(o our priDcd He will sever mut us in
the aflembiics aod dubs , where private
tain prefome to fcan the couduA of their
lulers, and even to arraign the very fbroi
ef the legiflature, to which we have pl^
fed our duty and our fubmiflion ; and ii
he perfift to derive upon us a fufpicion of the
pretended difloyalty of our anceAors, we will
iieet him , tbret hundred ^ a hoft, and in the
Jbce of the nation , we will dllclaiai the falfe*
hood and forfWear the calumny.
After, tbe^n^r^ of the Spanish arpsada , the
^tmoft political e^Ebrts ijf ^ardi«al Aillea,
parfons and their friends fe?ai^Ct> have bcea
«lire£led to procure a caiholia (Ucceflbr to the
Queen {and ^re is evidjencefi-Qoi their letters ,
|hat to eSe£l this, they eodearoured to engage
|he interefi of the Pope and of other catholic
powers, (a) Parfonsbadlabouxedineff^uaUj
<df) Mr. Bcringtofl ti&res Mm. p. ^$. thit Parfoal
being apprifed of the projeA of the clerfy to obqiiii Bishopiy
haftemd from Spain to Rome to connceraft k. He aine
thither in 159;^ after a flow joorney of fome monthsi and
^xom Genoa he wrote a confiiemia^ fetter to E. Hok a(
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to fkcute the education of the Scattish ki^g
in the religion of his fore-fathers; and he had
rendered to him ufeful fervices , in the hop^
of attaching bis confidence to the catlioKc
friends of his family. Though ^he Queen ha4
clofed the mouths of politicians pa the quei^
tion of the fuccefBon to her^croKrv^ it wnf
Judged by many , that there m}\n\d he fefetajl
precenderr^ befides a powerful party at home^
to witbold it from James , whofe mother ha4
been executed as a traitor by Elifabetb.
When Parfons defpaired of attaching him tQ
the catholic religion , he feems tp bare wished
the excluGop of James, and araouj; the pof«
jQble competitors , to have hoped for fucced to
the preteofions of the Infanta of Spain, or
* the duke of Parma. He repeatediy declare^^
that he cares not who poflefles the throne «
provided ^e be a catholic; that beleaves thiK
concern to the princes, who were intereftieif
» I ■ t II t , • , I ' >■ ' I ,, ■
Bruxelles, dated march 15. 1597, toictplain Co him tb^
motives of his journey. The petition for Bishops i^ not
tinong the& motives/. It is faid, Aac this letter Was
ftolen from 'HqI^/^ It was made public by the adverfafic)
rf Parfons; and becaiife ic difirovers more of biSL political
Views , than any other of his wntings , which I have
ften , it will be printed in the Appendft N«. V. S?e
^ib ^/i//N^. VL his letter to the Earl of Angus.
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In it, and hopes that they will giVe ttidf
fupport to that pretender , who, being a ca^
tholic , may be mod acceptable to the Datiod
iibd to furfoundihg powers. On this prmd-
J)le , DoMan ot the Conference about the Juc^
iejfion was iihritten, With a view, as a letter of
Parfons fays, to open the eyes of the nation
to their main imereft, to which the Queens
pbHcy forbade them to attend. This book ^
commonly attributed M> Parfods, Was the
joint prOduftiod of feveral. Cardinal AHeii
Und Sir Francis Englefield \^ere prdbabtjr
among the principal compilers; and in the
feveral letters, in which Parfons nientions it,
he calls it the work of wife and good meo^
but he no where claims a ' share of it for
himfelf. This may have been a pfudentiat
refetve ; add as I thidk it probable that he
concurred with the others in the compofition 4
I take it to b* certain, that he adtiiitted and
approved the principles and fentiments which
^he book deUver*.
In judgidg the men , who J^rofefled thef«
fentiments and principles , it wbuld be very
tinfair to forget, that they followed the ge-
neral maxims of their age , in which oor im-
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^oVed theories ofgoveroment were unkbowii^
and that they applied their principles Ao an
tipproachiog and doubtfiil events in which tbey
vrere highly interefied^^aod on which no/fiir»
perier authority bad yet laid down a.hti^^^
that commanded unirerfal fobmiffion-. With
this caution , and on this short view of ihc
political principles of Cardinal Allen ^^F. Par-
fons and their friends, I ehtreat the reader. t9
pronounce^ whether the violent *inEi()UtattofW
of difloyaliy and treafofv^» . WHh whidi<iSijr
J. Throckmorton, aitid . Mif ; jBpring«<ii9;.cb9fg»
the memory of thofe venerable men' 1 1 tt€
fairly grounded id fafl!. The mifer&hle C9^
lutnnies^ which Mr. Btfrington 'h'aa ^kttiiM
ir6m the Confidcrtaions of ^Watfba^iteill^^tiC
biafs the readers ofmA, When he^obfihrime^
that this paffionate aadtfiilfe man!«^ti4i|}(»(iit
the flighted proof ,JtepUcates Parfons andrtU
the Jefuits in the affairs of Thrpckmprtoq^
Parry and Squire, in Which not ode of them
had the ilighteft concern; that he jaclpi^JTes
them of abetting the Spanish inva0on ^and mod
unwari'antably afierts , ich^t « none weri^.^ever
n vestjdthat Way (by penal laws, racks > fii€/)
« fimply for that he' w%rs either pridi ^r
« catholic; , but becauftf thejr were ya^^^fffW
p have had their hands ia ibme '^,^ij^% 1|U9f
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M^noft traiterous deiigomeots. » (^) lodceci
Cbis' Watfon , the Beriiigton of his day , vai
the- knidcft , aod, I believe , the ixroril nna
kt the appellants part]^ ; aod it ia ea(y to ap-
preciate the tnifii of Iiis incoofiderate Confide*
r4/io^5^ when ) contrary to the ootoriety of
the Aft and to his own intentions , he iHh
peachtSrtbe juftice of his country, by a&r-
tilDg, that it punished our miffiooary priefls
Md' catholics , merely on fu/picion. But he
Was ^e hireling of Elifabeths* minifters , aad
%tafed with his pfodi^te ftiend Clerk, he fril
« viftim in his turn; to the policy of another
ttknitaiftracjon; («) they both died begging
fBtMp of Ood and of iheir brethren , and
Jtfpecially ^ the Jefuits , whom they, had be-
tnryai dod ihjoredv ,If ilxe oien had not been
hanged i J would fdy^to Mr. Bei'ington^ Fidoi
tibyifima tua homm fimilia^ (^)
W^ -' ^ ' ; L = :- : .■
(*) If^, p. 36,
(tf> I'hcy were both executed at Wiftchefter bt Hjh
Cl/)lt \i ebfenrable, that Mr. B^agtoii eitei ••
^UM origitml authdft » cfatii ViTRfbs , Mtshr and Bagihtir.
Jfe liiift certainly AppoiS) tbat neiie of )^it readert art
Pfm Jiji^qoawcd with^j^e o|^ p^rty HbeU of thefc vea,
moiijy w>Kt,W tinder; Bi'diop Baiicroftt eye.' See CofljFtf
,ihi^, t st^odd blash Wtiam thtin »t tbt dffttnct of t#t
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l^«e icbe «9f)4MA <^ Q«r mtboliP effigy 19
th9 day I Qf£li£ib4th «it^ 4Mt«ffbf madern
£irc«ii»fi9i)c«s of ttwr f^^^f^wc Ji{\»mM
liOBdF^fl.year^, if A flight lci«))r4»dge iif Aew ww fM>t
r^quifi^, ;o give (be ro«i^er » juflt idfa gf c^9 vi^lpi^ of
Mt. Betingioof evidence. Th^ iif j«r/^/ Cf eyf^^fMef 1 1
which b^ r^f tedly cites , 13 » iW9g?zio* ff Wly #n4
ps^monf veAUd agfiipft the JefuH^^ tb« Dp. All^p, Si^n*
<^s ; 3wtetop, 4tc. ibe »aKyx5 finfj^r /me^ EJ^^Nfh^
Ui«. fefttiimicf , %h^ Jircbprie^ , upd" wJjfiWiV (¥a|
ircQpeftable ^nw?:?g KPsU«b ciicboUci. • Tbp UMp (?f. thg
book i« •* l9ff(^mnf fi$fifi4crflii9ps to mQ^$ sfi $fH€ f^^
p» ttoigk^f that (ift ttpt f^l^liy, i^fiiiUfl-9 J9, .^ffifl^fPt^U
^ all tks^fwed^^^ 4/ tj^ejm of Rh^ ^f^gHnU PAw
It tholykis^ t6 bavi bun mi^lf 4Ptf mitrffful. «« Tiip Attcborf
cnaa^c che catholics aof ^ feo^ (bfir «}9il#fP PT ffifod^
xo tbeCraiiiHines , « Tl}^ fo^ l^hey (Alien 90^ F^rfois)
pay he drivoo , if oe^^ itcy ,wili w^y^c mp y wA^ ^
» mke.tbem trayt^rs^ to g^h^r ^en.iip i# %(ber <»pi|r
M aiet m p. 40* "* We doQ 4if4ai^» thty fty, ii«4
I. renoanot &om our haf^ bocb ar^bprieft aM J^^te^^
IP aa amiK craytori •» j?. i$* ^ PifipheOievi -«^ ai:^
IP to %h$ archpd^t ^t an yior^..,«.*.' OifiMiei^
^ we ar« 19 the i§i\\f ^ aU Jm» jpftwnefHii} M&«c;4
^aatb9?iuea.,.M. Nty«f ahgU {be cachoiyj^i; ^bl^h
u of EogHipd fiipd fo wifM f Pft«» i# 9 (^^f » »
n Sluckwell ,» p. 19. la (^ epiftlf bffoiff. tbe 4«<lt^-
lijw/ C99ffi^4ti^. ibe J|r/Qbp«f/l •• it f WJ^y 4m^PJl^
m after the Jefiiita pipe j a jefiiici^ Idol wichpuc i»th
V a
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prefencfed eonmott fbamres of fltniUtn^e^ I
would not be thought' to compare Aeir tef-
-{>e£tiye perfeeutors; for I know j that At
Otttragefs of^e mondera Jiicobim againfl God,
nature 9 religion , humanity , aad even man^
i» fcience bt codotnon hoiieftie •» la the F»/»/rM c/, &&
9» Bhiclrvrell rs an arcbprfefl of clouts , funbarbt witk
m jefiUirme ) a beggar on hoHef>ack. «» ** Speak truly
t» laaa^ It they fay to him, ^ fbr m a right good feaft
M we are your good maftert. n *^' The fbciety of Jefba
M is the fociety of' the deVil and the fchoble of aa*
m chi^velUfise. m Ibidi p. 4a. ** The Jefoies are prood
M Nettirods , boKltroiis humetv , cozeftiog ^ompantoos »
imp. 9onfid. fp. p. 4. ^ They hold no dodrhie catholyke,
«, that Cometh not from tfaeinfelYet • . . . . and vhich n
m wotft, they have beaten it into the beada of aioftt
it that tbe'maflb It ttoc rfghtly celebrated of any, hac
Mofajefuitn Rel, f^rag, i.,p 69. «• No JeWt trate^
9t eth ftom one place to another, bathe is fichly appi-
t, relied, and attended oil with a'trayn-of fervants^^if
»» 4io were an earl or a baron n Ibid, par, t.^-ncy
Ihfnk !» their coAfeienees ^ «<- that t^e Jefoites hate bya
n <he verle caofes of all the calamities enfiied in Englini
if &nc^ h^ nfajefties feigne, ...... and the moft bloody
f, attenpUof 15 W( the armada) will be an ereriaffiog
H flionunkeUt of jefaitkal treafon and croehy. n 1^
fnftd: pp. ii4* *5- Here to )>rove their own patrlotifBi
they grow eloquent and i>roteft, •« tbat never shall any
I* royal ladie of the cdnYt^ maid -of' honour, or daaiM
ft of rare afpe6k, be led away to be wyres orconcnbyaei la
It bafe yyllaines, fwaggering, nus-shaptn fwaddes, (the
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Aoo^,;faf exeod the accunnilaied crimes: of
all preceding ages : and 5ret.1t is w)w an'hifi*
toric truths that the 'execdtion- of Elifabeths
pensi laws, Wo hundred yews^iijg^o , was coi&
iidered, in ^all xMCbolic counifiesvas the moft
tun^iglueou^'plrfectition, that had beenfuftoitf^
^d fioce the early ages of* the ^church* 1
oi>iy wish 10 infer , that thofe i who would
iDor redpoll die French clergy traitors, if they
ixuploredforeign affifiance to rci^infiate thetat
felves in xbeir eights., will not .be very for^
ward to iUgthatjze the catholics under . the
reign ' of ^ Bftiabeifa as oiacchiaveHiaii ^ebds^
becaiife', galled with pcrfisoution^ they follici<»
tod the help of foreign powers t^> prepare a
better reigta,: and to re-eftablish that religion »
which they re^rded as the firft and the moft
jprecious pf their dghts* If they bad attemp-*
99 Spaniards) and never sh*! theTdrtiylltonbUish of English
M vlrg]o« , jtbe tw^omaolie look^ ofm^iried ^y?es, or tht ,
It ancient copQCefviope of i|nie wijdpw within t\^t ifle of
«i Albion , b^ made common to tl^e abortives of the hojc
M Spanisb ciim^') '&c. ^ IM. p. sd. tec. &c.'&c • "
A corioos : aciroanc of maity of tbefe intemperate libeli
a^d of tbek autb^r^ Aay he fou^ in an anciept bopk*
entitled a Mgwlfiflathn , of the g^cai foliy and tad/pirit <tf
Urta^fn^ in MnfUtttdf &c. By Priefies living in obedienqe.
SuperiorBm permiflii i6c2.
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ted tot&a it fefiiiftiirhidg iim pnUk pnee;
by coofi^fadet, nBaffioaiiMf and imafiooi
if they had ever bcoached the iklft maxtiM
on Ginl oDfgfMce^ vhieh tb^ rf?sl«r
Mr. Beriogton bae proMmmcd; tbfQ indeed
I woald tteodon their cauje^ But «f all thie
there j« not a iveftige of evi^Mce \ they did npi
even upbraid thek father9 w puJlUanim^iis atui
impoliiic^ m fi^wg ikt fpuWBU. ^^rmg 9f
Mienry to mmmi tke Bti^sh thnoHf they were
patieat and dui^I , they were meek and ge*
mroos under the ievereft preffiifcest and as
I Ihiok that many of their virtttes ftSU liihfift
in their defcendaote^ it grie^ea ipy heart t«
fee our reQ)e£led predeceflbrs re^roachad
with difei&jtiito to Ibeir ^puonry by a oaot
i^ha pwes bis ippunity t» die nnkinefi «f
tbofe who goTc^ajt, aodwhoba^piscooiftd
the caufe of trench rebels as grMt and noble.
I have dwielt longer than I iotenckd upoo
this point ^ . which the reader may pertiape
fcarcely think deferviog of fo much attendon.
I will repair the fajult, and 1 will fay notbinj;
of the gro6 infults , jwhich Mr* Berington
pours out upon Paul V, in eoafequence of
the' execution ofpriefts under James t(*)
<♦) Urn. p. 86.
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I pafs by the oath propofed by this priace i
for CO correal the partiality of Mr. BeringcoM
ftacement of that matter ^ would oblige me to
repeat what is koowo to every readen It
fuffices to obferve^ that far the greater part
of the clergy and laity t with the learned
jDr. KelHfoo the reformer of tJie college at
t>duay 9 C) refufed it, as infidlous, captious
mnd unlawful « and thai they were convinced,
jthftC James and his minifters did not mean to
favour catholics , as long as they should adhere
CO their religion. The number of clergymen,
who died for their prieftly chancer during
hia reign, will for ever prove the intolerance
of that tiieological mOmreh ; and if hopes of
pardon for the crime of prieilhood were held
out fo fome, on condition of taking the oath,
it was but an infult upon diftrefs, when it
was known, that diey believed it to be ua-^
lawful* ia)
-■— -• — — ^'^ ' — '- — ■ — ^- —•■ .^^ -' ■ ■ '
(«) the leined CirdiMl BeiitltogU« Miirtrt bb'
•(ution of Che policy of cbe EaglUh goTerafaenc io hh JUf
Uii$0i diUeFiMkdf$f prkKed at Cologo %6ycr. p. #i5/fto«
which tbefolloWiDgenrtiftis traDflitcd. •* Thej emptoytlif
M arts of fraud; nor do they left trvft in theft inMooa
m Weapons, thaoio tbofe^ with Whicli they ttake open War
n againft the cmhofio cpaf^. .TheA .firiodi ^ liEMfiS Ut^
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tn this corioos part ^ Mn Beriogtoui
tntfodttSion, Kabett Parfoos, th^ aUmmUf of
^ bten oied io maoy ways ; but efpeciilly io the mesits «
« Which hare been employed co fbraencthe diflerencec,
^ which ) for fome tine paft , have begun to appear
m becweett the fecula^, and regular clergy , and in (he ib-
^ fencion of die new oach 9 called tb$ ^atb of aUggiamt$*
Proper remedies have been applied co ftifle the former t
h. but Che hurtful eifeas of the latter ftill ftfbfift. Im
^ concriving chis new i;iachineagainft che cachoiic reiigioB 9
i» che authors of it had principally cwo things in TieW.
,, One was , to furnish the king an opportunity of pro^
^ ceeding with an increafe of rigour agaiaft the perfoaa
i, and property of c&tholics; it being eafily fbreleeo tb^c
#t many tf them would refulb an ooch , in which Hered*>
M c4l cerms were nfed xo deny ail authpricy of che Roman
poncifit under whatfoevet interprtcacioa and form, in
f» temporal affairs of princes* 'the other object was to
^ give occafion co new contefts among the' catholic der^;
9 it beiiig held for cercain , chac many of ch^m , either
^ chroogh dread of punishmenc ^ or t^dit^ in religion »
I, would be induced to fwallow che oach , and c# advift
ii others co imicate their example. They were noc de^
p» teived in che firft of chele obje^; for many cacholics
9 from chat time to che prefenc year, have been diHreflbd
«k wich fmprilbmneiit flttd ' coiififciilcidn of prope^^ for
H . having confiancly refbled the oach ; and others are ev^
n day^ jpun|shedon the fame account. In their fecond
i» view they have aUb had fodie Iticcefs; for fome priefts
f, and fome religions have admitted cheir oach^ and
H devitcing ftiU more from che rtgbt pach , they have
n todeftToafiid. ta maimaiai that it is not repogn^Qt co
the .
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tkt Mngtish cdihdlics^ dies, (^) and ii& (ijitvU
vtng brethren garbed in his mantle y- (t) ^H
on daring}]y.to the etod ofthe chapter, thongb^
U would feem^ with led Ibccefs, than .while
that IVIachiavellian guided their ileps iif the
^aths of prevaHcatioh. Hitherto we^ hav«
tead. ttiuch of th& uoaninious^ bnt<all¥ay8
fruitlefs effiurts of ibe eatholic clergy^;,. to. rid
tliemfdves of the ndiouS' tyranny, ef thef^
,}efuSts, and we are now afli)red<i that by this
time , ^k it was kanUy pqffibh to ,break doitfi^ the-
v» afcendedcy, whkh' they had gainc!d.X$)
And why 1 The ireafoo: otade me ftart « Be-
it caufe a large pottiom d£ the clergy, was at«:
V catholic ifaich. Boc thk notabet of thefe pticfts , fs Vefy
^libii^Uf aid they ate befidet j obe loft ml6iii , imd 4rb^
ii le^ff, valued fot learning ,m4 tinqci AjU i^h^.if ft of the
h clezgjr have ahewn the gvoateft fteadhiffa Jii( of^pofiag
^ the oath) and the fame maft bt,faid of jiU the tegoJars
li ID' getieril. Many of eath (Sercripcion'^'Vobt^mtiiog a
^ ^hatirand dabgleM and ^eo: death, itfelf , bav% pii{>Hbty
^ confuted It With gteac ftrength of |eaQiitK.$94 4aJ^|:f-^
te t>idit7 of mind ; and thej have thereby . acqnired^
irfiqriilar:mttit With the Wbe^ «fafqr<h.,;iinit Mi^ flis^
^ vaoeratioa among; the .catholic ^ tl^t l^sf^'^?^ !^ !
..(♦) /Jli. f . 83. ^
(t) tM.f.Bft. y .^
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3i^:tacBed:tddieir fbpiet5i. /9 (^t^ The iiDpofll-
bility however is effidtedi under Mr Beriog-
tons omgic p^, within the fpace-. of a Jbr
pages', where we find- the whole power of
the-Jefims cronibled to.^tocns by two arcb*
priefls r the college of Douay purged of dieir
io^rofion, the hierarchy exalted, theepifcopot
cliarader\i which they hat^^ revived in En^
gland m ffrite iS their endeavours., in the
perfoqs of their greateflr opponents; and to
comptetctthe ntooder^ w^ are inforoied^ that
^ tberjefoits fliU (ioifefledftiKir ufQal influence
»* HI the court of'^Rptae* i^^Ct^) .Htvpogt p^^
snifedio fa^short» 1 bfifeecbut^ f^hk %>eGkiie»
of thisdivjfion of. Mr. fieringtons^ioAi^^tt^MMi ,
lyhichfi^lf.nipre^th^n fpny p^ggf i ^pdfd^
should, think it = i(ifii(6€9f At 4 will probably
have patienc^'enougb tocread^the origimJ^ to
whiclt ?* willingly rtftnt Mm.' If hc'can pa*
tWpt|y,',a,tf e^nd^ine. tKi;^^ ^pqthf^ p^lijgpph,
t^. h^0;0f;t)TQ/i;^ftM9.G^ 10
perfba shall appeaiw
-In fpeak!ifl¥;«ortiieappellaotfV^ba9ehidicft<^
coniMtfted ^hem as ti p^rty ; befcauft in &St
(t) tbid, p. 9«.
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they ittere orlgkiiMy tAtt 'fciar^ Vieaffd'iifSir
dHcft web cntamiy -httiptoftd bjr th6 'iftl-
nifiry, wboik ^en vkfsSk \nts to ^tttto^itk
Mfhole ditiioKe intei^ft-v tMseiuft tWy «kfertM
the utnoft inifcftry to umttipiy tt^ir 1Mh\^
rents, ana Snaliy igrecanife tfacy 6peMy'^i!(iipofed
that latttbortty , which in' th«fr dkoft^ ^i^
»klovrtd oil ^jBry fidle> r<>' be fbpiftiflfe. ' 'tWb
'was'thR! wni part of theh- «iiufe> Mti^fii^
4eiidtev«ured >«nth «udil afdidreft to d$i|;u1ft%
hj chat ofoal expedi«ht>ii»f pQttiiel^'v«li«toAft
complaints of (kctet ttud nti'ifli inikiMibe : flfIR
£bce their Jottdieft 'crie»' wefft Vbaic^ dgWflll
the JeTuitsv k night be I^irto aUoW -tb i/tSSfk
latter , 9i leafi the inik of haVitig (UpplATt^fl
agaioil Uiein , what was then t^ Jawftoli^
confittu'ted -. aiktbority/ Jf Mr. Bithbp i, -Dt,
Chadaiphey and Mr. Smith were not ofWi
their lift , l<would have liaUbd tfcetn a BtSAtm\
a cabal. - Theft Bben#^ poHefled oFoierit
far fupedor.to thtir affiidat^si bbt whawtft
aUowaaceb mAy be daim^d Sot thel Upvighkiietb
of their intentions , Uiere can be no dbuist
that they \lrere warped by-ttai general. pirij»
diceb of their party, and deoeiVed by the dai-
niftry, by whom they Vainly flattered them*-
feWei .ilMt- they we^e foppott^d. i%hdps
even the conduit pf the two , who were aftev*
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yijitjir pronmiei to the miire, may Usem u
fpfxie maoner to excufe the nproaches, wkidi
Jmdjb^en fi> often. urg^lagaiDfi them by their
joppooeots. It was imagitied that tiiey wen
foured by difappoiiitoieiH , in having beea
overlookisd in the ' nomination of the twehre
afl^9Dj;3.»}lott€d to the archprteft, and chef
'^4' be^n repeatedly charged, with ambition.
This iiQpgtatioo indeed may poffibly bare
been ill-grounded ( but when they declared
an qpj^n/Oppoiition totfae eftablisbed govero-
^nent of the archprieft , in which their brethrea
BOqui^fced) it was natural to fiifpefl the work^
4pgs of (ecret pafllon:, difgiiifed under, die
uAial pretext of gen^eral good. At .length
however they^ fucceeded throjugfa die credk
of i Cardinal . Bandini, vi(ha either wished to
couf t lumg Jamies;, or :did not mifiruft his re*
cotiHniendation;^ Mt.Bishop was complineated
with: the tnitre, • and by the firft exercife of
his p&t^t^ he ioilituted a chapter.^ lam very
jar ftom fufpe^ag^bim of perfooal ambidoa
jor intrigue to proci)re diis promotion. I ref^
f^Gk his well know^ ztii ^ his labours aod
ilifferibgs in the caofe crf^ .religion, and I bavc
no pr^tenfion to Mr.; Beringtbns taleot of
infpl^ing the human heart. I can judge of
men only b^ their actions , and it appears to
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«ie, that the fitii: deed » in which Mr. Visho^
dtfplayed his authority, was not marked with
prudence -and difcretioo. It is not now ih
queflion , wliether he ought or ought not to
have been an ordinary diocefan Bishop. The
fa£l is, and Mr. Berington owns it, he held
only a delegated cpmmiffion, and was ih
truth, onl3r an apoftolical vicar. Now if wfe
should enquire of canonifts, I truft they would
decide, that a prelate in fuch a predicament
has not tbepoi)/er of creating a canonical chap-
ter, which , in the wife difcipliae of the ca^
tholic^chui^ch, is a concomitant, a cerrefaT*
tiye to a diocefiin Bishop, and by the canons
of Trent, enjoys ordinary jurifdiftion , during
jtbe vacancy of thefpe. Mr. Bishop could
have no. authority , but that which was fp^-
cified in his bulls : he had that of appointing
grand vi[icarsrand a0]{lant$ ^ but the power t6
cre£l a chapter was not named. It appears,
by Mr. Beringtons account, (*) that he had
ferious dbubts of the legality of the meafure
which be ventured to adopt ; and fince he wai
mot ignorant 4 that the validity offacrament^
to be admimiiered under the faculties of this
chapter , after his deceafe , nluft depend upon
(•)lft*r. p..ie4. ; '
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/the TftlUKly ^f id own tefiHmioii v I' tlmdb
J am juftified, in ^fiiwUfyiqg bU firft eiettkm
,of authority as Mifcreet. Bat it wis ibon
teraiiiiated by bb 4eaib.
If it beaalcedv, vby be was oot^ftaUidied
prdinzry of Ei^^od, there ceradoly were
-other motivisa for tfns econooiy ^ ^ao tbfe
xidkruloos ittuAnQce of the Pope to pan with
j>ow€r « or the defire of graiafyiDg intrigOB^
JkfuitS) whiqh.are the beft tbat Mr. Beriogroii
jcan difcover. I have feeo ancient records «
which aver »<bat the Popes couaftUors thoogbt
|t a dangerous expedient to create a new epi^
copal fee in a country, the very foil of whick
no prieA could tread , wittout incorriog t&e
guilt of death. It might ealUy have been
deemed, by the prefent or any Aiture admiaif'
tration, a darihg infult upon the king and
the laws , and might as eafily have brought
double vengeance upon the prelates head;
and it did not fuit the prudence of the Romaa
councils to afi&ont a nation, whic^ the Pdpe
always hoped to re^unite to the body of the
church. New qiifcopal fees are not hafiily
ere£ted , nor without much previous delibtra*
tion. It is not in the ufual prance of the
church to . eilablish them ^ uoleft where the
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regulsr clifi}iptifie^onne£l€d>ith them can be
ob(erv£d4 where the Bishops eharadet md
dignity will' bej acknowledged and refpedled,
and even fiippoVted by the civil power; Where*
he can have hia courts, his* resident chapter,
bi* trbttfch, his |)arish priefts-, and even hir
menfft. To depute into England' a private
BUIiops titular. of a diftanttfaureM, had beenr
thought, for many years, a meafure of ha-
zard; but. fiifU to approach, as nearly ai
liiigHt'be, to the regular difcipline of tbe^
church) this was granted^ asrfoon as the po*
I(tical interefls of tbeklnff gjave.roo(n to th^nk:
that it wo^ld b^e tolerated i ai^dl by atllrokeoC
p^oUcy , which liknow not how. to jidmire, ia
Ko{^s ,of filencing all ftrife afnopg^the catha^
lies], the. Pope ctpfe the two, firft Bishojpj^
from among the men, who had. created it^
and 'rtrho evidently had ilrove to draw all
power into their own hands.' Kome knew
that the reft would fubmit to them without
repining, and with reafon hoped, that they
would make a prucjent iif^^oiw^eir authority.
Rome had little reafon to be fatisfied with the
firft exertion of it by Mr. Bishop, and we
•hall foon fee , whether his friend and fucceffor
was more difcreet. I end this Part with ob-
fer^mg^that the Pope would have hard duty
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to perform 9 if I^ were boiuid to content
Mr. Beringtoo. When he fends priefts into
England , Mr* Berington complaint. Wbea
he declines to fend Bishops , IVlr. Beringioa
redoubles bis complaints. When will the
man be fatisfiedl 1 could guefs. Bat Lol
the fcene shifts , and — Enter the much ex-
Je^d G&SG0S.I0 Panzani Juxis utriu^ne
)oaor.
Come forth) thou precious fouadliog^, thoa
<^ild of dirt ; come forward tp be Uripped
of the patchwork of folly and malevolence^
in which thy fond fbfter-father hath garbed
thee. We Wiir teai' ofiF thy 30umed mafqbc*
rade, we will view fhy naked shapes^ and if
we detect thy impoflure. We will fend ibee
fcourged and hpWIing to hide thy shamelefs
lace beneath the dull 5 from which thou hatf
dared to eotierge.
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PAR T H.
RE M A R K S
o ff r B E
MEMOIRS
in dramatic compofiticms, ibe prtodpadichii-
MAermuft always be ^inphatioaUyannoiipced,
and aaexpeQatton of him ras&d in tbe;aii'
dienoe^. before he :b6 brought forwaid tipon
the fiage^ He generally appears in the^iioft
-4^ 4^ry rarely does be o^ixbold him&lfaiil
-ih^ ieCjQnd; ,aRd in .9II ;draipatic biAery, I
believe there is ^but.a fibgle ija&astM^mhnxt
'be ddkiys ^» ^ppearaooe fio the third. This
is in a play , which Mr. Heiiogtoo siofif^piiore
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tljat I have ftudied , the Tariuffe of Moliere;
and critics excute this bold irregalarity of a
great genius ^ on account of the 'uncommoa
importance and ' fplendor of the chara&er,
. which will thus faife Ilronger emotions ^ in
proportion as it has been more announced and
, more eagerly expeOed. By a fimilar firoke
of theatrical maniagenlent, in Mr. Beriogtons
piece, our long expefted hero Signor Panzani
is at length produced in the third zQt to the
impatient reader, thoroughly prepared tore-
. ceive**him by a laboured Preface of thirty five
pages , and an IntraduBzon of an hundred and
eleven , comprehending aliiiofi a century of
. clifll'piy ; not^ to mention a lift of. feven Er-
rata (a) and feven pages of Contents^ which
may ferve as a play-bill to the whole. Happy
^ is iMr. Berington in the introdu&iob of his
-j|ierf(tuiages , as well as in writing //z/ro^oJioAi
rio his hifiories; (6) but we muft now exa*
-^ mine, if iii fupportiog his chara£ters$ he has
• a9«nded to the i^difpenfable . precept of the
"critic, . .
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(i^) Strange, that Mr. Betingron covM find no
- IhMi^'Te^tn niftates . in . tht whole work !
i(;^)^ the firftfftnt^nce of his MnshiMhrn to dt
ZiffyfJttnrp N. ttbove p. 5^. / J / ,
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' .SI quid intxp'tnum fttndi cothmhtis i & audes
' Perfonam fbrmare novam^ ; firvtiut ad tikum
Qualis fl* Ihctpto proctjfcrlt ^^& fibi confteiJ m
HojL.* dc An;. Poec. 129.
Tbe. traces^ of poetic truth. ^nd coni^^encyv
can never here be allowed to be evar^fieiu;^.^
and Cicero remarks, i}^2ix, inentnmo a3u cpff
iruijfey is tbe uttermofi diigrace of a playfu*.,^
and I may add, of a maker of plays. Great^
things indeed have been promifed frpm. Pai^;^
zani, but
Quid dlgnum tanto fcrtt hlc promijfor hiatu t '
The mountain has b^en long in trav.«IU \mb
is it a man , or is it a mou(^ that comes forth 1)
I declare it without he&ationv the mis-shapen i
iil'cooditioneil , furly thing is a baHard , \i an
impoflor. To be ferious ; we had been long
aflured., that we should fee the memoirs of
Panzani;.9oii.when we have gone through a
hundred and forty "fix preparatory pages, we
do not find the memoirs of Panzani ; we find
nothing but: Mr. ^eringtons comments,
Mr. Beringtons cullings from the ;fu|>po(ed
memoirs of Panzani; and why not t^ven^
(for I would not injure the merit of his Ute-r
rary excrefcencies ) JV^r. Beringtons ad4i-
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ticRS^ to the {bppofed memoirs of P^msaiRl
IVIn Dodd) we are told, inteoded to pttbtish
tbe& memoirs under the dtte <£\ Memoirs of
fecr^ry Windehnk; (•') that is; Mr. Dodd
intended to impofe upon the public ; and I
reafonably prefume, that Mr. Beridg^totf has
attempted , undler another tttfe , id ' execute
Mr. Dodds plan. If Dodd' knew » that Pati-
xani had written m^mo'nrs ; if he pbfieHecf
thefe' memoirs^; what morive coutd inciine* Wttr
to alter the name of ihe author 1' Tlreprindpaf
bufinefs of thefe memoirs, and (he ^i ic ip rf
motive fox publi^hiQg. tHem , certainl]^ was^to
difcredit the Jefuits^ and for this porpafe,
the aame of a papal agent woaki ba¥& beeo
lDdre'>fiicacU)us, than the naiQe oF anijr pKi*
tef^ot nunifter of ilate. But Dodd uodoub*
tedly faw, that by aflaming the oatfie ef
Windebaftk ^ h» would be bound w' ff^
§&m^ account, how he fa^d obtained Willd^
bauks papers, nay evea lo producer thei» td
^ curious inquirer. Such a produfiiod
would have betrayed the forgirpy , and a t^
fuftlto produce tfee MSS would ftav^ db-
blished the fufplcioit of its cxlftcucd Dodd
ifcen yery prtidently renounced the Witidebwll
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tshemt^ if after dl ^ it be . liotr a. fiAi(i» oi
lyir. Besiogton cfaat he evec projt&ai itk
Rut why dhauld be hefitate to^ publish dio
memoirs under the real name jof die author^
Heafons o^ ilate were perfe&ly ouft ofitfte
qpefiion in the days of Dodd, who hftA.puH
bli^bed fe many.odier fmpersaod Irecocdft^
which the Aiae pretended delicacy mnift equaHjp
kave wiUMldi. Without aoy danger tathiaL
memory fl£ Charles I, he ought have pu^
\:>iiehed tbeJife and mffacles oF Panxam at
Qiarifig. Crofs;.aiid. the pcodoAiotf of this;
inans real menoira would ha;«e gratified his;
ruling paflioik , which , it wjlL hardly be. xfitf*
xiied y was a .violent hatred, of the Jefuitsi
'WhoMer. has <een, his StiM poltey ofi the Em
giisi/citi^ gfje/us^,. (a) wiUeafily heUevc^
that he would not have fmothered Papftdtii a
if Passant cpaU effe£lually have foirouredhiji
. pian« I do not find thai PaozBol is alMged
X^y Thi'feerit policy ^ lays Mr. Bcriiigton , JW#«f. p. 399.
is a work **-wi^ttMrwith cocnroch incriiironjr, bot which
^ cootaia* ximA^ h I auribuca it. to Dod^^ (chougk
{ cannot peKhapi jipridiiQally' proy^ k> htcaofe during hi^
U& it wa& Dniverfidly afaibed to hiia; he neither could
nor cbned to ^ifiMToxr it; a|)d- fines his 4«b)i, no perToa
has ever doubted , that he w«^ the M^boc 9f it It wu
printed by Morphew 1715.
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shore ootee in that work^ in ^srhicfi furetybe
might have madb a confpicuous figure^ and I
conclude, wicfa more than prol^abiiity of
troth, that fince Dodd, by his owo (*)aDd
M; Beriogtons coofeffion , did not public tbf
memdirs of Paozani , he either poiTelTed tbem
not, or he had no proof that they were ori*
ginal , x^r even faithfully colleded from
Paozonis'^ietters and papers ^ and that Dodd
himfelf was* too confcientious or too cautious
a man , to gratify even his ftroog reSsmmeau^
at the risk of bdog detected ia an impofture.
Such were my fiirft remarks, on readiag
Mr. Beriogton ; and though, be tells os,
without any warrant. whatever, that the ID^
moirs, which he publishes, are 4UitAeniic;{i)
yet with our prefect knowledge x>f his cba-
ra£ler, as a churchman and a writer, wean
furely authorifed to demand fomc proof bejood
the ««7#« ?f-. If he now has , either 'origii^al
memoirs of Paoi^ani , or authentic copies oi
them, why has he not rather published
them , than his own commeats. apon them *
Mr. Dodd, it fcems, had already i^^ ^
liberty to open the jfyie ; (§) they have fioce
am I I I.I I I I I II 4 t «—*—**
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• (t) i*'</- to Msm. p. tj.'
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Ig^sdTed tfarougb the haods cf.Mr. Ber^cgtdo;
aad I a{}peal to my reader « if I have not good
reafon to fufpe£l, on fecure grounds, fome
myftery, fome jagglhig, fome^ trick in this
dirty bufinefs, which may yet be brought to
light. In order to clear it/ 1 invite Mr. Ber-
jngton, for the fake of bis own and Dodds
hoAour, if he values either, to depofite \As
. oMuhemic numoirs of Pmn^aai in the hands of
fome impartial perfon^ where* they may un-
dergo the fcrutiny and criticifm of the* ca*
. rious; and fince old papers have a peculiar
zeft for antiquarians , be may prefume that
hia friend the* F. A. S. of Wimoo, will , have
a peep at them* We: /may then perhaps
give him full credit, and ceafe to fufpe^,
. that his memoirs are either forged , or.cunail-
ed , or lengthened , or otherwife garbled aiid
altered. But untill this be doae^ I muft.be
allowed to retain m;^ convi£Uon , that the
Signor Donor Gregorio of Mr. Beringcon is
no other than an Italian mountebank , And ^as
fucb^ I will ftrip him of his falfe garb, I will
. riib his unblushing fronr, apd I wiU hi& him,
together with his fpouters and his f uiG&rs. 9
off the ftage* ^
^h% real Paitzani , ^ priefl of the oratory
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it |t0iii£ii mi j^>U. D. vftBS a dopendhot ]d(
Catdinal Ba^beiini , and was fern by cm-
SDifliou of Urban VHI to refide in the coott
cf tikniiietta Queen of Cbvrlesjl^ with infirac^
4io05:Co ifQprove all oppoctuoitids of adyaorii^
the hfter^ rcif ^catholic teligton in Eogbod)
so ^omoie conccird ambog Ae MmSoatrj
priells;, «Dd ito ^nake repocts co Rooie. {^)
,Uow 1 maintain, that either this ^man was a
fWry unfair and partial ncgociator, quite !»*
. deferving of credit ; or that ludrmefnoirs BSti
forgery ; or^thtt Mr. fierington Hm «afi*rfi
cintailcd and tdtered ^he«. Oaring bis refr
dence in London^ M imfiortamllirpme wu
alive between the fecular and mgnlar ckrifi
chiefly occafloned by the ronddEl , :aad is I
think, the imprudent coitdu& rf ^^
Smith. It is not poffifale^ that a prudert wj
impartial negociator, in wsitiug meiaoirs ^f
fiich a caufe , should ftil to ftaie ahe ^fflw^
of the dilputc, the fafts, ^hich bidiprodoced
it,;a*d the oppofice reafons of dwroottfodiij
|iarties ; and in his reports to Home ♦ sbauM
faiirariably t«ift the ;Whote bkime on ooe W«*
(#) Dodd wrongly calls him t Lig^its. Sec. ^ P/'r
He was n«t «fen-a «if«sil#. He w:asr«ift(s{| f if**
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fttni tren tm that fide^ which. In the wd;
^Itas certainly the tDofi: favoored ia the dedfioa
of the holy fee. Mr. Beringtons Pansanl
does all this , even with the mofl tbdogfatlefii
partiality. Oo every occafion , whhoot airf
proof, he repfefems the Jefuits of the age^
OS falfe , oopriiHiipIed men , hoftile co Bishopry
uorefirained by c^nfcienoe iii the purfoit of
Iheit oWn ime^eft, and obSinaie enemies ti£
peace, union alid concord. Atlr this ^shns
no proof to win Mt. Beringtons eafy aflcaf ^
but the real Paoaani had held a corrdpon4
dence With Richard Blotid or Bit^nt, cliie£
Tuperior of 'the Jefuiu, preferved by Hemrf
More (*), and in par< by Doddy (t> ttrhi^i^
proves that fbch cooid ttn be the falttidiientA
or reports of iHinaaoM 'ted forihei* ^bem^
that the fiateaient of Blonds conditd^^ whicht
Mr. Berington atttU>iites to bia», js Utterly .
£ilfe. For when Blond firft underfiood i thaCi
he was blamed as unwilling to agsee.to leroM
of concord with the clergy, he ppbli$he4 ai
Xkclaraiwi , of wbicfa be fent a copy lo Paa>
aani^ acconapamed by an iiaporMtit letter,
(•) tlifi. Ptw. ^g. p. 4foia.
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coated b.y More, but which Dodd ins not
if^«rted in bis records* and it was foliowtd
by others , which: may be (een both in Iliktc
add ict Dodd. Thefe letters of BIdnd prow
the ijnpofture of the Beringtontao Paosnii
ijirbich muft appear to every impartial mas,
who will read. them. For they are ftnw?.
{Peremptory and categorical ; they roundij
affert fe6b, which, if admitted as true, a*
tradifiorily prove the Beririgtoniaa Panaoi
reVation to be a mere fi£\ion. Now unltfi
Bloqd were at once a knave and a fool, te
coiild not poffibly 'affert glaring falfehood* a
the: fece of Paoeani. and of the 'clergyinw.
