Cheater and horrible Traytor and yet one of the Popes Saints In the Sixth Chest of Ivory were these Reliques contained The Bones of St. Peter the Apostle of St. Paul the Apostle of St. Clement Pope and Martyr of St. Urbian Pope and Martyr of St. Facundine Martyr of St. Cyprian Martyr of St. Maurus Bishop and Confessor of St. Macharius Confessor of St. Justin Virgin and Martyr of St. Barnaby the Apostle of St. Chremes Martyr of St. Tiburtius Martyr of St. Cornelius Pope and Martyr of St. Adrian Martyr of St. Maurus Abbot and Confessor Also of the dry Blood and Vestures of St. Eufemia Virgin and Martyr We find the Bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Churches in Rome Note and that their bones should be in this Chest looks like the rest of their Frauds and proveth them Forgers of Lyes in the sight of all rational men In a Cupboard of Ivory with a Crucifix upon it were these Reliques contained The bones of Cosino and Damiane the bones of St. Austin Bishop and Confessor and a great Doctor a bone of St. Leo Pope and Confessor the dust of St. Disciple the bones of St. Machutus Vulfrannus and Martinianus The bones of St. Anastatius Martyr of St. Agnes Virgin and Martyr of St. Amalburg Virgin of St. Keinburg Virgin the hair of St. Barbara Virgin Item three fingers and two teeth with other bones of St. Alban the first Martyr of England the bones of St. Cyriack Levite and Martyr with three of his teeth Also the bones of St. Gervasius and Prothasius Martyrs the bones of St. Wandregesile Abbot and Confessor of St. Samson Bishop with one of his teeth of St. Albine Confessor of St. Remigius and Germanns Bishops of St. Margaret Virgin of St. Oportune Virgin of St. Batilde Queen the hair of St. Alburg Virgin the Vestures of St. Aldegund Virgin Item The dust of St. Pancras Martyr the bones of St. Adrian Martyr of St. Christo Martyr the dust of St. Crispian and Crispine Martyrs the bones of St. Pantaleon Martyr of St. Sixtus Pope of St. Apelliner Martyr of St. Stephen Pope Item The dust of St. Medard Confessor also a rib of St. Apolliner Martyr with one of his teeth Item The bones of St. Firmine Martyr and Bishop and of St. Quintin Martyr a piece of Christs Sepulchre a lump of the Pillar whereunto our Lord was bound when he was scourged of the wicked Jews a piece of the stone whereupon the Angel stood when the Women came to anoint the Body of Christ Also a good big lump of the stone whereupon Christ stood when he ascended into heaven Item More of Moses Rod. Sure there was abundance of Olive branches we find of them so many in this story A piece of Moses rod that was turned into a Serpent Also a parcel of that stone whereupon the Lord stood in Galilee also the Palm and Olive branch which Christ bare in his hand on Palm-Sunday as he was riding towards Jerusalem Item Part of the Table whereat Christ sate at his supper when he washed his Disciples feet a piece of the Garment which our Lady made for our Lord a piece of the prison out of the which the Lord delivered blessed Peter the Apostle a piece of the cloth which was laid upon Christs sepulchre part of the hair and garments of St. Anne our Ladies Mother also of the garments of St. Helias of the two sisters Mary and Martha and also of St. Sophy the Virgin again part of the wooll which our Lady did spin Item The dust of St. Benet the Virgin the bones of St. Chrystopher Martyr of St. Lambert with his dust and part of his garments a piece of the beard and Vestures of St. Cuthbert Bishop and Confessor the bones of St. Gregory the Pope with one of his teeth the bones of S. Wingunalock Abbot and Confessor of St. Sebastian Martyr of St. Quintin Martyr In fine a piece of the Manger wherein Christ lay That all these Reliques should be shown were more than a days work to produce and thus they busied the minds of the poor people to fetch in money to them that made the show but that some of the Wool that the Virgin Mary spun should be kept to Tom. of Becket's time which was nine hundred or a thousand years none but Cheaters would pretend and none but deluded souls believe how happy was England when all these Frauds were detected and how is the rest of the world abused by Papal Pettifoggers In the first Coffer made of Copper are contained these Reliques The bones of St. Vulstane Bishop and Confessor and of St. Prisca Virgin Item The hair of St. Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury Certainly Anselme's hair must needs have much virtue in it because our blessed Lady used to comb it once or twice in a week and because that he was very devout to her Ladyship she did assume the Popes power and gave Indulgences her self to this hair witness a Sermon Father Conniers the Jesuit preacht In the second Copper Coffer were these Reliques contained The Reliques of St. James the Apostle the bones of St. Thomas the Apostle the bones of St. Thaddeus the Apostle and also of St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist Item The Staffe of St. Paul the Apostle the bones of St. Luke the Evangelist In fine the bones of St. Philip the Apostle It 's a wonder they had not some of Saint Paul's Needles and Thread he made his Tents with as well as his Staff Note but that the good Servants of Christ should have their Bodies torn in preces to have their bones thus shown is a sign of great inhumanity In the third Copper Coffer were these Reliques contained A piece of the holy Cross certain Reliques of St. Andrew More of the Cross yet the blood of St. Gervase Reliques also of St. Grisant and Darias of Joseph of Arimathea of the Prophets Elizeas and Abdias of St. Pancras St. James St. Faith St. Brigide St. Maurice and his Companions and of St. Bertine Item Certain bones of St. John Baptist the Reliques of the Saints John and Paul A bone of S. Eustathius Martyr Saint John Baptist was buried by his Disciples Matth. 14.12 Note and then how came they by his bones that was buried a thousand years before In the fourth Copper Coffer were these Reliques Part of the Dust of Saint John Baptist's Body which was burnt Two little pieces of the Holy Cross More pieces of the Cross A certain bone of Saint James the Brother of Saint John the Evangelist Part of that stone whereupon the Lord did eat after that he called his Disciples out of the Ships Item A piece of that Oak upon which Abraham did climb to see the Lord A portion of our Ladies Coffin A large piece of that stone whereupon Christ stood when he was transfigured A piece of our Lords Sepulchre A piece of that Earth whereof God formed Adam Certain Reliques of the elven
I Do Appoint Thomas Parkhurst Dorman Newman Thomas Cockerill and Thomas Simmons to Print this Book Entituled The POPES WARE-HOUSE or the MERCHANDISE of the WHORE of ROME July 24. 1679. TITUS OATES THE Popes Ware-house OR THE MERCHANDISE OF THE WHORE OF ROME Published for Common Good By TITVS OATES D. D. LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst Dorman Newman Thomas Cockerill and Tho. Simmons 1679. To the Right Honourable ANTHONY EARL of SHAFTSBURY Baron Ashly of Wimbourne St. Gyles Lord Cooper of Pawlet Lord President of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council The Publishers affectionate good Friend and singular good Lord. My Lord THE greatness of Your Lordships favours conferred on me since the first of your Honours acquaintance with my poor self hath obliged me from time to time to consider of some return and upon due consideration I find that it is next to an impossibility for me to perform that to Your Lordship to which the Laws of Duty and Respect oblige me yet My Lord I thought it my Duty although my Returns will appear inconsiderable not to omit any opportunity of making my Just acknowledgments All good men have highly resented Your Lordships Favour to me in this Great Affair And the whole Kingdom judgeth it self engaged to Your Lordship for standing by its Evidence and Cause to the great Confusion of the Romish Beast and those that wonder after it from all which I conclude that it becomes me to make to your good Lordship some Expression of my Gratitude And although My Lord it be in me a great boldness to make this Address to your good Lordship yet for all that since I have Your Lordships Countenance I pray your Favour and your Patronage for this poor Piece In the Publication of which by many Reviews and Remarks I have been at some pains and now My Lord it is upon the Travel Your Lordships Countenance may beget the Countenances of many more Persons of Honour so that I may not to all intents and purposes be discouraged in this War that I have vowed to make against the Whore and Dragon of Rome and all her Votaries as long as I have a day to live and will to the utmost of my power discover her Cheats and Villanies My Lord this Tract is a Catalogue of the Romish Lies and Cheats many of which are to mine own knowledge maintained and practised to this day in