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The Popish forgery detected [r]emarks on the paper delivered by Margaret Martel to the under-sheriff at the time and [p]lace of her execution, at Suffolk-street end, July 16, 1697 [for] the barbarous murther of Elizabeth Pullen, wife of Paul [P]ullen, Esq.
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The Popish Forgery Detected â—EMARKS on the PAPER delivered by Margaret Martel to the Under-Sheriff at the Time and Place of her Execution at Suffolk-street End July 16. 1697. â—or the Barbarous Murther of Elizabeth Pullen Wife of Paul Pullen Esq Published by Special Order HAD the Papists been well advised they would have published nothing concerning the Execution of Margaret Martel for tho' she was of their Communion no body would have charg'd their Religion with the hideousness of her Crime there being no Christian Society that may pretend to be free from Wicked and â—…rate Villains But the Genius of Popery is to improve every thing to their own â—…ntage and it being a common Maxim amongst them That the most notorious Lyes 〈◊〉 be sometimes very useful tho' they should impose upon the World but for an Hour 〈◊〉 have ventured to lay the Crime committed by Margaret Martel upon Protestants 〈◊〉 at the same time to recommend the Doctrine of their Church to the People â—his does manifestly appear from the Prayer she delivered to the Under-Sheriff whereâ—… he saith That God had forsaken her because she had forsaken her Religion to embrace â—…ther In the Profession of which I have always been a bad Liver as having no Obligation â—…o me to declare my self to any Person who could hinder me from following my irregular Incliâ—…ons This is certainly a Master-piece of Malice and the Contrivers thereof must â—…ds be stock'd with an unparallel'd Impudence to face it out to the World as it 〈◊〉 appear by the following Considerations It is not true that the said Margaret Martel has abjured Popery to turn a Protestant 〈◊〉 we defie those who framed this Prayer for her to name the Minister who received her â—…ration or the Church wherein it was performed either French Dutch or English â—…at this Assertion which is laid down here as a Matter of Fact is a faceless groundâ—… Forgery after our most diligent Enquiry and according to our best Knowledge atâ—…ed with a horrid Impiety considering the nature of the Paper wherein it is conâ—…ed and the Circumstance of the Dying Person for they oblige her to call God Alâ—…ty to witness a Lye But supposing she had turned Protestant which is manifestly false Does it follow 〈◊〉 thence that she was inspired with any bloody Principles in the Communion of the â—…stant Churches This is more than they can make out Whereas we can easily prove 〈◊〉 God Almighty being represented every Sunday in the reading of the Ten Commandâ—…ts in vulgar Tongue as thundring his Judgments against Murthers and Assassinations 〈◊〉 shalt do no Murther and our Divines expressing themselves every where against those â—…es they are God be thank'd somewhat scarce amongst Protestants and very comâ—… in Popish Countries We may observe further that the Protestant Churches of France 〈◊〉 so severe in this Particular that tho' a Murtherer had obtain'd their King's Pardon 〈◊〉 would not admit him to the Participation of the Lord's Supper till after several Years â—…ance I. We need not go out of the Church of Rome to look for the Masters who in greater â—…hood have taught her Murther and Assassination The Famous Caramuel gives leave 〈◊〉 to Priests to kill those who Slander them and Molina owns that he dares not conâ—… such who kill those who endeavour to Rob them even when the thing attempted to 〈…〉 bed should be worth only a Crown These two Doctors are sufficient to make an â—…n probable And Father Bauni has positively decided that a Priest would be guilty 〈◊〉 great Sin did he refuse to Absolve a Man whose Actions should be grounded on a proâ—… Opinion 〈◊〉 It is therefore in the Romish Church and not among Protestants that Margaret Martel become hold with the greatest Crimes We have several Presumptions of it but she â—…d her self upon her Body an undeniable Proof of this Truth for when she was put inâ—… Grave they discover'd she had been branded upon her Shoulder with a Flower-de-â—… This Punishment was certainly inflicted upon her while she was in France and a Papist therefore she was used to great Crimes before she came into England and thâ—…â—…testant as they will suppose She has own'd that her Father was banish'd out of Râ—… Murther no wonder then that she was able to frame the horrid design for which shâ—… suffer'd