Who forrounded him, the immediate deteOiiio
0f which was cinavxNdable , and rouft !"♦*
covered hiiia with shame and confufioo. But
kis letters were never controverted ,• the 6®
wbkh he fo peremptorily alltdges , were nwa
denied i and indeed the high tbarafter vbkh
Blttod always bote, efptfcially for pru(i««.
both whrte'he Was a fecufcif prieft, aod aftef
his^mra^e «mong the Jefaits, ««*"?" Jj
from the febl imputation, either 6f falfelio<J»
or of folly. He then wrote truth taFWsao"''
and therefore , unlejTs Panzaui bimfctf ^*^'
l^i^ve, he never wfo^i th6, accouirt, ^'
Mr. Berington gives us from bis dtpP^'
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fnetnoirs. But ihtftogh Panzahi Wsfiot an
impartial man , I will not yet accCife him i(
deliberate wickednefsi and of couffKi ^it'imift
be coacluded, that his memoirs are fbrged'^
though Mr. Berington wanted the fmall share
of critical acuiifen, lieceflary to niake the
difcovery. The letters of Blond are -of little
confequence at the prcfent day ^ and I have
mentioned them, merely to difprove the au-
thenticity of Panzanis memoirs, though Mace
has preferyed them in his hiflory of the £n-
jglish province, tor another reafon,, He;in^
ferted them, he fays , to fecure in future days
the reputation of the religious fociety,* to
whicb'he belonged. For as if he then -foteftw
the zealous labours of Mf/ Berington iolsiift
even its pofihumous f&toey at'* the end' oftHe
eighteenth century i he fays that inen will
bever be wanting, who irritatied with the
pruriency of defamation, will rake togethii
from every fide and exaggerate lh6 weakell
trifles, to deftroy the charafter of tha^ ^bodj^
among perfons , w^o . are ignorant . of . the
tranfadHpns of pad times. ( « ) ; j. .- : i .
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(42) <* Eaquse Blondum i4 publicam inaocjei^ite^noftri^
«tteflatioii«m imppUniot , ^dem a^o^enci pluHn6il» hiibefke
ad famaa fociecatis iatcgraia io futnro .iwp^r^-coofer'mp
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IfKked wh«t other WMr9 thao hofiilityto
tfaQ Jefqits, (i»)«^hohave never tnjoted faiOi
comU prompc Mr. Beringioo to ptUa upoo
tbe public foch 9 triiiog and cootemptililft
piece of pret^pded (eqret hiftory "? Novchji
he knew, \$ always a ^ait for the cre()aloQ>i
and %bp ppponupiiy w^$ fnt to imeftarf
with little trouble, mu^b obloquy agaiafttbe
Jefuiti )| icopld Qofjt bHAioply the labour of
dam. l^unquam enini d^unt, qui ejus inSjnu^^^P'^
f igiiie , inftrntifliiiu ctiam qu«que , apvd pnecericarat
tffirua igiutoc, undecuiique cooqoifict exaggereat. n ^
^(a) Wiere did Mr. Bwingtoii collea M riit'toMi
vrliich. ke b%$ uK|aled« ^nft cbe Jabiu? He 4i< "*
fatbtf it frooi «l^e education, wMi^h h? rtcejredf ^
0lumnus pontificius , at Dpui^j ^ wbile the defiru^Q> ^
the Jcfults Wis approaching , and the voice, of tbdr cfl^
aies was pattkularly loud againft chem. I ao welt
tIRired , that his fupet k>rt and dire^^s «c char ^^ ^
dfi^voQied CO iw^lnie che v^ry eochft of it fVon the coUt{^»
hjr frequency teminding the ftodeni? , xfim it ^^^ ^
cquaUy indecent and wielded in chem, to approve or repeat
•he language- of the Jcftfits*^ enemies. To 8CCoe« ^
^r. Beringcons hatied i»f then, I can only repeat ao a»
iobfervatioD , chat every enemy of che (i^ iif E««>^ ^^'
tlfo been theirs. I have been inforned , chac for ^
years paft, it has been a ftandhig order fn che hhnrf ^
Douay-coMege, doc to aAoit Into it any of Mr. Bcrinjwo*
Sfiararjt pco4o<tioa».
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craoTcribiog ; every thiogji w^cb lie hud f*
tninfcribe, had been told before^ nod ic bad
been loDg forgoueo. What worda then ^ball
patience employ to charaAe^ze tfa« bM-dih^od^
with which he dares to aflert^ that thefe me-
inoirs are nev^^ and now fitfi publishid by hUnr
felf^ Dodd, fays Mr. Beringfoa citing bif
page, « was extremely defirous of publi^ng
»> thefe memoirs i >» but be was wiiheld fren
it by (< motives of a benevolent tendency » »
not to injure the memory of Charles I « » 9o4
9» from a delicate forbearance towards foftit
» focietiesof bis own communion, n (^)Doddf
own words ^e i « Hitherto Ihav^ not tliougbt
y^ it proper tj9 maJce thofe memoirs pubtick^
»» there being feveral occurrences wbifch ^ &a.*.«
n as alfo QUt of a Hudtr ngard to (h^ JSsgularsM
n whofe behaviour might probaUy come uih
» der a fevere cenfure, by the method ttejr
«» took , to oppafe ecclefiaiiical and epifcop^
w government. «( t ) The tasdy puWicatiwoi
of thefe memoirs by Mr. . Berix^^n hM
plainly proved, tJiat th& regulars ^^i^hofo Maf*
viour mighi cptoie. under ftyer^ ceajuri^ were tbd
Jefuits. Otber rci^ulars are hardly qeofured io^
(t) Ckwcb Hift. VoL UL P. ¥1, p, 7(fc
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tfiettl. But wbbever has read Dodds Stent
policy ofths English fociety , or has watched
liim through his Church Hifiory in (peakiog of
that body of men^ will oo more believe that
iie was iofluenced by delicate forhearwce or
lender regard iox them, than he will believe
tiiat Cicero was refirained by the feme mo*
Itives , from publishing the turpitude of Ca-
tilroe or of Anthony. How can I conceive,
that motives of focb Benevolent tendency witbr
eld Dodd from printing the memoirs ,
tvhen the extraSs from them, which he has
|)ublished , (*) impute to the Jefuits al-
Inoft every thing that is wicked, and yield
in virulence to nothing , but to his own Secra
policy, which is beyond comparifon the moft
Outrageous libel , that ever fbll into my handsl
But by publishing thefe extra£ls, which, in
his morality ) do not wound charity, be
plainly intimates, that there are crimes be^
htod them concealed in Panzanis memoirs,
which cannot be brought to light without
offending delicacy. Mr. Berington docs nor
feel this r^Vicacy; u at the prefent tiaie,
» he fays J^ the reader will not give it a
«» thought. »j (t) He has published what
(•) 2kid. pp. 75- %'^- '^«" Ml ?• ia8, Sd IjS^
C^^ tnf. $p Mem. f. yhj.
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I>odd from falfa ^^iViicy (*).fupprefled; he
aflures us« in Dodds words , that bis memoirs
are entirely new^ and were never Before publish*
ed in print ; ( t ) he is in poflfeflion , he adds ,
of the IVISS once belonging co.Dodd, bothi
under the original title « and under that of the
Memoirs ofWindebank; (§) in a word, the.
whole fecret is let out , all is told. Now \:
have compared the complete Beringtonian me-
moirs with the extra£):s of them published by
Doddin 1742; and I find, that, though the
former are longer by fome pages, yet in all the
leading features , in all the fa£b , which ( for fuch
a work) may be called interefiing, they are pre-
cifely the fame, in matter, in laqguage, ia
words ; and as far as the Jefuits are concerned ,
there is ha rdiy an imputation I a flur, a calumny
againfi them , yhich is not copied verbatim^
from thofe extra£ls, which Mr. Dodds deli-
cute forbearance and tender regard for the re*
gulars did not prevent him from inferting
in his hiftpry. And yet Mr.^Berington has
themodeflyto inform us, «« that be has intaria^
n bly givtn an account of his authors, *» (S)
■I. hi.. — .ii ^..iii ■ ■■■■■ II mm f I II
(♦)/Hi. p. V.
Ct) MeA^ p. S58.
. (5) Pref.p.ynij.
(5) /W-/. p. Xiij.
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ftfid u that his memoirs are entifely /Mr, ad
v» i5r«^r *ir^ra published in print. « (*) I
abandon him to the refle£Hons of the reader^
'rho will not refid the undeniable confequeocei
that ) if the regulars ^ for whom Dodd p^^
tended a iend^ regard » and who might com
Wider feytH eehfiire by the publication, irere
ikkt Jefuitsi then Dodd ftands convicted ofid«
vancing a notorious wifehood , and Beringcofl
of retailing it« For fince Berington has pu-
blished the M^hole and enHre memoirs s ><^^ ^^'^
prove to be linlt or nothing 'more than tfte «•
trafts, which Dodd had already given in bis
ecclcfiaftical hiftory * it is evident, that there
iras nothing behind , which tmiet regard for ti^
reputation of the regulars could induce Do<l«
to fupprefs. If Mr. Berington coufd have
kept himfelf quiet , the retiders 6f D^^^
might ftill have believed upon his ^ord,'tbat
the inedita of the memoirs contained it^^*
tible evidence of the Jefoits depravity. Bot
fince thefe intdiui (now edited by Beringroa)
turn out to be little oi^othing ttofe than
the old «/ifti of Dodd; fince they arc not
even dished up with a new fauce; if id^^^"^^
that Beringtons ftory hangs entitaly op^^
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poddS
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Dodib cfedic, tnd 4hftt by adoptiDg alt the
fnrejudkes of Dodd^ Without kn' itoM of
cricictfiB or refledion , he has uriwitnogiy
conviAed his fairorice Dodfd of afalfehood.
What credit shall foch writers obtain 1
Thisreaibning mcift be conclufive ^gainft
Dodd in the foppofition , which ;^^on the
ctedit of Mr. Berin|tbns memoirs /I havtf
fin!ietto afiumed , 4hat the regulars , for
tRft»m Dodd had a teriier regard aifd ditltaii
forbearance^ were the Jefuits. If it b6 proved
that Dodd did not iQeaa ^e Jefuitff » but4he
Benedi£lin9 9 the Fra;if ifcans aud t\ic Carms^
who are not cenfuM4.^n Mu^fii,tmgtpn^
^qniptetp and 4raire memoirs i x\i%^ indeed; 1^9.
argument on Dodds detib^tate fajfehoojl wilt
befombwhat weakened i but ic will llancl^ia
all its force ffigaiuft Mr. Berington\ who
lells us Iq Dodds words , that the fe^fe of
thefe authentic memoirs has not iffn at alt
altered, and that not anx£^S^g^ '^i f^ relation.
has been omitted. (^) It will alfo re(Qain true
againfi Dodd , that fince , in his %%xx?l^s &Qm
{he memoirs, he has placed to iha acppuat
of the Jefuits alone , all the wicjcednefs^
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9r)y(^, uoreflefting malice could fuggefi; he
IS. a p^rtjuil and pailio^te writer, who has i^a
equal c;hafity for aU his peighbours, and ii
t^qrefore equally miwprtliy of i^redit^ in what
he prints and in what he conceals. It wU
moreover follow , to my purpofe , that Mr. B^
rio^ton , by fuppre^ing what regarxls tbefe
Benediftins , Carms and Francilcans « has i
c:optrary to his aflbrapce » omitud fome
fagis in the relation , that he has garble^ ji)f|
memoes,, and therefore that they are,^
Wthpnticv .; ...
Never did IVIt. feHngton utter a more mt
fentWncfc, than Vhcit* he. v^rote , that « the
^faamew Charles Dodd is nearly coniie^ed
,ij' With his inemoirs. w (*) Indeed the con^
nexioo jsfo Very clofe, thpt it almoft melts
inlto identity. Since the origin of plagiari/iOf
1 hieftifilVeii no writer Has ever been fo com-
pletely poached and pillaged, as the feveral
Writrb'gs of Dodd haVe been, to furnish oot
tliefe entirely new metooirs of Panzaoi , with
their equally new Introduftion and Sopp'e-
ment, as for as the order of time wooli
perniit. If Dodd could now contemplate the
irork, he might peirhaps abandon fomeparft^
C*) tftf- ^9 Mem. p. xij.
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Hngtod ; he would .rather perhaps ^iepbtt^ df
flit fmatt fa/fa Mim^fiad »ioA«adr <}f^ dTB
poet,-to Mr. Beriogtdn; '" "•'
^ • ■ Ejufdem fimUi uttrquc parens. " *
Foif my. part,.: I am coDc^rii^d to fififl,^
in .fucb compaoy, (bjpW^ .foi;;/?^
l^r.^^^erin^tQo ; ,.th« l;,t;^^^ »nps)p()iSl?ly
reacIT the oiic,, without Caching .the other^
The filflis, in fpiiepf l!^r\do(^
4 have foine regjard f9r liiv? R0WW'4?Sft/i>^n«l
I think that I can difcern the degree; ofj^pe*
rit,' which it is-fmukd tOjflajin, AQjiglj^^
love truthi ouwre tJipcj.l Jl^ye Mr. pddd 05
his compitation. We have ; fome . .o^Ug^^JB?!
tohitn v^cd future juflpriaqs will dckno^lec|g||
tbem ., , fpr haviog.^^ wjl^^d^^
trash, ca^ny yaliiabje 4^ejd,f ^'^d^ fl?9Prd?i fof
liayj^ prepared f^^^ fpc a.,h^fiaryH
though ^e ^as'* tppft^J jben^^ ,^.^fe^
a s^a^lp}^ QJF i^&i% criti€ifm> or difc.er^ep^
Ihaye I called his ]wprk a cpmpUaticn^'j^cmi^
in ^d,^it might as . well bp cs^d an jpig
poem, as a hiftory. . ^..
» , • ,^ (^ ^ '
But the intrinfic evidence of the memojrs
lyisfatisfied Mr. Beripgton of their authen*
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tidty, 'Uoaulb tfaftjr ext^ tgttt whb ib
Patfioicnts ;«f cot/^a^antj :.lufiMians. ( * ) k
|he 4ept:h of the meoooirs wicb the umb of
criticifm; but we may have pilieace to en-
iniaethe^ iofo.ipei.D.(laoceSf which shall fenre
as a fpecimeh of the reft! Paozani iofimos
Csili'ditiar Btirberiiii , « th^t 'Hit 'JtmtJs odt
*iiih\fpf»y trifiks to difeppomi hith , but
rii that th^y"fpiire oei<hrfr\W Queen, nor Ks
M HMirref^, nor '^v6d his Emihenc^e , idio
f> tad ifitooted 'theAJ without meafare , by
«'{^A(Khg hidi ibtb'''£'Ogliittd \x^thoa£ havio^
•."^rft* tftken theiir a^Vice.'.. (f) I wish to
fee tWfe imp|imi6'ns -proved from Ibme ett-
iitablB ifotetfipdrary iuihlit' If theytfefd b<J6o
jpovin^liha trutb'% fttrdjr the Jefuits wodd
haVie htth teufured, or otherWife ptibiihed
fot'fhch-ettfaragaot cobdad. When 1 coo-
fider imtiiiflc evidence, 1 remark, that iffte
5&roits An^re, as they are every where iffepre-
fented by Dbdd ahd Beflngtob, too cuBinog
for Popes, ftr Cardioaji and W Bishops;
they werft- ferely too wilb "bot 'to fpare tomt
oFthem; antfl tonbiudeV that the report Is
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99 'vmvimVf «f a eonfideodai agent <Gir lltt
holy, fte, a* his dearl;' tfaft language of pre-
Judic«-«iid of party. Ic is Uien' a forgery.
- - • •
Another extra£l from PaDzani aflerts, than
n the Jefuita are tht only perfons that caoo^
9i bear a Bishop; and queftioDie&9 they wUl
»> exciceall their peoitenisagaioft him. Every
9) day. I hear new complaints of them ». and
^> of their equivocations; and yet I have giv^^
9» them more encoQraj;ement and tokens of
if confidence ^ than to any others ; whidi
99 they requite with Spreading idle and per*
99 Tonal refleflions ^ cafting my horofcope «
jan and pretending to be privy to all the par-
VI tkularstof my life. And pf late one father
9> Roberts of that order attacked me fo briskly
•» on account of partiality in their dis&vour«
^ that 1 found myfelf obli|;ed to make u(e
« of the ilrongeft afieverations to lilence
m him. w (•) The ridiculous abfurdity of
cafling horofcopes is too foolish even fof
laughter ; but . Mr. Berington will probably
produce proofs fipm g^ave cotemporary wri-
sets. On tUe reii I cctnsirk' v that if Ranaani
4<d qotc ibeAiave (WJm . k^' wrote , he Was d
'--I — : — ■. ■ ry r* - f , ' ' t — ■ i - ' i ■■ " ■ ' "\
who in copyio; it, has mifiaken the |Ugs. ., j
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laare , ittifit t^ be trufled eit&(»- by tlM 1^^^
or by us. If te -believed it, he was ao ideoc
to give to the Jefuits encoqragemeM and
more confidence than to all others. He com-
plains of their equivocations ; but how coutd
he give them fuch marks of confidence, with*
out being jguilty of their crime ^ To give
confidence to rafcals » in order to catch and
deceive them, is, in my ideas, the worft fort
of equivocation. If he could write thus of
the Jefuits in his official report to Rome »
furely he would not be Co weak , as to acknow*
ledge to the Popes minifter his own hypocrify,
in making the ftrongeft aiTeverations of fiiend-
ship to F. Roberts. Could a grave envoy of
the holy fee , a prieft full of ^eal and cqnf-
fancy (♦) ever write fuch fluff*? 1$ there a
man alive, befides Mr. ^erington^ who can
fufpe£l that it is original , and exult in die
difcovery^ In truth if Panzani wrote that
letter, he was a fcoundrel of the mofl con-
temptible cafi. I fay not one word of him,
who has copieid and published it.
If Panzani coutd thus inveigh againft ibt
Jefuits , how copld' he be difpleafed to bear
his friend Windebank abufe them 1 How could
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he equivocite fo groCsly, vato defend themi
to aflure the fecretary , «« that the world It*
s» bouted under i great prejudices iti their re-
^» gard^ ^k (*> With what con&ience could'
he afiert, that the Jefuits feirouted fhofe^
who took the oath:of allegjancel Does aay
cotemporary bifiorian* give this teftimony?
How could he maintain , that the Jefuits were
intriguiog with the puritans ^ With what re-
gard to common fedfib, decency and honeAy^
eould he relate in his memoirs, that the
nfual language of the Jefuits yiras , that the
Roman catholic religion would never be ref^
wiikA in Enghdd , but by the fwbrd ; that he
reproached them with theii" guilt in the gun-
powder plot; that they thought it a more eli-
gible ftate to remain as they were,^ than to
fee a total converfioo of the nation , with the '
detriment or excluiion of their own bodyl (f)
Such fa£Hous calumnies might figure in Dodd9
Secnt polity or in Mr. BeringtDns RetraSa^
tioHs i but neither has any creditable hifioriaa
related them, oor will any roan. of common
Ufiderfiandibg beKeye, that an agent of the
holy fee could iidopt them. But furely it is
(♦) md. p. i68*
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more ratieQal tod more charitable, tot M
Cake of his oiemory ^ to conclude, diat paffioo
clouded tine je^res of Dodd agaioft this pbia
troth 9 that tlie memoirs afe forged, aod that
fome'firong oervous convDMioa of his copyffi
Mt- Beringft>Q , who ahirays writes as be
ftels^ hixxlered hitn fitmi obfervitfg the foae
truth.
The important report, in which Vztad
communicates his own private thoughts M
conjedures to Cardial Bacbetmi, I*) ?'>^
another relatedby Mr.Berington (t.)comaio,
in my judgment , the mspft iatrmfic "^^^^^^
of paffionate folly , aod thei;efcre. of abfur*t|
and forgery. The Jefuit$ , are Ji^f c i^^r^}
a grave papal minifier employed \d^ ^ff^'
ation of charity and peace^ to have a V^
many followers and admirers; aodi* ^j^
to dipiinish the number of tbefe aaa»wr*'
he propofes to his court, to,craiPB| ^ ^^^
in theur faculties ; he fuggefes a ffiU ^^
remedy, propofed by fiwne perCwis '^^ **
gland , to di&iifs them from tfie SP^*''^
of the English college ai .Rof»e< ^<^^**2
^ing that they have fo many followers «»*
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^dtfil^cts^ he alTureB the Cardidat^ that tliey
do ndt attend to the qare of fouls; that avarici
is their only motive ^ traffic is their ooncerii^
^nd they have turned the oliffiOQ into a bu*
linefs of {irofit : that they perfecute the BU
iihop, (a) and that this ftime avaHce^is the
^niy motive, ilrhich pushes ihem oo to do it.
^ He bad found, he fays, ty experien^^ (hat
w thefe Jefuits were for being fole proprietors
^f of the million, (which they fo ibuch'ne*
to glefted)) tbdt they l^ormed the clerg^rroutt
1^ of their pkices, and obliged them to yhli
%i to the force of iutereft and money. *^ (*)
lFr6tii the fame report It appears % thajt
tiotwithftanding the certainty Of the JffA^tl
crimes , Which Paoiaai had difco^rif 4 ty
€xferienci^ the young gentleihea of (he Jbeft
catholic femilies, and even of the beft wifi^
Rill had not H^it enough to fitid them onti
or elf^ Were wicked enough to partake in*
their enormities^ .^ For , the Jefuits ^ fayf
vi Panzani , cull out the i)eft wits for theit
^ own body , they daily mak^ new conquefis.
« .tff'j*
(i») At tl^e dftte of tbis report, thtre bad doc leeil
Shy Bishop, to be perfecQted , in Eti^tnd, t<A ^ f|»act
irf»lmoft fii ^rs«
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Y) itid Incorporate youths of the befi familki
>> into their fociety. » &c. I arndshamed of
Dodd for ha?ing inferted fuch trasli in wfm
he calls a Church hiftory; It is fit to figure
^nly in the QuodUbets or die ConfiderOmi
x)f Waifon i and uotilt Mr. Berio^oo shaS
fupfport it by the evidence of cotemporary
authors , 1 appeal to the judgment of ev^
nan of common lenfe ^ if it be ndlt an indig*
tiity offered to the public ^ to tell us, tbatti^
is the original and authentic language x>f a
prudent minifter of the holy fee ^ fetot to
tompofe differences between the (ecnlar
^hd regular clergy. In the multitude t£
pansf^l^s and libels agarnll the Jefuits,
i;v^hidi I have read /I have almoft conftaody
obfervef^^ that the writers of them knew
littlef 6r nothing of their real merits and real
faults. The extravagance and the folly of the
*im()Utations4 which the writers of fuch libels
advance^ is commonly an ample and very
fatisfaftory refutation of what they impute.
Cardinal Barberini informs Panzani, (^}
that the holy fee itfelf was afiraid that the
Jefuit^^ would traverfe its defign of giving a
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Bishop ta England. ThVCarcfinAl had prb^^
bablyx ftrgotten ^ that' a few years before , the
holy fee bad given two Bishops to England <»
witboot the fmalleft apprehenfioii of the Jefuits^
power 9 though at d)at very tidie, as we have
learned from Mr. Berington , the Jefuits pof-
fefled all their ofual influence in the court of
Rome. (*) In the very fanie letter Pao2iaiTi
IS forbidden to infinuate, the battisbment qB
the Jefpits, or even a redufHoa of their
fiumber, which by . Windebanks (latement
exceeded three hundred , though the Cardinal ^'
and of courfe his uncle the Pope, well knew ^
that tbefe three hundred men were traverfipg the
defigos of the holy fee , and were befides y a band^
of traders, who perfecuted Bishops o/i/y from
avarice , and were for being the fol6 pr^pHetors
of the mifi&)n, which however they utterly^
negleded. Where is Cardinal Barberinis
original letter, which enjoins this wonderful
policy*? ; Where is his letter, (t) in which
he talks of the Jefuits artifices, and complaint
of them^ for not having yet declared , u that^
% they would move in the afiair (of tbeagree-^
. (*) Ibid. p. 78.
(t) iHd. p. 023. wh^re tb« pretended Itcter is detaile4
in Dodds words. Vol. HI. p. 134.
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It meat with the fecohir clergy) as tbeRosM
t» fee shwil4 direQ^I The letters o&BtoBJ
g^ve evidence, that tUs was the very diiogi
vhicb the Jefuits had conftantly dMe io the
whole difputei and they thereby profetbis
voproduced tetter of Barberioi to be as mocb
a forgery , as the admirable comiminicatioDi
of Paa%im bimfelf. The lettei iDcamiouQ;
fays , that m moving as the holy fee sbootd
tf direft, yns a method, which the Jefuits,
M 00 all occafioos , feemed prepared, to eo-
« brace. » If this was written bjr Barbertai
hoyr could be poffibly apprehend, that tbde
fame Jefuits would tr0vsr/i ibe de%fl of Ae
holy fee ) to give a Bish6p to Eogland'^
Tansapi is cosifBaoded by tbc Cardiflii (*)
10 fupprefs a oiaaifeflo made by the clefgyi
through an apprebenfioo, that it woaUocct^
fion an aafwer from the Jefuits. Upon loA'
luatioD of his orders, he receives an aiifc^'
from tbe clergy , vhkh, ifit be cdt forged,
smft prove, that the men, wha gave it, were
maddened with paflion, beyond the reacb of
(•) Dodd md. ftod Msm. p. fisa. & fe^- '" *J
fUce more tb^ tierce pag«i cofether m c^P^
podd.
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f eafoo, pnideoee or religion. The ctndofiAtt
of it 11, M that the Jefuits were indif&renC
41 about the reiloration of the cathofic reUgioii
« in England, iinle(s it ware effefled by Atif
n meaos; and in confequence of this, their
9f common difcourfi was , that it could never
« be brought about, but by force ofarm^n^*}
If this anfwer were ftutbeotic , how could i
poffibly believe , that the men who gave it ,
were auimated with that love of peace , and
that defire of e£Ee£Ung a jincere concord witli
the Jefuits^ ^bicb Mr. Qerington Continually
9fcribes to them^ Paozani, the impartislt
jnediator of peaee^ immediately adopts this
trash, and from this temper of the Jefuics^
lie accounts, for F. SiAiths unwillingnefs to
Hop the periecuiion of the purfuivants. A few
lines lowetii he tells the Cardinal , that «4 txoi0
p he experts to know the refbhicion of the.
« Jet uits about the agreement with the priefts , ^
who were the authors j6f the mantfeiiov ^that
V the greatefi part of the Jefuits are wilttng
n to come into the agreement ^ even the prb^
« vincials words tend dial way , but his a£tlone
n fpeak the contrary i that he himlelf has
V been very lUrring on this occafion, though
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V he tODceives* small hopes of Tuceeft. n Vn^
iently after (^) be repoi^ts to the Cardinal*
the complaints cS th« clergy , the fubfiance
whereof is ^ a that the Jefuits are countenanced
t» in all they fay or write , and by their ample
» privileges run a^iray with the credit of the
»» miffioni but that they, for their part, Ian-
n guish under all ibrts of difcouragement,
f» and that their tongues, pens, ears and eyes
f» are all ufelefs to them, when they defire ta
n be heard at Rome. >» 8fc. Horace long ago
advifed labulifis to invent with probability*
The author of the memoirs did not refled^,
that the clergy could not pofiibly utter fucb
complaints with any regard lo truth, vMle
Panzani himfelf was ferving them with all his
interefi in the court of Rome , and Cardinal
Barberini was evidently abetting their caufe.
After what Panzani has faid. in his reports,
It is not a little furprifiqg to find him making
protefiations of his impartiality, (t) It is
equally aftonishing to find him repeatedly
wishing to eSe£l a reconciliation between the
clergy and the regulars, which is acknowled**
" III I I ^ ■ I * .
(*) M$m. p. 231. where agaia more thao three paget
together are copied from Dodd. Vol. III. p. 13^.
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ged to be the chief objeA of his miffioo i O
and elfewhere to hear him declariog fincetdj
to fecretary Cottington , <* that he had oever
v> moved one ftep in the bufinefs (of the*
9> agreement, )^ntiU the parties concerned
n had drawn up the articles of it. t^ (f)
Thispropofed agreement between the clergy
and the regulars is the principal groundwork,
on which Panzanis accufations of Blond and
the Jeruits are built. In the memoirs it if
magnified into an important tranfa£tion ; elfe-
where it is treated as a trifle hardly worthy
of remembrance, (a) It muft however be
allowed 9 that it involved fome political crafty
though Blond was a man of too much wifdom
(•) 7WA p. ai3.
(t) P- ^25. and of DodJ IJ4.
. (tf ) Henry More fpeaks of it as Tollows , afcet bavfng
reported tbe correfpondence bccweeR Blond and Panzani p
which ic occafioned. ** Hs ultro citroque datsfoDcliterae.
f9 Atque ut nulla nota picenlVe caula fuic hnjus novae coo*
», Teiitionis ; jca In auras , fimul atque nacn eft y abiit , neque
ft cuiqoam tut ntiliMtis qufdpiam actulit aut detriniemi.
f* Et ego oolla eaim dij^am nemorla exiftimaflem , nifl.
n M 9 quae Blond um ad publicam innoeencix noftrs aueP-
M tationem in)pulerunt,eadein moroenciplurtmum babereoc^
M ad famam Ibcietatis integram in futuro tempore confer-
n vandam. ^ Hifi. Pnv. dng. p. 475.
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ftbd prudence , to be eafily earoared. trod
a review of his conduft it evidently appearsi
that he a£led under the convidHan, tbatlss
* enemies had contrived this pretended agm-
tnent, or at leaft were endeavouring to ayai
thenifelves of it , to render him and the J^
fnits odious. There were at this period to
England a fe^ priefts of that clafs of meo*
whom I have elfewhere qualified with the title
of adi^enturers in theology ,• and they conftto-
ted the moft formidable feftion , which has
ever yet endangered oijr fmall national cfcortfc
They were headed by Mr. Thomas White or
Blackloe , of reooWned memory , ^ho tea
too foccefsfully exerted his talents Jn fortwog
a clerical cabal; and among bis adherents h«
counted fome of the leadiitg members of tte
chapter, Which, after the retreat of BishoP
Smith, exercifed epifcopal juriOliaion. theft
aben had taken full poffeffidn of Psiot^m, ^
conqueft of little diffidulty ; and they had in*
fufed into him a large share of their o«J
principles and prejudices. They did notJ«^
avow openly all the dodWnes and all the Pj*
tenfions , Whidh they afterwards sdntic^^
but they overlooked nothing, Which cool
either ftrengtheo their own intereft » ot w»*
ken the credit of their opponeoBi ^ ^
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mam point Wai, to retain and to confolidate
the aotbority , with which they were veiled.
Some years before « they had formed a defiga
to firip Bishop Smith of his power and
to force |him to quit the re^lm; (*) nor
did the obtaining a new Bishop » appointed
from Rome ^ form any objeft of their zeal ,
unlefs that Bishop could be elected from their
own number. The dangerous doArines , the
haughty pretentions and the intrigues of their
chief were not unknown at Rome ; and certaia
coiifiderations refulting from them concurred
with many other caufes^ to retard the ap-
pointcaent of a Bishop. The party failed not
to call the blame of the delay upon the
Jefuits^ becaufe in that body they counted
not a ISngle friend, and they dreaded many
adive opponents. Under the pretence of-
burying all difcord in a new agreement of
friendship and union , they aimed to decry the
Jefuits, as enemies of concord and of peace*
In one hand they held the boafled inilrumeot
of agreement; with the other' they fpread
around the nation a manifefio againfl the
Jefuits, fo deplete with flander, that Pan-
eani received orders from Rome to fuppreft
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it; O and this agent wa9 even compelU
e^ to promife , that it should be cooden-
Ded as a fcandalous writings (f) though be
afterwards inferted the whole fubllance of it
into his memoirs , of which IVIr. Beriogtoo
warniots the authenticity. The inftroimiii
of peace and concord , which they fianied «
was at be(l a fopcrduous and ufelefii piece}
it contained falfe inflnuations , it implied aa
acknoiirledgment of evil practices , which the
Jefuits could not, contiQently widi uuch and
honour , admit to be real : but if they refb«
led it, they would be decried as enemies f£
concord ; and if they fubfcribed it , they would
be underfiood to bind themfelves to forbear
from all future oppolition to the proceedings
of the men ) who had planned it. The authors
of it feem rather to have wished % that the
Jefuits might be excluded from the agree*
ment^ or that they would rejedl it« It is a
certain truth , tliat neither Blond , though
fuperior of the mod coofider^ble body of re«
gularsn qor any one of his fubje^ , was io«
vited to the afiemblyt and that not even an
intimation; had been given, that their coqcnr^
iseoce would be agr^able to the perfons, who
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aftenvards (b loudly coiiipktiiied riiaci!hey rtf-.
^fufed it. To call -the pfopeied agreement im
4kSt of tiu clergy , or to rcprefent |he,ineetiftg
as an ^a^imbfy €tf the clergy ^ is to cdnfbtmA
things 'petfe£lty difparate : it was merely ^the
«^ed of a few inea , and it was by the chaiice
of accident 9 that the fupeilor bf the Jefl^it^
< obtained the firfi knowle^e of its ^xiibenbe.
He was a man too prudent to be haftily over-
reached; and if it be true that three clergy-
men were .deputed to him, 1 amndt fUrpri-
fed thathe sbopM ^echne fo treat with them,
*when I obferve, that the noted Blackloe in
perfoo was the foreman of the triumvirate. (1)
:Blorrd published his declaration, and it proves
his condufl to have been perfe£lty correA
atfd wife; though More, who reports it, (t)
iroAl motivesr of prudence' fays not a fyllaWe
of theeharaflers aind the defigns of the men^
who were aiming to infnare him. ^He ferit
his declaration to Piinsani, accompanied with
•an explanatory tetter, which might • haVe f*-
tisfied any impartial -perfon , and muft have
caitied convi&lon to an agent of the holy
'4ee; but this defpicabfe man, circumvemed
by the} party, was too mean to acknowledge
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the truths and too timid -to a& ^*th opright-
nefs and deciiioo. Blond shewed the inmilkj
of the propofed agreement ; he alledged dot
he had never infringed that concord , vtuck
ought to unite piriefta, nor had ever oppolcd
the exertion of any authority derived ftoa
the holy fee ; and if he accepted the uomea-
ning inllrument ^ merely to avoid the reprosdi
of fomenting difcord , he difclaimed the tei&e-
rity of difcufling^ in private meetings, diTps*
ted poiptfi, which the Pope had refervedfof
his own decifion i ^nd he equally difiiliove<I
any pretenfions^ which his accufcrs toi^^
ground upon his acceptation of their ioftnh.
ment. In a word^ he profelfed tbathewo"*'
fieadiiy adhere to the difpofitions of tbe bn<i
JBri(aunia of 1631 , and that he cQolji^fi
thcfe as adequate to every ufeftil pwfl^
He judged aright ; but it was this. very brkf»
which goaded Blackloe and his cabal. ^
Fanzani had pofleffed any firmnefs of ^^
nder^he would not have demeaned himfc"
into a tool of ftdlioni and if he hadpoflf^W
either common honefiy or common feDfe» ^
could not have copied into his mm^rs^
ftflious calumnies of the Blackloifts, wbicb
Mr. Berington blushes not to retail to «««
as the fentunents of the catholic ctergy. ^
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lentimentf ofthii body were widely dilferept;
.and they were exprefled with energy in tl)e
fequel) in the ftrenuous combats « which their
mod virtuous and moil learned members were
forced to fuflain againft tbofe very Blackioiilp,
during the long courfe of thirty years. I clqle
this article on the inflrument of concord ^
with a short remark. Mr. Berington copying
podd informs us , » that the court of Rome
t> had neither declared for, nor againft tbe
♦» agreement. »>(*) How then, could Panzapi
blame the Jefifits fo violently, for not declaring
for iff If he did fo , he was unworthy of the
confidence of the holy fee; but I will r(ither
think, that the forgerer 9nd the publisher pf
bis pretended memoirs are both equally un«
defer? ing of our belief. . ^
The few paffages, which I have cited fropt
them, are abundantly fufiicient to convince an
impartial reader , that a confidential miniflet
or agent of the court of Rome ^ could oeyer
be guilty ..of fo much fenfelels paffion, and
of fuch wild contradiflion and incoherence.
.The broken tale , whether read in Dodd or
in Berington, has the air of a dream, which
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'«'t^iUg moi Ms eRttiearDttfeB to frcdflefi
and has intfde irsitn'fcfibrts to gather into we
leoAtiimed ftdry. 7o cdmpYete ihe 'fbny,^frt
^are fttftorMcfd by this traking d r e am er ^ chat
tfaenmon of^Eo^htnd with Home c< wooM
n' pvbhsSty he ietiLtdfid and even rained bj
'• Ae^rtgularpriefts, for Ihe- fake of djcir
n anefint privileges "and exemptions ^ and Uiat
9) the Jbfuits ivere chiefly appriheoded in this
w refped, bythiokiog perftms, whofpecalatM
' >> not much amifs. >>(.*) If Paozani fpecalated
In this macfner, I shoold worider, lo what
ubivieffity he had • obtahied the degrees oTa
Juris utrtufyue DoSor^ Wheo he irrote that
egregious ^fpecutatiob, he had Tarely fbrgdt-
ten his own report to Rome, in which 'he
had formally fiated ^ that * avarice tiod the
jntereft^ traffic Were the on/y motives of
the Jefuits t6 obftru^l the good work of
the union With Rdtne , Vhich however they
were w^ll difpbfed to tS^& by' the fword, as
appeared by their ufihf language and eommm
difiaur/e. How then shotild their concern for
their aniimt privileges (unlefs trajffic were
one of them) retard or min this good work ac
prefent, ef^cially fince the old^ of ihtfe
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^Vilegi!&» whatever they were, had not yet
exified much more than lih^ years? Howe**
ver , eOkacious meafures were certainly to
be taken, to counteraft thet mefiil tJSpSU of
thefe privileges; ^ and the clergy ,n lays tht
Mrife Panzani^ « to prevent beiog impoijbd
5* on by falfe brethren, ^ t^^ of thefe there
\irere already too maay, is tbft hw^^tHtiom
of the clergy » which was ai(n^hed to the
focietyl (*) «* caufed ao opUi^ tQ, be. priitat^y.
ti adniinidered to all oew qw(&MKu:ies of theijc
t) body^ whereby they were to difowo them-
»> felves to be Jefuits |o maf<]iuerade* '* (tX
Criticifm and reflexion* are here fopi^rfliiom.
Whoever cannot make them, deftrvea to b*
condemned to read Paaaani and Bei^Dgtp^
to the end of bis days. Qu^ S^viim m^,
odit , &c. That the clergy sil^uld have beeii
guilty of fuch a folly , fuch a profanation «
is abfolotely impqfl^ble : that a Bla^kloye ot^
even a few of his adherents propofe4 fmcl\ >
piece of mafonry , may perhaps he cqfl^ei v^4 %
when Mr. Berington shall have alledged foli4
proofs of the faft* from wteroporwy wthot?:
bat the co9.Q)uOop will thepbe? t^atQlackloe.
and hi$ fe^y adher<«f)t9 deferred to be coni^qed
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as madmen. Would Mr. Befinj^oti jddge
otherwife of the Bishop of the foutfaero dif^
tri6l, if) as a condiuon of admittin^^ him to
exercife fpiritiial fun^ions, he should exad
of him ao oath , that be is not an Arooldift
in mafquerade, a Jacobin in mafquerade, a
Gallic conftitutionalift in mafqnerade? And
yet the chara^r of a Jefuit was hardly more
dangerous to catholic religion, in the laft
century, than thefe characters are thought
to be in the prefent. Mr Berington might
perhaps be able to take that oath , at leafi
with truth, becaufe fome years have now
pa(&d , fince he llripp&d off the mask i bat
that oath will not be exa£led and the Bishop
will probably require other more canonical
fureties , before he confents to aflbciace
Mr. BeringtoA to his clergy.
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To finish this extract from the memoirs,
I make one remark. If the court^of Rome in
fatbre shall not employ more able negocia*
tors» than tbe fignor Gregorio of Berington
and Dodd , our government at homft will have
little caufe to dread the' fuccefs of ^pt$h plots :
and if English catholics or prote(ti<nts can give
credit to the narrations of fignor Giufeppe;
they muft then renoutice all pretenfioos to
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fober fetrfe, judgment , prudence, hiftorical
knowledge , criticifm and difcernment.
The remarks , which I have httherco pre^
rented , were wruten afcer a firft perufal of
the memoirs. It occurred to me, that I could
not fulfill all juftlce, either towards Mr. Be-
lington or towards, my readers , uolefs t should
do Cbmething more than others ; I cooragcoufly
took up the memoirs > and I read theiQ a fecond
time. Hence 'I conceive myfelf eodtled to
add a few obfervations , which ^tberwife I
might' have omitted; and if my. reader can
patiently perufe them » be will become acquain-'
ted with fome new ^rh^raAers and fome new
events y which diftinguiihthefe important met
moirs.
Panzani tells the llory of the firft arch*
prieft) O jufi as if he had been reading
Mr. Beringtons IntroduShn , which ftaodsf
before his memoirs. The truth is^ that the
Introduction and the memoirs were eollefled
apd. written by the fame toao. The. kA
Panzani could not be ignorant, that Cle-
mpnt Vm was not a ftrangeria the whoie affair,
of the archprieft) as it is here pretended , but
that be had fettled the government of the
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atctiprieft « after much deliberation and with
full knowledge of the caufe.
Pope Urban VIII and Cardinal Barbefiin
are reported o to have, shewn a particoht
¥1 vcf^eSt for the English nation , as well firooi
9> a general wish of re*uniting them once
ft more to the fee of Rome, as from a certaia
f* natural fympathy, » ( *) and they are after*
Wards highly commended , and even pro*
nouncei^ to be great men. (f) I. was wishing ^
that this diaradler might merit for Urban an
exemption firom the general anathema , pro-
nounced by Mr. Berington againft the tyrant
nical pontiffs of Rome, who fport with the
rights and even with the lives of the EogKdi
clergy. ($) But Urban though a great man ^
imitated his predecefTors , he condemned the
oath of allegiance^ and he refofed to model
the government of the English church , accor-
ding to tl^e ideas of Mn Berington and his
Panzani.