the Romish Synagogue to the great Dishonour of God and Contempt of Christian Religion great occasion being given by such inordinate practices to the Enemies both Jews and Turks of Jesus Christ to Blaspheme our Holy Profession so that if Your Lordship shall persevere in this good work of opposing this Devilish Interest of Rome to its ruine you may be an happy Instrument under God to preserve this Kingdom from its Superstition Idolatry and Tyranny And Your Lordship may remember what pains Your Honour hath taken whilst in place to suppress it and the growing Greatness of that French Tyrant for the which Your Lordship hath abundantly drank of the Cup of Afflictions which you may assure your self hath redounded highly to your Honour in this your Countrey Therefore may it please Your Lordship to continue your Care and Zeal for the securing of the Protestant and English Interest to the Honour of God the Safety Welfare and Advantage of our King and His Kingdoms then Your Lordship may assure your self of a lasting Repute in this Life and of Peace at your Death and a joyful Resurrection to the World to come As for Apostates and Traytors though they flatter themselves and for their own Applause suffer Parasites and Hypocrites to do the like yet they are the Objects of good mens Scorn and Contempt and will certainly without true Repentance of which God knows there is but little hope suffer the Vengeance of God upon them and their Posterities in this Life and Eternal Vengeance in the next and though Your Lordship hath not had one Popish Mass said for the preservation either of your Body or your Soul or both yet it is not to be questioned but that Your Lordship will grow as great in the Esteem of your Country and in the Favour of your God and greater than he who for the Safety of his Person hath had above One Hundred Thousand And though Your Lordship I believe never bestowed one Farthing for a small quantity of Romish Reliques I question not but your Name and Fame will endure to the end of the World when his that gave 600 l. to Endow and Adorn an Altar with stores of such stuff shall Perish Yet this fowl Monster goeth for a Protestant and I suppose and verily believe he is permitted so to do by a ' Dispensation from those Dogs whom he hath suffered to devour the Childrens bread My Lord I crave Your Lordships Pardon for this my boldness which I protest is out of the sincerity of my heart to Your Lordship and it is because I do earnestly desire your Honours welfare and in order to this I will not cease my humble Addresses to Heaven in the behalf of Your Lordship and Family and so concluding I humbly take leave to subscribe my self My Lord Your Lordships very humble Servant TITVS OATES To all that profess the Protestant Religion within this Kingdom of England Grace Mercy and Peace Dearly beloved brethren ALthough the Impieties of this Kingdom have caused many Judgments to fall upon it and its Inhabitants yet there hath not been any one like unto that of â—â—e want of the knowledg of God and his Word or if I may presume to use the expression of the Holy Ghost the removing of the Candlestick For although rumours of Wars Pestilence and Civil Commotions be very unpleasant to the sense of Mankind yet as they are punishments which only affect the body and its senses they are the effects many times of Gods Fatherly love to a Kingdom and people and are so received and judged by good â—en But when God dealeth with a people as he dealt with the Seven Churches of Asia and depriveth a Kingdom and people of his Word and Ordinances and delivers it up to strange Diabolical deluders and delusions then nothing can be judged to be the cause of all this but the fierce anger and wrath of God and its effects and consequents to be eternal vengeance and ruin and as the soul exceeds the body and is much to be valued above it and preferred before it in respect of its worth and quality so it is certain and admits of no debate in any consideration whatever That those Judgments which are spiritual and the very Harbingers of an Eternal ruin must needs surmount those which are only corporal and perhaps sent in order to prevent this fiery wrath and indignation of the Most High God Afflictions that are temporal may well be compared to whips but this Judgment of removing the Candlestick deserveth to be compared to a fiery Scorpion Under this dismal burthen
