526 4 evelation of tlxApocalyp1e. C AP.16, of England, that was fo neer a neighbour to her}did exceedingly be- {lit themfelves in the caufe ofReligion, and did not obfcurely !hew favour to the profeffors thereof, or at leaf made a feigned thew thereof; at this time Come of the `Papifs came to their wonted Churches more fparingly, many who !luck more ftifly to their old opinions, did focoop up themfelves within thewalls of their houfes, that they durst fcarce appear in the aifemblies, andwhat otheráif- eafe, I pray you, was there that troubled them but this grievous botch ? They in Germany had nowofa long time vexed and provo- ked the Thracianflock that Romifhh Rant, búr the wounds which had been given before, being now about the fame time made more frill of filthymatter,were turned intoulcers; The Decree of Charles was grievous, is we laid before, whereby peace and liberty were granted to the Religion, but it did Ring the more cruelly every day, the leffe hope they faw there was of reverting it; For the Emperor Ferdinand that fucceeded hisBrother, thought it his belt to reft in the former Decrees, to which he had given his content at Áugufa, before hee was Emperor. Maximilian his ton, did alWayes diflike that courfe of maintaining Chri/lian `Religion With force and arms, andofcompelling men to receive it againft their Wills. How intolerableTeemed this mo- deration to thePapifir,tlèat were full ofthebotch ofenvie,and abur- ning delire to be revenged of the Protefants ? But let us now fee al- to in a word, how this Bile cannot indure to be rubbed : And this did the Conner!of Trent declare in the fecond ScIlior, under Pius the fourth,in the veer 1562. when there were certain choice men betru- ¡tedwith the bufnef#e ofconfidering and fearching into fundry Cen- fures and Boobs, that were fufoeftedor pernicious, that is, that they Mould by all means be careful!, that nothing might come abroad a- mong the common people,avhich thould give the leaf} wipe with any one little word toRanoifh fuperftition. Truly this Ulcer is very fore, and venomous , that can indure no ¡harp or ha rill words to come neer ir, and therefore there was order taken, that whatfoever was put to it, might be tender and loft, Wherefore `Pius thefourth let forthto Index ofBook that Werefor- bidden, which Sixtue the fixth did afterwards increafe, and Clement theeighth did nowof late review. Wherin it is ordained fromwhat Books men thould wholly abftain, what Books alto a man might life, fo they were correc`led ; In very deed,the Pope prefcrib th a diet for his pockie Popelings; Among other rules ofcorrec`ting them, this is one, that ail thing: be circumfpetlly and_ attentively marled, not only
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