The Commettdations beftoWed by Pan:^
upon the Benedidin Preflan, the cbampiott
6f the oath of allegiance (J) were notwrittcfl
by a papal minifier. The thing is felf evideoL
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The condija of tfee coort, in prefflng thi«
oath , is a plain proof of the afierdons of a
i^fer papal rainifter^ cardinal Bebtivpgfio,
-which have been already produced; (a) The
xelation of Pans&ani proves, that catholic truths
and principles are always invariably the famr^
J>fothing was done in the lad century in fa-
vour of the oath of allegiance by F. Pnrflon^
or againft it by his opponents, which has^ndt
been realized , with refpefl to a Worfe oath ,
in our own days. > ^ ^ '
. Mr. editor has the weaknefs to* advaacf ^
t\xV the fingle Jefuit Smith was always able^
by one pretence or other, to hinder Panzam
from applying to the miniHry ; and he qral^es
his hero aflert, that if from the begioqipg he
bad fuffered himfeif to be direfted in , big
agency by the Jefuits , he should never have
come to an interview with Windebank, Cot-
tington, or even with. the Queen herfelf. (.*)
It is evident from the memoirs, that Win-
debank hated the.Jefuits; and yet becaufe
Hn editor vouches for tbe authenticity of the
f I ■ ■ « , » \ . 1 I U.' > I . H I
* (tf ) A MS. of elite hft centyry affini\s, t^t fifty pne^
were ac one time confiaed Id Yorkshire opty? ^r refufiog
'|he oath of allegiance, and t(uit |btty of chem died in ptifoji^
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' fnetnoioi^ we muSk believe, that an agent de-
puted from the Pope to tranfaft impomic
bufioers with the king and queen of gRtf
Britain , could be debarred from feeing then
and their minifters by a few perfecmed Jefoio,
whom the chief minifter detefted > and wboo
the papal agent knew ty experience to be
tafcals and knaves ; though , at the fame tiiy^
he gave them more encouragement and tobes ef
confidence g than to any 0thm-s. (*) I apprA»'
that Mr. editor has not much excrdW
his great abilities in dramatic compofitio0'
It is ^ncrally underftood that each foccccdiog
fcene should be prepared and flow fcom tte
which preceded it, and that the dialogue
ought to be then particularly animated aod
!nterefting> when great obftades have hecfl
furmounted, to procure an interview between
the important perfonages of the drama, fi^
Mr. editor has forgotten even to inftnm ost
by what means his hero butft through the
mighty Jefuitical impediments, which inW
vened between him and the court; and te
bluatly brings Panaadi and Wlnttebafik to-
gedier , merely becaufe ,"as1re fays, w it **^
f» high time that they should have an inter*
fi view. « (t) He even relates the pardcuto*
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of this interview in the ntmtive » tnfiead t»f
the dramatic fiyle , and yet be marks tbe
.words with inverted commas in the margin ,
as if they were cited from Panzaoi. Meotoir^^
^fpecially when they are authentic, are net
written in this manner; and it is plain tl|tt
thefe memoirs are nothing more than fome
comments of Dodd or of Mr. Beringten, iipoti
fome letters , the authenticity of which rematitB
yet to be proved. In the paflage teW before
sue, the word humour is introduced, and
]VIr« editor has affixed to it a note inexpreffibty
impudent. Let the authemic memoirs be pro*
iduced. Let us examine, if the word humour
be in the original; let us know,by what word
humour is exprtfled in the. Italian langus^.
The copverfation between Windebank and
Panxani, which has been fomuch obfiruAed,
End is defigned to prepare fuch mighty events-^
to the great difappointment of the reader, is
contemptibly flat , puerile and frivolous. They
talk about catholics, about Bishops and about
oaths, and Paozani does not fay a word,
that is Worth remembrance. He makes no
advances, nopiopo&ls; always unAeaning,
frivolous and hefltating , he has the air of ti
fcboolboy catcbed out of his bounds ; he has
nothing to alledge for faimfclf, and beis haf^y
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to 'eToipe mthoct being cfaiddeo. WiiHb*
tnnks feemiog inclination to favour catholics
J8 a mere pretence to introduce tbe biifiiie6
of tbe Palatinate , in which he conceived ibat
Panzanis agency might b^ of fome ufe; but
neither Pmz^m, nor yet Mr. editor hin^
were keen enough to difcover his duplicity.
Windebank iuffers the agent to fee the king,
in fpite' of the Jefuits : here feme bows are
made , followed by a fbene of ordinary draw-
ing-room chat; and to this fucceeds a trivial
converfation with the fecretary , who plaiidy
dtfcovers that he has no opinion, either of tbe
abilities or of the intereft of this cringing and
awkward Italian. (*) What intereft had the
Jefuits to obftru£^ fuch interviews 1
In one of thefe trifling conferences, Wio-
debank tells P^nzaoi, ^ thai the protefiant
• clergy would never fuSer a popish Bishop
V to exercife jurifdi^OQ in England. » Ct)
When shall I be able to ceffe from reproa-
ching this Mr. 3erington,withthoughtleffii^
and inconfift^ncy ^ If his Panzani wrote that
fentence , wBy did he not , for his own
credit, fmuggle it out of the memoirs aod
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(bpprers HI Why did be not rather Mush;,
and blot out all the infolts which he has heaped
upon the Popes and upon their fuppofed ad-^
vifers the Jefuits , when from the mod prudent
motives they declined to fend ^&hops into
England^ He has been told that one q£.
thofe motives was, not to proyoke peHecHtioa
by exafperating the proteilant clergy.
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iThe Jefuits and the other regulars are
hufily unployed in alledging obje£lions againft.
tlM appointment of a Bishop , . and Panzani
returns difiinS anfwers to^thefe obje£lions. (*)
Authentic memoirs would furely fpecify thefe
obje£Uo08 and j^eport the diftinS: anfwers,.
whidi were given to them- 1 will fearch
for them, when Mr. editor shall produce
his original papers « and I shall hope to dif-
Cover fome of the i^ry odd methods ^ by which
Mt. Panzani .here inform^ us, that the tz^
tholics alarmed, the nation. It is very odd^
that he has fpecified none of them in hiS;
authentic memoirs} and it isfliU more odd^
that Mr. editor should fuffer hii^ in thifi
place to attribute to the Jefuits jn Elifa^
beths reign, «^a fcheme to have the ca«
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w tholics governed by three or fbor Bisfaoptfl
Mr* editor indeed tells us , ttiat « be to
M found no documents to vouch for the tnnh
ti of this aflertion ^ » but what documeotsbai
he found to difprove iti And yet be Ins
confiantly reprefented the Jefutts as profeftd
enemies of the epifcopal cbarafler*
In this part of the memoirs great fkvom
lilt expe£led for catholics, ^ and the king
n himfelf from an inclination to their caofei
n is refolved to make them very eafy- » (*)
Mr* Panzani and his editor are here
egregioofly raiftaken. At no other period
was the government more averfe to catholidtjf
(unlefs perhaps a eathblicity modfelled ofl
tlie ideas of a Mr. Blackloe or a Mr. Bet-
ington ) than when the ambitiobs and caotii^
Laud was at the head of the church of Eo-
gland and of the councils of its king. Tbe
penal laws and the oath of allegiance were
engines of government too predous to W
ittrrendered ; and. during the weak admioiflw*
tion of Charles, a facrifice of papifts wai
always confi^ered by the court as the readkit
means to purchafe a little ntbmentary ^^
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Ifrbm the hoftilities of the fepublfcan party.
The Jefuits are alarmed at the fuppofed fk«
vourable defigns of the king ^ and they redouble
%% their a/kal language^ thit the Rbmao ca*
^ tholic religioQ can never be reftoced but
H by the fword. '^ Pan^ani remnids tfaems
*that this conduft has «« too great an affinity
ih to the deteflable contrivance of ^ the gua*
^ powder plot; ^...,. but the Jefuits do trot
wi&h for even » the total comrcrfipA flTEth
H jgland with the deirimefit of their bk>d^i» u.«
ihey are afraid of lofing u their landsi, their
^ imerefl and dieir poi^.,'#iby ti^ cah^^th
fion of the oationt i» iviheveas nowv "bjf^nne-
m tbods peeoliar to ibemfelves , they beat
M Up thek heads above all the fef^jii (it)
Mr. editor produce your ai^mniff :itiefBQirs«
If I find in them either this odious oonfenfe
or the fubfequent report.. of PrnJcam of Fe-
bruary 13^ 1635 9^1 will demonilrate froto
them Without the help of other matei-ials^
that your Paneani and the few men, by whom
he was befet, were a knot of rdfcalsT; iNid;!
Will moreover prove ^ that you yourfelt^ib not
believe what you have had the^affuWrtce' to
publish and to tz^ auihimU\ Fye upon you
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Mr. edkor! it hac non vides non dipt
ejfe (f6€uminta , fid. vana conviciaf (^) Yes,
iSir« you. do fee it; though your wrttdxi
Eanzam bad too little ftnfe to difcover,<)r
too litde virtue to withftand the paffioos, tht
iDtrigues and the views of the few bad meo,
by' whom he was tnifled, aod whofe projeA
you are attempting to realize* But probaU;
im shalt» in fbme meafure , fave Ftezani
-ciiidit^ by' tracing this infamous rubbish op
.to Bfackloe, or Tome other individual of his
finUlbut dangerous fa£):ion. I fzy agai^)
pwdoce your memoirs, in the mean timet
remefober^ that we sfaalt expert, intfaepre-
'§Kt to your RtiraSathns , an accurate accoutf
v.of' the Jefoits landed property in England in
the- reign i>f Charles I, and a defcfipnoflof
the moAods peculiar to themfilves > by which
they bore^np their heads above all the reft.
. The letter of Gardinal Barberini, (t)i«»
good reproof to his inbpid agent Pan^aois ^
It qught^ to have operated as a check upon
the .ju!bnfiderate editor of the memoirs. The
Cardijpal chides the man for being hta^
.with the^ perfons, who maintained and apP^
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vcd the oath of allegiance. We know wild
tbofe nieo were, and what was their worth.
He well deferved to be reprimanded for
herding with fuch company. The provincial
Blond^gave him a reproof for it ; but be feems
not to have mended his? manners* (*) By the
evidence of his employer Barberim ,. be is a
paltry agent ; his meafnres , whatever they
may be, are totally inefTefbiaU they are even
injurious to Rome and to its rights ; and his
snemojrs hitherto confift only of uninterefiing
prattle and fenfelefs falfehoods to difcredit the
Jefuits. If he wrote and afled in this man-
ner , he was no ilatefinan ; he was miferab^y
duped by the British court, which contemned
him , and he fought to cover the bad fuccefs
of his creeping politics , by flandering the Je-
fuits, whom he could not deceive. It was a
weak refourcej and it will not avail Mr.Be-
rington for the purpofe of difguifing the de-
feats which he has experienced , in the pro-
fecution of his now dete£led proje£ls.
Who can bear to fee, Panzaoi conferring
with the fecretary of fiate , about a Latin
book written by a friar , for whom ^nd for
(^) S9€,BloniiUtur !» D^U Vol. III. p* I5> ^
£e a
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whofet^odctfaerecretary felt not tfie ffigi»l
concern 1 (♦) Nay even the king isirriiai
about this book : (t) the monarch of EogM
IS offended 9 becaufe F« Davenports Deus /fa*
turn & graiid is diflike fi
Mn Berington is not f( ^
believe, that George II ^
canfe our Bishops have I ^
Memoirs of Pan\ani. Vi ^
xani is! . The man can do nothing but iofulc
the Jefuits. He agrees withiWindebank, tte
t» if there were no Jefuits , ahlinipn with Rome
t» might eafily be effefled ; n and he infonv
him , <« that the Pope will facrifice thefe J^
t» fuits, on the profpeft of fo fair an acquifr
» tion. >» (.§) This is faying in one fentcnce,
that the Jefuits were enemies of a re-uaiofl
of England with the church ; that the Pope
had an intereft in fupporting thefe felf-iiu^
reded enemies of catholicity ; and that the 6-
crifice of the Jefuits is a meafure conducitrc
to the advancement of catholic religioO' Wk^
will fay , that Mr. Berington is not a c(0'
prehenfive writer ? The facrifice of fhc J^
fuits has been fince made; and when Mr.^
Tington shall have demonftrated the ad^J*'
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'tagei which hate accrued from It t6 csHfuflft
religion , I will rei^eccho hi$ apptaufe of that
meafure. In the mean tine. I will obfcrve^
that the Pope^ who qarried it imo eaecutioo;
iias firiflly and under the fevered eenftfres^
forbidden all the Faiibfal^ to infult, to reTfti
and to fpeak ill of the Jefuitt^ whom/ he def*
troyed. Probably Mr* Berington is not coa^
ceroed in that fbrbiddance*
Our impartial mediator continues through
many pages to revile all the proceedings of
the Jefuiis^ but he never informs us what
thefe proceedings were ^ nor in what refpeft
they were faulty. How can Mt. editor be
certified upon fdcb evidence, that that coth
du& was not as correal ^ as that of their op*
pooents? Why; could not fecretary Cat>
tington be as honed a man , as Windebanlc%
or the earning Laud^ The two latter indeed
were declared, enemies of the Jefuhs; but
why then does the mediator ^ who had bee«
forUdden by his mailer to jdifiutb the Je^
fuitSj O comiriually deal with their ene»
mies? He is apprdienfive^ that Cottingtoa,
being a firiend of the Jefiiits, would rgveai hi$
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ficms. (^) lo truth, if his fecrets iwre not
more important than thofe, which are mwM
|n the memoirs , no minifier of ilate would
9R3b either to charge his memory ivith tbem^
or to repeat them to others. lo all his ne^
gociation^ 1 cannot difcero either objefl^ oc
propofal, or.concefiion, or candour , or bo-
oefiy 9 or fubtlety , or addrefs ; the whole is
reduced to fome ordinary prattle , and to
unceafing calumnies and abufe of the Jefoits.
One fentence however undoes a confiderable
part qH all that has been faid againft tbefe
men. What reproaches have they sot endured ,
firom the firfi appearance of F. Parfons , ^
the period of Paozanis agency 4 for the oxi-
des which they are faid to have oppofed to
die appoidtctent of Bishops! At prefent the
impoffibility of obtaining Bishops is found
to arife from a very different quarter. The
king declares, «• that neither his Bishops, nor
n his miniflers. (and friend \Vindebank was
91 one of them ) would hearken to any liich
n propofal i nor was it poffibte to move the
fi king from his refolution, his chief favourite
n and coonfeltor v the archbishop of Canter-
9 bury , keeping him clofe to the point. i> (t)
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^he dull oegociator will however (till condmie
to infult the Jefutts for hindering the appoint<>
ment of Bishops , and he will not even dif**
cover , that the fmall degree of civility ^
%vhich has been hitherto shewn to him^ arofe
merely from political interefi , concealed under
the appearance of epifcopal negociations.
In this place a new charaAer, a father
Philip, enters upon the ftage, and Mr. edi'-
tor afTures us, that he is a perfon of great
penetration. («) He has already peeped from
behind the Scenes ; but now he comes forward
to wfite a letter, and this letter is nonfenfe
in its very ternis. Who is this F. Philipt
What cotemporary hidorian vouches for the
great penetration of F. Philip^ 1 have made
' (boie enquiries for F. Philip; but t cannot
difcover any eminent man of that name, ex-
cepting the father Philip, who figures in the
fiory of the geefe , which I formerly read at
fchool at the efkl of the French grammar;
and by the importance of their chara£lers and
the penetration of their reafoning , I fufped ^
that tbefe two FF. Philip are in reality only
one and the fame man. F. Philip informs us;
that the puritanical houfe of commons held
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fiicfa abfolute (Way, that no union ^th Rodt
cottid be expected ; yet if a recip^oca^ ageoej
between Rome and London were fet oo foot,
he thinks that this re-union may be efiefied
f?. PhiHp penetrates at once to the bottom of
the difficulty , and be proves in one letter^
. that Windebank is a rogue , and that Barbedo
and bis Panzani are two iimpletons. I fufpeft
that F. Philip wished to be employed in ths
reciprocal agency; and indeed a fmall degree
of penetration (bfficed to difcover , that the
mifcarriage of Panzani hitherto was to be
afcribed princi{>ally to his want of commoa
underftanding f and of common honefly. * I am
fickof his filly conferences with Windebank,
and I have the comfort to know , that F. Philip
will henceforward zQ. as confiderable a part
as Panzani himfelf.
F. Pliilip fieadily keeps in vielv the great
bufinefs of the reci(M-ocal agency , and be is
as a£live and decHive in ftate affiiirs , as ever
Cardinal Allen and Paribus wene in bofmefi
,of fimilar import* He traces out the qualides
requiOte in the new agent; and thefe qualities
would fuit a dancing -mailer, much better
than an envoy ftom the Pppe. (*) All this
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^art !s very agireable, but it evidently bdon^
to the mefttoirs of iF. Philip; nor can 1 con-
ceive upon what principle of jiiilice Mr. edi-
tor robs F. Philip of his property, (b
befio^ it iipon that 'ddll fefldie Pari^ran^.
iBvery tttiilg is n^w in ihotibh; the coia^r^
thickens; trnd we- Have hei'e aifothfer gre^t
inan, a Mr. Mdirtifgiie^, Who isfuddenly cott-
Veited to -the caihoitic religion , 6oiy ty oncfe
lacking at the ftcfe 6f t^rbtih VIH. <*) Afc
bgeiTcy at Rooie is ^t lei^gtU deterttiihed , atiuL
What a bbftle abbtit cbdbfing ihe iig^iii! f
>tvished for t. Philip '\ btit tielltjckily % -tooft
be'aiaytaan, dtflMft the agency "^j^ ndt
be reci{)r6cdl ih'^li itk jxiintisf lor a 'laytoa'h
>«^as ejcpefteii Frdn'Rbiiife , inftfead of Pahi^nl',
"becaufe ihe vJ-ife 'jjrojiflfcirs oF tHe plah h^ft
lagrefed , that » a fayman 'wt(6ld be -jhe fitttift
•» perfon to teriltiiiikte 'the difptrtes beiirefeh
^ the clei'gy and tte Yegiilats: *(*) Tfeb
(4) p. ij^i. ST asy increduloQ3,wi^,^liQul<t doubt of
this truly pqplib miracle, \et ^im reflect ^ .thSit it has the
^jime authenticity , as the meimoirs iKemfelvei^, fct^ which
%li; editor vouches, -kis feW- Aiuft wot W ftalffeiited',
bi^mreithis.^eKilemanMtas 4a<igHed ;at popish nirs^est .in
his juvenile .wmks»^.Uje ia. now mature in age» and is
going to Write a book of RctraSsthns. , ,
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^pth oF this wife mopve feems for onceti
have escaped the penetration of P. PhiC{M
but he ) with his ufual fagacity , oppofes ck
nomination of Mr. White, becaufe he is a
friend of the Jefuits ; while the fecretarj
Coitiogton-^ oppofes fome one elfe^ becaiife
he is an enemy of the^ Jefuits, and of tki
Spaniards. . ,Mr. editor may flatter him&ff
that all this will be fwallowed by igooran
perfpns ; k makes riaflexion fmile. Neidier
Jefuits » nor Spaniards , nor fecuiar , nor regular
prieftsy nor Bishops ^ nor catholics were die
petfons concerned in. this agency; the cooxt
had .neither imereft in .their differences^ nor
compaffion for their, fufferings. It y^s merdy
a political attempt tp engage the intereft of
the catholic powers in favour of the kings
nephews, who were 4il^pQflie0ed of the Pala-
tinate of the Rhine; and it was imagined,
that by flattering the, ^o^e, fome progrefi
might be made in this negociatioti. The iof«
troftions' given to Mr. Brett , who is at
length appointed' agent , evidently prove, that
the court had no other view; (*) and the
means j^ which it en^ployed, were well fuited
to that shallow :policy , by wfaitii ail its mea-
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fares were -direifed. It was however deep
enough to deceive poor figflor Paal'ani^ and
•ven his admirer Mr. Beriiigton ; tfaougfar this
latter gentleman has rehted fads, which de-
monfirate, that the king and his midifters
had no inclination to Yavotiir the cathidic reli*
gidn^ even when their own intereft was con-
cerned. For although a negociation fbr a.
marriage between the'kiibg of Poland aiid one
of the Palatine princefies was among the pri*
mary eommiffions given to Mr. 'Brett r yet
when the Polish king propofed that the princefsh
should embrace the catholic religion , the
condition was rejected, withdnger and difd^n,.
by Charies and his ininiders; (^) nor did
they ever ceafe to emplby the vile policy of
facrificing innocent catholics , to hush the
clamours and to pacify the refentments ofthe
ptrritans. The embafiy of Mr. !Brett was a
paltry (late trick, ana it deferves to be re*
corded , only as a counterpart of thp embafly,
which was fent into Spain , in favour of babjr
(Charles, by James I. It has howevef^ dif-
played the penetration Of F. Philip, ahd iht
judgment of Mt.Berington. "^ V
C* ) p. 209.
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^ I Qn^t nwi^ extraoeous mzttcf^ lo oidet
to fatiep upoQ imporQnjt ey eq^. Emba^fadqa
apd the PafatUiai^^ q^^ihs 9^4 the re-uai(N\
of chi^rchc^, j^sbops ?9d pf lefts » Jfefuus aQ4
regular are now ^iterjy fprgptfei) tbrQogb
f^veral^gesi, iD pr4^ tq,,o]imn a Cardioali
hat fof 9 .new and uqeji{>eQ^4 P^rCbiQ^get
9^ Mr» Coon, (♦) who.is.^, v^ej-y great iqmc
though by .fi^me nej^^u^si diftraf£l3Q0 oC
IMfr. edUoi, n/i^ pa^jt of ij^^r. Co»np great at-
€hievefi)(;iii;s i^ any w^^e displayed. Indeed.
I; pity thJB JVIr- Coiiff. A^ bis bufioe^ i%
to prociicie a., red b^t, and, in tlus bsii«Qilejrf^
juirfuit^ 1^. Conn H^ cg^^}^^^\ly dUappoiq*
tfd. l\ir. e^nns mff4^y^,^ ^ \^fi ^^%
HJljt. editor i was ut\(Ur a fffifikh. ^'i^
hanc^ a^ tih^ jrefijfol pf ^h? ];e4'^;it4 « l^Q^,
n ev«K .i^ £fp]^ xkfi% m bis cbanf^r oi^
w tbajra(?coupt. « (t). If is aj ausl^noi^^ Ut^
Qdr. e^iitpr^ I^as nqt ^fpfjined u^ in tbi^ pjacci
what tljiss gbara^er pf fl^^ Coinn was i aod^
we s^ iiqit even ^ara ^ j^pyi Vfi. ibiug
that Mr.- ^9?n M^\ V^^i^Wi in t^ cojorie of
the pt9y. Mr* editor ba$ pffrliap^ ouiitt^ed itt
on pur^fe to indicate, byi ^IVtinied £leocet
that modefiy was the principal ipgredicpt io
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tpe charad^er of Mr. Coon; bui^ ftJU it !^
painful to us to fee modefy fiiffering JenfibU
d'ifiurbance , cfpecially wheo this mi(chief might]
have been eafily prevented, by only givfng a.
red hat to Mn Conq, 1 expcfted that iigoor
Pan2ani would exert his influence to obtain.
a red hat for Mr. Conn ; but Panzanis neg^r.
ciations in England have been hitherto fp per-
feflly iniignificaot, that even Mr^ Montague ^^
the chief proteQor of the difiufbed mod^fiy o^
Mr. Conn, JMr. Montague, who, without^
the pdnetraiion of Ip. Pl]ilip *,hs^s difcoyeredv
the truth of the catholic religion , only by
' looking in the f^ce of TJrb^n VUJ ; ca|niu)t
now difcoyef what has be?n the pbje^ of
J^anzanis original m\^\otL He millakes th^
matter fo far , a^ to declare , v^ that Papzani
» had bjeen fbnjc into England purpofely tq^
« obftruft the promotion, of Mr. Conn. « (*^
Poor iVIr. Copn! Indeed he is ill ufed. Ijt
Mr. Conn had been ? pQmppusi blockhead of
a Jefuit, like F, Petr.e, rexrpmwe^xjedi by a
bigot like; Jan^e^ II; we ^igbt h^ve fpniul
fon^ cotpibrt in ktwg hup foiled in hi$t
expeGatiojps ofa, red hat, even by t;^a^,
ilobbering bppby 'S^ftmHr V^^ to ifri^hp^cl
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a red hat from Mr. Conn; to give Jif^Uk
difiurbance to the modefty of Mr. Conn, k
cruel beyooii meafure; and yet Mr. Berio^toQ
15 fo hardhearted, as to rob Mr* Conn even
of his own memoirs^ to which all this interefi-
ing hiftory belongs , and to befiow tb^ credit
of them upon his favourite Pan^ani ^ who
perhaps was fent into ^England , merely to
liinder Mr. Conn from obtaining a red hat. I
hope that Mr. Berington will have confcience
enough tt) make reftitution, before next eaf^
ter , to Mr. Conn.
The famous agreement between the clergy
and the regulars paffes again under my eye«
To what I have already faid about , it I wiK
add my aftonishment , that Mr. Berington^
who difallows the right of the pQpe to inter-
fere in our eoclefiaflical government and dif-
cipline , can fee no impropriety in the conduft
of hi^ Panzanr, who, without any commif*
iion , prefumes to cut and to carve for all, to
e^aft , to prefcribe and to cenfure , evea
where no fpecific charges are brought for*
ward. He acknowledges ^ that his own court
» of Rome was filent on the fubjeA of the agree*
« ment , neither declaring for it nor aj
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M it. » (^}Uaqueftionably the court of Rome
qould not countenance fuch a proceeding;
but what shall we think of the impudence of
it3 agent in England, who prefumes to in*-
fult. and revile thofe , who wisbed to imitate
the prudent reftrve of the court of Rome,
aqd to fubfcribe oo unmeaning deeds of agreer
'ment on points , which Rome had refervedfor *
Its own decifion"^ The penetrating f. Philip
difcovered in an inftant, n that the filenu
V of Rome was tf declaration in fiivourofthe
f) Jefuits. ^> (t) I acknowledge that this was
a difcovery beyond the reach of an ordinary
geniusi but'any log , undifceming as Panzani^
might have concluded, that the court of
Rome, by its fijence, intimated approbdtioa
of the Jefuits condu^^ and this conclufion
was carried to evidence by an^ order, which
the court of Romefent to Panzani, to fup;*
|>refs, as z fiandalous wriUng^ a manifefia
published by a few turbulent men, in which
this very conduA of the jefuits was bitterly
blamed and reviled. ( $ ) But Panzani la
fpeaking of their condufl, everywhere adopts
the lahgu9ge ef this manifeflo; he even has
theaffurance tp attribute it to the clergy, (J)
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khi he imputes the approbation of the court i
ftoait to the qvergrown poifrer and to the ftoAu
inftuence, Which the Jefuits had obtained.
In a tirord, the Jefuits are itifulced by pinad
and by Mt Beriogton ; they are juftified bj
the Pope anfi b^ the dourt of. Rome Th
feader may determine, on which iiJehooourt
probity, juftlce aind religioa are likely to be
founid.
It is a relief ttf quit this fuTky Italiao^aol
to meet once more the amiable name of of
favoarite Mt. Conn. . This fVeet man is *
length appointed, agent at London ; but onf*
tonately neither his general iherir, n0f p
his modefty cah fct'eeft him from the furtj
jealoufy of out urimahnerly tro^atrytfefli
iirho brtitishly diflike him , becaufe he b >
Scotfman. And yet Mr. Cotin ( for at leogo
we find a feiW ft rokes of his chatafter ; irds hd
gracefdl in his perfoh and difa'bte in his cbover-
ration , Wert acquainted With courts , vA «
flrift morsilsj (*) not to miehtton hh tjacoa-
toon raddeRy, ¥.Kith Kiftory dots oot Jf^
to have betn 6Yer ^ifiwbed^ feic^ting 6y '**
tefSfal of the fed hat « IdJieca, • &?*
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Tyrr. editor, ( for 1 will tok hmtte-'^
a -ifrord of all this belong[s 'to PattatA )
v> Mr. Cbnn was exctllemly ^oali0^fbr'th6
w ofBcQ, to wbich he Wa« appdhttid-^ «i ^*)
but by a deplor«l>)e fiegleA, Mr.'i<iBt{^. hfM
not prorkkd aay bonnets' ^fb^ Mr.-€^-tb
Tpettorati -Mr. ConiY lH>ids tab 'coiKmMiM
^th . Windebaok , h^* ttizkes'n& iHpiiiii t^
Barbeffni'^ hedoes iidt «V«ttf a&tffitlltf^elllitH
or talk about ostthi' 4ft ilK'ualiMi l^^lft®tf>
glish church With Rome; -^ the union hskd
now utreriy vanished'frbflofdi^ politick raun-
tWi of the cKAirt; tftr nci^rocal s^emS ^
other bufin'efs upon ^hi^r faaVidi* aAd Aie'tiMi(&
was lift to \k «fiefted ftlelj^ \:^ ^Vwi!/^
of ^ JefMtk.' PariimiF h'(M;e>^er^i» rf«
M eonfikncj^ Which • 'wa's* always cdtalf|>}claoiit
v» in Ws condua; »?i*f)'RiiI keeps the utiioti
in fight; and htjrpeMes\ (hit ilffpiWof hii
labours to eftba'ft « >< It 'will be r^rd«d (^
»» the reRoiars, erpeciafiy by Ihe Jefdits, fet
b tlie Me of theiV '^Miniptfvitt^ei'^ iAti
* exetnptipns^ n ($)' Tliii fpicofailibn''^^
a coniifaeitt ; an^ Wfied M/.' Editor J^bn^ft£>
*he riittbotrs o^ Mh Cbiid or of jjt Philip.,
tie #iH have a fair oppbrtiinity to fp^ci^'%e/b
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|el«itical privileges 9 ^nd w shew how dxy
militatie ygainft the re^efltaUishoieijt <^ aim^
licity yioore than the privileges which he lihi-
felf b^. affumed^ of raHipg agaiofi^. Popes, of
^d^pyiing U^eirfupremacyyofproteftiog^gaii^
^i$^P99>of mocking at their autboricy, of
coi^eimiiog t|)Ciir ipjonflions ^ aod o£ in{Joiaag
^s brethren^ who neithfr . claim thefe pmi-
jbsgi^ OOF conceive that he has any Wamac
40t)irrogace them to bimfelf*
^ ^ As !?• I'hiiip had recommended a redpio-
f^ agency » ^t.jU pfoperio pbfervc io d»
jpifi^^itl^ wWle,,IVIr^ Cpnn^tws upon his
^ad : to |Lctp|<^oiii5 Jp ;ife?fpl?- of; a, red- hat;
)(i/!ff.|j(»fiulton,aipther£^^^ ^offinefigiae
99 atu! of agreable and.witty coayeri^on ^^C)
^ough as much Jpferi^f. to J^Lr. Conn io
^pd^itjy as ^e was to P^ t^hilip in penetia*
|iai>>iAvas« upon 'the death of ft!|r. Brett^
^^inte4 relident ot t^gent at Rome ; (f) and
ji^e are ioforraed^ thai;,?* t^e Jefiutv were par*
n Jicul^iy diflatisfiefl with;thi$ agency, n (J)
]tf this.l^e fp, Ix givfs me a.^vourable opinion
of the Abilities and political difcermpent of tbe
• ^efi^its, XH^y, certainly had discovered ^ what
C»^p. W , iV »/*: : ; (*)P' ^»^:
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tliat#ideQk Paozani dad :oo^ (brpeft^ tint ^11
the boftfe aboot Bishops and oatl^ldnd Jfe^
iuits acid ooioa of cbntclies y wiu^txtem
political }^fsg\e^ of the king and die^craftf
^Vindebanks who havwg iffctth litcte tfooWe
deceived the sbortHfigbted Paozaoiv evp€£ted?
to impofe upon .the Po|>e vtitb equal cafe ^
and by thtOwiog put the iolfe iore cAfiitorA
fBvdun to catbotics^; hop^ to ettga^^fair
intereft for the reflolratioa. of/ the Palatitte
liEimily. Indjeed every peribti , who baa laoked'
iato English biftory ; ( Mr. editor atone
excepted) is acquaiiited with the nfSferabtaf
fyfiem ofcreepiog polilms, whicl> Jamestaiid
bis foe C3iarles purfned opbn this pbiati ^Not
daring .to aflert with fortitode the caiife of
)the ejefled princes , they addrefled tbcmfetver
atone t^ne to the Empetor^ at another tioM
to the . Ensperors emoiies; the weakbefs of
thdif sieafures was every inhere difc^med^
and they were every wliere>contenined9 deeel*"
ved and difappoioied. {f)' Not long befdrtf
die appearance of Piinzaoiih England , Charlee
had negodated a treaty of friendship and
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169. a36. Ami T. II. i p. 5. ad p. 16. Locych RefrGtr\
i. Xn. i.. I. Luwf e^. 4'ktiig. Ch«T. I. : • '
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COtmnercffVirUh l^in ^ (^) and fiifl
fin^ded by thedmd«i£k of the SpaoBh Qoan
3Q the bufioeis of hisHoieaded isatofa wtt
|^eiafa«la^ be i^oiatlttded^ that by the wt-
ceffion of the JRc|»e to the Spanish imeireft,
the^coQcerDSof tbePalatjaMe voidd at lengA
Ije .frftied to his JatisfiUUon. The mtsj
MiVi liMQtitcM hnfDediatftlfr iMreaks tbe bi-
fintfrtiQi the Pepb4 aaii-he recetves. from 1m
tniaiifwer^ which cM^ Pcriogton lay^ ttm
9i his. did. dot veIIviindpi^aBd..» ( f ) It vai
hoiweivet very intelligible even vAth ordimiy
yedetmioni aodifMiv Beriogioa^ ctonot aom
<tQiP(Mreheiid it, he .viU' never jbe fie to coib<
nedt andip publisfa; th)e mempirs ^F; Wn6^
The Jefiiits, who iindiecfiood tbe Popea n»
atng^: had; good tvafoqr^ta be dffiitisfied wiih
ztk^gwey^i in ^Khicha pretended regacd Ac
eathoHc' religion y^w fei forward by: a meae
and f9lf7feekfng: courts to advantt the Imb
^Qfl^Vi In tereAs of: the' fcjtig 4 tb^ had reaeRai
tobe idilfatttififd it^ith tbedQ)a{»dicy of Banaa,
«^ba»:tbQ«gh enlightemd b^ F.Philip, coold '
Aot penetrate, this trath } and ab^e all «
they had teafon .ta be diflatisfied^ to fee this
wQnhljpf^ agent facrifice the true intere^s (f
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^of catholic' rdligidiQy by ^ ^fSMttteMnerflg ' tSft
prpjeQs of a kW teftlefsandambittous pnefts^
whom the* clergy and tbe^ Were thiis left
to copibatv wd ov«r WhofB^ itt' th(i etnli
they triu<o({Aied* k was fome comfort fbr
them to ob&r^e the PopeVv^Ho ttt ohce faw
through the paltry Intrigue v e^eavdurin^
fit \ftzfk to dra^'from it AdM advantage iot
catbolvt religion} but th^y 'certainly did riot
^otsefta^ ttot the Pope atid they themfelvek
were to'heinfuUed by fui^h ledrtyed inen at
j|\Sr« Beiii^tim' and his piicfdnj- od account
of a mif&fciaget "which was oCcafioned ontj|'
liythekflaiery of other«..(*=y *Mr. Bertegtiw
imd hii ptfttwa i^y both y^^udy hiilb^y. '^*
When I mdifinqgk tbe feeon^ readjng^of
fhe^gV?!^^^ i<meain t^^^scdpt the thref
pQOft^l f9n^nf:e«> betweq; Panaani wd tl^
Bishop of .if hjfiheftcir ^.' wbi(ch[ np : pwieopf
could ppffibly wthftawl, Ifiom ivm ih^n
Qver^ tto' ^iJveiat tbe>m^' intfcel^iog feeof
?n; the wl^ol^ b^jj wbi<^s Mr^, e4y9r bw.
judicioufl y ref erved for the denoiument de la
piece ^ as thegildiqgof the gingerbread is kqit
10 beeateateijt. What apreity ^ a&^gfiory \
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Jff^w familiars bow eptert^usitss! lABni nureo^
a}»ow ariiver fropi Rome i (^).ftQd ic is all a
jprerent fm tl^ Queen; ^n^ jdia news of it
peaches J^^dqtk^ and the king is iflipatieot
to fi^e it; and; the Que^ is lying in; and
|Mir. Paqzjini .bi;ing9 all the: fioei things to d»
Qtoeens b^^chanlier ; and all the ladies of
qqality crowd ia to fee tbtm^ and the king
with all his sobles baflens to the Queens
Ipalace; and the boxes are opened and tbs
fitcet are viewed one by one i and Mr« Conn
comes iq'( though. dill .witbaut.a red hat)
to f^tisfy the Queeqs curiotityi asd Mr* Coon'
}iS^g*. IVPre fine piAures ; (t) and h0#
all tl}}s entefRuoed Mr* .Serwgtops Uttk
nieces, when they read un^le$ new book io
the nurffty! ahd h6w glad Sir John Throck-
SBMton is tttifeeib nkudhcuribvk mtmrpiMishei
tea printed bbbk! <$) and M#.' Conn fees
the king ^md- the Queen ef^l'rance; anH
IMr. PautaHi takes leave of the Queen of
England « (for hew could *he oiooit it) and
die Queen begs a red hat ifor ]Mbr.'Conn;(S)
• (•) p. aso. Ct) past*
. < $ ) *^ nuoams Qittndin MSS. is Dods papers . . . .ceottft
ii much curious matcer^ sod I hope will be given to ckQ .
^ public, n Fufth. Confide p« i^«
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and Mr; Com dauft firft do feme figntl
ikrvice to the church ; O abd the King
talks about Mn Conds red hat; (f) and
the Queen gixres Mr. Panzani t fine dia*
tnond ring; and Mr; Pansani takes leave
Off all the minifters; and he pay^ Us refpe^
to the ladies of the court; and the ladiies
fend their compliments to the Pope» and
they beg Mr. Panzatifis bleffing^ It was
the eiid of die year 163^. <5) Sh ixpIUii
Pray , Mr* editor , hvbwi vs quickly widr
the memoirs of Mn Conn. They muft
contain much curious matttr. Mr. Dodd and
Sir John Throckmorton may perhaps be
able to furnish you the materials ^ irhich yo^
may want. The negociation in favour of the
cadiolic religion has yet made no progrefs
under the ' management of the* blundering
' Panzani; biit fae is now replaced by a perfon^
ncellently gualified for the office , and you haVc^
informed Us^ ttiat his red bat depends entirely
upon the •i^nal fervices 9 which he will render
to the cfaurdi. . J^dge theti^ Sir; how impt*'
tient}all English^ eatbolics^ are' to ki!iow the*
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fefulc of Mr. Coons negociaUons , 9nd d^*
daily to learn, whether be was debarred from
interviews with Windebank, hf tbfi intrigues
of thofe eternal enemies of catholiciry , the
Jefuits. Your concife numoin of Pttn^ani coa^
tain only preUminary informatiaAi; they are
no more than a Prtfatp or. in Imrb^iiSian to
the real hiftory , o^, wbicb yoii^ are now enter*
ingi and if you fail to compile 4it, y6u will
alfo fail to attain the great eiid* of all yoor
labours ; for you have aflured us , that .«* yoitf
f> inuntions in publishing memioirs , (and yoa
n af:eaiAa&eriothekn9ckofgood]otentiOfii)>^
are to infbrrh and ttf inflruS tbanklbd;^ C)
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In expe^ation 9f ihefe ip&tv£tton$^ I muft
now beg leave .^. fpcafc » word to BiAop
Smidi of Cl^lc^doji^ who plays an inferior
part in this third aA; becaufe upon the crecfit
of the mf^rmaifon ^ which 1 bava httherto oin
tained , 1 have (aid that his cdnduA appean
to roe to ha>ve Jbeen indHbreet* h is indeed
of little c^eQiKifcfc at the prefent tiWi
wl^e^hfr prittfened or ambstibnr |(uid*d ^
fUps; butit i^of forme importawa'to sb^<
that Mr. Betingto^t i^tnwhin1ui$^ir^rtiSiH
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Vhiinitini^ is^ (ahdoobteclly without any ^d
Intention) an un&ir hifiorian, undeferring of
t£rOuntenan(ie or of credit, t am very willing
to admit , that the Bishop of Chalcedon was
a prelate refpedable for bis learning and for
the merits of his {Private charaftet; but I
afiett, that in his epifcopal capacity, he fee
forward pretenfions^ tsrhich he Was not war*
k^anted to advance ; and the Qifchieft', which
enfiied from them , will for ever ptove his
Steprcrdence. In a word, heaiTumed th6 title
of^ Epifcopas ordinafius Artglidt & SmitA , witb
alt the Canonical ris;hts and prerogatives of at
diocefan Bishop. He would exercife ordinary
jurifdiftion, though the head of the chufch
had vefted him Witb iele^ated\\st\{d:\(X\oik Only.
Since Mr. Berington received a letter front
the clergy ofthe weftern diftrid, in 1792, (*)
he may Iperhaps tinderftand the meaning of
there tierms. If the Bishop of Chalbedon had
been duly authori2lsd to eftablisb himfetf in an
epifcopal fee with ordinary diocefan powers^
in this realm; undoubtedly the mifllonersbf
the regular orders would have been highly
biameable , in declining to ^Id to him the fame
(*^) See a Litur io the RR. Tkcm. Fl^mn^ 9c. in afifioe^
i$ sMr hu addnfi 19 fBc catholic energy. Cogli1<iil^r7^a«
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fobje£^ion in the exercife of their fpiritual pow-
ers 5 which they every where yield to dioce£u
Bishops « in confequence of the canons of Trem.
But it was a truth, proclaimed by the 'Popt
bimfelf , that Bishop Smith was not a diocefan
ordinary ; and the Pope had not judged it ex*
pedient, in the ftate of catholicity , which he
then found in England , to eftablish in favour
of a non - diocefan , the economy which pre-
vails in the ordinary diocefan difcipUtof; («)
He had not enjoined fuch dependence ani fish-
jedion, to the regular miflioners, nor had he
empowered the Bishop of Chalcedon to exaft
it. I'he regulars were individually apoflofi*
cal miflionaries , under commiflions ifllted by
their own fuperiors; and when the Bisbqi
undertook to require from them the depen*
dence and fubmiflSon due to ordinaries 9 they
confidered his condufl as an encroachment
upon their rights. If authority is always juilly
jealous of its prerogative ^ fubje£ls are equally
tender of privilege ; and no difcreet foperiort
whofe powers are determined, will be temp-
ted J even by the appearance of good, to
(tf ) The perfoo, ivbo cannot difcover Che mntifes ibr
not cAablishingyJac that time, diocefiin Bishops 10 So-
(hnd , will not be well qualified to write the hiftoiy of
(be EogUsh acholic chorch of the Uft century^
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traofgreff \he limits, Which are marked The
greatefi moderation was the more to be re*
commeoded io the fituation of Bishop Smith ,
bccaufe he had been an a£live leader in the
party of the appellants , which none of the
iregulars favoured ; and having been promoted
to the hfgheft ftation over the heads of all his
opponents, he might have judged, that no-
thing but mildnefs and Moderation could win
them to his government, and eonfolidaie a
lading peace. I guefs that bis coQdinQ was
very generally diflikef!, Dodd kifortt»fus,
that the Jefuns libelled Bishop Soiithi; and be
particularizes one pamphlet, written by a Je«
fuit againfi him, with the title of liefp^nfio ad
^uMndam magnum ptcAatum. u This- boo4c ;*
91 (ays Dodd, raifed a persecution againfi tha
M Bishop from all hands, and was a leading
f» card to fet the laity and regulars , and alfo
9) the gov|Sfnment againft him : fo that few
n being, willing to receive him into their fa-
91 mities, he was tofied about, till he was
M forced to leave the kingdom in 1628; C^)
When Dodd wrote this paflage , hte bufineOr
wias to daft odium upon the Jefuits,- not to
be impartial. He gives no account of the
(*) Jic. P#/, p. 213.