Luke painted in Troas of Greece This Image an Angel brought from the Frangapanes unto Rome into the said Church which Church being burnt in the time of Pope Honorius the third this Image stood and was nothing hurt St. Luke had two strings to his bow Physick and Painting Gods word speaks the former but as for the latter we have none but Mr. Pope's word for it and let the Papists believe him if they will Protestants are so saucy as not to believe him In the Church of St. Mary Transpontin in which are the two Pillars unto which the blessed Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul were bound when they were scourged is 300 year of pardon In the Church called Sancta Maria de Campo is 40 years of pardon In the Church of St Mary in Porticum is 200 years of pardon In this Church is a certain precious stone called a Saphir wherein as they write is graven by the hands of the holy Angels the Image of Christ and of our Lady and was delivered miraculously from Heaven to a certain Noble-man called Galla. And to this Stone also is granted great Pardon I never knew the Angels to be Gravers before and it seems they kept their Graving-shop in Heaven but are not their Tools with which they Graved these Images to be seen also Certainly they would be excellent Reliques and would give a little credit to this incredible story In the Church of our Lady De aqua Salina is 1000 years of pardon and in the day of the Consecration of the same is remission of all sins In the Church of our Lady De Apostolis is 200 years of pardon In the Church of St. Mary called Schola Graeca is 100 years of pardon In the Church of our Lady called Scala Coeli is also great pardon This is one of the first Temples that was built in the world unto the honour of the blessed Virgin Mary It is called Scala Coeli This Church is of great height where St. Bernard saw this sight because in it blessed St. Bernard deserved to see a Ladder which reached up to the very Heavens In this Church whosoever says Mass or cause it to be said for the the Souls that are in Purgatory the aforesaid Souls are delivered out of hand But the misery is no Masses can be gotten without mony through the virtue of the Mass and the Merits of the blessed Virgin Moreover whatsoever thing is devoutly asked in that place it is straightway without all doubt obtained And there is great abundance of pardon a poena culpa toties quoties In the Church of St. Mary called Imperatrix is great Indulgence and manifold pardon even to the number of 6000 years In this Church is an Image of the blessed Virgin which spake to St. Coelestine the Pope saying Why dost not thou pray unto me more often seeing that when thou goest by my Image thou clost always salute and reverence it St. Coelestine hearing this voice fell down upon his knees and prayed and desired before that Image forgiveness And more this holy Father hath granted to them that kneel before this Image and say with a good intent three Pater Nosters and as many Ave Maries 15 years of pardon toties quoties In the Church of our Lady called Libera nos a poenis inferni i.e. Deliver us from the pains of Hell is great plenty of pardon St. Sylvester Bishop of Rome who delivered Constantine the Emperor from his Leprosie and afterward baptized him Consecrated and hallowed this place which being the Chappel of the blessed Virgin is called Libera nos a poenis inferni He hath also granted to all and singular persons that devoutly come unto that place and give somewhat to the maintenance thereof 11000 years of pardon toties quoties In the Church of our Lady De Consolatione is an Image of the blessed Virgin which hath wrought many Miracles and there is in the same Church full remission of all sins on the second Sunday of the month of June from the first Even-song unto the last granted by Pope Sixtus the fourth In the Church of our Lady entituled Maria inviolata is the Oratory in which blessed Luke painted four Images of the glorious Virgin One of these Images he made after such sort as he himself knew and saw the blessed Virgin and therefore he painted and set her forth with a Ring on her finger which Image remaineth at this present day in the aforesaid Oratory And forasmuch as the blessed Virgin doth work many miracles in the said Image therefore is there great resort of People unto the said Image which receive there great help and comfort great indulgence and pardon and are replenished with many Graces and singular Benefits In the Church of our Lady De populo is great Indulgence