CAP .1.6. if 1Zervelation o. ftheApocalyp1 . 535 This Angell therefore is one of that flock , who enduring cala- mity for Chrifts name,doth approveof the work offlay ing the lefu- its with his fuffrage,atid doth likewife celebrate Gods Iuftice for that caufe.And it is clear that it fell out thus in the yeer , 1596. April 4. When as the Hollanders , and the States of theother Provinces that are in league with them did ordain , that none of the bloodyfeel of the lefuitr,or any that giveth himfelfto,fludyat this time among the profef- fors of thatfal, Whether he be born in anyof the Provinces that be con- federate, or be aforrainer, creep (ecretly into thefame Provinces, either by Tea, or by land , under the pain of beingcounted and killedfor an ene- my. By which decree of theirs,they do give their voice to condemn thofe fìnfull wretches, and they do fubfcribe to the decree that was made againft them a good while before in Englandby the Angell of the Waters. And whoTeeth not thefe Hollanders lying under the eAi- tar,who have fuficeredfo many, andfilch horrible things at the hands of the Spaniard,and that by the fpaceof fo many yeers, for the pro- feffion of Chrift?And yet they have now learnt by experience, that there is more comfort to be reaped by thefe calamities, then by all the delights of the Spaniards,whichthey onceenjoyed, while they were in the mean time deftitute of the molt Holy Truth. Wherefore,0ye noble and renoWnedHollandersStick fait unto himwith perfec`f hearts, throughwhofe proteEtion youhave been preferved in fafety hitherto. Takeheed of the Romifh wily guiles,and treacheries,donot com- mit filch folly, that your fore-pail; conftancy fhould do you no other good by means of your prefent hearkr.-rng to the Popifh crafty Si- nons and Sirens,then that you fhould find by wofull experience, that your new counterfeit friendsare more mifchievous then your old e- nemies. What do you think, that the CatholikeKing could be more carefull to uphold Antichrifiian Religion, then the Catholike Bifhop, andone that earft was a Cardinali ? Would he hee moredelrous to fteale Chrifl away from you,then this man?Beware left ye be daun- ted with fear of any danger , howfoever all men fhould forfake you; It is but a Ihort time,fland llill,andbehold thefalvation of God, which he will fhew you within thefe few yeers. But what am I doing? I could notbut digreffe a little, and admonifh in a word, my brethren that are in jeopardy. I return to the matter. Some two yeers before that this decree wasmade by the Hollan: dens, Henry the fourth the King of France, was wounded by ohn Ca= fiellius the Iefuit, whodetermined to have killed him, and hereupon there was a molt worthy judgement paffcd and given in the great Y yY 2 affembly
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