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cootetiti of the pamphlet « oor htve I era
read it : but the ei^^s.of k ^w defirribed by
Poddt are fuch, ai authorise a conclufios,
that the work in <)iiellioD neither was noc
COMld be, a mere libel upon the prelate. Foe
bow could a ftripg of libello^ falfehoodi ha?9
tlienat^d regulars and laity ^ and aUb the go-
Ternment. of the nation from him ^ even to
fuch a degree 9 that ^w pedbns were willing
to admit him to share the common rights of
bofpitaUty^. Thefe are not the ufual dk&%
of a libel agaiofi a prelate of acknowledged
lefpeCbbility And learning , plated in a digoh
fied fiation; and if thefe ia^s be true , 1 mufi
be aliowed to think « that the Bishop had been
betrayed into fome a^s of great impradeoce.
His opponents, and the Jefnits among the(B«
inay have been guilty of others, in the pro*
grefs of the caufe ; but it cc^icems us not at
prefent to kpow the. detail of their difputf.
One circumlhnce of it is worthy of notice.
They all ackm^wledged one common foperior
in the head of the chhrch;-ihe caufe was re-
ferred to him, his deci£oa was ekpeQed^and
all were prepared to fubmit to it. In fuch a
difpofition of minds , dUERirences may happen ,
but fchifm cw never exift. The Pope pru*
dently forbade all contention upon the matter
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in debate; and though he could not pc/EBklf
approve the coodud of the prelate , in afluni*
iqg a ibtion and a power^ which had not
been allotted lo him; he fought to cover hit
honour , and he decided the main point in
debate, in favour of his opponents. The rear
der perceives, that it is not in my plan to
review this ancient difpute ; but , if he can
)>ear once more the mention of Panzani, he
will allow m? to remark, that the real Pan-
^Eani could ^not, by ady poflibility, be igno*
cant of what Bishop Smith had done; and
k is more than improbable, that an agent
of the Pope could countenance, or imaging
that Rome would counfenance or allow the
Pishops pretenfions* If the real panzani
did fupport them , be was 9 partial agent «
be betrayed the caufe of his ihafter , and
his real memoirs, if any fuch eti(l, deferve
m credit with refpefl to the point, in quef-
tion. If he difapproved the Bishops pre-
tenfions, this difapprobation mufi be at leafl
hinted in his mettibirs , and why has Mt. Be^
ringtoo fupprefied iti When the memoirs
are produced, I shall examine them nicely,
with a view to Mr. Beringtoos aiTertion in
the words of Dodd , h that the fenfe has not
» b^en at nU altei:e4i and that no paOage haa
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•» been emiitti ib the rehitioii. » (*) At prefent;
I repeat it again , the memoirs either deferve
no credit, or they are forged « or they are
firaudulently garbled by the editor.
Ttiis conclufion might be fiill more firmly
cfiabiished , if I chofe to dtfcurs the noted
theological con^roverfy on epifcopal autho-
fity , which aroGs from the differences exifitng
between Bishop Smith and the regtdars , and
which engaged the attention of the Sorbonifist
the French clergy , and the Popcl The Be*
ringtonian Panzaoi has not omitted this coo*
troverfy in his memoirsi ( f ) and I muft nddce
It fo far as may be reqiuiite to ^ew^ that his
account of it could not have been penned by
a mioifler of thf foverejgn. pontiff. For with
his ufual .partiality he , accumulates blame
upon the Jqfujits Floyd and Knott , from
whofe books, fome propofitions had been e^«
trailed and denounced by the friends of Bi«
shop Smith to the Sorboaq^ and to the univer*
fity of Lovaio ^ and ha4 beep a&ually cenibred
at Paris : he referves unhefitating commenda-
tion and applaufe for the archbishop Goodi
and the Sorbonifts, who pafled the cenfore,
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«nd for the Janfenifis St. Cyran (][>etras Au«
relius) and Le Maitre« who eagerly embraced
the opportunity to cover the Jefuits with
reproach. I do not mean to apologize for
the doflrines of Floyd and Knott, which , I
believe 9 were very deferving of cenfure, in
the fenfe , in which the Parifian dodors fup-
t>ofed them to have been deHyered. But
Panzanl,* a minifter of -the holy fee, could
not be Ignorant of the circumftances of that
dfiair, at once to noify and fo recent; and
iiill iefs of the condud, which his own mailer
the Pope had held in it. He could not fail
to know, that 9 not the books of Floyd and
Knott, but only fome detached propofitions had
been denounced to the Parifian dodors , and
that they had been very hafiily (n) cenfured
( tf ) Dodd ( yol.|III. p. d.) relates from Dil Pin , tlm
tke English clergy caoTed fimt fropofitions to be driwn
oiic of Koocts work entitled A short 4md modef Dif.
cufion of fomt MfferUcnt of Dr. KiUifcn , * Which they (enc
M to the facnltiet of dit ines at Paris and Louvaio , in
r, order to have theirs Judgment upon then, h Ac th«
fame tliiey fiiya Dodd, the book of F. Floyd entided Am
apohgy for tho tonduB of tho My apofotieal fuy 9e,
appeared , and Was complained of to the archbishop of
Parts, by whom both Were cenfared on 30. Jam 16314,
The Faculty of Sorbonne likewife cenfured feveral pro<«
pofitions^ eitraCted (torn thele two books, on tbe-^5. qF
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h the general acceptation of tbem , zbd ifl
itie fuppofition, #hich the perfbds ^ who bad
denounced them , conftantfy prefented as true.
And what was this fuppofition ^ It was , that
iht IKshop of Chateedon , to whoai the pro-
poficions Were applied, was an ordioaty dio-
cefan Bishop. But a mtniiter of the ho/y fee
Miployed in England mud have knov^n , that
tbis (hppofition was falfe , b^ thd exprefs d^
daradon of the Pope, (^) and that tbiscir-
cumfiance alone invalidated the Freocb ceo*
tthrnuf of the bme ]^/ Di'Avrigny ftys , (im.
Chfom. T. II. p. «0 " L'trcbevAjoe de Ptrit (<to
n GotAi ) foe le premier qui poru Iod jugemepc. Ia
if Sorbonne doom le fien Tur quatre-yiogt propofitioaSi
M qo'elle evamiiw en fen pen de cems. n Knorcs' vrorl
ins cranflated into Latin by George l^righc sad ^ru
printed at Antwerp io 1631. Dodd Vol. III. p. 10^.
•irho alfo (p. 105.) report Flcjrds l>oc* With the tide in
l^atin 9 ptittted at Rouen in (he fame year. Pron cbeft
dates it appears, that the archbishop and the Sorbonae»
Who cannot be fuppored to have etamined the boots I'o
their original language, probably faw no more of tbem,
thaa the detached propoiitions , which were fent to cbna
by the Bishop of Chalcedons Friends. The Work of Kaoct
here mentioned is different from the Modefi hrirfi ilfafH
%f fme points taught ty Mr. p. Keltlfin , in bis treatift ff
tk$ tectiflafiicat bterarcby. "fhis latter is the work 0*
NichoUis Smyth , and was printed at Rouen 1630.
i*^Sn D9ddP$l.IiL p. 18.
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fures.t ^ f^t as they^j^pre applicable to the
English regulars on the main point of th^tt
^difpute, which was^ the validity of their fpi-
ritual faculties. He muft moreover have
knovt^o 9 that the Pope had forbidden the uni*
verlity of Lovaio to decide upon the denotin*
Ced propofitioos ; that by the hticf Britannia
of May 9* 163 1, he had fuppreflfed aiid extin-
guished all controverfies and difputes, ok
t^hatfpeyer title jor pretext they had arifent
Sn tbecayfe between the Bishop of ChalciedOii
and the regular priefts and laity of Eifglandt
abd that be had evoked the whote catifii to
hi? own high tribui^I :^(^) that^^y apc^ther
/ . :( I' . ': . .' I r-:'" •
that this brMf Jf^^ nt vpr c^^io^ipally puf)lj«^, |n4^}^v;^♦
by mafiy, At the time., dtpf^ f^uriouro^ f^trj^ptitiovs.
t)odd.i8 bold to fay ^ ( Yolf llj..p. ij. ) •*,Tbjf fli^/ being
n only handed pn^ately abtout amoii^ the ]^jfh.f\p^^CbaW
n cedons advjirfaries , g^ve Jkon$ fitfpi^ipfi.t,^ f^^^^j
M t^,^t it j^jis either fpjutiQux 9r ^rrepti^joosl; tjowpyw,
"^^^c^^/i^W "^^^ P'^lJ^WjJ'l? c^l^^ni^^ »Pjy>9Ci«i not
A deUverfd by proper qipflcef^, JW* ffffy, toolf )yexy lu,(I^
„,npci9c qf if^ but; (UU,^,v^t on in ib^ ^^^Sfi^?'.'*^^ f^?*^
m wfjfi r^^;n Thh}%,\pj^9d.M bad cojppljgiqj^jjco Miq
]|iishpp|,a|9^ his {T\&a4fif^k9fo Dtodfi v.erjq uDidvjfj^ily
ca)J^.,a ^ar^^ ;. he sho^l4 ^avt avoided t;bi^^. ^0^4* -^^ !>
ft. pltun ackoowledgmei^t'^ thdc ,(he Bi^bopa fr»eirds^cQiKem«
upi a^papal de^ee> in 1^ jmp^ftant c^od^^^and <;9)clMd«4
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^cree of march 19. 1633, he had fappreJB&d
every thing Which had been written of pa-
blished relative to this controverfy , in what'
foever counti^ or language; and had declaredi
that he did not hereby intend to cenfure aojf
ic CQ kt (fmrioot , merely from die accideotal Saitoit cf
proper officers , in the deliYery. If this were craei ft
would ftroDgJy cbaraderize them as party-mca , and pto-
portionibly impair their credit. Do4d ^<^iV.> cmIU tbf
Bvll -a pretended decree ; ami yet fotfecting mil tfaiSf be
eniera/itiA hi^,CifrsmJoiic^i aceounp cfouurrwntts (p. 4^P
fis a real BuH fiUncing MJputes -smmg mifi^ners. Vox^
' were fomeclaufes in ic^ which might make cbe meOf wlioa
D6dd callr a patty\ inrish'ic to be rporious : bat tiej
ought JDiQt ID have a^ted in defiance^ ic y at leaft onciOcbor
fii/picifns were proved to be grounded on faft. The Ksliop
rf Chaltedon , according to Dodd ( p. f9, ) retirted in iSsg
to Piiria, where be received orders from Rome , to fetors
no more into England. The ufuaPforms of ^th\MH
bnlh and briefs in the ciirial 'ili^le , could not be obfenrei
in this kingdom ; and in the Bishbp of Chalcedons ^va*
tiod , nothrng more could be Wanted , than foch an ioci''
nation H d)e brief, as excluded rational doubt ot'n^
authanfticityr At Paris be could not fail to receitethil
from the' Nnnzio^ or ftom fome other qualified ageat. ^^
wotil(I be an injury to his memory to Ibppofe, (hit he
coilt^mnefd or negleded a folemn decree of thar Aipreof
authority/ fh)m which alone his own had been derived.
It appesfrs flfom a letter of the provincial Blond, teporteJ
by Dodd (p. 150.) that the brief was fent into Engl«a'
by the Bilhopy who had receivM it from the Nods^/
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aiuhor^ book or wor^r the cogoqsatxce of
the whole caufe beiog ref^rved earcluiively tOr
the hol^r fee- This condufl of the Pope cer^
tainly implied fome difapprobmioo c^ that«<
which had been held by the French; it snighc
even have aw.ikc;ped a fuijricion:, that it was
not perhaps quite fo eafy ta decide vitb cer*)
tainty upon the doArines> vrhich they had fo
precipitately cen(ured. But even allowing
their cenfures to have heenjjuii and equitable^
I maintain ) that no mioifter of ^e ho/y £eey
writing memoirs upon this a^air , would hai^^
failed to mention vhat the Pope had^ done ,
and even to exprefs fome deference and refpe£)(
for it« How shall we then believe ^ )diat tho:
real Panzani could bellow his apprqbs^ioa
excIuGvely upon that party vwhicht mpofi the
whole, bad been lef$. couatenaQced by th^
with orders to make ic public; tibat ic was published by
the Benedidlms ; chac ic had been ibnt bj Urban VIII.
to the general of che Jefoics, from whom Blond had
received ic authenticated in formd prohanid ^ as is ofual in
the Roman court. If ic appears unufuar/tVat the' brief
•hou)4 -have been addreflM to the BepediAifif and to che
Jefiiits; ic muft be ooi^iidercd , chac ic was inrcribed b>
Ih? Pope , « To che- nghc rfverend Richard Bishop of
n Chalcedony Co all priefta i^njd clergy ^ as wt\\ regnki^
II IS fecolar, ancl cq ajli the Cfitholic people of Bngfond^
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koly feel Ofl whatever fide I view the »
inoirs, the fame conrequence returns, tbat'tf
^ley Ae originaf, the paflSonate and fiopid
|iartialtiy of the man deftroys the credit of
them; and if they are the production of ano-
ther hand , then they are not authentic ^ and
they muft be nlnked among the innumerable
forgei^es of memoirs and tetters, which bate
been counterfeited ^ for interefted and evil pur*
pofes, after the, deceafe of the perfons, b;
whom V it is boldly aBerted that they have
been written.' (tf)
We are now at the end of the third aft; and
Mr. editor^ with the nioft undijlurted modefy
afTures us in the words of Dodd , from whoft
printed works almoft the whole has been pur-
loined , that the entertainment , which we have
enjoyed, u is entirely netp^ never before pl^
fi blished in print i {*) and that the credit of
•> many patticulars depends upon the uuthots
»> authority , and the imrinfic tokens of vera*
w city, w {\) He forgets to firengthen tMs
(tf ) Soch are the letters of Madame Poaipedoor, «t>y
#f (hofe of Madame MaioteiioD> and all thofe of Ck^
nenc XIV In oor' own days ; oot to mentioli the lettert
of Qoeen Mary of Scotland , &c. &c.
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credit by the tefBrnooy of the cotemporary
n^r iters , to whom he had referred us in hit
preface; but he fupplies every deficienqf by
^Binnouncing , « that his intentions are to infonii
93 and infiru£t mankind, n (*) Mankind is
highly indebted to him.
A new petformance never feen before I
I anfwer with the man in the play,
O ^tis fo noving , I can read no more !
lExlt Gregorio Pjszjni Juris mriufqut DoSor.
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PART IIL
R E M A ll K S
Oiy THE
SUPPLE MEN T
TO THE
MEMOIRS
OF:
CREGORIO FANZANIi
.ITT EH the pitiful appearance, whicll
Signor Gregdrio has DaadevI ani little iocU-
lied to wade through die teff 6f the play ^
and perhaps my readers are equally wishiiig^
to be relieved. For my own and their fiike ^
1 pafs by manyi drowfy fcenes ; but I truft;
that they will allow me to interrogate one new
player , my friend » almoft my coufin, Tho-
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mas White ^ or Blackloe ; for if I may .tftift
his apologift Dodd, bis mother was a daogber
of one of my anceflors ^ whole name is obc
ODknowo to ftudents in the law. This geo*
tleman, |y|r| Thomas' Bla^li^^^ /^as p^ecifefj
the boldeft enemy of authority , the tao&
^jHng ioQOvat^., thelboil violent party^maOf
tli^t has ever yet diftrafted our fmaili churchy
and of courfe<^e>^l2aS) of ^1 ^hers, the fiir*
eft claim to receive the hug of frateraitj
fromrhis /moderf ^epsefe^utiirectfae revereod
Jofeph Berington.
Concordes anima f
«•••• ^u^uoMfs 0eks firofiemftfe ckbmul
They have both eqoilly infulted fpiritail
Sathffruy y €^9ia\ly ijji its fovrpe^^ the ,h«I
6t the church i they have both equally 'revfW
Jefuits 5 the y ha ve b o ihc f eai ce l a fmall party
t^ ab^t their proceediogfj,, tl^e pme caUed
JStiai^klpifis^ jjhf other Staj(9rdjiar^ii they ia'^f
bo^h.been j/5qipal{y. ^if^oppjtw^qcf d , by *?
totdy ^ ^of), pftppie^ . by the mpi^ yinaous >nd
learned in^ij^^iju^ .of ihp «lergy ; thejr have
^o^b ^fCfi ^q^Mly .;^oaded |>y thi;, demoo^
iiidcpendenq^;, ^ijfl. have )^^Uy.,riuo wik(
with the Iw|l of/fipguiarityi -^ Ijut iriibatt
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l^ele features of fiaiilitude, there ^s ont
chara^leriftic difference between . them ; for
Mr. Blackloes extreme errors^ fay« Mf. Bcr^
Sngton, i^ere the mere extravagancies of ^-
tiiusi (*) whereas rhofe of Mr. Bering^ton ard
thought to be the mere extra vagadcies of
folly. Blackloes extravagancies ^ continues
Mr. 3crington , <« excited general nod<tes ao4
^ the ignorant, thie maUvoUnt and ^at bigoted
^ taking the aiurm; » ^that is, the ignoraiUi
the malevolent and the bigoted Pope Alexan*
der Vll) with his cardinals and dontuitorai
the bodies of the Tecular and regular dergy
of England ( the divines of the English college
at Douay , and in a fpecial o>an!aer-5 - tht
DD. George Leyburn the prefident^. ami
John Warner the profellbr, Peter .Talbot
ardhbishop ofDublin, Richard' Smith Bfishop
of Chalcedon ; the divines of the English fem»-
nary at Lisbon , and thofe of the iM^ifitkm
of Portugal ; the DD. Edward Daniel ^ Frahcis
Grage , Robert Pugh , Peter Fiftdn or '©h**
dulph, Silvefter Jenks, P^ter Hofetfrgh^c.-i
all the(e and many othef ignorarii'bnd'fkiakPd^
Jent 'llgois fbking "the alarm \ ""'Ireprefented
r^ Mr. Blackloe ;3?,ia.dang?EO«Si^inaovat9r,
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« andmore than Dottable in faith. »*(*)ThcfBft
of them, Alexander VU. bn the feventee.^
day of NoTcmber i66t not only condemned
fevefal of his writings fpecitied in the decwe,
but ev^n carried his bigotry fo far, as to
forbid all his other writings* whether primed
^or MSS. to be retained or read. Anothefj
Mr JeBk«U«d«"*»>'s*l«^"°''* to be contrary
to fundamental articles of feith, a°d plai^J
hereticali *nd he adds, that his philofopj
is no )efs void of fenfe and reafon, than to
theology it of religion and piety, (t) A thM
Dr Pugh. affirms, that Blackloe expended
io ie printing of his extraPiganciesofgem^.
confiderable furos of mpney, which wered*
JLifor better ufes. (S) A fourth* Mr.H^
bl^H, «fferts,thathi.aaoffubmUnaoJ
theW fee was- not only infufficicnt , W
even infolent. A afth» Dr. Leyburo, a pn«-
cipal wfumfnt of the clergy and g»».Yw
in^ogland, relates , that Bishpp Sm.th^
coibined him to fi»ppr^fs Blackloes net. ^
nitt, as containing diverfeaaughty,erro«e«»
Ld feand^li^s doarines. (3) Elfewfae te^'
(*-) Jild. * . ^
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reports'^ that he and others had often heard'
3isbop Smith aflert^ that Blacktoe had the
two marks of ao heretic, fingularity and
iiovelty i and he cites a letter of February to.
1660, wherein pr. Gage agent for the clergy
at Rome fays', n Blackloes dodlrine is in fo
99 great deteiiation here, that neither that of
^' Luther or Calvin ever was in a greater. '> O
It is^ in this work that the Dr. aflertSf that
fome of the chapter-men in Loiulondid liot
defire a Bishop, and that they deprived ybung
snifHoners of common charities, if they; did
not extol Mr. Blackloe. The fame Dr. I4ey-
burn^ who had prefided many years dver his
brethren in England and in the college at
Dbuay, together with Dr. Edward DifriiieU
by a letter of July 4. 1653 invite^ the clergy
iaffemble4 at London, to difavow and protef^
againfi the works of Blackloe and bis pctnci-
pal fupporter Holden , becaufe <« by the wri-
r> tings of thefe men, the purity and integrity
» of the clergys dq^rine, which was formerly
t> much renowned « had been greatly ftaine4
» both at home and in foreign countries. »>(t>
(♦) EttCfcL Jn/vfif. pp. 1 1. 56,
^t) ?pCtf. ^eciar, p. 14. & feq. Sec tlftr the^arw 9f
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In tht w6tk) in \rhich this letter i^ reporttd,
the Dr. proves Blacklo^s defines to be io-
jurious to holy fcriptyre ,* to cotincils , and to
the univetfal praOice of the church; aod be
shews that the extravagancy of them was
equalled only by his obdinacy in fpaimsumog
them, (a) I have mentioned the fepanieulan,
( ii ) Among the extravagdn^es 9f genius t whid
Blacklo« pretended to eflj^blisb , the principal were, ctt
ads of faith are falfe and fuperftitious , uolefs thej iR
frQuode4 on- demonftrativc evidence of the troth, wW
is bejfevecly 't^9t ignorant catholics , who ban not tbs
evidence, want true faith; that no internal iafpiriooii
tt pioiis difpofition of the will is reqoiftte to bead ^
Wdetftaoding to. believe the t^otb* of faitl^; tfaac Chii
didv no^ f ie fpr aU men ; that the facrameota by their oft
^fgcacy: caufe . no grace in the fool ; that no ftnlJ ^
delivered oiic of purgatory , before the daj of judgflKiK,
and that fufiVages for the dead are therefore vfchis',^
devils and danlncd fouls :enjoy happinefs , greatly fitrpiCBt
any 'that is enjoyed in this world; that they /a|<r*
mifcry , but from tl\eir own perverfenefs ; jthat if thcf
chofe it , they might be deliverea from this roiiery , ta^ ^^
they love thfcir pains, and are unwilling to be deprived o(
them fcc. Befides thefe dbarines , which Mr. Baifif^^
tnay call innopent thevrhs calculated to ««•/« iM^i>^»
Pref. to Hem, p. xxiij. Blackloe had the honour to a^^ '**
lead of Molinos , in maintaining a famous principle efn^
praftical tendency , vi2. that eiterior ads of fi« * ^
•exclude charity from the ftul^«nd that he ,' who »1»<>^
commit exterior fins , ftill retaining the Wxa otl^^^f
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liecaufe they at once dilplay the fentiiiieiit*
pf the mod refpeded clergynaen of the age «
relative to this favourite of Mr. Berington^
9pd prove that his priDcipal abettors were a
few of thofe meh\ whrf exercifed the preca*
lious jurifdiflion of what was then called the
chapter. It mud not be imagined that they
were aftuated by any particular intereft or
zeal for the fpecific opinions or ixtravagancUs
of genius of Mr. Blackloe : like all other tur^
jt^ulent churchmeOf they made ufe of thejiev
doflrines merely as engines to beat down efta^
blished authority , and to arrogate power tQ
themfelves. The retreat of Bishop Smithy
whom ^< they had a defign ;to jdeprive of his
r> epifcQpal authority , » {*) aCbrded them a
"Vottld Devertheleft be tdmitced into heaves. ' See Sum Vf
Dr Leyburns anjvnr^.^, 5. 6* .B)tc]d^ uras a violent maft^
Impatieoc of comnidi^QQ. He created hit opponents , tfi4
erpeciaUy the learned and vircu&usPr. Leyburn, as igtiQ-
rant men ,'fycoph ants , madmen, calumniators, hiding
ferpents, 6ic. A^-all infttuSiion^ Und of courfe all lear-
ning is progrifvi , Mr. Berington has made iroprovemcocc
upon Black loes epi^cheu^. S^^ hit^itiMny pf tmivetfMi ck0n
rity , ah%v€ , p. %o. For ^ fu?thcr account of Blackloe
Tee BlackUana iarejis olimin Ptla^U Si UahicMi ddkMt4 %
"nunc denu9 rtmfecntfs biporiM & confutath. Au^crt M. Lo^
in i ao f h4 hgo. See -nHtr Append.' *I*. X.
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fivourabie opportuoity ; and though the vi^
luous refiftance of the body of the clergy
headed by Dr. Leyburn,. confiantly defeated
their projefts, yet we find one of them (Har-
rington) alTumiog fpiritual power in defiaoce
of the Bishop, and prefunaing to exercife it
without any comtniffion or inftitutioo. (*) l^
©ay be remarked for the fake of thofe , who
wish to iludy this part of English catbotic
hiftory , that in the whole negociation of Pan-
£aiv, the meafures and deeds of tbefe few
men are every where dignified by Mr. Bet'
ington and exalted into actions of the English
clergy , as yfett the proceedings of the few
appellants in the reigns of Elilbbeth and James.
Blackloe , fay^ Mr. Berington , ( t ) v« deputed^
with two others , iy the clergy, to treat wth tk
Jefuitsi who with Blond their foperiort were
not lefs ignorant, malevolent and bigoted ia
regard to Blackloe , than the other gentlemefli
whom I have named. If thiis be fo, I cannot
much wondef , that they refbfed to coalefce
with fuch.a man; and when I read Bloods
complaints to Panzani of the writings of fom^
of his enemies » an4 his furprife that Faozam
can fuffer himfelf to be mifled by men of fucl»
C*)i^w.p. 41.
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ehara6;er; (^) it appears to me probable ^ tbaf
^l^ckloe was the iQan , whom he bad in view**
'When Mr* Berington shall produce Panzanis
autfuntic memoit^s , I recomiBend it to critics
to examine ;» if the forgery of them, may not
be traced to this man » or to fom? one of his
iew adherents^
)n difmiflSng this article of Blackloe ^ I muft
bbferve ^ that Dodd , both in his Hifiory and
efpecially ijn his Secret policy ^ labours with aa
ill grace to apologise for him and to exte-
nuate all his faults. The manner, in whiclv^
on this occafion, he fpeakf of the eenfurers
<)f books at kome, (t) was misbecomiog his
€hara£leri and the bare acknowledgment i
that Blackloe adhered too JUffiy to dnngetotu
novelties^ is indeed a flight cenfure of a man^
many of whofe doflrines Rome had condemn
ned as rash , fcandalous , feditious ^ falfe, er^
roneOuS in faith , and heretical; When Dodd
f eport^ recoirds , deeds , and other dead inftru^
ments, 1 value; and I efieem him. Wheq he
Ivrites from bimfelf , he* betrays the utmoft
want of judgment and of critical diicernmeot
^C*) UUitV^l. III. p, 153,
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Snd {reqcieiltl^ the moft glaring paftiatltjf.
Hence he is a wclcome^'writer ta Mr. Be-
rington, who inforins us, that *< he has feldom
t» known a writer , and riiat ttrritef a church-
f> man , fo free from prejudice and the degra-
^ ding impreffions of party-«eal. >> (*) After
a very few pages , in dating his oWn motive
for invariably cenfuring the Jefuits , he ack-
nowledges •* that a Jufficient degree ofpartialUj
w m^y ii^ /biwt/ 0/1 the fide ^ of the winters ^
who are oppofite to them; and cc fince be
fi could not ^eehimfelf from all party-prepof-
$^ feffion , he i^ould rather err , he fays , ifl
i^ favour of his own inclinations, than againU
*» them- »* ( t ) On this account he has pre-
ferred the impartial Dodd4 ( irt n^hom a fuf*
ficient degree of paftiality may be found,} to
all other hiftotians ; and the OTr/n?/y/2^ii' work,
entitled Memoirs ofGregorio Pan\ani^ is iodeci
moft clofcly cMtteSedmxh the feveral witio^^
of.Dodd, as far as the order of time would
fufferthem te coincide.^ The IntroduSion znd
part of the Supplement are to t(e read in
fuller detail iu Dodds Church Utftbrf , and more
]^rtlcu1ariy in his Secret potlcfof the ingUsh
frci4$y i>fJefit$2xA in the Bfjhry of DaP^
(•) Prcf. te Uem. p. Ix. • " ' Ct ) P- »'•
coliepi
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^€>It^ge; (a) and the middle a£l of Paozani
H^yer befurt published in print ^ may be fiudicd
almoft at full length in the feveral articles of
iDodds third volume , entitled , Ac^wnt of
Richard Bishop of ChaUedon , Charatier of King
Charles %. Lifs of Gregori6 Pan^ani^ IUcotd$
of PanXani /and Record:^ of/efuiis. In caark*
ing out thefe pointV of connexion bHf#i«a
the two writers ^ I mufl except the admirable
jpreface prefixed by Mr. Bering^on to the
memoirs of Panzaof , which I fairly acknow-
ledge to be entirely new, completiely original.
Paft ages have not its models foturity WiH
not produce its tivaU
■* . , ■ ' - .
Among the priecipal adbereijtts and aj^ettoty
of Blackloe , we muft reckw the ept^ji^ed
Henry Hotden » vhof? vi^dicatioa yf l)ii9
Mr. Berington has pjr^uced , like ever]f
< thing eife^ from Dodd-^bpt whofe e^i^guimt
which fills two cohimns in Dodd $ he has here
-xon^reiTed into a fing^ 09^. To this a^^Ai*
may be applied what t)qd4 fays of pa/cklpei^
i> He had many ejDew9¥' « which baf occafio;
>* ned a great variety i^, bis jchara£^^^; ^ »? ([^^
t ^ ' i. 'fT f « 1 ^1 " ". ' » ^ f f y;n'- * y n ' fc
; (4|> A ftnan work r^fw^cl^ ii.it i» not dptd^ bQC
podd VM the author.
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. bv rather in the reprefeetadon of his chara&r.
Holden beiog the friend and fuppoiter of
Blackloe, had in fa A as many enemies as the
' latter; and as Dodd and Mr. Beringtoo are
loud in his praifes j it may be ufeful , io ap-
preciating his merit , to know what otbera
^ve thought of him and h?.ve written cos-
cerotog him. The great fwny , which he is
iaid.tor have borne in the univerfity of Parst
is not allowed by Dn Pugh, who well knew
the man, and the charafler which he bore
in that capital. His words are, u Be6des
i» bis title of Dr. of Divinity at Paris, he had
>> little to make him efieemed. He never
fn could write ten lines of true latin; and bis
9> phitoTophy and divinity were proportional
n Yet his prefumption *was (b great, that be
9> thought none eqiial fo him , except the aO-
9> knowing BIackloe> as he ufed rashly* to
99 call him. «> Mr. Pugh adds, that u At
99 Bishop of Chalcedon ufed to fay of him,
u that he was an unlearned , prefumptuous and
^ rash man. f* Dr. Leyburn in his Encyclical
Mfiper^ fpeaks of him thus. uHe had enoogb
9f to do for his own works. For when I was
9» at Paris, Dr. Holden put forth a pamphlet,
91 uhbafeeming his religion and fun^oo^
f» wherein he accufed the court of Rome ^
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igcbraoce and corruptioD : likewHir tii hid
» fet forth a book much (Serogating from ifae
»» Popes authority. ^
Mr. Berington regrets , that we have opt
an epitome of Holdens Analjjis Pidef , uac-;
9» ranged by a maflerly iiaod ; for it Wouid
^ filence the quibbles of fome, and^the pe-
«A dantry of others, \yho difturb t^e faith or
^ the muhitude. n ^Mr« Berington intends
to employ his own mafierly hand in efiefling
this good purpofe , it is to be hoped ^,'}^zi h$
will arrange the work with more prudence ^
fhan he has arranged the memoirs of Panzani.
For though our Bishops are very indifferent
about thefe contemptible memoirs , whicb |do
Dot intereft faith ; they will watch a book, of
theology with a more jealqus eye. I give
IVIr. Berington this friendly hint, becaufe t
remember that , fome years ago , the authors aod
editors of the letters of Clement XIV had prer
pared for the prefs a whole courfe of theology
written by that Pope / with. a view ^to termi*
nateall fcholaftic disputes; (a) lyhen fome of
(0> Id the Lifi •f CUm^ !irif' which was pAtfihea
by way of preface or introdud^ion co the Letters , this
ttmtt of theology is mentioned is a ftudie^ work it
Clemeat , chat the then intended puUlcation of ic(^«i|ht
not cime quite nneipefted u^oa the public.
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th6 Ftefldi Bishof^ baviog Covered
pUo » bad imercft enough to prevent thi
sinpreflBon, though it wag purp^ely defigoed
p JiUnce. the quibbles* of fome ^ and iiu pedamj
of others. Our Bishops , unable to cootrod
the prefs , could only difcredit the work atnoog
the clergy; and it wduld be a iDisfi3rtoiie, if
^itiier their zeal should rob Mr. Beriogcoa
of purchafers and admirers, or bis compbi-
fance for Holden should tenspt him to £>r6k
the refpefi: , which , he knows » i$ due to tbe
iBishops.
\J^t. t>odd informs us, (^ that Hold^BS
yi complaifance for the JanfeniH Arnauldaod
Vh)s friend Blackloe , could never make him
»> forfeit' the refpeQ due to the fupreme paP
M tor. w j(^) 1 will prefently produce fome
jproofs of his regard for the fupreme pafior;
but I firfi: remark , that it is an happinefe for
an author to find a friend , who will not|
through conaplaifance , diBemble his mifiakes,
sor even his extrava^ncies of geniui.^ Such
in impartial friend, did the all - knowing
Bladtlpe pofleft in Dn Holden « wboiaa
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wo^ BOW before me, (a^ Tesiures to iifaf^
prove his language , as unujual^ untoipardM^
crabbed, and his fiyle and manner of fpeech t
as diJpUafifhg to the reader, though even his
friend. As an inilance of (his language and
llyle, ^^What needed, .fays the Dr. that fevere
»> andtf//izo/?^/?tf/n/jrexpre(fionof Mr.White^
V) (Blackloe) that it were a lefs crime to violau
m a [acred virgin upon an altar ^ than io JettU
r^ amongft us the belief of the Popes infallibUityf
r^ Why fo rigoroufly to brand the doctrine of
m opus operaium with the cepfure of pagan fm
«» per^itiptiy hypocritical witchcraft ^^ and wqrfhjf
9i no better refutation ^ than the fife I We should
M teilify, continues the moderate Dr. our
n diflike of the opinion of papal infallibility
^ with civility^ and not reprove the other
VI, (of opus operatum) as paganifin and witch-
^ craft. 9>, He proceeds jm the fame manner
to criticife, his friends harsh langnage^ wbck'
Uys j» that it could wt have happened better to.
^e dainned , but God and naturf rmift have been
nporfcf 2nd that tho/e places in (he creed ati4
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(n) The citU.of it is J Lftur wriittn h Dr. ff$id^
tn Mr, Gmunt concerning Mr. Whites truftife dc medh
nnimarum jiatu. Paris i(S6i. Id this traA, the Dr. la-
bours as far as he dares ^ to vittdicate^ escufi: Slackloet
^Yet\p$ QP the ipi^dlc ftat^ of foiiU.
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ytr^tmt ^f ^'JaifioTi hang concthd cf A
My gkofit are to be tmder flood of God A
father. « By this ftyle and manner of fpeech,
*• fays Holden, his dodrine is fo far ftm
» taking that effeft , which I fuppofe he would
» have it» that is, to be admitted and tccri-
9* ved, at leaft among the more learned fortd
» men ; that contrary wife it is thrown by and
» neglefted , if not quite btefted at firft fig*t
» Yet I find that amongft oar curioos Frencb
» wits (who will fee all things) it getshio
S, the reputation of a great geoy, and ofi
» very learned man. • This,itmuftbcownrf»
is a model of friendly criticifm. Holdcn had
already declared, «« that he had ever cleaiJj
n found Blacklo6s doarine to be thoroughly
« folid and fubftdntial. .. (•)0f this h« taJ
no doubt; but if, through coinplairaocetf
his friend , he would not fpare- hJs cr^^
jB&, can it be imagined, that he wooM ft«^
fice to him or to Arnauld the refpeft due »
the fupreme paftor*! The following short
extrafts from his letters in Dr. Poghs colle^
tiori, may enable us to conjefturc, »™*
refped he conceived to be due to him. (") ^
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(«) The colleffion htrt mentioned 'rtris P*'"'*'^
Dr. Pogh with the title of Staekltu mM. Thtoiif*"
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the filth letter be has thefewords:«Mr.FivtOfi9
«> argomeot .ought to prf^vaiU iftHu Pope As
«% Agadofthe church f not otherwife. For ih^a
9 the next provincial Bishops onght to pro-
^ vide for their neighbors, n Is then » Dr. Pugh
remarks, the Popes being head of the church
become a problem^ In the fourteenth^ he ia-
troduces a queftion about procuring Bishopf
from France, without farther application m
the Pop/?. In the fixteentb, he exprefles hi«
refped for him in thefe words : « Mr. Montaga
t» and others are fending or have fent t^
V kome for his holinefles .bulls t to begcc
f» English calves, n In the fame letter, which
u addrefled to Sir Keoelm Digby^ he digni*
fies thofe Catholics, who apply to Rome^
with the name, of fools i and he adds, a Our
» clergy is not worthy the pains you take for
9> them, nor will never dare (to a£l) {a)
^ without a Breve from Roine. «) In the
eighteenth ,. to the fame gentlempn , he repeats
the compliment of our foolish English catholics «
«f It were preferYtd ustiU 1773 in the Jefoitt coUege t(
Ghent. In that year , many valuable MSS. on cachoUc '
affairs , belonging to the Jefuitt ^ were irrectlevably loft.
(« ) There two words are fubfticuced ^ from a mocive of
'Mean forbearance y CQ the original Words ^ which are
much more cjprefliTc, .
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dtld ihed rubjoms; »> if the IndepettdaMs dd
» comiDue to feecmd us , I Tear not but Rom
M Will coutent us ; if not , ^e shall find fao!^
^ ft^OD cHewheret and if the Pdpe will not
i» leod us Bishops ^ it muft be done without
^ him. «» If Holden did not forfeit the rerped
dm to the fupreme pallor, he muft bsive bt
lieTed, ihzt papal di»s i^ttt eafily difcharged.
He had probably^ analyfed theoi) as he bad
analjfed faith , and had difcoveted , that rlie
ylght of appointing the principal pafiors aod
the quality of head of the church , vttxt mer^
ly the fuperfiruflute of the fchoots. (tf)
The reader of Mr. Beridj(tons WorkmS
furely have remarked « that , by an eafjf
aflbciation of ideas and ztk&lcfns ^lic cfttj
Where canonists thofe, whofe cbiief diftioflj^'^
was to have drugged againft fftaUished aa-
thority. In the midway between his p^fl^KT'
tics of Holden and Blackloe^ hi^ repuWicao
paUe beats high , nor can all the feveriti«
inflifted upon the catbolics by 4be HemOii-
verians , witbhoW him from eivtng a dcciW
(«) A short wrWng oF Dr. Holden, Irticfc i» ^^
kja uMtyfis fldiij will be fontid in the Appeaiiix N*. ^
and raiy help to throw feme Ught npon his ^^•'•^Iv
CO difcovcr the objcft which he and bU peny keptia^-
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pre-ettineoc^ ta the repobHcan, above alt
other fbrms of goveromfilt. (^) A few pages
after, the glow of liberty fliU fermeotiog, he
\ira&t over tb^ ruins of oitv atooarcby in the
lafi cenuiry i and doubts ooc , that r << had
M prorvideoce iadii%cd Oliver with a Icoiger
y% ipao of life 9 the naiipn would uanfmUy
^ have (bbmicted to a comrol , the. wifilom
«> and ftiiengtb of which Europe viewed witlt
^ envy, and that to this day, perhaps^ (itt
*n comnionweahh had flood , firia , happy *
^ awful 9 magnificent 5 as was tfaat of ancient
to Rome. ^ (t) A man naturally likesi to talk
of what he lover, though he mter; iadon(i£»
tencles. The ftrong and wife comroV, whici^
£ur(ipe isfuppofed to^have^ viewed with envyy
was that of the deTpoiio Otifw; aqdi if the(
fnretekded commonw^tb ^ as it exifted uoidei)
|hat uihrper, had beenoontinued UDtbepreldf^i;
jiay , It would not have been either happy ^
awful 3 or magniSeent; it would have beem^
perhaps, die worft of ati govefBaieMsy tb#
fepubiican excepted; £ir vxadast the felfe:hir<
of liberty , the^ whole power would \iMt <heef|
centered In one mattr, and ^ff^m oodic^ hav9
controledhim^
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Tbenext perfon, to whom I wishtolddre^
nyfelf ^ is the.R. Andrew Bromwicb, who
being condemned to death for his prieflly
cha^ader, in the time of Oates^ plot, iqtefldd
to deliver at Jiis execution^ a fpeech^ wbidi
is recorded by Dodd* (!^)Xiet Mr. Beriogtoo
tnfwer for him. What folid proof has be to
produce, that this good man took the oaths
of allegiMce and fupremacy "^ He relates it
as an undoubted faf^^but I cannot find that
it is any where recorded, nor do I tbiok, that
it can be inferred nt/ith certainty ftoa the
fpeech: itfel£ The plural word oaihs, which
Mr. Berington prints, in. italics, is the.oolj
l^oof ^ which the fpeech affisrds ; but is this
conclufive evidence? It may be a mift^^
in the impreffion t h may be , that Bromwich
took only the oaih of allegiance , as it is ufoaUy
ealiiid, though the inilrument comprebeo^
many diftinf): affeverations} and as Broowkh
was detailing his fevera} profeflSons of loyaltyi
h^ would naturally confider thefe , as Jo mao}
iwths; which indeed they were, and fjpeakof
thetn in the plural number. But it is not s^
eeflary to luppoie , that he took e?<D tb€ a^
c*)yoiiu.p.3sy-
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.of ailegianct. Ita his ikiiadoii, his bufinefii
liiras to place his CQndu£l in the moft favoura-
l3le point of view with the auditory , whom
lie intended to addrefs. If heliad taken either
or both of the oaths; furely he would plainly
iKive told foch an uncommon circumllance ^
fo fiivourable to his caufe i furely Dodd would
liave cpentioned it in the account of his lifir.
He no where fays in his fpeech , I /wore i he
repeatedly fays^ 1 prqfejjid. And what were
his ptofefiions 1. They .are detailed in the
fpeech, and they regard only the well knowfi
4lut}es of civil fubmiifion and loyalty ; they are
very different from the profeillons which arp
contained in the oath of fupremacy. He was
not then defcribing the profeifions^^wbich are
contained in thiroath; and it cannot be infer-
red from his fpeech , that he ever took it.