and Pardon For Pope Pascalis hath given and granted to all that devoutly visit this Church at the Feast of the Dedication of the same and bring somewhat for the maintenance of the said Church from the Friday after the third Sunday of Lent unto the Octaves of Easter for every day 1000 years of pardon and as many Lents Pope Sixtus the fourth also hath endowed this Church with marvailous and many great Indulgences insomuch that all and singular persons that of a good mind come and visit this Church at the Feasts of the Nativity Purification Annunciation Visitation and Assumption of Mary the Virgin or at any one of them shall have for every time full remission of all their sins Here follow certain other Churches with their Indulgences and Pardons IN the Church of St. Agnes is every day 48 years of pardon and in the Feast of the same Saint 200 years of pardon In the Church of St. Susan is 300 years of pardon In the Church of St. Tabine the Wife of St. Alexius is 2000 years of pardon and as many Karins In the Church of St. Praxed is remission of the fourth part of all sins and in the same Church is the Pillar that Christ was bound unto when he was scourged The old Latin book saith that in the aforesaid Church there is daily 12000 years of pardon and as many Lents and the forgiveness of the third part of all sins In this Church also is an Altar upon which Pope Pascalis sung 5 Masses for a certain Soul departed which 5 Masses being once ended he saw with his corporal eyes the blessed Virgin Mary to fetch the Soul out of Purgatory and to carry it into the bosom of Almighty God as ye may see it painted upon the wall of the aforesaid Church In consideration whereof the aforesaid Pope Pascalis by his Apostolick Authority hath given and granted to so many as either say Mass themselves or cause Mass to be said in the aforenamed Church power to deliver one Soul out of Purgatory toties quoties In the Church of St. Katharine is 200 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Felix is 40 years of Pardon In the
Church of St. Barbara is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Lucy is 100 years of Pardon and as many Lents and the third part of all Sins forgiven In the Church of St. Elizabeth is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Pernil is 1000 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Mary Magdalen is 100 years of Pardon and as many Karins In the Church of St. Clare is 100 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Vinnian is 3000 years of Pardon and in Lent 5000 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Agatha is 28 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Margaret is 200 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Christine is 40 years of Pardon In the Church of St. Clement is 40 years of Pardon and as many Lents yea and forgiveness of all sins at the Feast aforesaid And in Lent all these Indulgences and Pardons are doubled granted of special grace by Pope Gelasius to so many as devoutly visit the aforesaid Church or give ought thereunto Also Pope Alexander the Third by his Apostolique authority hath granted this privilege That so many as with good devotion come to pray in the aforesaid Church shall have the third part of all their sins forgiven In the Church of blessed St. Peter the Apostle ad carceres is granted of divers Popes to them that of a good mind visit this Church or help any thing at all unto the maintenance of the same Every day the forgiveness of the third part of all their sins and 200 years of Pardon And it hath pleased the most holy Fathers of their special grace that this Indulgence and Pardon shall be doubled on every Feast day In the Church of St. Bibian is great Indulgence and Pardon For Pope Honorius the Third hath granted to so many as devoutly visit this Church A great Pardon on my word 3 years of Pardon and as many Lents toties quoties Again at the Feast of all Saints there is Six hundred thousand years of pardon In this place also St. Bibian planted a certain Herb which being dried and made into Pouder is very profitable to deliver men from the Falling-Sickness This Saint was inclined to be a Physician Was not he a Painter as well as St. Luke Well this Herb certainly is a very precious Relique In the Church of St. Eusebius is granted to all them that Devoutly come unto it Who would let such a Church fall but Heretiques and put their helping hand to the maintenance thereof 