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A67646	A defence of the innocency of the lives, practice, and doctrine of the English preists [sic], Jesuits, and papists relating to the crimes of murther and treason, vnjustly charged on them by E.C. in his narrative wherein are discouered his grosse mistakes, his wilfull falsifications, his shamefull falshoodes, and his groundlesse vniust accusations of the English papists.	Warner, John, 1628-1692.	1680 (1680)	Wing W908A; ESTC R221952	27,739	33

God his Prince haue furnisht him with for the defence of his ship althô by that meanes some Algerins be killed their souls lost for Christ's law would be intolerable to Absolute Powers if it enjoined the contrary if I say you answer so you say as much as Soto says Not to tire my Reader with vnecessary matter repetitions I omit what you cite out of Nauar Grassü Bonacina One word suffices for all either they truly approue of Murther or they do not If they do we disown them so you haue no right to charge their sentiments on vs. CHAPTER 4. Protestants both teach practice sedition Rebellion IT is with the greatest reluctance imaginable that I rake in this kennel whereof the fumes stench is able to infect a People so susceptible of the infection as English are Jt were to be wisht these seditious maximes had neuer appeared in the world or that vpon their first appearance that seuerity had been vsed on them which the Roman Senat practised on Monsters that they had been transported out of the fight of men butyed in perpetuall obliuion The G●nerals of the Iesuites haue often forbidden their subjects to treate of any of these seditious points least by writing of them their memory might be preserued which is always dangerous when People are disposed to practice them And I doubt not but experience will sh●w that is the most prudent way to preuent all mischeife Yet to comply with your importunity I will follow encounter you in this I owne that there haue been excesses on both sides in their writers whose zeale for the cause they embraced was greater then their Discretion Yet the fault is lesse in those who stand only for what was of old beleiued and practised then in those who would haue all things changed according to their phansy therfore the excesses on the Catholicks side are more excusable yet we shall find the Protestants more pragmatical more refractory to Superiours more violent more seditious Rebellious then Catholicks without comparison I will begin with your Doctrine then passe to your practice The roote of all our seditious maximes is that detestable Proposition of your Patriark Witlef no Prince nor Prelat nor Bishop continues such in state of mortal sin Concil Constant f. 8. of which Melanction sayd Comment in Polit. Wicles caused much mischeif by teaching that those loose all Authority who haue not the holy Ghost What Oates hath the impudence to say euen to his Majesty is much worse for he requires not only that Princes Liue vertucusly that is haue the Holy Ghost but also punish all who do not vnder paine of Deposition Goodman in his Apology is of the same mind Bad Princes according to the Law of God ought to be deposed sayd he in case the Magistrates neglect to doe their Duty the People haue as free liberty to do it as if there were no Magistrates at all in those circumstances of time God enlargeth them with liberty to vse the sword Caluin in 6. Dan. v. 22. 25. The Kings of the Earth doe depriue themselues of Power when they make head against the King of Heauen Yea they are vnworthy to be numbred amongst men therefore we are rather to spit in their faces then to obey them Knox If Princes gouerne tyrannically against God his Truth their subjects are absolued from their Oath of Fidelity But is this freeing from their oath all No For Buccanan says The common People haue right to dispose of the scepters of Kingdomes at their pleasure Again the People have Power to Iudge of the life of their Kings Yet more It were to be wisht that rewards were appointed for such as kill Tyrants as there are for such as kill wolues Goodman Kings haue right to raigne from the People who vpon occasion can also reuoke it In fine Osiander says it is the common opinion of Wiclef's followers that the People may as they shall pleafe punish their Princes who offend These many other seditious Doctrines may be found in the Protestants Apology And if any desire to see their number encreased by modern Factious Spirits he shall see enough in the ordinary Gazets viz that the King is one of the three states that the house of Commens made him what he is that it is not treason to beare armes against the King prouided it be not against the three states That the Parliament CAN DISPOSE of the SVCCESSION of the CROWN many such maximes which you dayly aduance of as malignant a Nature as any before cited Here I must obserue a remarkable difference betwixt Catholicks you Catholicks do not follow these Principles I defy you to name any one Catholick aliue who hath taught any of them you retaine them still or rather grow worse worse Which is of no small consequence to discouer what party is dangerous to the state which guilty of treasonable maximes I come now to your practice which giues reason to say you came into the world like the Cadmean brood all armed that many or rather all your Princes felt your armes assoon as they saw your faces In Geneua you cast off the Authority of your Bishop Prince of the town In higher Germany you shaked the authority of Charles V. Emperour In lower Germany you withdrew many Prouinces from the obedience of their King You vsurped vpon Rudolphus the Emperour in Transiluania vpon Christiernus in Denmarck vpon Sigimund in Swedeland You fought for the Crowne of France against Francis II. Charles IX Henry III. in the time of Charles IX you coined mony in the name of one you held for King says Cardinal Richelieu Let vs come to our deare Country In England you set vp Iane Grey against the lawfull heyre queene Mary You bore armes against another Mary lawfull queen of Scotland brought her into restraint forced her to depose her self to fly her country not content with keeping her Prisoner nineteen yeares at last you put her barbarously to a violent death Your perpetual insolencies against her son Grandson your encroachments vpon the Royul Prerogatiue are written with a Beame of the sun Your whole proceedings against Charles 1. of Glorious memory are so knowne that I need not to mind you of them so detestable that I need no Art to make them appeare odious I defy you to shew that euer any Catholick designed vpon his Souveraigne what you haue lately acted on yours Now with what face can you reproach vnto vs any seditious Doctrin whilst you teach much worse haue executed things more execrable then euer any Catholick dreamt of Remoue this beame out of your eye before you take notice of a moth in ours which yet we haue long since remoued as I sayd CHAPTER 5. English Catholicks teach no seditious Doctrines E. C. pag. 4. describes vs to be men who sweepe away whole townes Citties Nations subuert sundamental