If it be ftill contended, that he took' ibme
oaths, (afnd this is the moft thai can be ^ton-
eluded from bis word^) it may be, that at hiisr
commitment or arraignment, to eviticfe his
loyalty, he publicly made the profefltons,
which he details in his fpeech, and confirmed
them in court , by folemnly invokibg the
name of God. If he never Avore ta moiri
than to the profiffions in his fpeech , he never
took the oath of fupremaey, ner.^ven of
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iUegiaHce. If he pretended that aehlier d
•diefe oaths tontained more than thole profc^
fions ^ the plea of iovincibte i^oraoce aloie
can excufe him. If It were required, I would
willingly fwear to whatever Bromwicb bji
that he profe/fed by the oatk$ befhtt his Msf^
ties Jufiict afpeac€; but I aever could cooTac
to take the oaths of fopremacy aaad aliegiaace
If tbeCe conjedures have iny force , Mr. BeF
itogtOB imift tlledge more difiJo6l ^odk of
his a£^ion , before he can propofe the exaa-
pie pf Andrew Bromwich to the imics^ioo cf
Us brethren , in fuf^rt of the oath of fr
premacy.
When Bromwich was tried and condemotdi
this oath confided of two parts; by one cf
which the ecckfialtical fopremacy cf die &*
vereigik was afferted, and by the othff, dec
of the firft Bishop was abjured. Sooo ato
die acceflBon of king William, the fijA pai«
was abrogated in fe^our of the di0emers;but
the.fecond part was retained, as Burnet sod
others relate , in order to e^cclude catbofics
from the advantages, to which the dHToiteis
were admitted. Mr. Berington finds tbattha
alteration has rendered the oath kfs tf0l^
cate4i by wjhich I prefume that he roeacs^^
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^ifjsaionahk to cothoUcs; <*) nrhfetos M iStut
icomrary it mu& fireagdien tbeir confciendow
difficolties, by esplaining to tfaem more fiiHy
^e metniog of the legiflature ^ trbidi woaUl
irith jofiice confidier the acceptation of the
oath 10 its pfefeot form by catholics, as m
complfcce renunciation of catholicity* The
<iatfa of allegiance was not more d&^ally
€isareJ fiom every oijeSion ( f ) by the changft
tvhich was made in it after the revolotioA.
For this alteration, by the omifiion of the
word fightfol^ merely favoured the delicacy
of thqfe fiibjf£):s.| who donbtidg erf* Williams
light ^ were wiliitig to fweaj: allegiance to him
as king de fa3of but it was not cakultted ts
relieve the fcruples of catholics » whofe main
cbjeftiom to it fliU fubfifi in full vigoor, as
Mr. Bermgtdn muft know from very recent
experience. The oiith of fupremacy, ctthet
in its ancient, or in its prefent form, can
sever be admitted by the profeflbrs of catholie
j-eligion. They can never allow, that tht
fpvereign head of the ftate is fupreme bead
of the church , or of any portion of the church;
and if, in tlie full latitude of modern cafaifiry^^
they should attempt to foften the rigour of
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^e terms by Mattering interpretatioos ; tin
worck of the oatli thus melted down and oewiy
modified by modern refinement , would import
a meaning direfUy contradidory ta the cont
non acceptation, in. which they are received^
and tbey would shock every confcience,
which refpe£l8 the fanflicy of an oath, and
cherishes . the virtue of chriftian fincerityb
The admiffion and acceptance of the oath
of fupremacy might benefit a few noblemeo
and gentlemen^ and we all fincerely wish,
that the doors of parliament were thrown
open to them by the legiflature. If the oadi
propofed a few years ago had obtained the
concurrence of the catholic body , the no-
bility and gentry might perhaps have attain**
ed this utmoft objefi of their wishes ; for as
the principal claufes of it were borrowed frocD
the oath of fupremacy , fo the real import of
the two oaths was nearly one and the fame*
But English catholics would not fubmit to
renounce in words any tenet of their faitb,
under pretence that thofe words fignified fome-
thing elfe, which fimuthing thofe words did
not exprefs. Every argument, which was
advanced againft that oath, will recur witli
redoubled force, if Mr. Beringtons fcheme
to introduce the oath of fupremacy should
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ineet Vith Aninteoaoce aiid fiipport; and tet
him remember, that not one wor4 of rational'
anfwerhas been yet given to thofe arguments:
they have been repelled only by proteftatioos
and appeals , and cries of flander, calumny
and defamation* In cafe providence should
permit Mr. Beriogton to trt& the fiandard
of fchifm among us ; in cafe he should declare
himfelf the vm told man ^ who is yet wanting^
io diffipdUihe charm of prejudice ;(f) the voice
of our paftors will inffcantiy eccho throughout
our congregations, to. aflure the people, that
an adherence to his oath will be an efifeAoat
feparation froit) the catholic trhurch ; and thus
his followers Will only conf^ of tbofe few ^
who may be already difpofed(to ufe Mr. fic^
ringtons language ) to break down thin pard^
iions^ and to range in ffjcer fields, (f)
I willingly pafs over the eofuing Cbenes of
Mr. Benngtons comedy , to make a paufe at
the reign of king James II. We are told on
the credit of I know not what TranfaBions of
Ae clergy^ that this prince refufed to admit
the appointment of apoilolical vicars, whom^
almoft in the fame page, he admits and che«
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tlsheS) and to whom all the cathoIu!9 Hi Ae
kiagdoiB fubrait, without aoy oppofition or
appeal If a few of the men , who bad ch>
noofed the toudeft agaiofl: Rome foi not
fending Bishops, now clamoured agaioft thofe
wbdwere ibM} it was happily a vain effort
of that fktsut tfHat ctf infubordination ^ of wlucfa
ve have ah^dy fiten lb many unfiaaces in
^e preceding years. It vnll be the duty of
litt future hiftoriao of our church to examior
and to detail the reafbnjs and the motives «
upon which t)ie Popes forbore 9 during fo madj
years, to efiaUish any epifcopal jurifdi^on ifl
England. At prefent I will only remark f
that this condu^ of Rome authorizes a wel'
grounded preftimption, that the reafons aHed*
ged by the perfons, who are fb mu<^h blamed
by Dodd and Mr. Berington for their fuppofed
oppofition to the eflablishment of Bishops »
had really more weight and foHdity r ^^^^
ttofe two confederates are willing to allows
I would not hefitate to fub(cribe to^ their ceo*
fures of thofe men ; ifl knew , that their op*
pofition had been moved againft the efiabiisb*'
ment of the epifcopal chara^er and autboritf
in^~our church : but it feems to have bcco
direded againft what they thought an uajufti*
fiable aflumption of power, and aUb uffi^
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fhe anfkbitidos defigns of a f^ thtn; hy whom
f hey ko«# that this liretch 6f adthOHty had
been advired. fhe utmoftc(M(<i()U«nde,^ich
they iofttred, Wis, that it #as tUtt iid iix^
proper fdafon to depute d Bishdji idtd £h-
glaiid ; stud t&ey fuppotted this Cbhre^utoc^
by i-earooi, drawn (totii the dtf&c\:tit ckbOtt-
Hanceft ill which oat thuf^h thth ftoed, both
^ith refpea f6 Btiicktores cabal, ihd ioihi
revolutibhs In ther ^ivit gtvierbfti^ht and the
' dirpofitiodS of the t>ertbnit , irho eiereiledl
poweir'durifl]g that ^ventfol period. Ifl ha4
time (0 c6lU£l, to difeufs and to, compaxe
thofe fealbfiS, 1 i^lgbt perhaps give tiieih more
i^eight, that] i feel itiy<elf atprefent di^pofedl
to TAlbvt to theih. j^^oi* upbh a general tetro-
rpeft to the fituafibn of £ngIisH cdthdlics«
Itotd the retifeat of ftishop Smith 'to the
deceafb of ChdrHs It, I am greatly incHne(J.
to think i tllat an earlier apbointment! of Si«
shops Woutd bave been higiily advantageous
to the iAterefts 6f r^tigibn; and'io the fame'
decree, f shall ceftainly difapprove the coti'
duft -of the feguldt j)Hefi> and of a g'reat part
of the la!ty , if t i>YialI ever (tifcover , that
tRey (€t their htei $^mh the goverhiiftnt o^
tde ehufch by Bisbb^s, and involved t^e ge-
ni»al qoeftiob itk the ^otofidejratibn b/tbe ia<
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eonveoieficies ^ which they fufTered £rom tk
Bishop of Chalcedony meafures « or in ^
prudential reafons 9 which may have rendered
a delay in the appointment of Bishops atthx
time expedient. Certain it is ^ that the difiur-
bances occafioned by the mifiaken zeal of
Bishop Smith , perhaps alfo by imprudeocio
in bis opponents ; the fa£lious and ambitioos
pretenfions of the Blackloifts, which aBiiiiop
would eafily have checked ; tbe general abr
mity of the times and the frequent perfecu-
tions which catholics fuftained ; and above all
the cbnftant reluftance of the civil power to
admit and prote£l catholic Bishops , had bi*
therto deterred the court of Rome from it-
puting.any fuperiors of the epifcopal ordci
into Eogland. . The acceffion of James U w
(he throne removed the main obfiacle, anJ
Innocent' XI inftantly embraced the ftvoo-
ratle. opportunity to ettablish a fyftem ci
church-government among us, which happily
perfeveres to the prefent day , and has, for
more than a century, fe^M^^d advantages touSi
whicli the wifdopa and pr^jcjence of our com-
munity will'.farely be unwilling to fore|f^
Duririg more than a hujndred years , thc^cathO'
Iks *, under ]ii\\s lyfteni , have enjoyed p^^
among! ijhemfelves , ( for I liere forget tte
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late difpotes upon the oath , which have now
iubfided ) their Bishops have been equally
refpedable and refpefled; no ambitious pre-
lenfions to jtirifdiflion , no complaints of
the actual ufe of it have diflrafled their har-
mony; the rights of the fecular and regular
xniflioners have been known and ibaintkinedi
^ the Pope, has been confldered as a commoti
father; hl^ decifions on our fpiritual concern^
have always been readily admitted ; appel-
lants and Blackloifis have been buried in
oblivion; — and shall this eafy ftate be ex-
changed for the hollow reveries of a reftleft
prieft , who , to the extravagancies of Blackloe ^
has fuperadded all the incoherencies of modern
* philofophyl He pretends in vain to tell t\s\
that the clergy oppofed and never approved the
prefent fyftem, under which they have To
long enjoyed tranquillity and refpfeft t jHe
reader now knows , hew eafily he^roftitutes
the name of clergy, to fan£lify.themifcondo£l
of a few individuals. He attempts in vain to
perfuade us %_ that they only acquiefced in it
from a preponderating loveof order ^ (*) , though ,
two pages before , he had informed us , that
the new government, had neither coherence
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por ordif; but was, on the contrary, « fiicba
ff ftate of infubordto^tion » di(brgani«ed M
** Bpomalous , a$ \mi not before beep («eo is
«» the chriftisin cburch, n (*) He <M»U5 1? w
io vaio, (t) otyef^ions and rempoftmcn,
|bted againfi thi* aaomchv^ goT«niiiKOt|
^OQi I know not what Tranfafftons rtiai^tt
^ Jfetti<tr eUrgy. The ignor^c^ , wbiqh tbq
l>«fay» of the (M-ipc^|e$ and nmvitfof^
tual ^'urifdiflion , are an ample proof that tbe|
mpere <iot the work of the clergy. Tftey wj
l^ave been the difwginijf^d qoiQpIaiot$ Qf dil?;^
flointipeQt or difcootent ; snd though 1 ^
no hi^oriciil grounds to C9II them tjje WQti
pf Mr. John Sergeant i yet this gentlep>9i»
tfqly qnQtnqIpus diffeFtatioo on poKfrt wbid)
^vs Berington with coipplacency eaUs^'
thai cf r«afoa « would a{mQ(l authorise m^ ^
attribute theip to him, («) To gi?^ cfi« qj*
C**)>»4. Ct)p. 338.
(tf) John Sergetnc, ^ti ^rnin^ot BlacWoift, whofeco»-
troTerfitI ^d^qituret ire deuJlcd bj po^ Vol. IH*
p. 4ja, «rc. Wit QtigifmUy ^c^ i^ ih« pw^wt *«^*
ac Cambridge } and lvaviii| mbra€e4 %l^t q^holk relifi^^
was ordained prieft at Li^on. He is the author of t
ffftcm of controverfy 9 entirely grounded on ^Tie enoofooi
prieeiplea of Blatkloe, wbith Me pa^isbed in a book
entitled Sun PMing. This book waaatucM ^SF ^^^^^
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xiops rea4er 9 tafle qt tUefe 4«fktB'mt^ \ vr^l
here copy., froqa IVJr. CerwgtQO, (•)«!» coa»
flttdtng psifr^^e; 3p4 fcbofar? kopw tbst th|f
paffage, as well ?« the firft fsnten^e of «Tery
lesiroed work, Ii99 a prefcriptive right to b#
nicely rounijed , fmoothed 9nd veneered. « They
«» ( the ^icsrs apoiloUcal ) fays the learned Joh9
•» Sergeant, have power given them under
M their hatids to do this, and all power is
n eflentially ordained for a^ion : and yet this
» power is not to a£):, and therefore in efl&d
n is no power « hut is difabled from aCUng«
■■ ■ ■ ' f ■ . 'T—^ lit ' H ^ ■ 1 rH '«' 3 ' >Ji* * BW i» i j ^11 ■ IM i» »
liad proteftant divities, efpecially by Dr. Pectr Ttlbot,
fftcliolic archbhhop of Du^litt ; and ft WAS dtfcnded \m
iFarjoufi c^aa |^y cbe amA^* H9 A^fl* ^ kave pofitCTed^
linaU ^tuire of Ul di|;e(M kQowledgaimuch pftfoniKioii^
and an ard^c temper , fuiced to the genias of fa^op ^nd
party. He 'was cloftiy coimedted Ita frieqdsliip and error
with BlackkKS, and aW» with onf famous vnb^Kevct
Hobbes. Among tbt catboliCi, be was bfiiaUy calleid
Blackloet PbkHn^ in i|Uu8o9 to t|i9 Aconiiry p«n> IfbS^
Philip Melanchthon a^ed onder LntHer. He endeavoured
%Q cooQt^nqQpe Oates* plot, by giving Inform^tiop to
fOfernmentof Ibmt idle and irrelevant converHitiony whi^
he ptttepdod to have heard from Jefuics abroad. Hie
MSS. aie cited with nmch apptobation by Mr; ^eringtoip.
An ample ^ccoynt of his ^hep)qgic|J g^fi^rditief imy bp
jfoond in filaMQ090 imnfi bifi, & (Qofifi. ly lAminuh
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n "vpbfch it could not be, but by ^ fupett^
*m power. Atrd what power can that be, bst
» ttsoppoficepowe^,the extraordinary power)
V Wherefore the extraordinary or humao pow-
Ver is the commanding and over-powerio;
n power, and the ordinary , which is of divine
n ioilitucion, is the poor, weak, fubieryieot
n power, and miift not difobey it; that a,
^f» the divine power has no power at all, to
» what the human will allow it ; for thcwofH
n agrees , that the ordinary power is divinci
n and the extraordinary human. « If the
reader has traced the evanefient line of rcafofl
IP this paflage., or.has mended his ideas od
the nature of epifcopal power, I wish him jof
on his improvement. Some, perhaps, willb^
as little furprifed , as I am , that the new
ipoftolical vicars, in the reign oiF James ff/
civilly refufed to new-qaodel an cftaWisbrf
fyftem of church*govemment, in compli^^
with the dedadions of fuch theories.
In fpite of Mr Beringtons predileflioii ^J
John Sergeant and his fyftem of epifcop
poi^^er, there exifts a lamentable difierenccrf
opinion between them; and I trufti ^^
Mr. Berington will referve it to form ^^^'
tide in his book of Retradations. H« ^'
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fbrmly maincaiDs, that our £ogIisfa cfaurA
and its jurifdiflioo never failed , but that the.
church cominued to be governed (though all
ks governors were dead) by the inferior paf-
tors. ( * ) This indeed is his favourite thefis upoa
this important point; and though it does ooc
infpire him with any thing like gratitude to
the feminary priefis, who, continued on ttus
happy governnunt by inferiors ; yet be deduces
from it the right , which refts with them oIom
of withdrawing their acquiefcence from the irre^
gular and abufive fy^m of apofiolical vicars
appointed by the Pope, and of vindicating to
theinjelves the rights of a parochial rninifiry: (^\^
Mr. Berington will pjobably be able to shew
them ^ how^ in his new fyftem, inferiors may
be fuperiors or governors , without deftroying
the eilablished order of relations » and how , by
their inferior fuperiority ^ they may acquire
parochial jurifdi^lion , though no fuperior go*
vernor should cboofe to confer it upon theia^
^ere may be little difficulty in demohdnn
ting this; but it will require found deduSUont
ofreafon to reconcile all this with the doflrine
of John Sergeant, who pleading with the new
apoftolical vicars for the continuance of the
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chspttr, eipofes the evils, Mrhich AiaftbeM
English ciiholics at the death of the then
«*ifting capitulars, fdr want of 9 fianding or-
dinary farifiiaian aftioog them. The firft of
Aefe evil* is, that Without this ^artding of£-
nan fWifdiaidn of the ehaptct, #e cannot fn-
fitly H eatttd a thurch. (•) He atkfio#icdg«
no other wdhutty jitHfdiaidn , bot that of *e
diapter ; and o€ courfe yfe had tto chorchi
before th^ creation of it in the reign of Jafl»e5 h
and we have had none* fince it expired «
the reign of Ja«es II. It were a pUf. m
t^ofoch can6ntfts ihoold «ffef about the ^ttj
teifteoce of the ehurch , Which they are te«ch.
iog us to gorerif. If they eartfiOt \)^ tecoo-
died, I hope Mr. Betingtoft Win at leaft «•
ftrua w,h0W, inhiSfyftem otinfir/ofgoferiufrh
we have efcaped the many pvils. Which job'
Sergeant ib Wofblly dreaded.
. If we believe Mr. Berlngton , better day*
were then approaching, for i/ prof id*»f*'f
indatgid Mr. Sergeant and bis friends v"^
longer /pan of life . (to ufe Mr. BeriopoM
• language, where he deplored the early *««»
of Oliver Cromwell) <'t) if thej could m
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Ifpaaned only half of the curferii eefktuiy'; tW^
Woufd have feen all their dfidn/tdUs fediieecl f6'
rlsgular concordance^; difir^ani/ed inJahotiiM'
fion yielding to the HapPy i^eii otfUtSortUtihMj
a' gkAeM/yJUrti ifiabti'shii, liihetice peati'aAi
tontdfithiij^ fio^i'ivery ichdfi6A 6f d/fiiiiiii/^
removed i and rtdeS tdid d6vi^, WMrkf pifi^i6f
*verf defcription , fecutar and regdar , muA bt
'^ireaed. (*) All this U efieaed By the irks
of B^ncdidXlV iii ^i ydart tfiS- aM t?^!
» to Ub injudfitbhs ; »ys Mh Berih^t6ii'{
« aft fuifmiitted, atid the' happy e^iSii of joff
A fabdfdhiatioft haV6 been ^xperiettcfedA V'c-'
rhy I tM&k, if idhd Se^iaot cdt^ lAVii
ffyatrnfid- t^iit sln(Sth^ HMif^6iihtttrjr ,' He tiftf^
ntni^ laV^ batdt tii« deduSRddk of, rtoJbdi'H
Wbdtd haVe fang t^ith jcly the NtiJic dli^tHii
arid ^oold ilavi t^roufly wished t6 be ^B«r^
tiiito Blkc&tdfe dhd his othtr (orefiKht^^. KiA
;^et;(fuch ire <hd dAorhilUs in th« chatkAefi
of meri) ^\t Kappy Ihhe of things. doe JOfdi
y^f M^ Mr; Bedhgtdo. ' loftead 6f y^^Mii^
ting t6 rt* itijuHdibHi 6t SehWifl XJfV, t^ij
jpablMer ihroiighbut Eiigland app^b' and
prdti^fi'r ^^iifi thVp^liii)^^', who ei6eut^'4tid
tnfdrc^'tfiliii. iDibad'of fiibaiitibj; <d Bi^
wdk^
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^hops , which Blencdid XIV enjoins^ he cxdto
others to difobey theto ; inftead of maiotainiog
their authority, he woxild overturn the wbok
lyftem^ under which they enjoy it. Wh^
an anomalous man ! Is he fure, that any other
fyflem , except that of the Throckmonoflisfl
poll, would pleafe him more ?
I have animadverted upon this parr of
Mr. ^Beringtoqs performance principally ftr
the fake of obferving , that the appIicadoQ
nad^ to Rome in the. pontificate of Beo^
di£t XIV , which Mr* Berington magnifies
into a ^quarrel , Was one , of thofe regular /f
CGurfips to a fuperior power ', which mufi bap*
pf n 10 every government ; t]iat it was prof^
cuted oil all fid£s in the mod legal foris ^
^u3iQns ^cf rea/bns pTtknt^d to the^acknow-
kdged judge , whofe decifion was leceim
with rerpeft, and has been ever fince obeyed
ytrithput reluflancef tc^ occafioned no cabalsi
Dp protellations^ no appeals^ no reclamation}^
of privileges or exemptions t not eyeo ^ ^sbt^
my knowledge goes, any private murmurifigs
or complaints- Would to God , that all papal
^ecifions on fpirituat government lo the (lays
ofEHfabeth and James, had been equally ref"
pefied! Strange mull have been the nifcoocep*
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tions orprcpofleffions , wWcli itidticScf Mr. Ber-
ington to exafperste fuch a proceeding into a re«
fraBory difpofition , a rituSance to cBey \ and uh
undervaluing of fpijcopal jurtfdi3ion\ (*) •Since •
the arrival of the Popes briefs id £ngtahdtand
* the publication of his orders « I may fafefy def^
him to produce a fingle inftance of refrado/rinefs,
or an a£l of difobedienee to epifc^dpal jurif^
di£Uob 9 untill the late unhappy period arrived »
when he himfelf became fo eminently guilty
of both. 1 conclude then with askings witii
what conOnence this man can advance this
odious afperfion , that the prefent.fecular and
regular clergy of thi ir^fterh diftriA are men; ^
yi die majority of Wfeofe ^nceftorsy if not
w themfelves, hdve refifted ^indefencfe'ofidle
«r iiAmunities , ' th^ candhic&I jurilHiAibd of
n BiAo^s in all titofes and ioalireafonsra(t)
• . V'J o: '^ ■• • * . ^ ■ ..
, Tbft remaining part of Mr Betin^ontf
SvppUmeat xtX^xtt to matter too freshen th#
recolleftipn of the public, to need any ftrib*
turcf upon It. Perfonf , who ha«e read tht
(everal pufblicatidns, which it ocoaftooed^ wilt
be able to pronoopc?: upoa the degree of cre-
dit, wbicb. his narratioii :deferves; .Theft ^
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jrhft bivft only bei^d the ecdio of that aoify
contf overfy # vithoi^t having lludied tlie pea-
Capie^t the political vi^ws, tbp diiappoim-
^SDeiH%^ aod the refeotineniis of the meo , wtm
occa(ioiw4 it i m^y form a jp^gmrpt fym
fffaat they have here rea() , wi^atber I pff& ov«
Mr. I^ogtoof 40P9^9t 9^ Ht ^iH^gb aaj
loabilitj tp .^etc^l hi^ %W(ffls aR4 tp rc^
hi$ mis ftatements* The multitude of 4i£m^
^hjch I h,9?e hitherto, re^f^fl^d , may be 09
iraffapt\ th;|t if I fp^re him io this latter emt,
|Dy forbearance p&nn<¥ arife from dre^4 ^
^0 .a4?ffT(¥y « y^^^ I l^ve hs^rdly fy^vM
\n^ ^ l^mc iri)th frpm the begiooiog of bif
^pk. Thp anticip?<e4 refutation of Jiia $a*
femQQt of fcfts nn^y bf f^ clft^^b^r^f mi
lie innftt th? fnsin, wM9fi I will in4»lgf Wth
f review of ? contrpverfyi wW<?h. fe:W»pW
father confign to a future hifiorian^ to be rc^
%ited, whenit mayghre inftru^^ooy Wt^fiboc
feviviDg animofitles. At pifelbnt; m clofing
thefe remarks 9 I will ei^reat the reader to
•bferve ^ how exa£Uy the ' three'' pirts of
JAti Beriogtons book dtmooilrace the realky
of the* imeaiions^ which^-as I iia^ed in my
^ddtefi) ififiuenoed ^hiiD' in ;tha coa^>ofitioo.
To beat dowii papal and epifcopal junfiiic-
tion J to vilify vh€^<| ^0 fupport i^ .to ^ittro*
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dfice a new-nodeIl«d hierarc^Ti e^cv wlth^
rUk of.crewng fchifm, is the i»wi olpje^of
(he wboie.warki and to tStd it» be hii
purfued U^^ tnu:k. of other iniiovarors, he b;^
falfified hiftpry* Witbout tha( artfiil addr^fsg
with wbipb genius can {ometinies deck w% Z
f^Ife phantoo ia tbe garb qf (rMth; without
even an appearance of tefpe^ for bjs catbolif
fea4ers« be b^ here groCMy prefumed upof
fhdr toul ^j^r;)nce Y even Mpoa tbeir ^bfplutf
stupidity, lie tUtQ atrpiritif^la^thqrity ^berer
ver be me<Hf it- Tbofet wb© at apy tim*
4iave opp(>rtd it% mod ^f ^QOniMi wepty
appellants at ppf perjodvlialf a d^sjfn ptacfc-
loifts at ^ifpthfr, become, the b94y of tb?
cathoU^pl^rgyj fi^ this vpper^ble body^ i»
^e firft ioiiapcf^ , ^wipdlea to a few young itn4
ignorant 0/fn, aliifr^ #r i^ntimidat^ \^f Je?
fuitti (*) In the (ifcof^, \x if 4e*gr?ded intoji
band of ignorant ^n4 m^kvpl^M Hgon, (t)
Evety thipg iindfr Mr- ftsringtpps m?nag^
fnent cbai^ei^ its ifiat^rei &£lf as v^tW a^ fe^r
fences ^ ar« (^^inupll; prefept^d, vUb tl)^
wrong en4 vipiys^rd^i. an4 ?» t^U fiigbf peiv
Raps pafi <of liiilpry, if we Britkb catbplipj
were really as ignorant and deflitute of educa-
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Amg as Mr. Berington has proclaimecl us i»
be« C"^) <^ fnan of fame letters has ao advajicige
in telling {lories to his ignorant^ ill-idugaai,
and unfashioned brethren : trnt when he iofolts
our underiianding to fuch a degree, as fi>
fuppofe us capable of believing the p^epofi^
rous, incoherent and chimerical talc ofPto-
zani , he muft then fur^ ly fuppore us to be
f^ill more narrow-nunded , more d^ciiBtinn^
tin talents than he pronounced us to be thirty
years ago; (t) he muft harbour the fioe
contempt of us, which by his own accouot,
the earl of Shaftesbury expreffed of the British
cation, when he faid of Oates* plot,«*^
» more nonfenGcal, the better : if re canflot
» bring them to fwallow wOrfe nonfcofe tbw
n that , we shall never do any good wiw
» them. »> ( S ) I truft however, that W^
catholics are not entirely bereaved of fenfei
and if they forgive the inftilts of their rcvilcr*
they will not be mifled by his wild narratioflS
to countenance his attacks upon power, ^»^^
It is now their peculiar duty and iotereft '^
refpea. -They know , that if afpirit of iof^^'C
ordination, has fometimes tainted a few mem'
(*) Stet$ en4 B^av, p. i6a. ft paffim. ^ ^
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b«rs of our religious community , it has alvay*
been checked and fubdued by that mighty
engine, which God has planted in his churchy
^iritual authority. Authority , eflentially re^
quifite in every government^ is frequently
* galling to huoian pride ; and when innovators
affed a zeal for the propagation of their opi*. ^
nions, it is not real concern fi3r tbeii; do^rine$
or their extravagancies of genius; it is hatred
of authority, which goads them forward*
^hey loudly .claim freedom of opinion , and
an unlimited toleration of all religious dodri-
DCS; they affeft to llyle their own errors
by the gentle names of har^ilefs theories^
or ranges in freer fields; and when their oppof
nents ufe the fame liberty in refuting their
novel doArines ; thefe refutations are incol^^
rantly decried as bigotry , fuperilition, enthu^
{iafm and fuperllrudures of the fchools^aod
Holden , the admirer of Blackloe , is called m co^
analyfe our faith 9 and to afcertain what we
may and what we may not believe. Cathoiie
' priefts on the contrary look up to tbdr Bi«
shops and to the fupreme Bishop for informa-^
tion on difputed points of feith . or of difd«
pline ; and when thefe prelates have pronoun:^
ced, the doflrines of Blackloe immediately
shrink into the dais of human.opimpof, which
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lAtntions Weo would fup6radd to the depot
torn df faitb. Mr. Berington iixipro?iog upo6
hh model , advances in a mdre dired list
lAftead of cavilling about opinions ^ faeattacb
bis edeiny in front , and at once invites the
dergy ^^ ^^'y afound him itod to witMraw
their dcftikjcince ftofh that irregular and abufin
iuthoriiy of th€xt Bishopar, which is the eter-
nal objca of his hoftiliiy (♦) He knows that
every new attack may contribute to impair it;
and as he glories in the deeds of the ancient
appellants, fb alfo he exults in the oppoftiotf
of his modem Staffordians againfi a princifd
part of that Jtothorify, the integrity of whidi
is neceflary to riiaimain the purity 6f refijfiati
iind the refpeft^Wlity of its mihifters. Eottirt
Reringtons mdy qo^fy this oppi6fition as tfce
aft of the catholic clergy ; ihongh this body
has teftified the mdft unequivocal drfappfoba-
lion of it , aiid wt>uld now he glad to Ut
Mr. Berington ftand like Iftnael , fmgle handed
and unfuppofted , iA his war agaimft th^t autho-
rity y which they fo touch refpeft M^nus q^
eontra omnts , O mdnus omnium contra Hlof^
If his twelve aflbciate* have tten hfs etrorsio
do6hine { if thejr blush to have adopttd one
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tof them in their ^h\ic appeal to tbe catholics
t>f England : if they dijQike his dsiogerous
political tenets; if they acknowledge the divine
authority of our Bishops i they will furely
remeoiber with regret, that they have un^«
rily joined him in an attack upon that autho^
tity, and that if their firft miAake may be
/- Viewed with compaffion , their perfeverance
\n it 9 in defiance of the known truth , will at
length be blamed, as culpable obfiinacy. Duo
funt^ quiB in errore hominum difficilhme tokran^
tar ■: prce/iimptio priu/fuatn Veritas pateat; & cum
i^am pataeriij prttJumpM defenfio falfiu^is. (*)
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CoJpT of a Letter fiok the R, MrMi^^',^ »,
t» the author, .. /. ,... >
f I
AAvS read the heavy ti^otkf whkk1Mr.&er>
Tington rias thought proper to antitle TheM'tmolrt
ofGregorloPanianU Ppor Abeillardf It |s evi«»
dent to the world 9 that he is playing a lo&ng
gamb; dthetwift ; piqbiAg himrelf , as I/li;qow hef
does , on cdntmand of temper 9 he would cenftinly.
not thus egf egioully lore it % when it moft of a}!
concerkis him to preferye it/ I was prepared ta
excufefome little ftillie^ of impatience; b^t (urei^
in there pages, in which he had nothing 'to ob^
jeft to his advernr]^/ except their alfedj^d w^nc
of moderation , common decency ought to Itfy*
prefcrihed fome bounds to hii refentment.
Pp a
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fit. BeriDgtont mode of r^afbnii^ and aftivgii
tl^0ligh04r iiKomprelAm^If.^ yMnagoke
Hbtanoakia gain the xfirpeA of the nation id &•
voar of the catholics ^ by reprefeDCiog theni) Ur
coj^ding to jfTopr juft Ql^j^e^yatiop^. aa-^a op&dioi^
JWi fla^**e|gars/^^) arid t^ eftablish its confr
dence , by inainUiaid§ 9 whitft peoal laws yet
hong oyer our heads , and catholic navies thra-
tened an inVaffon,'that'**tEe govcrnmeDt wbkh
«» is beft inclined to give us prote^ioo » bas the
fi only right, to our allegiance, j^ (t) Atpe-
fent , this ezcentric genius pretenda to cosdliaie
the regular clergy by a general B^uft of tiMi
and to win over the fecular' clergy to his plutf
of reform, by dercribing the patrons, the fooodea
and the ornaments of our feminaries as the rta
inftead of the fttppon of thtir religion.
For more than twelve years the catholic W
ptlyb<jh^W.bWV«
: t^ieir ey^jf, f^
Sif % you Ms^ssM
y ^jart gf )uS»Kb^^
^pdoinj;^ yp»,fe*^^
rvice to every ofrig^
[ppiunipi}y. Too wc*
pW to;*r5^,^>^*
errdri ; he Is re4u<;ea to ,the paif^rahlc Ipfciwcc w
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(nrotcnillog f^ ^a« be hu noc fe«4 j(iwr woff|:9;U|
W^hict^ the cliargei id qaeftion arr cootain^
"Will ^hc , public t which has pc^ufcd yopr wgr*: 9
give credit to this aflertioo^?, Cap ,yoo and I ami
l|dr, Beriogtons three cbofen frieeda admit it ^
^fter haviog heard him reproach ];oa « that jw
jhad not ta^cn all t>e ^Tf^tag^ pf h)m. io jwm
|atc work 9 that yoo might havf done ? ) am
glad to )tnow. Sift thai it is ypui intention to
extend your Ktmarki tp. thia;.n(W mafterpiece of
pur moder^i AbeiUafd; and: though , by the. ifl^t
%t yoMt pa|^ cqmeftf with hhns h^Kh by Writing
f^nd wo?d of moptbff I am /coi^inoed that xYm
CiUife is Jn. good hands ; yet I U%\:^p anxi«iy«
|hat fomf nqtica should be tii^en o| the pafkag^,
1^ Which J. hi^ve the honour; 10. bie perfopally
foncemcid. If the following TcmtTl^ oq thorq
pfeciTf pa^es yiould accord With your general
plan» you are xirelcome to somite ,t^e pf them V^
any way yoo s))all think proper, , ,
Mr, Berington sotToducefi|^|Ms remark! upov mft
by complaining, that my late work is intitled Ecd^
Mufticfll Z>€moj^racY dcteffed^ It is the firft iot],^
mation ) h^ve received > that the name oS Democrat
il uuacceptah)^ t(^ Mt* Berington apd Ais friendSi
The tu^tl^j^ ,:that in mq^ woiks, which ^re Written
vpofl a plaD^iffeieni from Tkr memoirs of Pan^aai^
thi; titif 1^^ i^ an aUEtraft of their contents. If
1 hive not proved my thefis^ was it not Mr. Ber-
ingtons buCnefs to shew this? He next complains
iha; V:jSVfrfv.(k^p.,Which^he took in running
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4^ lMfM|h t&y bOdS was p^infUi to him. ti I btvi
lib aothority to deny this iaflfcrtioa ; and I may
add 9 thic when I foccf down to write my worfct
iDoft aflfuredly I did not calcalkre it fbr the mnft-
neot of Mr. Beriogton oi of tfaofe 9 wtio think
With him. «< The* terms, he fajrs , which are moft
* ftnriliar to ftie, are EkretiCf Schi/hiatiCf fiv^-^
ifi tor f Hypocrite ; which however , he telly or,ii
sf» are not alwap; Broddly fpoken'9 but only in>*
sf» plied. 9» (*) HdW rerm^ can be famillwr to me
Which I d<^Ddt y^toif/butWhlcK where iop/fi
is a parodox ift Mr. Beringtons ufual way. In the
s>eao time it is ftMtala , that' it has never hm
aflerted or e?en implied hy me 9/th4t either Mr.Bo^
ington or hit lay fiiendt was an herftic or s
Jthifmatic I have only dcfm6Dtr#ted> that die
latter has poblishea Citings contaSciog bereQr "^^^
fehilte; which points if Mr. iJ^Afifeton thinb
proper to deny, I am ready to ctoijteft tben with
him 9 es I have three tiroes done 'With thelayzniK
As to the other ntifeentlemaiinke' ^^^ds, which
I am accnfiid of having adopted', X tsoBc pk^
goilty to the chafgc. The feft is , when I fo*
Mr. Beringtons friend , like Mr. BMngtoo himMU
in one part of his work recommending the oath
of fupremacy to be taken > Ct) and ia stJOthct
a&rting that the human law y* ^Miicb eojolBi^
this oath , « militates againfk a divine ippoiet*
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tti69t;;i» C^) I haye no ot^r ^etm exprefihre 6h
wmy jdev on. the occafi<m« tbaii diat of^c gl^h^
if^^ujift^Hcy. Again^ whtD I hear ;he tHme gen-*
tleman» iQ ^on with bit chaplain^ <eU the et^
tji^ic?^ that 124 pneftSf ^^^ ft^red;in the reign
of EUrabath «<.w/6te martyrs to the depoQng poiarert
m Opt CO their n^igioo; n (f) I koow of no
faftc^ expreffion j with which I can cjbara^tei;^
the milbhiev^iua falsehood t than bf calling It a nkh^
^'(^ifi mifripre/knt0iQn. Finely: whm the lame
m^Qr reptoaf hes me, in cocsmon wich the reft
of the catholic cje^gy » an4 in f he. fhce of the le^
f iflatore » that by^afion of «< our preftmt ecdeliaftical
9» government y neither my principles normyatle^
i^.giance are ibcure; «i ($) I cannot help tellifag
}um 9 in jihe iam^ poblic manner, that what be
advances 9 is an unMushU^ faljihooj. U is bov^
•ver remarkalivf , that « Mr. Berington ^ whofb^
deljcacy^is fo mqch shocked with chefe terms^
cany jn the very next page^ reconcile himfeif tot
^hp qfe pf Iang9«g9f which he coaM never haver
heard any wherev» but among the , collieries, of
Birmingham.
We are next prefented with a flaming paiiegyria
on^Mr« d^ingtons patten Sir* J. Tbrockmoi^toiu
lyith this I am little difpofed to quimel : on tkt
contrarjr# t ^iyc^t. Ber^^on credit for his g^
titnde to a g^nttequan^. to whom Jlie ha^ greats
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ftbllgi»9tti t imt Why u not thte flnti&iimtl«ri»
ter cqoslljr flnflMe df pifk, m be it ^f preM
favours P You,>Sir, lA?e reminded him of ft fool
old nuii> befood the high iiklairtiMB^ at #Mlt
ttptiife he Wtrfed 9 cloathed add Is^oeated doriBt
nany long jnein^ (*> cif tt^oHi all boDtft«ei
f^teak well y ^xbef^t- Mr. BMngtom , trhoffe coabiift
tofloDi to him Were^ to feir Ck>d » to hbooar tte
king aod to lo^e his 6fethren ; and y ec Mr. Aetl^gtcNl
]» DOC ashamed to eypfefs a HtHsh; that his di
beneAdor vftite ftripped <if all his property, flrf
is toever wearied ^ith mifVeptdteneilighimf is tU
tyrailt of hit Q^irttoal chUdtW^ tfbd the aitiby ^
this -opMitry.
The pan^ytio in qoeftion is; imjpoaoced io dM
to aocounc Ibr The loog controvefiy iirbiclr til
taken place betwten the laygentlVdMh iodltiftB
On this head, Mr.'Berlngton #oidd have thepoW<
believe, that it v^tf itficr th» 'Oortli*^ e^
fimtheni diftrtat wero prOviAeS-WiCh^ishopi, ^^
theiliyman aMvefied Aisletter to thetlergy, i^'^Ai
Be intimates , cbncatntd. notbing'-but la m^ '^'^
SI nocent theory, intended for the amaftit^^^
irithe learned, m to^liy ilncotineafed ti^'tft piic^
ttee, and that it' tras jult fi'ttkWfe fetS bWivWI
IWien I raiftd ItiOto ti flame , a 'by •tfc()wit^ ^^^^
fi'pots npon it. "t* XT'!) 1*^ tmtd^bred roddieft, Sitjt
t»^ld call -H^if Rat«mhiti a iitiOfMs tklfiepfil^
iation. In ftft the laymansrletterMSrJ dstf ^5^
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9^. iJSpff tiiiich was fome moflths pTtor to the
appointment of the Bishops of the ndtrthem and
routhern dtftrifts. Independetitly of thiSf Mr. Bet#
ington^ who boafts of hit bting «c well acqutrhittkl
»i with the works of his patron , i^ ctmld tot be
ignorant 9 that the main drift and tendency of hii
letter' was, to induee fhe* London ttergjf xt^.tt^
i^^emble and to t\t6t the gentleman , *^ whofe nb^
»^^ mination, he complained « met With oppoBtioik
^ «t Rolfde.. >% (*) It was not then dnitr anihi-^
prejjion thm-a departure hai been mttdi'jrdin ifH
ufage ef venerable antiqaity\3ii Mr. Bttini^otf itL
• ferts ,\( t Ji that the by gentleman wfore^ bis letter';
it wasr to induce ui to depart from what'We^Arf^
to be t^B praa;ice of the univerfai chuWirby api
pointing '^i^hops to two iraeaht diftriiflb. It i^ai
toot a fpe((alativ6 theory i'i>i6'^(cd fdr^thii'HiMdfi^
Inent of ifli^' learned; -it Was^a pfa^ical: call opott.
the wholt body of the'dih-gy' f- to new<^oiMl theit
cccleGaftical conftitntloefsr This -eflSiy would hot
fcav6 falleft xh the ground i if it had not beeib
anrwer«d« if \dsp nilty beJKve the auttibr.ctf ir'»
Whio iijformf us9\thlt fajs "bnfy ibrfbn foir nttticSng
Ws dpponentswas, that hfe liad corner to i-Ai^
fi teriftinatron of repritadt^ n his faitioos letMi
iJrhich he acfc6rdlngl> pe»bfm(ia. (i ) fhiklif (and
6ftl^r5it I hope ]^ou'WiiI renhnd thd jpuMic j
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th? fyftem thtt vat recoamended to m ^ wss bqC
%n:inn0Q^m one, as Mr. Berii)gtoD figdifiest boc
the f(lf famo oiirchi^vous plan , the. adoptioo of
which has torn the French nation fropi ciie livini
body of the church. It is true t Mr. Bcriof cm
waves the only point i Which it concerns the paUic
to know f by a device » which might leaft of all
be expeded from him f namely 9 an avowal of his
ignorance ^ the matter in debate, t am ixir,
he ftyst a competent judge. Thus the im\y thingt
which Mr. Beringtpn is ignorant oft is ptwifdy
thatt which has been determined by the lawfal
authority of hia Bishops, who amidft the applanfes
lef the furrounding^prelates and of the chief pafior
himfeif I ^ve pronounced that the fyftem in ^efiioa
is trroneam^ fchifmatical % and const ary ia ihe/kiik
^tht church. (*) ,He take^ care to predode the
,only excnfe that a catholic could fet np for his
pretended igi^orancf, bycppfeffing that he hasfeeo
the paftoral letter of the Bishopt^ which however
be Fidifules by asking ^ «i if any one cw tell , wby
9* the paftoral letter briiigs to his mind a meny
f» play of Shakefpear? n I have lludiedthis riddle
with the attention due to the enigmas of a great
mant. apd I can find no other folut^on^ except
that the paftoral is entirely, made up of qaotadoDS
from the holy fcriptures , the councils and the
Fathers : for it is obferved / that in proportion »
as any fubjed is folemn and facred, it is moftspi
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^o excke the mirtli of Mr. Beringtonr I have al(b'
Itudled another riddle, which he propores^ when
he terms my book of Democracy a Prologue to this
merry play of the Paftoral. To this I am confi-
dent DO oiher aDfwer can be given , except * ihac
ny work was printed and published feveral months
after that of the Bishops.