7454 years of Pardon and as many Lents The Misery is this Pardon is Chargeable but the Ware is good and therefore let us not grudge to be bountiful In the Church of St. Vitus is 7000 years of Pardon and as many Lents Let him Eat a good Breakfast after it he may chance to fill his belly There is also in the same Church such and so great grace through the merits of the Holy Martyrs Vitus Modestus and Crescentia that if so be any man be bitten with a Mad-dog or any other Beast and take a piece of Bread and dip it in the Oyl of St. Vitus and so eat it he shall strait-ways be made whole Excellent Cures by this Chymical Oyl of St. Vitus I suppose a good Plaster will not do amiss for the stone doth well to be added to the Gospel Which Proverb was occasioned by a certain Man's meeting with a fierce Dog upon whose sight he fell a repeating the Gospel of St. John Cap. 1.1 but the Dog making up to him he took up a Stone and casting it at the surly Cur made him retreat I see saith the poor Man the Stone doeth well with the Gospel In the Church of St. Potentian is granted by Pope Simplicius to all and singular Persons that devoutly visit the said Church one year of Pardon and one Lent and the forgivness of the third part of their sins But Pope Celestine Pope Boniface Pope Clement Pope Gregory Pope Urban and Pope Alexander of their Godly zeal have doubled the aforesaid Pardon Who would not turn Papist at this rate but why a third part of his Sins but some other Church must have a little privilege By all which I see the Pope is an excellent Carver if he please he shall be Carver to the King of Spain's Foot-Boy's Cobler's Apprentice for certainly he is a deserving Gentleman It is to be noted that in this Church there is a Chappel behind the High Altar in which Chappel St. Peter as they say sung his first Mass There is also great Pardon I never understood that St. Peter sung Mass before but a man may see that Popery is the Fountain of knowledg and being that St. Peter did grace this Chappel This is Chargeable but any thing to go to Heaven it will follow that there must be a great Pardon belong to this Chappel but the Priests had rather have great stipend or else there will be but small store of Musick And for a small Conclusion we shall Note that all Indulgence of Rome is in Lent doubled Again in the way of his Pilgrimage unto Rome he is truly assoiled of all deadly sins and of all other whatsoever they be So that his Soul is not only by this means free from the pains both of Hell and Purgatory but it is also straightway by the Ministry of the Holy Angels carryed up into the glorious Palace of the Heavenly King O blessed is that man or woman that is partaker of these Indulgencies and Pardons for he may be sure to make a blessed end let his Life be never so Sinful This would be excellent Doctrine to preach to the Turks as for Hereticks they deserve not one tittle of this kindness but it suits wonderful well with the rest of the Pope's doctrine Here follow the Indulgencies and Pardons which certain Popes have granted to all such as devoutly say certain Prayers which hereafter shall be named TO all them that be in the state of grace that daily say devoutly this Prayer before our blessed Lady of Pity she will shew them her blessed visage Be sure you get into this state of Grace or else the fat is in the fire and warn them of the day and of the hour of death and in their last end the Angels of God shall yield their Souls to Heaven and they shall obtain 500 years and so many Lents of Pardon granted by our Holy Father Pope Bonifacius Obsecro te Domina Sancta Maria c. Who saith devoutly this short Prayer daily shall not depart out of this World without penance and ministration of the Holy Sacrament the which was shewed by an Angel to St. Bernard Ave Maria Ancilla Sanctae Trinitatis c. Our Holy Father Pope Sixtus hath granted to all them that devoutly say this Prayer before the Image of our Lady and her Son 11000 years of Pardon Ave Sanctissima Maria c. Our holy Father Pope Sixtus hath granted