having inherited that bloody temper from her Father and been confirmed thereâ—… the Doctors of the Church wherein she was educated V. There is all the likelihood imaginable to believe that Popish Priests do not insist eâ—… on the hideousness of Murther for Margaret Martel do's not speak a word in her Poâ—… of the Murther she committed on Mrs. Pullen contenting her self to say in general 〈◊〉 she was agreat Sinner So great and barbarous a Crime did certainly deserve a particular 〈◊〉 publick Confession but since she has not done it Who is to be blamed Charity obligâ—… to believe that she did not think of it in the Circumstances she was in but her Diâ—… ought to have put her in mind of it considering that she had not own'd her Crime to the â—…ges A Sinner who is truly penitent and sensible of the grievousness of his Crime will 〈◊〉 hide it under some general terms but on the contrary proclaim it to all the World This 〈◊〉 be made out by a great many illustrious Examples VI. The other design the Authors of this Prayer proposed to themselves is to shew the â—…vantages and usefulness of the Auricular Confession which is practised in the Church of Râ—… but altho' one would not deny that this Auricular Confession may be of some use 〈◊〉 the Popish Church being guilty of Idolatry and of several Errors inconsistent with â—…tion it do's not follow that one ought to turn to or remain in her Communion becâ—… of this Confession which after all is not attended with the advantages and use â—…hinted at in this Prayer VII Margaret Martel or rather the Director of her Conscience tell us That had she 〈◊〉 under an obligation to confess herself she would not have committed this Crime the 〈◊〉 she makes use of do import as much but she did Confess her self at Paris before she â—…branded with a Flower-de-luce Her Father did the like before he committed the Muâ—… for which he was banished The Ravaillacs Gerards and Garnets made use also of the â—…ricular Confession How then did they commit those abominable Crimes if the Confeâ—… is so powerful to restrain Men from Sin Rome and Italy where the Auricular Confeâ—… is so frequently used ought according to this Doctrine to be altogether free from Murthâ—… and other great Crimes whereas there are more Assassinations committed in those Parâ—… in all the Protestant Countries of the World put together Where is then the great â—…tage of the Auricular Confession VIII The Protestants have always approved a sort of Confession which may be called 〈◊〉 Direction and think that Sinners would find a great benefit to apply themselves to their â—…nisters for their Advice and Instruction but they believe and may prove that the Roâ—… Church is in the wrong 1. For having added the Confession to the number of the Sâ—…ments instituted by Christ 2. For obliging all Christians upon pain of Damnation to â—…fess all then mortal Sins 3. For giving or rather pretending to give to her Priests a Poâ—… to absolve Sinners 4. To substitute in the room of the Duties required by true Repentance the abstinence of certain Meat the reciting of some Pater's and Ave Maria's the visiting 〈◊〉 some Reliques and the like which are of a dangerous consequence for men being natural perverse are apt to follow their wicked Inclinations and give up themselves to all sins if thâ—… can but perswade themselves that the Absolution and Pardon of all their Crimes are so eaâ—… purchased This is certainly the reason of the depravation of the manners of the Inhabitâ—… of Rome the Centre of the Romish Church and the most debauched City in the World IX Those who framed the Prayer of Margaret Martel wherein the Protestant Religion 〈◊〉 in general so unjustly aspersed have doubtless contrived also a scurrilous Ballad sung in thâ— Streets to make odious to the common People the French Protestants who live amongst us but the Artifice is too plain to take effect for even Children of fifteen years of age may remember that there were few French Protestants in England before the Cruelties of Lâ—… XIV drove them from their native Country and that all did not come over with woodâ—… Shooes Our People may indeed ask the French Papists why they live here since they hâ—… the liberty to go home This pitiful Scoundrel seems very uneasie because the protestants of England have openâ—… their Arms to their distressed Brethren but 't is not doubted but the King and Parliament who have taken the Refugees under their Protection will take care also to punish the Impedence of a Fellow who dares presume to reflect on their Compassion and Generosity FINIS LONDON Printed and sold by E. Whitlock near Stationers-Hall 1697.