If yoa» Sir, should adopt any of thePi obfer*
vitions , you will alfo remark, that though Mr. Ber«
Ington declares himfelf m lacompetent judge of hit
patrons fyftem , which he intimates to be 4/1 in-
noceof theory; yet he a/ler wards givei it uj) as
untenable, by confefling, that the ofSce of con*
firnmtioQ or Inftitution of Bishops now refides
exclufively in the PoniijBF of Rome- (*) In con-
formity with this doArine^ you will obferve , that
Mr. Berington no longer calls upon us, aa hit.
patron did, to carry the fortrefs by ftorm, that
is , to give ourfelves ordinary Bishops, and to gee
them inftituted by the firft prelate., who will
charge his confcience with the farcical ceremony;
but to begin a blockade' by teaming and buljying^
the Pope and our prelates into the fame meafure. ( f )^
As iar as this modification befpeaks confcience*.
I give Mr. Berington credit for it. But will noCL
every honeft catholic expoftulate with him in the,
following manner. If it be true , that we c^nqoe-
have a lawful Bishop ^nnlefs the Pope inititute Umi\
With what face can yon pronounce a panegyric on
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thofb vritingi « which call upon us to refift Ae
^opc in the difcharge of this duty ? With vhic
confcience can you inTult the guardiass of tbc
flock, when they condemn the dcMftrine inqocf-
lion , a& if they had been employed in cealimsi
an innocent theory?
Iff Sir, you are pleafed to adopt the fuhftantt
of the above ftated obfervatioos, you will gnnSf
me io a point » which I have at heart. As ta
the pun, which Mr. Berington builds opoo cb^
tircumftfince of my being a meoiber of a cenaio
learned fociety, and which be employe inttcsdcf
argument through ten whol« pages 9 C^) ^ thick tte
may be left in poffelBan of it. It may perhipst^
current in the neighbourhood of BirminghtOi
though every where elfe it will be cried down»
counterfeit ; and to fpeak the truth t he owci fotue
plenfure to thoft , to whom he has* given fo oibJ
juft caufes of pain. I think it allp ufeicfs , S:h
to defepd either me qt yoHrfelf ag^fnft the chaip
of being Pharifui and Hypocrlus\ which tif f?-
thor in the abundance of his charity brings, api^
lis. (t) For the qucftion before the'catboJicfoW*
is not about our refpeftive merits or demerits, tat
about the orthodoxy and the truth of iil^ ^^
trines , which Mr. Bferingtoh has laid ^iforc ^^
on one hand, and. yourfeff ^d I on the otbet.
lience I would only; consider thfe accufations i»
queftio'n in a dofttinar view, I mean , ifitb rtfpcS
T^T Prif p. Mijlcc. ( t ) na. p. av. te. *
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toiche.oxthodoacy ^f the priodptett m wlric^i |f»
founds them. To prove that we are pot Chriftis^^t
he argues in the following manner* ^ Tl?ey bia^oft
ih their faith and they make wide their hope \ boi
9» the gr^ateft of thefe is charity , which evidenjcly
SI they have pot. I am then aothorifed to fay |
91 that they are not chriftians ; for they want th4
SI virtue ^ that is eflential to U% nature. Can therQ
9> be a man« that is not a rational, animal, er %
9» brute that is not fenfitive.P t» (*> If this cgr«»
gious fpecimen of grammar an4 Ic^ic beadmitted*^
alas how hav^ we, all been hitherto imppfed upoii
by our elementary books of inftru^tion^ which
inform us , that what conftitutes a chriftian is %
s> inwardly to believe and outwardly to prpfefs th^
39 faith and the law of Chrift« » ( f) But I forgptii
that Mr. Berington , difiatisfied with our catechifipsn
calls for one of a more comprehenfive kind , tha^
nay equally fuit Catholics % Proteftants , Presbyte*
lians ai}d Quakers \ nay I prefume I muj^ a4d Deifts
tlfo , if room is to be allowed in it for Mr. Beringtona
philofophical doubts, with which you have charged
him, concerning' tht vtry end for which wt wer^
created. If my chriftianity muft remain problen^a-
tical for want of my being able tp prove my charity*.
to Mr. Beringtons fatis&ftion , I have the corof^c
to know that, according to the fame fyftem. If
am not in a worfe condition than tho(^, who;
have hitbextp thought tl^en^felyes Cbriftipins-, lea.
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thett belbn^^ to irtiatever church they may. For
Mr. BeriDgcon roondly aflerts chat , «« all diurchs
f> are imoleraiit , and as Aich undiari table s» C*)
and of courfe » according to Mr. Beringten j^
m obchrifkian. n What now would any one Ibp*
pofe is the proof, that a preacher of the goTpei^
boond by the nature of his profefflon^ and by a
iblenn oath t to labour until death for the faiva-
tion of fouls 9 brings againft a brother preacher »
in order to prove that he is a Pharifee? Namely #
that the latter, on a certain occafion, profcffcd a
fbltidtude for this important ob]eft. The h&^
as yoo well know, is that Mr. Berington having
acknowledged in our hearing and in the hearii^
of his three fKends, that he had advanced many
Brings in his writings , which he could not juftify,
4Md even much more objeSionabiepofltiens than thqfi$
which you had charged him with 9 I thought it
advifable to remind him , in my late work , but
in decent and conciliatory terms, of the neceffity
there was of reiraSing thefe errors , on account
of the detrhnent they might be of, to the fouls of
many perfons. In return, Mr. Berington tells me,
that my anxietjl^ on this head , proves me to be
of the family of the Pbarifees. Since I am not al-
lowed to addrefs Mr. Berington as a priefk, be
pleafed. Sir, to inform him, that I call upou
him as a man, to avow that in public which he
is forced to own in private » and to dilabufe the
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puWic of thore erron, which he admits tfatt h%
hu proi^ated.
It> Che paflage to which I have jufk referred^ oQt
writer is angry with me, for preferring the an*
thority of Mathew Paris to his 0WD9 for the
genuine text of the conftitutions of Clarendon ^
end for having pointed out his inconBftency ia
profeflSng to defend the caufe of one , a wha
f» died as martyrs have died , m and yet in afler*^
ting that ^ this fame caufe wean but few mariu
ih of truth, n Let thofe, who pleafet be vtin
of Mr. Beringtons compliments and .dedications s
for my part, judgii^ from the literature and logie
Which he has hitherto difplayed, I shall nevet
• repine to. have him for my antagonift, but heaven
preferve me from ever having fuch a defender I
tf Mr* berington would condefcend to read
beyond the title pages of the books whic|| he
reviews » (*) I should be happy to difcufs <he
remaining paflbges in. which, as he ^ fays ^ h€
Unmllingly noticts me. (f) I Would join, ifltie
with him oti the queftion which he has ftarted ,
Whether , in the exiftiog circumftances , which
I have ftaced , there Was more honour and con*
fcience in our Bishops retracing the famous figna«
ture,or in their feeming to adhere to ic, admitw
ting that the original deed , which was prefented
to Parliament, were ftill in exigence; but I have
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ftbvM that «His has bdbi deftroyed, and a corropt
copy placed in the British roufeum iDftead of it. ^^)
With equal pleaRire I would weigh the fix 6b-
je^ofis , Which as I. have proved i Cf) ftaod in
Ibll force at the prerent day againft the oath of
James I, and Which Mr. Beringtoil» id his Qfoal
Way 9 fneers at , becaufe he is unable to anfwer
tbeni. ( $ ) Finally , as Mr. Bering^on is To fond
Of recording his o\ifn dil^race^ (*•).! would once
Aiore expoftf the treachery of that Janus -like
dath , contrived by the few perfons , who werrf
fti tlie CKret » to prefent one face to catholics , and
inocher to proteftants » and thus to deceive both.
But as matters ftand, I am feniible that this and
^very other kind of argumentation would be loft
vpon a writer of Mr. BeringtonS turn , who not
6n\j refufes to anfVrer books and arguments which
lire inconvenient' to him, but alfo profefTes not to
*ead them. ($§) There is then but one writer,
whoft authority I can, with any profped of
ftccefs , oppofe to' him >, I mean , that he will
admit of, and that is Mr. BeriDgtbn'himrelf. If .
you have room, Sir, I beg you will publish the
following short fpccimen of Berington againft Ber-
ington , on fome of the leading points , in which
his late hiftory diflffers from mine. You Well know
that the prtfcnt conrrsril might be fwelled to the
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bulk of nlmoft all Mr. BeriRgtons hetvf piiblica«!
\ions , at there is hardly a poficion of any Impor-
tance ^ that he has ^flerted in one page » which
he has p^t cootradifted in another.
pfln-OSOPHIG CONSISTENCY
\ OR .
BERlNGtON verfqi BjERING^TW/
Tht oath 9f fuprp^ac^^
X. One bold man, by
taking the.oaxb of Tppre*
macy ^ may ^iffip^t^ Tltf
whole charm of prej^d|cf
and reftoreus to the moll
valuable privilege of
British citiicent; Init^i.
ۥ AfM. p. II.
S. With ^trtiftt admi*
nble pr^ctfion are the
difficulties « that bang
oirer th6 oath of fopre-
i&aqr 9 thus xemovcd t
;; . r:. it
I.You^npwt^ifljpatj^
ve refufe;totpJc«*,„, ^ft«
fubjeft c^ ibe»B is f*
much, of a f<?l«i9W .%•
tare « a^ the GMU-ameof
itfelf of The JLiords fupj.
per- Wt arc requiircd by
^ef(^ oath3 • • • ro^ d^l%*
xe . . V that he, yhom w^
^n6der ai the ;he^d ^
our Qhurch^ h#s i)0/ fpjr
ritual pre-eminence over
us. A4irtfito$t(tProttft.
Dijfent. p. p.. 27/18.
8. Withr€gai>}>co,^iac
j>ar«icul^r atrptigem'en; ^
5)irhich appoijitS;;the^ifig
heiid of the chuii^i 9 wf
fiyov f it is true » oy^
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and it$^ el&ufet recooci^
led to catholic belief!
SuppUm^to Mm. p. 32^.
3. Neither beFore that
period nor (ince , have
there been roanj found ,
t^hofer^ minds were as
fenlafgCd' > ' and *rhofe
difcrimination Was as
accurate, as were the
mind and tjie. difcrimi-
nation of Andrew Brom*
Wich (Who according
to Mr. Berington t6ok
thfe oath of fopremacy ift
the reign of Charles II;)
mdikertfbrt has his ejf-
'nmple been loft up^n Us.
Supplem. to Mem. p. ^26.
4. I ftrive , not , I
hope , fuccefslefsly to»
imbibe his (A. Brom-
tricW ) n>irit and <*opy
his virtues^ Suppl. p. 32^5.
; didTent from it. Skmeni
Bthav. of E. C. p. 15a.
I wish to know , wbst
idea a Proteftaoc affixes
to the word htreticd^
which ^ in the oath of
Itipremacy he applies to
the depofing do^Srine.
RefflOt. to J, H. p. iiL
i. The moft refptaaik
part of the clergy ( in the
reign of Charles II ) de-
clared their difapproba*
tibn of the oath (of fo-
premacy ) becaufc , ihey
iaid , it obvioufly re*
nounced the plenary jo-
rifdiftion c&nfened by
Chrift on Peter , and
through him , oto bis
Jlicceflbrs » offeeding and
governing the oniyerftl
church.
\ We have men f
who found iheir owa
trumpets. Pref. to Mem.
P- .xxvj.
Juripiiclion of the apofloUc Jke.
*J. So univerfat and
undefiiied had the powelr
of Hbhie been ( at the
acc^on of felifabeth )
aall ut eccleSallical or
I. They ( the Catho-
lics in the reigo of Eli«>
fabeth ) admitted as €
part ofthdr religious be^
lieff a certain [aprma^
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J5?!fltiiaXV.k. that the
pfimttlve fjghts of a
firft Bishb^ could wrth
diflScuhy be traced , and
The whole fabric of hii
jurifdiAfon feemed far-
ther to be the contri-,
Tance of human ambi-
tion on the one fide 9
and of weak conceffions
OD the other. Introd. to
Man. p. 78.
a. How then should
a ftate proceed , convin-
ced that fuch a para-
mount jurifdidtion was
incompatible with its fo^
^ereignty, than at xmce
to break down the whole
xnafs? Ibid. p. 78.
3. Confcious at the
fame time that their de-
crees would not afiVa
l^i^hat was really diviAe
and primitive. Ibid.
cy ofjurifJimonyiivWii
tho'' in i^felf no reiafqaufe
of jealdufy , was thcli
often miTconc^i vedt »Si;ai<
and Bekav, f. 17. •
a. The Bishop of Rome
is our principal fuperior ,
as he is the fup^me head
of the catholic church :
but all his power being
Wholly fpirituil , has no
relation to cWil govern-
ment. /ftiJ.p; 1^5.
S. The rubjcft of the
oath of fupremacy ( enac-
ted by their decrees ) is
as Qiuch of a religious
nature f as the facramene
of the Lords fupper. Jf^«
dreji to Pm. Dljfcnt.
ConduS of the duhpiics in EUfaheths reign.
. ' fuftice, of the penal Laws.
r If the catholics had
aevet foogbt by isdireft
xaKmtit to have ^vei^ed
her Majefty with ile^
figtmencs "sgainft her
X. I will take upon
me to affert , that du-
ring the long period of
forty four years ^ during
Which Elifabeth fwayed
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crown » '•'•'• if^ Jefiiits
had never been agents
in thofe bloody defigns
of Throckmorton » Par^
and Squires, ... moft
tfluredly the ftate would
have love^ bs , or at
Icaft have borne with
us ; there then had been
no fpeech of racks and
torturer &c. Introdu9.
P* P* 35* S^- citt6, from
WatfoDS libel by Mr.Be^
fiogcon» in fupport of
his own refleftions.
a. The caufe* of the
SD&nv feverities exercifed
on Catholics wer^ the
enterprifes of difaffisd^ed
inen. Introd. p* 70.
3; Kone were ever
vexed , f6r that he was
i^ithtrr prieft or cathotic.
Watjbni libel as ahbve.
the fcefitre » her . .
fubjefts t though ^nf^
Jhdaad per/bcmud^ were
not goilty of ose «ff of
jtreafon or rebellion. JkM
oadBchav. p. a€.
%. The catholics Biik
merited the tresimeut that
fell upon them ; and cod-
fequently the laws of bcf
(Elifabeths) reiga wot
Srannital and unjuft-
juil caufe was ever
given to provoke tin
enadion of the peas
Haws. Jtdd. p. l$4»
3. The prifons were
filled with delinquenu,
vhofe fole crime wis
praying in the maoBer
their ^confcienees direcp
ted- Ibid. p. 3$. Bift-
Wii raihlved to return
thanks (for the defeat
Of the ar^nada) id a fa*
«dfice of human vidiiiSi
Tbexse was not the fiml-
left guilt ateongft dia
shirty pri^ % who ttea
fufiered. Ibid. p. a4.
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4« It was cot for tny
tenet of catholic faith t
that the clergy Were ex-
pored to profecution.
/taroJ. p. 34.
5. They (the miffio-
mry pricfti ) feemed to
confider thetDfelves as
the ibbjeds of a foreign
mafter , whofe foVereign-
ty was paramoimc and
whofe will wis fopreme.
iUd. p. 54.
6. TThey had returned
^ith commiffions from
Cardinal Allen and his
liolinefs under the po-
Utive inhibition of the
law, to diftorb the efta-
Mithed faith of the coun-
try , and to bring it
again nnder the controoU
ing jorliaiAioii of the
Roaap Bisbop. Jkli.
4. whoever denied the
Queens fupremacy » was
made guilty of high trea-
fon, Jntrad. pp. 5. f.
To receive the order of
priefthood abroad # Mm
exetcife any ilpiritiid
fundion..« wete naadi
aAs of high trtafon. Stait
and Sehav. p. a5. The
laws had now declared
the proftflBon of their
(the catholics) itligioSi
to be treafod agaitift tte
itate. Jbul. p. si.
5. The cathcriies mrf-
rtrfaliy acknowledged
her (Elilkbetlis) titles*
and on every occAOon
were ready to ftipport
her dignity and defend
her civil rights. TAcycMify
did not think htr tim
/plriiual head of thelt
church. Jbld. pp. 16. 97.
6. It isfaid, thatpo^
pish priefts have an un-
bounded zeal for making
profely tes. Were it truc^
I fee no reproach in tlie
charge. It proves thai;
they are fincere in their
religious belief) tie,..
Jbld. p. 064. Set <(//&
Mr. Berlngtont c§lh^^
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The Senunaries.
I Oor snceftorr were
onwife in founding fo«
reign houfes of educa-
tloD. Jbid. p. dS*
0. This fecefiioD (of
Cardinal Allen and other
catholics) I lament. Had
they continued the prac-
tice of their religion in
retirement... had tliey
4iftributed inftrudtioh ,
Without clamour , to
thofe that claimed it &c. .
Jbid. p. 00. '
3. If we had founded
no foreign feminaries^
we had provoked no
peiial laws. Ibid. p. 29.
4.^In (theft) ftmiuar
rles , machinations , jlbaie
rea^ , fome iiditious
were inceflantly prafti*
I . This fcheme(of foonf
ding feminaries abroad)
was the only means now
left of preferving from
utter ruin the fmall re-
mains of catholicity in
England. Jbid. p. 171.
a. The catholics were
now compelled to feek
for education in foreign
countries. They were
compelled to retire for
education to Rheims ani
Rome. Ibid. pp. i5 ani
17. To worshijUGod after
the old farm was proM'^
bited in public and pnr
vate. Ibid. p. 25.
3. It wasacrueL;ftretdi
of defpotifm to fubjed
thofe , who should fend
their cfaQdreo abroad 1
to hard penalties, and
at the fame time not
to allow them to be
educated at home, ooleft
they took oaths, wbick
in their confcience they
diought unlawful. Ibid.
p. 171.
Animoarwasfpread,..
that in. the collies at
Rheims and Rome , ta
which plates the eacho-
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&d f as it was ranoured , lies had been eofnpelle4
ftgAinft ibe queen, to retire for education j
. , a plot had been formea
to fubvert the govern-
tnent and todeftroythe
queen. "Never was there
a more' g^dundlefs char-
f c ; for . . * it pofleffed
not 6M fingle atom of
] the moift diftant; truth*
Ibid. p. 30,
. ' Dochine ofSubmij[]^on.
X In one Jnftahce the
catholics wtre, highly
hlamcable. They were
?ufillaDinlous or impoU-
ic enough' . to (permit
S\e fpurious oifspring of
enfy Vni. , whpfe dif.
poficions ttiey well knew,
to mount the imperial
throne of England. The
jConfequeiices of this pal-
jpable miKohdgft . they
and their ^children havQ '
feverely Telt. Qnr fellow
fufferers in Pfaftce-, ( the
Huguenots ,) would have
played a better game.
RefieEl. to I. B. p. viij.
I. All the Bishops and
clergy, to^theirpralfcb^
It ffokcn , in filent re-
fignation bowed' thcit
beads (to thJ eftablish^
inent of the Reformat
tion.) To reftore their'
religion by violence &c...
were rules of conduft^
Which , under moi;e than
the common ' irritaiiooa
of human pslflions, thejf
Bohly difdained to fol-
low. Intrad pp: 15. i(f.
Odtk of King fames /.
'1; Many catholfcs ,
whofe principles were
found and loyal » fe*
I. The oath (of Jt,
mes I. ) was drawn up^
tiiher fropa defign or ig«
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^oofly defired to offer a
foimcaltefi. lo this view
the oach of allegiance
lir^s fraiped ^ to Which «
it was thought, every
catholic Would chearfully
fobrcribe* who did not
Delieve the iBjishop of
Rome had power to de-
pofe kings apd give
away their dominions...
The oath , When tende-
red 9 was taken by many
pitholics 9 clergy and
laity , and a ray of re-
turning happinefs glea-
med around them. But
t cipud foon gathered on
the ieven hills. Introd:
9. CadWallador and
Prury died ^ &c. becaiife
they would not declare,
thai the Roman pontiff
had no right to dethrone
princes, (that is^ they
refufed to take the oath
of James I. ) Jbid. p. 85.
norance , in terms which
were likely to raife dif-
ficultiesr, and 'to perplex
the tender confeiences
of the befl diCpofcd. They
ipho framed it, 9 wUhtd
rather to divide^ than to
conciliate the p4a'ty. By
fome it was approved
and taken ; whilu others
equally well inclined t
confidered k as bearing
hard on tenets, in which
they
WasD
jurors
moili]
Ihefe
daily
plete
Roma
fered.
hav p. 33.
a. The oath of James
was rejected , not merely
for its renunciation df
the depolin^power. Sup-
plem. p. 421^
The exploded. oath pf^j^u
I. Whatisfelfeinjihe
fbnfe of that propofitioa
f viz that the Pope may
depofe princes) is falfe
I. The word damna*
hie 1 diaike. To me it
conveys ho idea ; or if
any I it fays coo mucht
io
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in all its coQComitanc (when applied to the
analogies , that is, is on- depofing doArine ). I
pious , is hcredcaU is dani" Wish to know « what
noble. Supplcm. p. 437. idea a Proceftant affixes
to the word heretical^
which in the oath of fu--
premacy, he applies to
the depoling doftrine.
RefieSt. to J. H. p. iii.
It is to be remembered 9 that the exploded oath
rejected the depofing doArine both as damnable
.and heretical J in the very terms of the oath of fo«
premacy, and probably for theparpofe of fmoothing
the way to the adoption of this latter. Yon have
obferved , Sir , that Mr. Berington announces two
new works ; one againft the Pope 9 Pref. p. ziz.
and another in defence of the oath offopremacy.
Jntrod. p. 3. I wish, that this fample of his philo^
fiphical confiftency may ferve as an antidote againft
both. I should be flill more pleafed » if it could
^withhold him from making them public. But wbea
would he take advice? I fear that I have too
much reafon to addrefs him with St. Aoftin contra
Crefc. gram* L. 2. c. la. Qjtomodo /peremte au^
diturum quod dicOf qui tarn in proximo non audis
Ipft quod dicisf cum tibi cbntinuo contradicis?
I remain Sir yonrs, &c.
Wlnton , Sept. go, 17^3. JohnMilner.
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APPENDIX.
N^ I.
liCtut of Mr. Colleton io F^Gmmnmt^
I^NwilliDgiQtfs to she^e myTdiSfi tyxhtt toa
quick in caking or over tender in brooking injuries
hath heatherto ftayedboih my tongot mlkpenii
from dew queftioning and coinplayning. • • • • My
own eares have Witneffii»d f and my friends every
Where give me to underi^nd , how finifterlye I um
talked of for wrongiog ( lufe but that one tena^
tibeit many much hardes i^e reported of ae) th9
fiitbers of the fodetie^ ] Th^fe arf^tth^refore ta
befeeche you • • • • ta acquaint ofi wiih thoTt jpfur«
ticularsi wherein I-have reproveably . v* • mifiai^
tied myfelf in word^ deede or d^m^iUBM^ m^^
yoQ , or any of yoQ« I expeft my fiiU ^ihaig^ » ,
^d do DO way deiyre you to leaye ^y.fointt
imtoiichedy or not amplified to. the moftj tdding^
that the playnei yoo deidt with me; Junin ^.ih$
Ss a'
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better ctufe I have to like you ; adverfifisg he-
fides kUui fof ft viog Jbme of your friends crtdit , » . •
it importecK to ^114l|<$e' thi^ looft you can againft
me • ... I would not willingly dwell in ignorance
of my. {ynQesy or omitt fajcisfa^ion, where I am
bobijd jEji^ nif kd it^ tliys }ft brtefe ybo Vavc my
requeft .... I pray you afford me perforisance
with the fooneft. -F^vt^oo^wel^ with very good
will 9 though the courre ^ if with your privitie i
followed againft mc^ sheweth little good will.
November 5^. By him whom playnnefs in tfao
premifes mlketh «more yours .
J. C. &c
^.1.
, ^'"-1 ;-•■-■■
iT'yoube lifljftctiy talfcid of for Wronging ooi
fociety:, blame not hitfr, I tefeech yxm > who for
ftft yotH* 'ftFange^*ftjiCe4fttl|-|»>t to loireyon....
It hatttf afwb^ 'b^iif 4)ydiMl^re^> fynpe that we
fiir^ii tHirfelvcs ( I hope nifiBciently )*: from xhi
raiia<Hl«^ rii4>«dWft •t^f^a&l«e^Smpudellr'iibcMe»,
tlratf^fll-thingi sRouki%'iiiCich-^ 1^ is poflM^terte
uttfetJy fWgottfen^ dwd if «H cbuld not ie induced
tdTicyfi* iii6 OfB^^ar^^iloht^r their ayeffion with
J*ti«acg^1id5T{tenc*i Wii£h6tilfftUO!Wtngr»nytoofft
agdifeftP theln^ ni that , Mr, you; hcare «iiy*feiiftef
Mpoc^Vglfyt 3rou>''ydu may examine tfaeili bc&i
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^bethet >4iey sbrctrew; wad the reporters are
f o. give accottnt;tt.ufHm what ground they uttet
them*..***. *
vlt (denfed hi« hoUnefi of lace to^ bfdaine t
eertaine goveniniem amongft us. It hath been
reccaved with lingular likiDg of the molt and
befi; aod God. forbid « but thai I and all itoy bre*
ahren should have been moft ready W ronne whi-
ther charity and obedience did call nSf leaft bf
^ifobedience we ahould contemne out fuperiors'^ or
^by Tchifm ap4 divigoo be outt off -from the head*
^me baye xefiifeid , to acknowledge tbia head 't
mjuch ifiott^ fiQ qbty him. Their pretences are
^19 eatery ones mou(h) that htjirimird of this an-
thoritie; tl^at it is a thipg devifed by the Jefuits,
the fuperior. is rone^rof their own chufing; why
S)i9>ujd the Jef^ita appointe us a Superior , nH>ve
than we a gAO^al- unto them? It is the fine
}»ead ciFf Parfoni^ that bach invented this :.he
)Mth given wrwg informations to the Cardinal
fod 'to his bolinefie* The jQafdiiial< was alwi^
parrlal on the Jefqits fidb. Some of necjeffi^ muft
b(^, fjcnt tp inform better. They muft procure tbae
Xqme affiftants moft: be chofen » who may noc^ be
jff^iiaUy afe^ed to the Jefuits. They muil'^(<^
propound to have the government of the college
.Id^rged, as being over ftrait, yea the^ snuft
-make fuir» that the Jefuits be r.emoyed from the
^IgMrmnenv of all feminaries of our nation; and
touching the roiflion of England f in particular 9 aU
the' je&its mtt^ needes be called. away.
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There rpwclM tod the like beii« vttttea fey ^
is g»tbtred voioet fiir tiocher govenmeit# of M
koowo to ditftvoar this; what can it tr^e cfft*
hut that fbdioppore theAftdTes agaloftitefbciecy;
tt if tio authoritie mre to ba liked , hot tkat
which may be^te down the Jefuites, or fttt them
and other reverend priefts togeatbtr by the earesF
And verily the fuccefie of mattera, iynce the^
fenthoritie of oar reverend atchip^esbyter was &•
ipulged , doth nake fBUny to ftar , leaft the fecree
intention t (not yet perceaved of all) of thoftt
tvho fought to ereft a fodality or other foperioricy
and ibbordination » was either ambitioas er fih
ditioos. For nolv that they have that Tery thlnge #
which they fought for, (although impofed <m
other perfons y than they wished) to reprehend and
impogne the fame muft needes make men /qQ^v
that they doe it becauft they themfUves are net
chofen , or becaufe fuch were not chofeot as m^ht
detfe peremptorilye with thofe, whom thqr ou^
to tender » both which affedions shew them doebly
unworthy of government. For wliat it fo uDfitc
for hSnour f as ambition , or what have we donnei
that all stoCild not afieft us? Yea by Gods great
goodnes fo it is, as we thinke, that if any alftft
vs not, the fault is in them, not in us. So that
if tfiey would have themfblves, or othen, who
do not affeft us , be cholbn header; let them lift
aSeft us fo far as in virtue they may, that diqr
jnay be worthy of government*
Then you fee, good Syr, it wanteth not pro-
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fea]iiUtie» thtt if toy give out that 700 Wroof ti${
ic is beceiife you ace thought to draw back front
ftieticbipresl^ter... And though I verily perfuade
piyfeife • that moft of thofe fpeeches never pro^
ceeded firosi your noixb; yet thofe that wil be
part of 1 dilboBteoted coapany , of coorlb muft ht
cootenc to beare tht repmrch of inaiiy thinges ^
sirtiidi ut done or faid amift by a fewe 9 it being
wpoSbie • that all men shoold diftioguish and
ap^y every particalar to the trew author.
And wrily as it grieii^ecb me oftentimes to heare^
aod I tepnihend it lb often as I heare it Tpdten^
that fiidi a one or facb anothet ^ who is not joyne^
to tiie archiprtsby ter ^ Is condemned as oppofice
to the fociety; and I coodtflme fuch manner of
Speech for t fallacy^ (for in very deede I wonli
not have them reprehended, beaofe they are op*
yoficea^nftfheibciety^ but kecanfe they ackno\^«
Sedge we the^ Mwfy faperior ) fo on the other
lyde t muft acknowledge 9 that thefe two rhinges
ire fo annexed one to another , that wbofoevet
is oppofite agalnft our IL esehipre&byrer 9 muft of
force be conrequently oppofiie againft us, and
therein we will glory In dbm/M , if any be thoughc
^qppofite ,10 us^ who are o^r^te ^6 hios.
^Therefore good Syr» there js nqthiAg I more
deiyre , there is nothing can b6 nkore honor{a>I^
epd profitable for yourfelfet Uian that you v^iyk
yourfblfe to him » whom God hath made your f^«>
l^or f • « . . • and this is the only meane to joyoe
19 j|dl tpgefit^qr in perfeft love fxi^ imicfu^ wii^
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ire kad long iyBCC;cnjoyed , if his tuthoritie had
been admitted , as at this preftnc ibere is do
hinderance at all of unity « but the refuSog of
tbe Tame. So that by experience tre find treur thtt
Whi£h S. Paul moft worthily (kdd ymon ^aens caput
gx quo toium corpi^p per nexus &c. and the caure of
this refuGng the head he exprefled before , fruftre
infioius fenfa carnU fu^. With> thas^ head ther€(
fore muft 1 hould; to hio^ mnft t be. united; to
him muft I cleave. Q^i illi conjuBg^tur meat tfti
fui cum illp npn coUigUf fpargit.' AtnH uirfeynediy
I affirme^ unto you , that I continittlijCpi|iy io par-
ticular for your^upioq unto him^ io refpeA of the
love I have bonil5.and-beare onto" yon, -orhich
fji^atl ffot decay I al{b(^h you ^ould^ with never
fo great contr^i^efy of . jodgmeBtis tind .opinions^
fm4 thus wishing i-yOu'^t^ follow tii&t>~ wfakb k
inoft. to tjtie glory of GiJdr^orf JScnip-onBrirloo^i
healthy I ceaf^. NQy>. y| i^f^^iYonr i^laine friend
as yoo wished >;,: . . .::: ./I :
• • , I I I ilH— ■III "■T'l ; ••
Sacerjoium' Wis )aip £^si i/jv„^ /&« , rfcf
V^Ontolimus ihtw tips ab berf &'nudiuftertiaSf
Tcnerancle paterae ftater, de iheliore djrcii>linlt
ptopttt tk qus apad.nos intra fept^piiiliai emer-
ftiunt vel mala vel Ipecies mali, vel aperu fcan*
dala.
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^eprebeodifsus juftittaod noftram non ctfe tim
Indulpaf* vitii ( tttinam foiflkt ) ut re^QieTcere do^*
^aftiut ultra in iUa fiducia Saodoromy ht n^t/t
pofita jaiftdi QoiD potiot expe^ienria «dddti flc
eVeocQ rerom dificUlidianini crufiti^ Hmulaiirae
iegetn h ^uidem >^ aDimam fpram:^ joditem^^
•striodicem 9 cenforetti. Quetn caodem ^ Inqoit?
Bdmandum tuum vel potius noftratu (f^. i^efton)
^oem adl^tiCy pro jnftaDtia no&ra quotidiaoaf lofc
>otis fleftf fe ) sec verbis frangere pofluttiQl , ut
aifibiMt ODDS pro levandia cervieibui iioftcia;viMbo
luffragiis Doftrit eledkos ^ ono ore « ftem ooafiraTot
fk)cuDftaater eleftionem haM noitramy tquamum
jpo^ic , Impedivic t & ttiam trifti Mfponlb cafU*
%ato8 dimilic t diceDc •; Revera Fratret ttmatti itiiN*
|)onete mHu oHui jmpttr viribot meii^ ^odnemo
mflateic^ qoalii ego ftiokf homo ftib pdceflace coo*
Ricucus^qai faabeo fuperiorem i cii Ibrf ib Mi aiv-
idiXQ auf 11 totum angdli Dei ^ ut dicat iniiU pro
^rbicriofuo^ trade IUiv& vado^ veni buc & fenio^
fac hoc ft facio } prbin hoc ffldamen talbti iik»»
ttjeoti & ponderii^ addo & gratamiDiat i^ ego
oiagis oseratus quam booocacos ero»>licinihi.a£*
fiimo, ft ica vultSs & x^fxircet fieri » vt wtunntk
Pitre ttfeo vobit placeaio, rtnue&ce trtrdt: miltf
ipfifttiifaciaitt Id hac repolfa qoid agere dttteamtir^
Venerande pacer » certe jncegrum non bahfmoi^
Did tameo pro tua htmaoitate & prudentia velia
banc Blium caum & patrera Doftrom ^ virom oobit
MfXk mulcit fiominibas necelTarium ^ in tarn gntvi
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iblUckndinet pariincaufa common! » jaceBtema*
citare. tuis commonicionibus , bcreotem in up-
meatis. apedire , uc audior faftus in fiio jwe^ not
:cundeci]r amplius ac ^at lencias , ftd ambolce
xoram nobis fiducialiter in vi« refta, id eft^ ia
;via juftofum. Res ipra poftulac flagitatque : idcina
Reverentifm tuam hortamur enixe & obteftama
* in vifoeribiis D. N. J. C. oc leftis arcicnlis noftrii
hirce inclufis & nominibus infra fubfcriptisy oppor-
tune. riB provifa, velis & jubeas Edmondom reddi
nobis totnm> quern expecivimus folum > fc defijgoa-
vimas aoieumf prscer qQem^ neminem alium eii»
^ere^.cum.quo neminem alium confiftAe voluimoi;
hoc.enim.fanfte & religiofe incier nos definivimoi
Yale pacer & frater nobis conjunftiffime^ & noH
abel& loDgitif ; in excefTu prudentie ; quin accede
qpotinsy uc .tUBgaqQMS invicem,* maxime vero at
aniDH n^ftrixonuDganc in ti^m bono centro difci-
'plin«» QuMi reddii^ redde qoamprimam^ oc rd
fu^pte aacora gcacsy quantam inruper poSSs, gra«>
ttam acacias. Dae. , Sth.jg^^ Rev»» V. ilodiOi-
•fiffimiw Ludc Barlous , Jat. Poi^ellus t GuI. -Parry i
OalD Qha4oca», R6b. Nutterqs, (poftea martyt
4n. ii&iD)'Tjiom. BramfloQus^ Leon. Hydos^ Joaa.
BoUnnns ,? Joa. Qreeneu^^ Alex. Gerardos, Ric
Scmngeffaies^ Thorn. Haberley, Chrift. Dryland t
Edm; Bfidcick , Rob. Woodfcfff, Rod. BiClMSt
iEgid*' ^cherus I Cbrift. Sochwonhoa*
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Uimct P. Hevmjci Garvet, c-
R. IN Ch&isto Pater,
'Ax Chrlftl. Mitto ad R, V. exertplar lUera-
xum d quibufdamt imp fere omnibus i)resl>ytens
'Wisbicenfibus, quibus miram in mojiutn gratfaian-
tar R. D. archipresbytero ngftro de concreilica fibl^
d SS. Domino noftro poteftatc. P. G. Weftorii acf
<ariffimi noftri ThoxAs Pbocfi horoina , quoniam ii
jioftri runt, non attinebat apponcre, 'Nb^it op- .
time R. V. horum viroruro gravitatem acque auc-
toritatem. Similes Httfras plurimas antehac accepie«
idem R. D. arcbjpresbycer'& quotidie eriak' aceipic
ab optimis presbyter is. Sociecas noftra qnlye^nai illi
intiroe conjundta eft. Ec de laicis hoc affirinot
sunquam quicquam'illis accidifle JAicundius , quam
hojus archipresbyceri pronMKionem. £o4em*plan%
tnomentQ, quo ad b9c Tcribenda f alam^ni ^^rgptups
fui , adfulc mibi k primario viro cacholico amicus
quidajn r ilUus nocgail^r JQibi figQifo^BiifnftTveHemt
paratum fe efle & fuum chirographum daro |e
precipaormi quoqnt nobiliam procura^srum; q^
huic facre hierarchis apjilatiderent. Quod i§^ ta^
men recoikvi ^ oe er furi appoficis nominibus aliquii
ipfis p^ncoli eoD&aretar. Neque veto opo^ eft
contra paocifiBroonim Tchiftna tarn pericolbfii reme-
dia.adtUbere. Ne iffiur credat R. V. iUk^ q^
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Ibfte gloriari ttUot fe qutdmpto plan Mhf^
contrt hoc SS. D. N decrenim oooferre pofTe, ifmm
ipfi D. ^rchipresbytera collata fenc. Nam neqne
ite raoditacis jofla ex juvenuro qooraiulaiii iaquie*
torum Aiffragiis peodere aux examiDari par A; &
ipll fbrrafie pm fe aSerrent moltQ^QiD & fe emtih
lUcact Aiffragia • qui » cam faperiorem aliquem i
fMe apoftplicji poftulaturi efleotji mox perfpeAi
SS. Domini volpntate if, leftis lUmi. proteftoris fi-
teriSf in uno ifto archlpresbycero libentifBme caa*
qaieverunc Excipio tamen paaciCmos quoTdao;
qui qonm ipft^. aut 4 fe defignacit gradom aliqoeia
lionoris coniiecoti npn funt^ ambitionis ftimohs
agitati, ea* qu9( optimo confilio ac bonc^am pboe
omnian^ applaufo pcrfeAa font, infeAa redden
prspofteie moliuntur. K. V. preciboa ac facnficiis
*SBe piarimnn;! commendo,
R. V. fervus 19 Clufio
S Oftobffia 189^. H£Ni.icus.
tiUFot fHsbytm^mm Wssmkbvsjvk ad
R. udmodum Domintwi archipreshyterum.
Apxonvic TL Pa TEX. ST Pohivs*
E.
tfT& leftit Ulif t«ia Hiffris Aa.autbofkaie aitU*
presbjteratas i (Me apoftolict recepta per IUOW0.
Cardioalem' Cajetanum Ai^iifr ptoceAorem g&vif
<bmus , & viva voce teftimonium ferbibnimus di
xecogqitione neftra fiUall & cdcdientiali^ in cooC*
peAix ftatrum » qui td noa csimtarr ftMaac at
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intetnonciif nihilominus uc pertmpHns deftrafnut
fammo paftori noftro, cui perinde eft vel per feipfum
ftatuere, vel per alium delegare; ac uc tibi gra«
tulemQr io primis, qui nobis omni raciooe Tir de«
fiderioniiD es % five ad refarciendas rulitti in cam^
muni cdificio, fi que fint^ five ad pm^aveodas fa<i>
turas ; ac infuper ut ne' videamur aflenciri illis qui
forte nimis importune fperanr de ele^ione aliqut
fiicicnda magis canonica, in hac dil^^rfione fra*
trunif uc not rumut* & confequenter i^iam appeU
lare Tatagunc ad primum mocorem , pro recradandia
rebus tarn macure tra^cii : decrevimuf omnesnos
quorum hie fubrcripta noroina contcmplaris, emiC-
faro femel vivam vocem eonfignaca manu vivaciut
confirroarey cum ad diftam obedientiam noftram
fumma alacricate conceftandam « non firiuffl primarltt
fonci, red ft inde dedoAo venerabili rivo; torn ad
intimandam omnem noftram aocepcationem f cum
iogenci gaudio ft hicitia. Dec opt. max. indefi^
nemer gracias agere pro tali reftore^ ft preces ad
ipfum fundere pro feiici fucceflb , ut debemus^ non
ceflabimus. Pridie calendas Oftobris. I598« AA
imperata R. V* paraciffimi Fraires Lod. Barlooi^
Chrift. Drilandus. Rob. Woodroffiis. 0uU Wiggi«
Gul. Chadocus. Rod. Bideus. Cbnft. Sothworchus.
}oa. Bolcontis. Joa. Oreen^us. Eddi. Bradocus.
ifigid. Afcherus. Alex. Gerardus. Lton. fiidua.
Tbo. Haberleuli: GuK Cltrionetus. Rob. Nutceros.
Tbo. Bramtonui.
Ex Soe. Jef. in eodem caieere Crut. Weftonus aiin6
iMhMttatiaftif n: ^^Tlia Ptedus inearcerat. an. %si
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Communes literm plunmorum in Ang^faar^
dotUm adSS.D.N.CLEMEVTBM FIII^
datct 8 Nov. t£^8j tranfcripttt ex exem-^
flan maau propria P. H. Qa rusti
exarato.
BM£. Pateb.
O:
^Lim dicd>ainiir roto divifi ab orbe Britaooi.
None autem per hsrefes dicimur & fumas < qood
dolendum eft > & tocios orbis primaria urbe , boc
eft tab apoftolica veftra Tede aut divulfi miferd angM
ex parte » aut leviffime Tegregati. In tanta tamca
omnis pietatis ftrage apud nos, quia ej^mifericordia
Domini omnes conrumpti non famus; ut feliqois
de rebus inter Te digladiari non poffint , fed lalvs
axiftant 9 veftre Tanftitatis paftorali$ cura providit,
& juffit ut omnia inter nos per inftitutionem Illai.