all them that be very contrite and truly confessed saying this devout Prayer in the Commemoration of the bitter Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ 3000 years of pardon for deadly Sins and other 3000 for venial Sins and say first a Pater Noster and one Ave Maria. Diripuisti Domine vincula mea Our Holy Father Pope Innocentius the Second hath granted to all them that say this Prayer devoutly in the worship of the Wound that our Lord had in his blessed Side when he was dead hanging on the Cross 4000 days of pardon Ave vulnus lateris nostri c. This most devout Prayer said the Holy Father St. Bernardin the Grey Friar daily kneeling in the worship of that most Holy Name Jesus And it is well to believe that through the Invocation of that most excellent Name of Jesus St. Bernardin obtained a singular reward of perpetual Consolation of our Lord Jesus Christ And this Prayer is written in a Table that hangeth at Rome in St. Peter's Church near to the high Altar where our Holy Father the Pope is wont to say Mass And whoso devoutly with a contrite heart daily says this Orison if he be that day in the state of Eternal pain it shall be changed into the Temporal pain of Purgatory And if he hath deserved the pain of Purgatory then it shall be forgotten and forgiven through the infinite Mercy of God Obone Jesu c. Pope Alexander hath granted to all them that say this Prayer devoutly in the worship of St. Anne and our Lady and her Son Jesus 10000 years of pardon for deadly Sins and 20 years for venial Sins toties quoties Ave Maria c. Bocatius saith That the hairs of that Angel of the Seraphical Order which came down from Heaven as the Papists feign unto filly simple St. Francis the Grey-Friar in the likeness of a young man and printed in his Hands Feet and Heart the signs and tokens of the five wounds of Christ are kept in a certain Monastery of Franciscan Friars in Italy as most Heavenly and Holy Reliques In the same Monaftery also are divers Reliques of the aforesaid Francis namely his Night Coul and his Breeches These are highly reverenced and had in great price It seemeth the very Coelestial Bodies must be abused by these Forgers of Lies Note here they pretend Angels to have Hairs which is false for Hair is an Excrement and Coelestial Bodies have no Excrements but it seemeth they spare none The Angels must have their Hair pull'd off to accommodate their Covetousness But that this Angel should put the five wounds of Christ upon silly Fanatick St. Francis none but stark Fanaticks will believe POSTSCRIPT ANd now Good Reader I have given thee an account of their monstrous Merchandize and horrid Cheats of the Church of Rome discovering to thee their feigned Reliques Let me tell thee how happy a Nation thou livest in how God did bless the Church of England when he did discover the folly of all these wicked Crew of Popelings which with these Thousands of Cheats did pick the Peoples Pockets as they do at this day and to my knowledge in other Nations And should the Pope and his Popelings prevail to introduce the Romish Religion in England again all these swarms of Fopperies will undoubtedly flow in upon us again Yea the Traitor Colman's as well as the Traitor Tom Becket's Bones may hap become holy Reliques Therefore for the Honour of Christ and for the good of your own Souls and the Souls of your poor Babes and all Posterity be earnest with God by Prayers and with your Children and Servants and Neighbours by Counsel to prevent it That that cloud of the darkness of Popery may never overshadow this Nation any more And let all Protestants as good Christians and Lovers of the Souls of their Posterity join heart and hand against it that so our Kings and Nobles and all our Governours and People may never be subject to the Censures or Pretended Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions of that abominable proud Pretender and Father of all Errors and Mischiefs the Pope of Rome And to that purpose be faithful in Discovering all their Priests and Parties and Interests and Designs to the uttermost of your Skill And Encourage all sorts of Protestants whatsoever that fear God honour the King and are willing to be subject to the Civil Magistrate though Dissenting from the rest of Christians in some small Matters and Indifferent things and so live together in Love and Neighbourly Friendship as they of Rome may never have hope again by our Divisions to Impose upon us their monstrous Heresies and Phanaticisms and living in Unity of Affection and Civil Peace put the Pope and all his Crew from all hopes of setting up their Trade of picking Englishmens Pockets by showing their feigned Reliques and pretended Pardons and Indulgences From which that England may be ever free is the Prayer of him that is the Lover of the Protestant Interest and of his King and Country Titus Oates FINIS