D* Cardinalis Cajetani fie tefeiantur ad ordinemi
ut quafi membra fuo qu^eque loco locata^ nos fumros
in pace viTamus ad gloriam Dei , & ad vefirs fo*
inremse auftorit^is in cathedra Petri facilem &
promptam defenfioncm. Hoc i confentientibos fen-
fibus, nos omnes agnofcimus,& confcripcis noair
aibus , quim gr^te & quim iMis wimis & ere^
tzcepehm\^^ quafi jpublica 99ftx9:fe9:ificatiaiie not
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tatidum cfle putavimus. Quod propter ingttvrf*
ccntes perfccutiones, licet omnium fhtruta noftro^
mm comparatis indiciis & chirographis firmacutA
non fie f tamen non dubitamus ^ quin omncs redia
fenfibus euntibus in hoc onum iticlinatjone volun*
tttum libentiiGme incubuerint. Confidimus in Do«>
mino , quod jam armis prudentic veftrs tuebimur
caufam cathoficam contra omnium adverrantium
impetus 9 quantomcunque illi ftimulis not foderint >
contiimeliis laceraVerint ^ equuleo diftenderfnt^ ft
€xtrema morte membra noftra crQentaverinc. Etenitik
f)ropter unicatem domus Dei^ cujus bodie eft redtor
Clemens VII!. nos hsc omnia in lutris ponimus ^
(i modo divina gratia adjuti , homilitatem , modef-
tiam » obedientiam 9 & charitacem coluerimus ; ad
qus quidem per veftram fuaviffimam dH^fitiooem
fatis vocati , eruditi & quafi faAi Tunlus. Pro hot
jgitur tam ingenti & fingulari beneficio quamvis itt
referenda gratia Beatitudini Veftrs minus TatisfacerO
poflumus^ tamen in prsdi'canda & habend& fatis
indicare concurfum officii noltri fuppliciter ac de^
miife voluimus : a'tque ilhid provoluti ad pedes
veftros humillime petimus , at quo fpitltu excicaftis
ampliflimum D/ Proteftorem noftrtim ad dandniii
friefcriptum nobis valde opportunum & faiubre
pro litibus ordinandis & confervatione & propaga^
tione fidei apud fios^ eodem velitis novas & itera^
tas acceifiones iistcere & patern^ veftrae cura &
apoftolics cbaritarif erga laborantem vehementet
& inclinat^m & prope jacentem patriam noftram ;
ut qus ad progreiTum in pietate & commoduA
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ftVitft telig]oiiii pertioeaot ^ illft noo cootnfta fed
exteDca manu veftra conferanctfr ^ a4 omniuin &f-
fliftorum ioter nos commuDeni k peceflariam coa*
folationem. t>eus qoi dedit Tobia Tapete ad ledifr*
CfttiMem picis 10 ecdefia, idem ejofdem felicifli«>
t&um fucceflum vobis cum longiffima yiu & inco»
lomitace ooQcedac.
Lpndini « in Odava omnium Sanftoroili. Bead*
fodinis yeilrc humillimi .filii rubfcriprerunt Geotg.
BlackWellus Aicbip^. f aovem ftccrdotes ejus affi&
tences $ & alii quinquaginta frptem facetdotes fe^
culares , & duodecim 6 Soc. Jef. Alii i qni potefta*
tern facinnt coilibet presbytero eorum nomiiia Tub^
ibribendi ^ quia ipfi hoc facete non poteranc ^ fiie-
func, qui hie nominancur, affiftentes duo^ Tex de
Soc. Jeh & alii racerdotes vigmti & quatuor. Di
aliis Tacerdotibus triginta & quatnor nullo nodo
dubicacut « quln fubfctiptorl fine » cum convenid
poterum. *— . Ita Oarnetus omnia nomina recen*
fens ^ qg« hie brevitatis cauft omictoncuri Soluo*
ipaodo hie atcexuncur nomina aliquorum i qui poAea
martyr^ fuerunt. Hi funt Rob. Nutteros^ Edv*
Thwingus M. M. a$. JuK i6oo. Rob. Middeltonoi
M* an. i6oi. Thorn. Sproctua , Thom. Palaferai
M. M. i6oo. Joa. Thulelios M. i6i6. Hi omnei
aftu jam fubrcriptKTe dicuntur ; feqoences afleroocof
certo efle parati ad Aibfcribendua. Joa. Locwodoi
M. an. 1(43. Joa. Roberts poftea Benediftinas»
uti videnir^ & M. an. i0to.
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EocMBfrom Infirudions pvm By F. N^.
SmVtb to tht Jejbus Jacksck and
'Hunt J ^oing into England. Patcd
Jf • I^fG>ot» hj reafon ^ Jiis ttf^ t^fioe^t
not living learme to write hiiprelf at; ihirrt^net
hatb^ CQQ>iiiitte4 ibis i>$ce to id^. • • • • Y99 )mi9(S
beatd, or: ipay and wil hereafter heat <rf lihe dU«-
f^DDoii tni difcord Mo^g t|i^ piiefts, apd .^he evU
|ifiQAH>o;f which ToiQe of tbetm (eeme M'tmre tor
^ar4s. t|iQ.A;c^riflffc and oor fat^ers^ CpocKrvJiil^
thill p^^p *y P. IMoPlf' pwler , I am fo eplaijp
iBylelf a ^tde. Bis QpisiPli it» jand lb ^ hatli
ofceo vritttD and Would h^^e .you incQl^te eai>>
fMl^lyiDbifi behalie» vba9 yo^ ;hal be a^ryved
ip Eog\aod $ that it betaooveth oor iatheri rery
spq€l\ i aa aifb the arcbprieft » that they be very
tircumrpeft and cti^fiil iQ tlieic fpealciog andwryr*
ting ; and if any should exceede in words oc
deedet 9 never to replye upon them ; for that were
contrary to the prohibition of the apoftle 9 reddere
m§ledi9um pro maltdlSo; but rather to diflemble
all , that each one imay fay with David » Cum his
quiodtrunt pacem, cram pacificus. And this is not
ODiy his opinion ) but the will of his holinefs and
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of F. Genenlf who having feeoe here t ttstMin
tppetle m^ade l^ the onqoiet , though lor the
fubftance thereof they condetMe them^ and their
iurobedience and oncivyll demeanore towards tbeix
ftperior i yet obftrve alfoe and much miflflK the
naivier of proceeding ufed by the archprteft 9 and
his friendly and wish he had shewed more mild^
nefle. For although they attribute all to his ^rear
S6ea!e« yet they hold , it had been much better
to have diflembled many things and to have re-
ferred them hither ; yea they are offended to te
Ibch multiplying of edifts and threatening of oee*
furei in fo sharpe pbrafes, is are fetdown in tte
•appeale. And to xrotee to our fathers , fome wry-
tings and fayings alfo of theirs in this afl&lre hais
been millyked by his holinefs and F/Oenttal,
and efpecially the treatife of Schifm, in regard of
the vehement exaggerations ottered in more shaip
termes, than thejr think was biefeeming a feligioes
t^erfon to fet downe» and therefore could (em
no other end t but to exafperfte more the fic^
and fore mindes of thofe paffionate men 9 as et-
perience hath taught. His hope is therefim^ tlttc
bereafker they will be^more wary.
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lAtut from F. PjiRsovs to Mn Mvsx^
s X n 9
He grace aod peace of out fayiour b^ with
us aU. There are now many months « iioce We
•re in Rome together and never yet tallced togt-
tber friendly f nor conierred charitably of our
afiires » as it feemeth to me that, wt might »
without prejudice of any fuits depending before
oor fuperior^ and that our duties did binde ut
thereto* I have fought it by many meanes > as
you know 9 and you and others have fled; Dcu$
jmlicct inter nos. There hath pafled a Lent» a
holy week , an Eafte^ , Whitfunday ^ Corpus Chrifti ^
Trinity feaft , and other holy times 9 that should
have moved men of our coate and profeiBon.to
inward confideration ; but I have ften no effeft*
The fcandal is public both beer and el$where}
hererickes are animated* good people afflidedyone
church divided and diftrediced ; efi qui rtquirM
Sjudictt. The fault of this is like to lye heavy
at the day of judgment, wherfoever it iighteth;
You pretend injuries received. Siq)po(e: it were
fbe; is this a meeti revesige to divide the ca^
tholikes of Eog^d in thu ion ? If you thiokv
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for that you Jiave be§im » yoa moft iicedet ga
forward; you know thf tpoftle accounts aoiiiio&cj
for a damnable fioqe : what would he fay of it«
in this particular cafe » where you flye all maonet
9f, chri^ap recoociliation? If you chink, tte
we would flyCf or delay hereby the detenninatkui
expeded at his Holinefles hafides f you are de-
ceaved ; for we ^defire and prefle it pMffc than yoa»
and we doubt not 9 but when it cometh 9 it wtt
^eWy how little cauft you had to imke chefe
Icanddlobs broiles in our JSnglish church , whid
you have 9 or other men upon this occa&on, wheUl
yon nmft not thiBk to be able to ftaye or ]«etaiM
ms you will , being once fet 00 work bf theft
Bieanes : and this is perhaps the worft.and not
dangerous Utcumllance of all this affaire » |f]W
eonfidet it *wplU WJierefi3^e I beftech y6o in' the
fighc of almighty God 9 'who it to takt^ rigofooi
tccoontiof you and nt' all ^ that yourthe^inae bf
time to^ cooperate to the remed^« And for that I
nnderftand divetfe waits 9 that you fMctede iii
offering toe 2 injurious words and caitumotacions ii
sttoft places , ^vrtier^ «yau and your felloWs ioi.^
Come^<:ftom whom you cannot deaye te have re*
eewed love and firiehdship in times paft9 and dxl
sever be abH to, prove to haVe reeeave4}. ifijuiy)
and ftei^ that I cannot 1 attaint to have confe^
reince ynth yon f to imfprme yoq aright in focli
mifeonoeitte. as yon have^apprehendM, I do flye
tothe refUge iippoint^d ^l9 oiirikviottr, diaifing
your Jbult ill. his liglit, (eQ^iedlaA^ ^ben you go
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tp ^he tlctr to offer ap thte dmdfiil ficrilce>
that there are dyverfe brethrctt of yours < efpe%
cially myr^lf ) that ba?e naoy thiogs agaioft yoa
of great moment ». wherein they require tecond'
Itacton 9 or at leaft wife 9 foobe aftonemenc or ft<«
tisfaftiosy being ready alfoe to yield the like fet
tbemfelves 9 wherein they shall be jnftly demanded*
This is my requificion both tb yoo and yoi^r M*
ky^s. What Cbrift our favionr difpofeth and ip^
f>ointeth in this behalf » yoirknow : what his graeo
will move yoo to doe , he oiiely knoweth ; to
whom I commend yoa hartUy as myfelf in aajf
poor praiers^ from the &)gHsh coUege » this Eve of
St. Peter ad vimculaf a good occafion to mako
vs remember our brethren in durance at hornet
vhofe afflidlons are not a Uttle iocreafed by tbla
divtfion. 8 1. July i^oa. Yoov loving brother aa4
tearant in Chrift
Robert Pa&soks*
Xjufdm ad /kcerdoUs .i^ptUamt^ .JRomi Luutiam
nvet/hs Uht^.
Jt Oftqoam IfUtatiam vos perveoJiTe iaoolufnes
intellexi 9 yifiunr^ft h^s Uceris earn yobis abfentitLua
impertiri falutem^ quam coram non Hcait « ab ba«
urbe difcedentibus; quod fane g)t facerem, hei Intel
alias me Mnputemnt ja^iopos^ FrioKim }p(amea
Ineuntis aniH^a'ofpiciat cojus an exkirin .viruri ^%
^omoes w^x, «i:wi.«aiqai:r,48t<f.««0S>ab4t« «^
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Mppecf imt contMvofit , felus Detss oovfr » de cms^
Bibtts CMMD vix l))erare li|cet» deque meipfiv mhiM
qnm de mQltii. lUud onmn cerUffime fcio nollts
▼el graviorem vel periculi pleoiorem caofiun ad
tremeodum illod tribunal bos comitafi poflby qnm
fi rei iBveniamur vel miniina ex parte fereodftmoi
Tel aleDdaroro inter fratret diicordianm. £c qnam*
▼is ad me ipfum quod attinet (fit Cbrifio Uos)
confcientia mea omni xne hac in parte colpa lite-
let ; cum tamen 9 quod fcitis 9 k viro longe jtiftioii
illud veriffime drftum recolam f non im hoc ji^
fcMiiu fim^ faceor & meam & Riorum imbedllita*
tem t & ne terrent grav)Sai« ille Chrifti Qoi io
tcs omnes, qui font quacunque ratione hnic fcelcrt
^bnoziif comminationes. Quare ficut nunc finita
lite non libet quemqoam accufinre 9 ita meas eft
partes pmavi.non raodo mean ipfius (utpotero)
cum IMo coorcientiam componere, rttutn pro vt^
vibus aliorum etiam aiihsos pacare ac ferenarty
qui certe is fcopus eft, quo potiffimum tarn ifis
quam alis tendunt liters 9 quas ad veteres meoi
Miicos nuperrime perfcrlpft.
Alia deinde acceffit Teocfim caufa, cur ad vos
fpeciatim quatuor 9 dandaa omnino literas eft
exiftimarem9 eo quod, nimirum non ez]guo9 nc
TCrum fktear9 meo cum dolore9 in veftro ad urbe
difcefib, neque me iplbm alloqU neque alios vef*
tros veteres amicos & firatres in minimum indncere*
tiS4 etfi ad hoc ipfbm ego Vos 8t literit ft nunciis
invicarem, ebquodtopereh'ft publics exterAerua
edificatioBi hac ratione conAilt<iln>^ privatis noF*
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tris confcientiis k aiilmis utcfiet fatisftftufft^ atqbt
alift fpcraren iiide nee pauca coorequi potuifTe com^
ino4a 9 pmrertiiD per fuam ranftitatein termiData
jam lite ac controverfia. Nunc vero pro cerco
imellexi » idque ipfomet rtfereote, qui vobis veftra*
qae potiffimuin caofe fuerac hie patrocinatus , nobis*
que none omnibus peramanter ft vet, fuifle ipAiai«>
net p»cipoe in cauTa » ne ex voto nobis inter noi
convenire liceret : ad qoam rem fe affirmat Aia
ExeeIIenti»ifuifle commotum » ne inde regine noftra
jofta daretur offeofa « quse vot veftramque cauram
legi chriftianiffimo ea eonditione eommendaveract
ne Rome cam iis^ quos pro hoftibos ae inimieisha«
betf commercium haberent« Qoare cum cemerem
aliunde potiqs quam k veftra voluntate hoe ortum
fuifle impedimentum ^ magis animatus ftim ut hsBC ad
vos fcriberem ; inque fpem veni » non adeo futuros
lfQ$ i pace mutuaqoe redintegranda concordia alie*
nos , uti nonnulli ex ejurmodi vtftro hinc difceflk
fuerant conjeftati. Prsterea cum hoc ipfo tempore
in manos meas ex Angliai veniflet recens qt)od*
dam ediAum , quo communes noftri adverfari! d4
nobis utrifque in rem fuam loquuntur qus liber 9
atque in plerifque fane de Utrirque quas func St
falfiffima & odioGffima eonfingunt, tandemque coo-
cludunt communiter utrofque tanquam hoftes 9t
tdverfarios i regno patriaque efie pellendos ; hine
etiam non minima data eft caufa ad tos Inprimia
Ic per V09 ad reliquos perrcribendi , ut quando hsre«
tiei hac inter nos abutuntur diflentione ad com«
lauoem ooftram cftrtendam eaufam^. nos Afid&m
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id eanton ndverfot eos ttttabdtm Qnanioiiter im
eonjoagtmos > & ut licut ip& nos pmiA , ita bos
ipfi nofmet unitmus affedu , ad eifdem ipionHsqiie
oonacibus 9 ^^ ante , obfiftendnm. Quod ftlotaie
planeque oobis Qoftrsque caate neceflariiuB con*
fiUoiD fi iftic vos veftrique in Anglia inirc voloe*
tint 9 quod nos ex incimii pfscordiis $ uti novit
Cfariftos » exoptaraus ; confidhiMis fbcurom at breri
admodum, bene &vence Deo, fe omnia rede ha-
beant , atque coofundatiK Sathan , omnefqae ipfos
adniniftri , qui cooati ftint pericalofiffima h^ec &
perniciofiffima dircordianim zisaoia inter nos fuper*
femioare atque fov«re. Hoc ot itaTuccedat, ChriA
turn ipibm comnonem Dominum obteftanrar 9 cd
nos per ipflus gratiam coopetari parati famus; ideoK
que de vobis allifqae in Anglia confidimus ; atque
ego me tarn ipforum quam veftris pinrlmom coo*
mendo precibos ac facrificiis. Rome , 1. )anoarii
1603.
. NB. Neither Mush nor the appeHanc deputiei
!70achfafed to five an aitfwer. to tfa^fe letters.
N^ VU.
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N^ VIL
Informaiio dt Statu Rei Catholic*
Anglicance.
Ad //Am*. ^llev«««. /?>«. DeciumCAHATPAM
Damafctnum Ept/copum, etiam Nantlum Apof^
ioUatm pro Betgio defignatum.
E
rX quo prinmn) tempore pevmific .Deus» ut
propter Tcelera in haerefim Anglit prolaberetor-f
ttinc'fimul in reni^diuoi siultos doftos & {rios viros
exciravit , qui morum fe opponerem pro domo Dei*
qui ereftis deiode CathoUtorom Principum pierat^
ApoftoUce imprimis ftdis ben^nicate rerainariis*
quorcunque' allitere poterant , ad rtftttiiendam
avitam (idem una convocabant.
V^rum huic operi adhac quafi in femine eziftenH
fe communis boftis opponens^ non hurrcicoi tamum^
Ted httreticorum etiam aftu* Catholicos eontradi&-
tores furcitavic ; & hi quidem 9 vivente adhac Cacw
dinale Alano, obfticerunc ^ mulco autetoi maximi
eodem jam mortuo, qaod plorimi cum in regno
Ang^iia Sacetdotes effent, qui treceotorum fbrtalBs
numerum excederenr, nee ullus inter eos fuperibr
vel fubordinatio eflet , aliqui ^ uc in confufa mul^
titodine flepe fieri folet » ( maxime id ciaoaulum
nolientibus hsreticis) motus & tumultus faciebanCt
& ambientes ip fratres prelaturam » & coutra fo-
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cietatis Jefo Patres, cecerofque iifdem adhsreo*
tes, quos plurimos opcimofque efle fciebant, in-
juriofe machinantes , ^ Aifihgia pndique id hose
^nem corrogabanc : quorum omnium certior ftdtus
Pontifck^fott maturara deliberatioDcm ArchipreT-
byterum conftituit , qui oum duodecim fibi affigoa-
tis Affiftentibus omnia moderarecur & coi omnes
ibbeiii^fitiam praftare unerencur.
. Ck)nftituto Archtpresbytero t plerique, ot par
erat « fe ill! fubmifere ; fed prioris tumultus ante-
fignani , aliis aliquot fibi adrcitis , cuA bononiiB
omnium dolore 9 & multor«un fcandalo^ huic onfi- *
mirioni refragantur^ pajrtim ckdtionis modum , qood
abrque oorom conrenAi ac confilio fi«ret, paniffl
rCatdinalife ProteAoris fiteras 9 quas eciam promol-
*gayeranc, quod invalidcB ad tantam lem & can
CDulcis teftificandam eflenc 9 cHqfancaa*
' Ad hade .litem dirimwdaui Pontifez Bre^e faum
in Angliam tranrmifit^ Protedoris literas confirmi-
>it ; Tacetdotes paterne.admopuit^ juflitque qc At-
^hipretbyterum tanquam fuperiorem agnofcerentt
& ei in omnibus obtemperitfent ; verum nee ficae*
-quiefcere volentes, fab novo injnriarum & giavi*
fii{nQiQ prsecfzcU 9 depao ad fedem ApcAolJcam
appellationem parant, & qaod deterius eft 9 ad earn
pofequepdam 9 aperte jam k Catholicoram peift-
^tftoribusReginse Sein^.Confiliariisopem implonust^
qui id i re fua fore ^d CaOiblicos vel labefa&andost
Vel etiam extirpandos rati 9 oblatam fibi occafio-
pern avide arripiunt; mox tres ex appellantibos
£olvunt c vincuUsi & litteras fliaspatentesyquibos
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impuoe per Anglis proviiicfas' cutfit&ft^pofientii
9l negocia traftare 9 fponte illis coocedoDC, fievien-e
tes iDterlm in alios 9 &' aliquos eorum afficienm
Ibpplicio & martyrioi &c.- - '-' . :
Admilia demum i fanftitate Tua illoram uppet-^
latione 9 quam qnacuor procjuratores Rome, coram
duobos S. R. £. Cardinalibua ad id depotaii$ pror
jfequebascar, rebufque onmibus difcuffis 9 fiAem taa^
dem funimas Poncifez imporuitt bonigneiiltis mcdts
coDcedens; Arcbipfesbyteciim tsmem j^tn'tortid in
fuo officio ftabilivic^ decrevitque imee ce^osHt^m
Ibb excotnmuDicationis ceollirS ipfo faAo 'iin2uc4
rends Appellaptes quicquamcam.hereticis inXa^
tholicorum prcjudiciam deinceps tra(^Qjeac ; qui
tamenreverfi in Angliaih coraoi Confilis<ifiis.ali%tio(^
totkis rei gsfteferiem expoYiunt 9 imoveo^miiibosl
ifque natu maxi(miS9 mor ft ad pf^udo-epircopuQI
Londinenrem conci:iht9 locujus sdibu; sfiagoa oim
booorum ofienfione iitiqiotbdiki babitavii^
Archlpresbyter & qui ab illo erant 9 dc in:' ml^
simo i Brevis Apoftolici ptefcripto recedentetotinQ
ibiicite fatagebaRT9 qus ad pftcem'& Qnidnem intel
eos confervandaoi refaicjendamque fpeiflark Vlde<i
bantur. Ex appellantibus interim aliqui non ndniiS
quam antea^tunl Confiliariis in Anglia'9'&.^eBinii
OratoYibus extra Angliam libere agunt9 &f duilta
quotidie excogitant confidgofitqae 9 quibtitr lites
ibas & diTcordias inceirminabiies reddanc;.&'^iliei«fi
hifte nonciorum Apoilolicorom auTeS9^Niarin>Gali^
lia, tUra etiam in Belgto i)er fnos fatigenV^9 ^ ^t
Bihil deBi fid cnmulam, jam denuo alioa^sociri
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latores id ftitm Apoftolicam deftintnifitf «t ftnptf
nova moliences » fiib fpeciofb pacts titcdoy pads
ipfitis.fibma & radicet prorlVis excidaiit.
Quare cum h\^. & Revm* dotnioatio veftra in
Flsmdtiam profefturafit^ quo plurimi ipforum ooo-
fluunt f ne ipfi » vel per ipfoi hsretici fibi impo-
mat » acque ut eot 4 faoioribus nelitts feceroat,
cpeis precictm crit coram f quibos t«t6 fidem
adbibere .poffit » ngmioa attexere* per qoos de
leliqdis Tofpeda fidei hontnibiis^ icbafqne ooT-
tris ' ADglicanis plcoe certdqae poterit infonnari.
R. P.PriorDoaMis Cartufienfia Afigioroa Mechliiiia&.
P« Gttlielmus Baldwynos Societatis Jefo BmseUiSi
cum rehquis ommbus drofdem ordioia fc Dationis
nttnbus.'.D. Thomas Vorrhingtooos S. Theolpgie
I>o£b»r & 5eomarii Aogloctmi Daaceoi PnMs.
Z>i Thomsa Vrightus S. Theologitt DoAor « Decaoas
Cwtmidtnfk § 8l k foa fti^Aitate pradiAi Semiiiarii
vilitator c^nftitaoisjD* CcyTar C)enetiaS«Theolog«
Dodtor ; Sexsaa Alberto ^ facris & Decaoos Sai. Pecri.
X>i}Robereus Crambenis Aoglarom Mooiatiuni Ccth
IMarioa. D. Joannes Notconos oobilis ac presbyter.
D. Ridiatdus Sherwodus. ex firaiHia 111*^. & Rt\^
Nntitii Apoftolid per BeJ^um. D Golieloius Stta*
kyi^flqoes.axiratus GoloneR«s, ft Stiaii. Alberri io
xebusj belli i eonfilUs; D. I^ngo Odoemis nobilis.
J>^ Tbofiaa Staddemt equea aoratos. D. Rdan-
dot Stmleyos Capkaaees^ D. Ricardus Bayleyas.
D. Rtcardiis T^fleganus. D. -Georgtus Perfonios.
IX Gabriel Colford us, ciim plurimis aliis sobili-
bM$ ji: Capicaneis 9 , &^. quproD nooiDa Clatlffiaoi
D. Colonellus ifidicabit.
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Hi font , qnibas tntd fidet tdbiberl pofle videtaff
atqoe ex his» qui fiot Torpefte fiaeif prout fero
offeree occafio» &cile ^ogooftec; uoum tamen, qai
in Belgio perpet»d refidet « & ireliquorum Ibi om«
fiiQin Dux & CorypbttQS exiftit, oominandQiD tail.
cum duximus ; is vero eft Dodor Guiielmus Gi&
fordus Inlblenfis Ecclefias Decanus » cujus cognatut
ejurdem nomioiSt illique oonjuoftiffimtts Oilbertos
GiiTordus caufam aliquando prpdidic & explorttfk
pro Cpnfiliariis Anglis contta Cardmatein Alanuia
cocerorque Catholicoa faftus » demum ParifHs captui 9
faflufque oornia in vincolia obiit ; i cvjus morte
ifte Gulielitiuf femper torbat excicaviCf Appeilao-
tibut adb98c t & ab altquoc anniSy at fertoTy dan*
deftinom cdmmerciQai dim fenato Anglkano exer*
cuit 9 & modo com Regis in Belgio Ortftore feete-
tiora agitat confilia. De reliipia Thtp qoalis tk
fit, aliqui eorum 9 quorum fupra reeenfoimQi no*
mina IHJum & Revttffoi. DMi* veftttm poflunc
xcddexe certioiem.
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N^* VIII. (miftaUcdV.inp. ifi^J
Letter of F. Parsovs toF. William
Holt refiding in, BruxelUs. Dated
Genua Marfh i^. iSS7^
JD Rom an Italian abftraft of it 9 which wit
fraDHated from the English in Pftrfons^ own wri«
^og* A great iptat of it is printed in the book
Jhdanifeftoibn of folly and bad JplriM 1602.
A note for F. W. Holt and foch other confidept
friends 9 as he shall think good to comronnicate
the fame withal, i. The prindpal caofts of this
my journey are » to fettle with his holinefi and
F* General » all foch points » as shall feem necef*
lary for the ophoMisg of the feminaries of Spam 9
Flandera, Italy, and of the miffion of the fo»
dety to England : and therefore whatfoever shall
cfier itfelf to you about any of thefe points , to
Wit, for faculties, government, privileges, main-
tenance or the like, I pray you and other friends
to advilb me with the beft fpeede ; for I mean
to procure , that my abode in Italy be as little as
snay be ; add fo I have promilbd in Spain , aod
for divers reafons it will be neceflary.
a. If I can do any good alfo in compounding or
ending the troubles of 'the English Roman ftml*'
oary , and c^ our controverfies between thofe of
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oor nation eirewhere f I shall do my beft. At
leaft t hope I shall make his holiners and oth^
principal perfons underftand the tiue caures and
grounds thereof.
3. About the matter of the fuceeilion , my mtz^
fling is to propofe to his holinefs the true flate
of the cafe ; how necelfary it is for his holinefs to
think ferioully and Tpeedily upon it* that, after the
death of the Queen , the governipenc nay noc
fall into'worfe hands; that the English catholics
only defire 9 al^r her Majeity , fome fincere catho*-
lic prince t without rerped of English, Scottish t
Spanish » or other nation. ^
4. That he (Parrons) is not an enemy to the
king of Scotland, nor agent for Kii^ Philip « at
fome have reported , to make him odioilis; alledg^
ing in 'proof of the iirft, the good offices he hUL
done for the king of Scotland for many years ^
while there was hope that be would be a catholic;
aqd proving the fecond by the teftiroony of the
Patriarch Gaetano Nunzio at Madrid, (who has
alfo written efiTedually to the Pope to this purpofe>
that he (Paribus) hath always perfuaded the Kiiy
and his council, that it will not ftand well fo|r
his Majefty to pretend to the crown of Eoglan^
for himfelf^ and that he hath obtained a firm pro-
mife from the king , that he will not aim at it ;
and about this point the Nunzio hath feen the
papen, and been privy to whatever he hath«
from time to time, treated and fpoken.
5. The conclu&on with his Holinefs is to be«
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thtt to avoid contentions and oppofitions afcet
her Majisfty , it would be beft , if fuch a perfoo
conid be thought of by his Holiners acd the
King of Spain , at would be fie » and ftand wdl
both for his Holiners and his catholic Majcftyi
Md for the English and Scotch catholics, and
the Kings of France and Denmark « and all the
reft ; bar who this perfon is to be , he meaoi
to Seave it to the thoughts and reflexions of the
Pope himfelf; though, he fays, ^ in my opinion
Co agreement Would be more beneficial, pro-
bable or eafy, than in the perfon of the Infanta.
In this bufinefs I mean to proceed very foftiyaoJ
cooly , and ^am willing to conform to the opin.oa
of others. If you and other friends have thooght
of any thing different and of the Way of cffe&ng
it, 1 beg you to write it to me. We tnuft not
however , in fuch a bufinefs , fo much regard oof
own inclinations and Wishes » as the three condi-
tions fpecified above 9 the general utility, i^
probability and the poffibility of the dcfigoed pcr-
ibns' gaining pofleffion of the crown, and after-
wards of defending , maintaining and fettling it*
I end by recommending fecrefy upon thcfe mattcffi
Which you perceive , is neceflary. n R. P-
Frop Qenua March 15. ^S9^'
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Exiracl ofa^ ktterifrotn F. P^MspiJ^ ^
LordfFiiLtjilsii Df^u^^Ai^ Ewrl $f
1 He fitfti^df ArifciS % « Id
. Elphinllob hid cfife^iaffie^ i>f
t6 the Klftgf df ^eatfA^ii , gnii'oh
appeaW<f^ in -thi bodk */ r/te' J
DeiDg Mtnttititiicattd tdl ^drTbi
he \*1rtf(fc Vo the Eitl W f^libws,
ft , that if Woil^s af
(1^hi(fh;'hSvfe'ih'6 ti!
airafreaioft^j f re^'^^t
ditfertttC nian 9 thaE
call in qoeftion iby i
of Scotlpmi j. leetegj'' 1
H^biours and dangers
ilfo ilTuing t^ereoif'ti
liiofe tBan ot matiy
And ;ilbeit Aether ti
' & giVe place now t
ship • ppr li time dii
tfejfte thereof , havin{
abfl lor h{$ hQiipur ,
as he belt knoweth;
Yy
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trom my firft emplojrinenc by my fapetion k
helping and fettlng forward , i^hat lay ia me, the
catholic, caure , which was in - the year 1580 « mf
j^ncipal endeavours wete't hext after God tod
Che defence of his truth and catholick religioai
t6t thfe particular good alfo , fafety and advance^
Jtifnt.pf his^Majeftie. of.Scotlaad f who itrsstbea
young and in the haodes x^ t;bero 9 that b^agiit
and fould him 9 loft anci gained him 9 toft asi
jumbled him up and down 9 with fucb Mipi^
ifndwpenU (I meap thaj moffi turbulent governs
^nr, of niiniftcrs a^i} their followers 9) as alltfc
ciui^ah worid took coqsp^fBon of ic. And the
ft|W,aj|fAion alfo jpyned With love and hopewii
jb potent Yii foinc bfupi^ as it forced ustpUav*
our own quiet and take in band^d^n^^usjo"'*
xiics tp inoft partes^and pri^bcea of chriftendoiset
i^hich yoqr |-ordship hatji heard off and , whidi
dur cbemici aiid cmuta^ors. have.. o^jeAed^ to of
ftatc and atienaic from oor
iing.I.ijBrould riot mcb&^i
ji^dc'jykmg .1 have or ever
)Jf'any dther ftate had biB
only the ftatc of Chrifts a-
bn , and the prefctvatiop of
[e 9 fatherlefs by cruel mat-
tt hi*, before he could know
hy ^^he barbardos imprifoo*
fhini,feeTofe,sIiifCooW*J«y
fideratlons, tdgfetbcr witft tM
then wfcs conceived rfW
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^bWfl»d yMtti I Were (b ftrdbg \ntfi m/fifff, al
I thought BO peiil toil or labour orM g^eat 16
be attempted for Tome effedual reiBedye;aDd wlt&
all pious aBd cathoUe priBces^ to WhokM I pro*
. pofed the Tame 9 were (^ iflfeftutr, it none eter
ahewed unwtllfngnefie to eoiicurre to the redrtfb^
fa farre at they were able^' ::.;. (ihtH he f);)ecifid
l^ia Services to the 4i:iD^ and then pr6teMt.>**'^*v>
Tlnally my good Lord^ my difaiKdion to iiift
Majeftlehat been neiret other than this »< and jChft
upon my confcieneii ciWmg our (aVioor- Jeful' M
wkiMTe) firfty to fee hloi a catholic prince ^'aa^
cording asall hit nbMe progenitors haveT>itf t 4«A
theto to fee him the inoft potent prince^ Hi ^diriit^
^endome, whereof there was no fri^aH bopeiak
-ihat tymc^ and now at -tMa day no msui li^^ing
Would be more glad to Ibe bim have^hat^ whlcli
be moft defireth p if I were fure of the fbrmet
fobtv that was th6 firft and chiefeft motire ta
Alt: my afttofii/ to wite, tthai he were a trew'cu«-
^ct^like;^Ti^efe6f having far tefib Isicffk «nd {Mbt*
Wlity at this tyme than I had in tholb dates;
your Lordiliip may not marvel or think mruch »
diat^ we English catholykes^ that have fuffiMd fli
mdi already for our religion , are not foe ibrward
to follow hit Majeftie to our own ddtruftion^
*When he ftileth ut in thit firft and principal hope^
of treW religion , whereon all the reft with oa
dei>eDdeth : nor it thit to be interpreted difafibc*
tiOD to hit Majeftie » but rather obligation to Ood
»&d to our confaiencety and dutyful affeftion alfo
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..I^Q (be fe«ood poimt t^p^biV ^f Im4: of
Ibip %c.ihU tjme whti wt> <he crew nnUioribcmf
C if wf QM WfM > fQ.<iaq I ftfut^ ;w «pw !•; fem^ir*
l^agi^f ^h^ befpra U W9( priOtf4f it paSf 4 (teoiail
tbc ,bande% and Tiwr of ifeq wyfi^ Md^«9rt
XQel^h>:9(b/>)ikM lining tlmi IP JtMistMMM^ ml
*mt^ witnd^rlj affbd^ed to U9 Miodlie ^ Smit
]aDd.ftndTfS:^d?ftrQ cq hit mo^^ t a9 toy of im
»Aiioii wb^rfoeyart a$ thw worlt^ did ^1 igt^
tijViPi WhPVfof two «re H^W d^adj and t^^rffon
I^niay pama ttvMif OMr lac^ (^rdiiHJ if^ &«iMi
pad Sir.Fr^^ocis i^glf^ld. iigt ^iQ« ;* fithert ait
yet.aiiye.t itad It,.!;!^. Mt (ficibiai^ cMvasieot la
SBemipq them. l
The n^tivQi IP iMlw..fhi« bOQke ma nada^
ilQod by Uia.baokfF tiijitf fP:havo bjatwi; ttefitt
xa m^ke :it dkfikPfvv'iEx wha^ imnr aM tttmf^ cblip-
tion thspe, ts ip cv^yicfeiilUaa Wftn to re%>e^ »
)igijoa 1^ ihP prin<^9 t.tbat it^tc^tfttaf wn iAirAam
peoplt; T(Hioft ficft (l^u^.iBii ModklDa in aA»
vaxuDipg priroaaM^r.tjKfipihatb bin and iaftvaitif
9ge«, thAt^he; be a .^{hi>lyli:e« tad do ru<ve&bis*
|blf in niatteis of ]»li(ioQ to. the aaivorfal ohnrcb
of Chrift lb? bi^ govenuMK ;.* aqd tbia is Iwttdiad
tad proved, noft eYidently aod laiyely io the ift
book of the twow
Tbe ftcood motive, leaia^ thiialMtbeiBg
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mde in IIoplaDd t that no man np4et ftio tf
trearoD , ihould taike or^ieaftm of the nexc fui^
ceflbr to the crQwne^ fo great ao, ignorance grer
thereby into the people's beadeiandbeartei^ of ttv^
thing which moft of all (next aft^ God) iov-
ported thetn to lcnow> and Which one day (an^
God l^Dowetb how foonc) mnft be uryed by the
uttermoft adventure of goods y'^^t ^^d fWe^
as it fecn^ed moft needfal to prevent in pare To
Creat a i^iifchief , and to let them fee orheareat
,leaft, what ^nd bow' manic jtherc wfre, tljat di^
or. might pretende for the famei^ lo t^e endtha^c
bav:pg the ipilriKftion of the' former hooke be&rjp
them, they might think at Itn/BL with themfeUi^
what they were to doe ip lb weighty ? g^e p wh^
t|ic time'shQuld pome. . . ' >
And in all tbi$ I doe wat fee what iojurie oc
,prejudice is done to his Maje^ of Scotland* Fqr
if he be a catholike , or wii be > and shew it. hw
effe^ , as lOi hii anceftors have dos^/ ibete is
nothing fnid againft him* but much m^er fqr
himt cfpeciairy in the firft -boojle. If be. be np
catholyke ; yet his whole ty tie is there feti dowoe
in the firft plage » with all privixgesof the fame^
as alfoe the pretences. qf diverfe pcbers jpcoteftai^
l^ioceif without diminution or other difadvpntage^
except fucb as the only want of being a catholyke
bringeth with it to catholyke peopfe^ which waat
lying only; in his Majeftle to remedy f and not in
others or in thr writer of thefe bookcs , ( who
lAetermiHUi oadayipg bat leavetJbi fiX indii3R:rent an^
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'"dMbteTol to tht readers jadgtneot > I find bo*
fetfoD» why his hboar should be miflylted by any
pioos and eqoal jad^e 9 that is not carryed away
with partiality » io rerpeft either of religion or
ftdion. And if any thing doe feeme to be otged
inore in the booke fot the ftvoor of the King of
Seines daughter » or of any other catholy^e princet
your honour muft confider ; that the wrycer wm
a catholyke 9 and would gladly advance the caoft
of one of his own religion , (6 far as by right antf
equity he might , religion beitig the firft trew
grounde of all right to chriftian kingdoms : and
confbquently , fb long as the author of that bookt
doth not by any falfe allegations in the cathoIikiL
pretenders behalfe 9 fttt his tytle forward 9 nor
iteprefle the other by concealing any proof to be
alledged in their behalfe9 it feemetb to me, di|t
no man in rij^t can complain or taxe }iim qf
partiality.
And with this my ^ood Lord I will ende ycmidcf
fnirdon of your honour for this repetition of tn^
ibrmer tetter : but I have done it upon intelli-
gence from Scotland 9 that it was not arrived ; ao4
for the great defire 1 have to give your Lordship
fttisfaiftion in foe weighty a point9 wherein it
fkemed that your Lordship had mifconccaved of
me ^ and of my doif)gs and meaning about tl^
ftme If I thought there were any uew ho^
In the point 9 that moft iroporteth both his maJelKe
and OS 9 I mean of religion 9 no man woold more
teadily Qpend hit lifb for him than myfelf ; but I
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tannot $i6t opoii ftdion or flattery or ^ot\d\f ref«
peftt agtioft my jodgm^ot alid conrcience « reeiDg:
that I neither hope nor ftar (I thaok God) what
any mortal prince can give or take from me in
this lift 9 without my faulte ; and in thisgorernneht
cf our conntry I am (b far off from all paffion one
\lray or othe^t as t am indifferent to any man
lyvii^f that hath or shall have rygbt thereto, of
What place or people ibever be "He 9 (b tbar he he
^ catholyke ; for other worldly prettnfions I have
cone unto hitn 9 nor ever ( I . troft) iball have.
But if he be no catholyke; as^ it beloi^geth not
to my vocation to ftry ve agalnUb him ^ fo I mutt
tonfeffe, that foe long as he is foe, nothing ondei^
heaven can move my heart and witf to favour
his pretenSons; by which I ath ceftaine^ that if
he (jpttdCf he is to i^uipe both himftlf and ''infinite
others.
- This is my fenfe and ibtefting, abd tvhofbevtt
lakethme 6the<Wift than thus, miftaketh cne....:
The bappieft day that ever could shine to me iil
this lift 9 were to fee both dur realibes united
together under onri catholyke governor and pKince
of our own Mood : but if our fynnes deftrve not
^at felicity, any nilfcry is leflfe than ;th^ tiiifcfy;*
*f herefy, Item Which t befecch almighty God to •
deliver both you and us : and foe to his holy
proteftion ^commit your honour flrom Rome at'tho
tginniQg of this neW year. Again I bid your honour
moft humUy idiiia this* ^4. jati. i6ao. R, p.
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jafcardiamm in AngUcano Ckto Stdttii
EnunendlJimo & RevercndiJJiniQ Domiao,
D. pRAiJCiSco S, R^ k' CardinaH
Bambmh^vjo^ btipi nammone exfa^
bitus h Pnmp HoBUAGOy 4j>oJblico
' in JngUd MijioAario. \
Poatl&ce coUjes i^d oot ufq^e -cleciyftiii^ pais*
tiiQmoai admmiftr lun*^ EminefitiiSiiie ft Refel%iH>
diffiime Domide» Se Angiicani gregis jam din paf^.
tpre orbati coDrQlacorefi^f:p%tTpiKH)Orfc {iroceAo^
rem faoe picoc^rpum badenos f xporti fanM^.t
eundem te modo intefti^is quafiau^ ^iSdiif ^ Tat«r
in pra^cipua. merobiia, fua (je\iiiept^:di$iit)f^o, iwrtK>f
eciam roedictim iinplptat ADgU€aB^)Ecclofia. Ne^ne
enim expeditior ppbis;^ quam pfrtc;^ a4ittts zA.
Chriiii Vkariudi efie potel^f cnjcix fi Apnfifi^$0t
fedem r 9 Thcodoieci ad l>f9Qnea ftioiqm ^yetbia
etiam nobis ad Alexandrufn Sepc^mm cop&giea^^
tibus, uci Vmt ^ nos , qui d(j€8fij]imufi]f & f^fiUi
cttrnmui^^utEcQlefia ooftrs iilcefijbufr raedecioagi
ab illo\&f(icttndum ilium ,.abs .:t aijci^fmu^ Cub
terum quando , nifi d&cedis vQlneribus'« parefadiF-
que moTbi caufitf acceffibuSf incrementis, fruftra
qusritox
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tjuttritur tnedicitm ; patieris tibi * hab ^ fiairf&ticme
fimplici^ mali^ ()uo jam annos Tnalros conffiidlanim
«ft Anglicani Cleri corpus » recaf retites' (b^n^r^V
lK>varQm diflfenfionuiii aeceiBone / quaC ^anfmoYUtk
ftbris paroxifmos oiAftes fub uno'af^eftu ibbjlcil'^
3. Addo falutis circitet 154a Anglicani ClcH ttlli
florentif, & vel inter' perr(tfcationi^#flitrittIa<qtie
adverrorota imMIa^ ftreMt lace ^ anfhilniih tWr^
qoillitate , & chatitetiscbm Divine ,ieQtti ii\Si(A
tadiis perftoe&tis^ lelichatem famimM Hittrtntbkte
tciBpiL^ niperfeminatis ii> agto Domfnl -b^kiitidi
^izaniis* inlitoicas hbnod. Siqiridetn ptd[^i(ui4- GfeR
facetdotibua paucorom aiice id ttemptrf ' abi)brs6k
ijpatio knorctiis, imer q|uoS etbitiebanf 0D. 1U\i9-
Tonus i Siratfofdosi BKlfetfos/CoffingA^^
Velhist Schellus, Bft^ghtomf » Mu^ketttH, Ttb^^
lioppust Rogeriusy fingcilarrpTtnkntia ((^^ tl6V^
iDolll etiam Saenft Tht^ologiarlteagtftetitV^^ ei)Vdfl}uk
Tcriptorum mofmrntotir Dobiles f Domii^Qf Thomaik
Vitus 9 live Albius (vutgo Diacloui ), i}3aib* aU-
tiuandiu « in pontilttid CTeticomm An^tdrubi Ibriii*
Mfioy Theologiam DuacrprofHBis fuerit « qui t^i^
vatini f <|ui public* adortus eft novis comtnivlthf
«t pt^iiqu^ canfebant, n6tMl(i)U6 femeAe^ls aiAiIi.
tatare^ Favfite ilik^ HMgiitri {Aacicia, teque MtM>
tderac&us primo ^ uiM iiit^tDperantias «atoll^t« M^
ceardotes aliqui^ quoa ffl^ itudltdt^s-antfe KabtieMt;
quibte adjuuxenmt Mt ittim Mi eitWeiti'tixxA^
liares. Ofifenderat |aiti ante ctlkm Reveitudlfllttittm
Chalce^fcrneoreilD Ei^(bo|km , tuiii KellifbmitA'9 Scrat-i^
fordcim V Lovellum » Muskettum 9 Le^^rtiunr i
Zz
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i&Ggaes <)e Clero Theologos Albii obftlnatiby
anoo Qirifti ciiciter 1(33 ab iifdem rogatjus cujuf-
d^m, Xfib^Ui Dovitaces roultas^^ cum Laicorum com-
jplurium totiofque Cleri fcandalOf complefteocis ap-
probation^ k fe inconiiderati faOam revocaic
jrcnuit. .
« ;^, Hec (Mfentiuin. in Clero fimultatam origo
fyltp Sc ex pccafione pfirto abreptis Reverendiffini
CihalcpctpnenriSt <)ui,n^)cis pro grege perksuUs dt-
funftot ptoTcripcurqge.ediAo publico hioc in Gal-
liam JR^ifiU manibrus ft receperat , Oominos Tho*
nu^SjAlbius naftus CapituUf quod uterque Cbakft-
jdoneofis quoquo o&odo hjc. inftituerat ^ Decaoun
soQiRilIofiiUi Cltri priqparips fibi obfecu^danteSf ad
prof^minanda latios fua dpgfnata animum adjedc.
Quamobrem opQri.PJiUprpphjcoy . quod fub idem
t^qipus Domini Keae]qii Digbei Equitis Anrati
sqmi^ , prQdiit % i^psdificacam i fe Peripatetics
primum ^ deinde etiam Theologis formam quandam
ditt ante meditatam^ ab u,fitatd Catholicarum fcho*
larum Tbeoiogi^ plane abhorrentem vulgjire infti*
tui^ Quoniam vero vjgilantiffimum Epifcopum,
qua poUebac in AngUcAnaro Ecclefiam poteftate;
preyidebac his inceptis obftiturumt quippe qui jam
tpff diftitabac » duo, ft in Albio animadveitere
terf ticoruflu propria , novitatem & fingulariutem;
yifum eft illi Anglican! Capituli ayftoFitatem^qol
ft fttU f^lciendum arbltrabatur , amplificare pro
xe nat& 9 urgereque i & quia periculom erat, ne
nimio.niru protnifa. bs,c r^aebina diflilirety ejoL
dcm CapituU quamprimum 'maturandan^ ab, ApoP
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tolid ftde cohflrtiiatibnfeib ctfBroerant eonrm « qnl
Albio adhfcrercebanc , Cipitularium prkcipoi. *
4. Romam igicur cum Seftniffims Regins Doftr«
poftolacis ad Innocentium Decirouto profcdaroDo-
xnino Kenelmo Digbaso 9 habitft prius coram Reve*'
tendiffimo ChalcedoneD6 in ejus conclavi Tupet eft
le conrultatione » io qkk iocerfueruDC RR. DD.
Ficconus, tone recens Capituli l!>ecanus» Cliffllt-
dQi» Holdenus, Blaclous, Leybornas, & CarreuSf
ftaftra reclamantibos Revetendiffimo Epifcopo ft
Domino Leyborno , quod repulfe periculum pr9»
fentirent , ruffragiorom numero fadum eft , at per
Digbeam Regins oratorem enixe peterectir Ad-^
glicani Capitali autftoritate ' Pontificis Maximi
eonfirroatio. Veram Digbeus , re infefta 9 Parifios
reverrus , Regit)8B , qudP Sangermani per id lem^us
morabatur, declarationem Italicam fcrfpto exhi-
buit , quft inter alia legationis lbs poftolatat de
Capituli etiam confirmatione k Pontiflce fibi dene«
gatft queftus eft. '
5. Anno deinde circiter 1648. cum Dominum
MarcumHarringtonum^ virum Albio addiftiffifnunt
Vicarium Epircopi Generalem in Aoglift conftitui
nonnulli expererent^ recufiivit plane Reverendir-
fim'us Epiflcopus, atque id ofScium deftinavit Do-
mino Georgio Leyborno integerriros erga Te fidei
facerdoti , quamvis repugnant! ^ quod continuas fibl
moleftias profpiciebat ab Albii afleclis in Capitulb
prepotent ibus creatum iri. Attamen ReyereAdlfflmo
Chalcedonenfi aflerenti 9 fe hoc deledtu p^ricuIoQi-^ '
fQOi Bovitacum contagioni occurrere^ tandem ob-
Zz 0.
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ft(}ta«ti2ftJD9iBi9«i LeyboriHiSf Hiftiit prarfbs
opinamibusPP. FiuoQpf Holdenot AlWo, Caireo*
Geptralii Viarius jam confticutus hue ex Gaila
tf^jf9cU« Id poftquam r^fiiienmc ilii quacoor ,
l^rere .ptknum actoniti t mox roajoris ooncordiap
specie inftare urgereque^ vi% Revereodiffimos Epif'
^pqs ^terufs ttiam cum nomino Leyboroo Yica^
sitfm OeQeralem D. Mareciin HarringtoDom oomi-s
l^rec. A<idit}$ deoiq^^ PQbiiiuai quoruodtoi utiior*
^efeias Laicorom . pr^)«i$ obrecfauoBib^rqpc,
gm^d^vum facilique ingfoio apciftiteoi 6c oppog-
nflvet);*. w tapdern fuccubuerit. {^rspofterum bog
CoofiliiuB fuifle brevi eventui docoic. Dmp enia
Poipino Itfarco Harnogcono pro Albio ejofqne
opioipoibus jam aperc^propognanti adburcrcerenc,
^ooxCapitularuro. plerifque » complurcs ex dero fa-
cerdc|tej^9 c^eceri omDCf iique m^jore nomeEO prird
ix^eg|;Uate pfesbyteri IX Leybornam fecuti, glif-
ccQtibus^iDijLies noiMtatib4f fefe opponerept ^ difcU&is
tit miferabiliret in partes univerfos Clcrvfi*.
, & Sodem anno xne^fe Augufto, conveneivBt
^ndiqaaJl^opdipum Cf^jiitiUares 9 prefeotc to coCa*
pituio prg^rideptequ^, .UQquam Decanp Domiaa
Pecro FiuoDo t ^bi «. proptere^i qaod duot i Re-
verendiffimo ChalcedonenC Caoonicos paolo aoci
^reatos , nulla Reverendiin^ Uterii^mn tanuindeo
fignificantivins 9 quiM pQqainus Lcybomus prorcfetet,
latione |x^biift , Decanus excludebac , qoodque prcf-
titp a capicularium iio|alii de arcano fervando jik*
ramentOfl ne quid. Cttipiam aperire licerett ip9
eciam l^nrcopo in fuo Capiculo tranftftorum oo«
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titiam dniegandamiDiiIti volebine^ aa ptrtnftt*
tioQem confufionemqoe fommam res rpe^re pn».
dencionbus videbatttn Aog^bat fufpicioMin < cmP'
tltutionuoi quarundum ab illo capiculo obferVan^
darum libellus cum a FicconOf xutn prerertim I
Pomino Henrico Doldeno Sac. Jbaologis Doftorf
eodemque Albii quondam difcipalo & modo ica
defenfore compoIitu9f obi inter alia Epifcopi jua '
poteftatemque manifefte infringencia » cavebatnc,
uc ab univejrfo Anglicano Clero Qbediencia CapituM
deinceps pra^ftarecur. Vicic tamen 0« Leybovni
crga ReverendiiSmum Epircopi^m conllaiitiffiait
£des 9 effecicque uc majori fu^^giorum immefolt
non modo quas inibi tranfigereocur ^ omnia re-
fciendi Epifcopb poteftas inc^ra. miQerec f venim
etiaro obedienriam i Qero nuUam ffi^igete Capituto
liceret > quippe quern § uc ante, ab unius Epifcofi
Dutu pendere squum eflet. Ec quidem 9 quancopere
fibi difpUcerenc Fitconi Holdenique confticuciosfit^
fcripcis ad D* Leybornum literi$ teft^^cus eft ipfe
HeverendilSmus C}i?lcedonenfis » priBcepitque iifdem
literis. uc Leybornus fuo Domine vecaret piaM
Capitulo pr^efiari , quam exigebanc ab univ^db
Clero, ob^dienfiam. Perftirere nibilominus in eadeni
urgenda Capitulares^ ucnecdTe habuerir Revcretf«>
diflimus Epifcopus interminariy fe facuUacibus eoib
nifi ab incepco deilfterenc, privatun^ip. Afievert^
yerunt denique ex ill# conventu nonpauci, Pat>
lamenurium fibi id Capiculum vifum e0e t quod
au^toricate in .no& omni Epifeopum^ non aliter ac
noftratium Farlamwum Regem ipfum txcurlwv
xnolirenturt
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7. Inter bee tpCbm Capituli DecaoDm D. Petnn
Fittonaoiy ftiroulame confcientia, copido ioceffitf
qfim palam fovtn credebtcur » diffidii 9 fi quo id
ptdo fieri poflet, reftingotodi. Sed volfrenci ftcom
^erftociqtte animo optimi operis difficulcates omoes,
pericQloraa res aie« plena videbatur. Animadver-
tebac nimirum pamm fe profeAurnm fine pneci-
pooram quornndam Capitnlariom operft, qaos tt-
inen fubinde ftriAira pertentaios abhorrere illico
fenfit & falataribus confiliis , qoibus ipre jam oc-
odte cefleraty eracque metrendam 9 ne, quo aper-
titts rem nrgeret^ eo ilU obftarent vehementins.
Ergo incercus jam animi floftoanftiuef occafione Jo-
bilari proxime inftaniis in Icaliam proficirci ftatnity
cxorrurus ipfecum Deo k fuie expiatione conrcienu8»
quam in fratres pacem tramfbndi optabat. Qim
^dem oninia, dum Romam petens Senis aliqaamdio
fobfiftereCy figoificavit ipfe Dominus Fictonos viro
coidam illuftri per literas indidem anno Chrifti 1(50
SI Pebruarii datas, quae penes oos jam extant.
8. Csterum abfente licet atque inrcio Epiicopo
&Decano jam procul degence, convocati i Domim)
liarco Harringtono Vicarlo Generali 9 qui Te etiatn
pro fubdecano geitbat , conven^re rurfbm Londioi
Capitulares deeimo Jnlii anno 1653 9 acdtis etiam
facerdotibus non paucis ex provinciis. Extant ad-
httc apod Dominum Leybornum Reverendifflod
Chalcedonenfis liters 9 adhlbito 9 quod & DomioQ
Lancaftrio Capituli Tbeologo acceperat9 Domini
Pagii integerrimi Arehidiaconi teftimonio querentist
4m potijpttum JpcSaffc iUum Convtntim > umpt it
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JSombU Blaclot^ five Albli dogmata txtollerent » €f
JSpifcopi in ft auSaritatem cvcrttrtnt , quam Do*^
mUnus Carraut, inquU, mihi nuper tn faciem dixit
imaginari£ua cjfe; hoe autem f ficut pro certo habcof
d ftmttipfo tantum non dixit. HttQ ex ipfius Re*
vercndiffimi Chaledonenfis literis ; cojus porro man*-
dato mox diflbluCQS eft ille Capicuii conventus »
iiotatufqae fiogulariter iograci aoimi & TedicioQis
nomine Harringconus primis his ejufdem mandati
verbis : Quoniam y ut a fide dignis accepimus , tu
Marct f^icmrit mi GtncraUs , nuper ingratt &ftdl^
tioji eonvocafti quofdam Preshyteroi facularts 9c.;
qoin etiara eidem Harringtono una cum DD. Gu-
lielmo Uarrirono, Andrea KnightliftO/ Jacobo
WaltoDo^ Thona Ashcono^ Petro Curtifio Capi«*
tularioqi pmcipois per litteras Kal. Auguftt
tanquam de injuria graviffimd expoftulantib^us rei^
oripfic extemplo Reverendiifimus Epifbopus, tcer^^
ximequeeoa denonnul]isincrepans,fasc de ufurpato
ab Harringtono fubdecanatu addidic : Dominum Hat^
ringionnm CapituU veftri dicitis fubdicanum : quod
neque ego in ilium officium 9 ntque aUiis quifquaih
auSoritate d me munltus unquam contulit. Hoc
tnimvero quid afiud eftf quam in Epifcopi poteftuf
tern involare^ & /pirituaiem auSoritatem nemine
tribuenu fibi arrogare^ quddfane, quale peccatum
fit, non vos latet. Ad bee tliis litteris 11 Odtobrfr
«jufdem anni ad quioque jam nominatorum facer-
clocum dacisy feverifflmc pnecepic , uti Harringconus
ttb ttfurpando illo fobdecani munere defifterec^ his
Tcrbis : Qffod vtro ad Domini ffarringtoni fkbd^
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tanatam attinet » aio me nunquant tjufdtHodl officlam
inftituijfep neque voluijfc ilium create fubdccanum^
^ometfiD. FutoHHs id me rogaritf neque certo unquam
fcipljfe ilium id officii ufurpaffe « priufquam primui
vtftras litteras legi. Quam ob rem pnecipio ut tA
illo munere dtfiftat » dohec mihi ofteaderit 9 turn
p. Fittoaum poteftatem habuijft Uium creandi fub*
decanumj qaaai tulem legitime creapljfe Perftiut
tamen Harrmgcooas in eodem officio refraftarius ad
eztremum v\i?d diem , quern abfque poftremis ^c-
defiai Sacramentis I & lioe Aibii dogmacum 9 qos
penitus imbibetat « retrH(3»tiODe ulla , cuni tnuU
torum etiam Laicorum fcandalo 9 oUit menre Jolio
anno Chrifti i6s1. ^
9. Exceflentc jam i vivis Lutetiab Parifiorom
Reverendiffimus ChalcedonenGs , & aliquanto poft
etiam Florencis, quo fe Romft durancmm adbac
in Aoglicano Ciero difienfiooum pertstrus jadidu*
dum receperac^ mortuus eft D. Betnis Flttonost
qui quotquoc penes fe turn habebac editos &D. Aibio
libros 9 Inqui&coribus facris tradi rooribuodus juffir ^
addens vel damuatBs jam ejjh, wl aliquando dgm^
Handos eos Ilbros.
ID. Succeffit Fittono Capitulajriuni>fuffragiis Do*
minus Odoardus Daniel ftc Theologiss DoAor^
qui eciam ipfe^ priufquam Decanus fierec, aver-
fatus Albii Holdenique dogmata^ fubfcripto una
cum D. LeyboTDo communi chiR>grapli09 miffifqoe
Duaco litteris ad Capiculares aliolque facerdotes in
Iiondinenf(^m ilium oonventum aoni 1653 coogre-
eacoSf vehemwcer fuafict itt eorondem folennid6>
teftacioflc
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tcftstioiiG iottfim Clcro l&btoi tbftcrgemt ^ fed
b. Danidcm » qood aliis jam fiiirerat auAoritaoe
Toa pexfiodre medicaoteO) prsematura mors Ckre cri-
puit menfe Sepcembris aooo Domini i6sj.
XI. Prodierant jam sn lucem Damioi Thorns,
Albii complura opofcula Theologioa; qos pto
ctiverfo partium ftodio Anfuque flon modo it Oero^
iFcrufn in ip&s quoque;, Laicif var iov quotidie exjcir-
ubanc animorum rnotus. In his |aiifeniai» httrefebs
lK>tai>«ntttr pociffimom bsecdogmau, nin^tamjfr^
tisM fit0ckntem prtnjks ima^uiurlam efft f tollmht^
vim Uberi arbUrii : Chrifiam Mqut mcrttum tffh^
^ua nm /htu ioM^ ncfae ww^umm tfft fttkftrfbtklt
•ton falvina : Grmtiam nature C0rn$pta t0c fi^^ppt
ifficactm 9 iiefCAe mtlytrfdittr t fed mhmri^tautffm
hominum ponianl t^mnmmicmtam tfi. Inmo :rt0
in libellp , quem mktip&\ ^ppesulkul§m M fbmn^
hwcciaa JipTom Couielium Jaofeaium ^ttfque pnt*
pofttioDca ^qoinqua ab ApqftoUc& fade damoaras
ftomiaatim ab AJbid afiiif vjodjcariqine palimjfim
tsrat. Ad hsc oSeofioni erat quod docoic^ enrfffi
iieoff/TiAte m Deo txifitu datrminatiwum de fin^
turitiant . uuiidi ^ihguie gencraiionem filU : itidosi
per SpUimm SmffmHf am dicltur Ckrifii^ t^^
«<jpaif li/t'Spirim^MSotitfitRi^ Demn Pann:
epi&opiMa mtiom lOrdisis aoil .e& SupeckveiD
^esbytero^ csmi pf esfa^eri poffint coooofscte ;aid
oidiBaQicm6m£ptlbopi : aogdos fcire bti^ra ooatia*
gebtia tattle fecceu oordiomrattiQe ade6 Bihil£iseflie
inceraan : vnstms ki ^argatbrio detemns cmciati
tSq/iit a4 cKtremttm yiditii diem : In damnatis
Aasi
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mblln fore feDfitivas psnas : opioioocAii teoenteM
I^apam efle isfiiHibilem » efle hsreucam » trchi-
.tereiicamy & matrem natficemque fpuiciffirooroti
erroraai:JQdiceiiicontroverfiarain« cujus mtiinif fit^
de fide quid fie, quid noD^ difirernere, nollam
efle, oeqae efie poflc.
III. HiOc atiaxjue Id genus dc^tnata cum mordi-
tia toerentuY Albii affeclW t comitooca tandem or«
thodoxorum ^ cum et Clero 9 turn Religiofomm
•Ordinibus Theologorum piis querelis Apoftolici
fedes exorfa eft faonim librorum 9 oe erroriboi
.Cbrifti lideles inficere poflent « prorcriptionem i
' detrnp^ Etnitentiffimorum S. R. E. Cardinalium Is-
'^fitorum Genetalium , quo 14 Mali 1(55 ejufdefs
'Albii 'JbnfMi focc&ut^ five tres traftatus de virtutibos
vfidcl k Theologfs^ &c. omnino ptohibuic. Fremeie
^primum^ tfi^ tumukuari Albius ^ deinde percuflom
hocdecreta libeUttmalio ibripto^ qvLodTabnIas Sif^
fia^alt^ nuncupavit, defendere, turn in prifcfixl
Stfiiem Tabulis ad Alexandrum VII nunc Ponrifieetn
ci^. mak. epiUdla Eminentif&mos CaMinales lo^
itta frntrts atque incUnoios.judices dicere. Dem-
^que de'cretum it>(\im , uc cohfli/km atque id nmbrtm
fiHecorpoTty Itvi totit credentlbus ierticulamentlmf
'fid interrogantibus nihil fitums aperte criminari.
I^oocirca alio decreto per t^fdem Emmentiffiods
iCardinales tutu Sajfragadei has tahulas , torn lis
adnexam ftffancs evulgationem inhibuit^amnaTitqoe
Apoftolica Tedes 7^. Septembris anno Chrifti 1657.
Neque tamen vel lie qutevic Albius^ qui h«c
etiam kiuamvis dacbaata fctipta eadem perriocii
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Vtodicare perftitit in libeHo « quem Mdtumtiham
txcantatum iorcripfit adverros D. Robertiim Ptt«
ghiuoiy de quo mox agenius. j
13. AuAoricatero iaterea AlbU Tcriptis fidemquQ
apud Catholicos Anglos abrogabant hi^c Eminen-
ti£5rooruni fanAl officii Cardiilalium de^reta $ quap
opcimi CQjurque confcienciam perc^UebaDC , & fimul
aacerorum viri.. li^rorum deteftationcm indies pa^
liebaQC y fimul ab au^tore i^fb gravioruoi omnium
^nimos abalienabant. Collabafcencem igitpr aroiqt
exiftimationem uc aliquo mpdo fUlqirec D. tienricvii
HoldenuSf fcripta PariQis eodem anno ipNovem-
bris ediiaque epiftola , horam decretpjom au^ori*
tatetn vimque Cacbolipos Aogligs incolas pbligahdt
omnem elufic. Quamobrem Capitularium plerique
Albio adhsrercences cum Holdeni epiftola animaci
turn eiiam repulfa^ quam eorum agens D. Lauren-^
tins Ptattus Roina^ tulerac, qui ne EpQin^niiffitnife
quidem veftrs Uteris j, nedum ApoftpHcq Brevi
obtenco » quo Capicqlum hoQ k SSmo. D. noftr(^
yel probaretur, vel certe a^npfceretur^ buc redJeir
rat, incenfi, ccperunc non modo alieni aver0qu9
& Romanft Curift animi indicia prodere » crebioxjeC-
que etianT'per quefdam Lalcos fibi addldos que^
limonias difteriaque in fedem ipram ApoftQlicam
e£fundere » fbd Epifcopalem quoque , quam jan(idtt*
duro 9 quafi 9 vacante hie Ibde 9 novo Qapitulo ^
quam vis ab Apoftolica fede neqdupi inftituto con-
firmatoqut9 debitam nftirpave^nt jurirdidtionem ^
eciam in f\)iritualibus obftinatiilst qtsam hadt^nus ,
fxercere. Seditionem augebanc per hoc teipjpun
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fjp9ittit in volgas fchedulse libellique veroaculo idio-
mate cum ab Alhio ipfo^ turn ab ejus fedatoriboi
eciam * Laicis cum multorum maxime iofirmoroai
fcandalo publicaci , quibus prster alia Albii pro-
sunciaca crebr6 ingulcabatur » aoimasit quotquoc
in Porgatorio Tudc^ omncs ad extremum judicii
diem ibidem permanruras, deridebanmrque piorum
preces acque indulgentis pro earundem ante illuia
dim liberatione adhibere foliti^. Hec cum kn-
pendentis magna Cleri parti ab Apoftolicft fcde
defedionis periculo proi^ima vlderentur^ vifuai eft
sonnulUs integritatis & |>rudenti^ laode pr^eftaa*
tibus facerdotibus rogare D. Robenum pQghias
ex eodem Clero Theologum , Jqiris Canoniqi Docr
toretti 9 k fanfts Sedis Apoftolic^ Proconotaiium %
nc per Epiftolam cum ortbodoxis fratribiia comnra-
Bicandaro t quo res Cleri loco jam eflet, reipotiorei
Londino l^resbyteros edoceret pariur^ atqiie io
officio erga (andlam fbdem corroboraret. Confcripb
igitur b«, Pughius libellum , quem inrcripiit Efif^
tolam de jtngUcanl Cleri retlnenda i> jfycfioliam
fedcm obp^Tvantl$. ejujqut vix earn nm&erum « $
quidem latini typis edi permific^ qui foli Qeia
fuflScerett ne acclpieodum magis quam daodum
inde fcandalum latius , quam par efiet » permauk
xet : fiquidem in hoc Jlbello turn Holdeni Epiftolais
tanquam in Eminentiffimocpm Congregationis fan%
Officii CardinaKum decreet injuriofam 9 feditior
famque« turn Capitul|ir.em Cleri adipiniftratiooea
tanquam 4 pauculis Albio addiftis Sacerdotibos
line Ppnfificis Maximi auftoritate arieptam liberiv
perftringendam duxic.
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X4. Vulgata jam Poghii Ep^ola.^ 4ivtf6 f9|<^
iBorum inotas t ut cuiqoe ftudia pactiupa j^ exdcaci^
pars muiBcando in auftorem fcemece » eraotquft U
potiffimum 9 qui Capitulares Albiuipniu^ mordicuf
amplexi • d^bitam facri) dfcr^cis obedieDC^m e^
occulta ^Qdebanc. Pars apertius in Ulum^YcaodcCv
cere 9 minarique Qltionem fiibiuiQ : ejrant bi ?e^
{^apitularium iprorum primarii 9 vcl qui AH^ii
emlflarii aique arcanofum parcicipes noUftifiKiiS
ferebanc mac||xinatiooes Tuas, xji^Me ipfos puqgiK
r#Di , pern^uka reliquo Clero jaiB patQfter<« 4Mi d^
nique , quibus faoa adhuc abhorreoTqpe |i^ ouMiii im
Titatis uiBbra imds S^ fincera erga ApoftqUtai^ fipdepi
^eneracio erat 9 l^cari nia^nopyej^e gratujljiriqiie dp
majore Cleri pane hoc UbeUo >b omoi &»je fedi^
tiODiSy five erroris fufpicione yiudkat^*
\s* ^^H fe^niu^ dircu0a Tub hi^ teoapoca i
Donnullis agitataqipe eft, editis utrimque Ubr^t
Albii opinio JPt media anmarum fluffs 9 popu^oa^
ronique prp cominuQi Ecclel^ pra;U,Benedi^^ii«
Francifcani ^ tandemque Soci^taxia jefu Theolq^
Quinetiam Academia J^uacena pfopofmouea vjg^
4uas ex lihris Jafiituthnum /^ramm^eJuTjdep Albli
excerpras IbleniM peofgra g Noyeobrif 4U»a i^^
vt reJpcSiv^ h^raicas , errmeas .9 pukulsfas t <f^
p^r arias 9 fcoftdalo/g^ 9 .& jiairwi aurUmt^M^l^
^mnavic. TjpjecjU^c hue Di^tf^o tribus aDce j^^liiam
hanc cenfurarm ipenfibas I>0QHniiia -Qci^ilia jLegr^
^inu9 S. Ttieo^Pgiff Do^or dppiys. ^ i»e inema^
jatui 9 Idemque xn.odp Duacenif bm «ft Pppt^Kcii
|u:«cj()iuique CtexiCQiap iK^traUBQi Sjeounuu Pneh
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fts 9 inftiten^tqoe etiam atque etilm jfiic pneflms ,
ut Dommas Onuphrius Elireus Decanos, & Ca-
pitalariutn precipui , quod in fepteDtrioiialibut
Anghs partibus vigioti de Clero Sacerdoces iidem-
qae Anglo*Duaceni CoUegli quondam aluquii ,
iocer qoos Archidiaconi duo 9 jam fecerapc ^ quod-
que compluT^s tota ABglia fparfl fkcere parabaotf
Albii dc^matum - libellorumque 9 prsfbrtim quos
CoQgregatioDes facrs jam profbripreranr , derefta-
tiom fua figillatim D^mina 9 amolleods ib Clerq
Infamis caufa* fubfcriberenc : hoc unof compo-
litis fratrum diffidiia, (bblatifque fcaodatiSt Deo
gratos re£lofi)ue, demum in Curia Paftorem d Dd
Yicarl09 ac Pmrulem afiequuturos. Sed illis etdemt
quft haftenus, vec6rdi& id abnueDtibus^ LfCybomas
irrito conato Duacum reverfus eft.
itf. Dominum OnuphTiumElifeum Sac. Theologue
Doftorem ^Dahiele mottuo 9 Capitulates jampridem',
quippe ab anno fUucis 1^57 , fibi Decanum elegenot
in conveotu quodam Londini habico eodem anno 23
NovembriSy unde qui aliquoties interfbit Doaco
mifius Dominus Thomas Powellus S. Theologis
Profcflbr ad D. Leybornum inter alia aS ejurdem
fiienfis h«c fcripfir. '^uscit valdi JUfgidontm mtam
Cdpkularei In prafhnti fbo regimint conttntos at-
quitfitre ntqiu Eplfivpum veUe $ quod animaJvertip
Uhs adeo prafraffe rteufarCf /hb/tripilonibus fuis
duefiari novitntes^ omnts & ftanddlofiu oplniones
'Domini Albli% alias Slachi. Quemadmodum vera
Dominus Oeoff ins Catheridus Archidiaconus Ebol
lai^enfis diverfis literia ante figniBcaverac ft nihil in
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§ui Clero turn doml$ turn apud cxteros dedecorl
effcnt^quiquc crtdtnntur fchifinatici » & fchifmatic6
more 9 non modo cum Cltri » fed ipfius etiam nationii
nojine pr$bro agercnt ; ita in jam diAo cooventtt
Dominus Joannes Yongos de Q^ituianbui Albiiqae
fodione hand abecrancem i Domini Cathericii
cujuf tone Ticem obtinebat» fenfu ftntentiam foam
teftificatus eft. Candancem dio tergiverfantemqut
jDominum Etifeum perpuleront tjandem Capitolaresy
\it eledioni torn nono poll meafe eonrencitet. lea*
qoe facili ii^enio vir addudas Undetti eft noQ
inodoy ut^ quod longe poft i)r»finitnm i Tacrit
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nus fufceperi^t ^ ad hunc diem nulU hadenus ob^
tenia jnxca 4i^s eanonis confirmatione exequert^
tur^ verom etiam jufirdidione ocdinaria jam cum
i Capitulo arrogau facultates dirpenfationtfTqut
concedendi 9 exigendique k ceteris Clericii obe^
dieociae juramentum five per fe > five per vlcariol
generates I fuo Capitulique nomine uteretur.
17. Palantis interea jam Kitu fine Paftorc ADglli-
cani gregis mifert^s aiiq/sanda fommus optimufqaa
Ecclefie paftor D. Francirco Oagio S. Tbeolo^itt
TDoBtoxi Ci^tularUim ni^ocia . in urbe procufantl
jBpircopum conc^flit 9 qui Ecckfii^m noftram tanquanl
yicarjius Apoftolicoa adminiftrarec. Veram OecanO
Capitulique hf4^% primoribus adeo non arrifit hset
benigniffimi Poncifids gratia ^ ot eandem illico pet
.Gagium acriter de accepta increpitum detredirint*
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jpetrtndi fifAoftcione , qoem fibi iDterhD ttoqioifl
AlWo plot mqvto addidis denegiDduo) rpermrenCf
qoo dintitss ipfi Clefo itnperitareilt » SpifcopRli in
iKKadtntniftratidDi rerei^ viam otiineinpr^chififieiit.
is. Albius c^rte in libelk) » qnem adverrm Paghii
epi^olam qdidici aoftis eft dfe hac Pontificia Ope.
Max. concefficAe, tanqoam de indlgnijpmi repul/U
eonqoeri > indeqoe occafionem famere noti foinm
i&Gefii?ndi Poghlnn^ conviciis^ fed ob prorcriptas
ilomsa Janftniftarom G^allotutn dtto it vigaui td
Prwtuctakm Bplfiolat In ipfttn ttjam Apoftolicaia
ftdem 9 ifnafi fcclerum & cnriii dvilibos & coo*
vidkui hniliano intolerandimini ftttttjcem & proteo-
tricera debicckandi. PablicatK IbbiBde in Holland^
Aaurat marwirfiwt i^Uuti^iMus Sthicis epiftolao
pnefixic ad Utoftrlffimos Belgii ^ilbopos , In qtn
cofden tanqwin Pttti fyectffofikta pare^ ab Apof-
tcdiaa fedis obedicnrtia avertit^ turn Societateili
|efa tanquam tMcuram 9 EccI^ ruingm mediUoh
urn exirccMiemqiu^tutn Eminentiffipiitim Cardinaled)
Pallavitinvtia tuiquam pro Bifti^rks pn^fant fcrlfts
prmmiQ purpwrA & prJtffOm'A tmtum non Beckfis
ibMlmi petalattv^lRttit arrodic f approbatque mrTam
l&nftaiftaram jam pridem danmatas ad Provifida^
tem qriftolas : Ut miHiiM miraa fit ClaltniBnnta
DoaUOQiii Abbat^m Monti(kegtt)ft ApcAolicols ill
$k^i\o latemubdtttn in llteHt li Offe^bfis fopetioit
anno ad D. Leyb^num ibriptii %oc Albii opoi
pemkiaftun^ quod^M pi0mM fuAea prefhnkB k
ditUcoioria «tf Pr^lm$s Btigii^ muOiy^mq^t Ipfkk
ntqfum
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tefkport perfkqdutlonls de ntdid ftdd dhUilo dabU
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^mdrtt flAUanea prmoecupatl /patidm prdpatandi fh
per psnktntlam non Inv^trlnt, tdmoi faii^ahdtisiffif-
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fam ekctUehtlamque -rf»« d^erttw MflfeWrt fHftni
tut ; & in encyclica lllo libello 9 ^utfin a^etltik
t)6fflimita Leybdnmm mox poblicdfe'^ fubfcriptft
etiam Domini fillfti Decani pr^cipndru^c^&f^' iC^i
Idtutarium nominibos » non lUht ve^ltt ," e|iil^^«i
A\hii tnibata^ at toquuntw^ vlia vlHbtefque^^
9k cum fhltntla itnlntnt ^ tuffi ofieA' tknquajl)
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ftm, cai eKdantailmli ^ti^eft tlvAuyh ittii^t i
nrquemultopoft vulgara eciaWeftteyborni rerponiia
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iiberius his libellis recunduncur t & m&Ie anc)gaict
X^apitulo jgrifdidioqis f^Uitdf fie apertior. Odium
inruper *4ll:uoi ejufque fcripcis fub hoc tetsfkat co>
jmulavic ab h6teiodQX(irttm Pi:ocerum qqd nemioe,
ili^'fui^re^is Pariftmeoci coniifiis, palam Catholics
exprobcacus perduelHs Ubellos Dt obedicfUi4t& G»-
b^naUonis fmdamtmis^ ab Albio hotnioe fialicec
Cat^oiico fez abbinc aimis pro CromweUi ty^u-
ipl4<vi^ ftdverfus Sereniffimum Regem tunc eztoneiB
puW^cattti*' . ^) . . ,;
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jbpnyVncuj fuo» hop anno duobus abhiDc mesfibo
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i<frlPW^ii&» ex iifque ad M% perticeatis iofamis
pudoir^i feo^^ei' fus Roms adverfis fen^per etea*
t^bjis^jP^oc^r^ts ;aedio^» fea^d^nique aii<ftore Illof-
tiriiSin^ Dojii\qp p.^Abbate Aubigneo SereniffiiM
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iibui indole operate jopt;niaUcea{^decrevi(&(qaod
q)^(UByis r licet Qfigencihiis badienujs orthodoxis
twribus^abBf^erant J^qt^prpjGpriptos ccrte i Acni
Einlp^ptiflimoruKn. Cardina^Upip cong^e^tionibos
Xrbil ii.^llos etiam ipG in ppfterup rej^ciant de«
tcKentyrqoe^ infuper, quicquid in ejofdem Albii
libro be fibcdUntU 0. Gu^eraationis fmdamwh
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i^uo4!itVtn. cdnceptis Verbis, deinde poefticeniat
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in cofitomelioro admodum'maAifefto quodam fbo
adyerfus D. Leyborsum noviflime pubUtato.
sa: Habes igitur 9 tn^CnenUiSine & RevereDdiffime
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corporis ^ritudinejQ oipnem ad duo potifSBpttm
xnali capita revocatam *t qlibrom alterun^ ferpens
in ' rehqoa snembra ex' utilus comagione enorum
Tinif, altemm veio il facaniotibas nomMUis \tfar-
pata jamdia in reliquos omnes fab Ca|)ituU fpecie
jatifdiAio eo periculofior , quo ab illis inconfidera-*
tius ad ipfa facramentorum inyfteria One fupeiri^
Paftoris auAorit^te excendiiur. peus falutai-is npfte^
ixk vicarii Tai conlilip » ci;i}us ti). pars na^a^ qtqitc
in ipfo Venice 9 uc cum Auguilino loquar ^ cgmponat
mcmbrorum omnium fan^itatem teque AngHc^nfB .£c-
clefis protedlorem patronumque op.^imi|qi quam
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Scnptum dh B^lmo Potmno HsNRica
HOLDEVO^ S. T. VoBate Sor^nica
(xMiitum P<^Iam4n$a Amglicano onm^
turn An^Uct^
Ijlf pUouerit patlatte^to libtnatem ftcere, of
Catbblici Rot&imi id regno quieci vivaoc » placeat
iUi patirer i vero Catholico tioc coDfiliom a^mit-
tere, io fui majorem Sl iDelioreip. ftcuritateia.
Primdf nuUus exterQus Rek aut ftatus pro eis
|nterc^4^tt Dec fe io,coc»^oeD4is Caiholicorum
lebu^ itntlun&eat; Ted vi^eant Catbolici liaso fitu
i Parlamento libertatetQ coscecU foft fpootc 6c ineil
trga eos beneyolentia.
Second^ juijuraodum boc iotprclTusn & his ao-
sexum oniverfifdicer ab oQnibu^ Caibolicii cujoi-
€unque profeffionis V fi^t ; & fi quia Ccclefiaftkrot
auc Si^ularis % Laicus, aut H^Hgiofos iUud reco^
fee , rogetur is , ut c regno fe fubtrakat , tsD-
qoam jsieinbroni son idoneutn Reipublica^f (coo;
les io prsaTentla fe babent.
TeitiA habeafit Catholics fVel potios oUigeDW
habetrfet %el 6^ tl^^ifcopos plus mious > p^ s<^
gubementor*
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qoeoter Mependeoceia itb.omni Idia mtoriunt
fpiriroali quacQn^QC , tciMi ipfiut Fiipip. Nv»
gusQvis omMS £pifcopi teoeutur jgopfoere PapMI
taoqimro caput fuum t val (vimum Pal^oifoi # i)}t
tamen noo potoft Us uHqoi pr9cepfi9ai iflipoMif
cujgrcufiqoe iiatiir«# Qtfi ipft^^li^ Rafpoblioa^ ti|
q^% degunt , juiMoevc expediii ; It h*c ttac oUm
praxis Catholiaovwi in Apulia t tk Mot fft i»
Qallia 9 fc itt omni alio regno & ftau cathdioi^
Omnis Clems « feu omnes Edplefiaftici, five filft
fpcolaFeif fiv!) f«««lafef fr pwdtaoc lib htt£pfraopis
9c renaneiarf cogamur omQl inmediati^ 4epen4mtift
ab alio quo^uoque estr^ .fcgQam t toq|Oe maiiim^k
quia muUi regulara priatemloni k p^ Pa(>MI
cximi ab otaoi ordiMrii pot^ftate U )«rirdi^ioM ^
^ircoporum^ ft ifDoiediace fiibji^l :iPafp9^ v^ Oh
dinisQeperaUaUenigea^v ftapud eatfiiai natioMi
degeiui* Qiwe ofoocs fiietfrdotes tarn. fi^calafM^
quam rcf uUret jurcjoraatlo ctaaaDsur tmUatf
cxetcere juiifi^i&ioofQi , ecdefiaftitfaot fandiooein
Ipiritualem au^orjcaxem , wa nb ipfii Epifiropi
acceptam li: jitiorif ataoi # &• eorUDdniB pehMiflii;
Quibus qoiconque rcftiteriat^Aut prfBtendcrint fe
iramediate pendere ab externo aliquo Ppelatp aut
poteftate quacuDque , rogetur^ ut 4 regno fa
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]^ Ohrifti Inftitucionem Tubditi iftis Epifcopis ifi
amta re fpiiitiiiill9'& conftqtiemer hi E{»fco^i ^
^oo ifioio teoeri poterunt Terpondere pto crimim«
*y| i fois fubditii coramiflSs (fi quse fuethit) contra
ftatum; EfntEpiftopl hi nimitim fiiam aocoricatem
VXtendtfic^ praerertim in rebas, que ftcioDt ad
guberoatioMfiittinpbilileiti, uc in tfeftitmeDtorom
prabatioQibMS i ploKwi logatonim difpofitioncy in
caiifis nacrlmo&ialibus jodicaadis' &c. facile eric
eorom jorrfdifticKieni coertere In fimilibos, pH)uc
expedite videbirar in rerom 'patticuleriam diTcuP^
flone.
Qttia vero Jeruit^ videotor peritolofum corpoSi
le ab omni'ftato Chriftiano aeicholieo habemur
inaximi fadiofi^ fi vel iHi, vet alTui regularis ordo
teeofavetit iukprelfiini hbc , & hifce aonexom M-
Jurandum facere» vel lb Tubjieere EpKcopis uc fopnt
habeantuip membra* n6n idonea Rlsipibblfeiey uc nuo€
fe res habeot; & ideo rogentur , nc h regno fe
Itabcrahanc , non'. reli^onis ^ufA-t ibd fufpiciomsy
^uam de ipfa ftacus habere poceric ; cui quideoi
iti reliqui Carholid ft minime opponenc, proitt
fe non oppofaefunc VenetiiSt & in aUis Catholids
fiatibu€^ multo minus in regM acatbolic^*
2VB. I capnq^ any ^here iRnd tl^e form of
oatb^pf whfch* Dr. Holden here fpealcs. The
t>refumpcio9 of this roan and his party in attemptiof
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Mth; their negoctations with the uAirpers of publie
power; their fchirmaciccl plan of ehurch- govern^
ment , evidently framed to draw the whole poj/ru
Itxo th^ir own hkndt; tfaetr propbfal of the peN
fecotiog daofe of banishment againft tbofe, whoff
integrity they coold '. not corrupt ; all thefe cirt
cnmftances betray the ambition oi the unprincipled
leaders of the Blackloifts » they difcover the real
>3bjeft , for which they published and apologised
iDr tach others falfe doArlnl»9 aM they copvey
an important leflbn to all Bishops and priefts , to
difcburage aid check in its^arly ^^eginnings, what<^
ever has the appearance of an eccloliafticai cabal
againft eftablished authority. *
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