I 312 VECAV IV. cha!lengeallcommers, in the defene< ofit; that, No Scholar cannot be truly noble. A And if I makdt not good, l<t me never be admitted further then 10 thdubjrClof our qudlion. Thus we doewell to congratulate, to ourfdves, our owne happindft: ifothers will come to us, it !hall be our comfort, but more theirs; ifnot, it is enough that we can joy in our fdves, and in him, in whom we arc that we are. !U!WJJ!tW-!MW.MtlW»~JJM~~W!lt£! ToM,. LP. E P. I V. v1 di{fourft ofthe inertaft ofP•pery; ofthe Oath ofAllegwJC!; and I he irif!fuf jer!ngufthofe rrhich havertfi•fedit. , B you fay,fdur religiondaily winnerh.Brag notofyour gaine:you n.eitherneed, nor can,tfyou confider how 11 gets,and whom:How, but by cunnmg fldghts, falfe fuggellions, impudent untruths! Who cannot thus prevailc again£! a quiet and innocent odverfary! Whom, but filly women, or men notorioully di:bauched ~ A fpoyle fit for fuch a con'luell, for fuch ViClors. We are !hefewer, not the wor(e: ifall our licentious hypocrites were yours,we !hould not complaine: Jnd you might ~the prouder, not the better. Glory you in this triumph, free fromour envy who know we have!oil none, but (bywhom you fave nothing) either loofe or lim: plr. It were pity that you !hould not forgoe fome in a better exchange. The fea never incroacheth upon our lhore,but it lofeth dfcwhere : fome we have happily fetcht into the fold of our Church,out ofyour walls; fome other.(though fcw,and fcarcc a c number) we have fcnt into their heaven. Among thefe, your late f<cond Garmlliv" d to proclaime himfdfe a Martyr; and by dying, perfwaded. Poore man, how happy were he, ifhe might be his owne Judge! That wllich gave him confidence, would give him'glory: you beleeve,and well-neere .adore him. That fatall cord of his was too little torrdiques, though divided into Mathematick quantities. Whither cannot conceit lead us~ whether for his refolution, or your credulity~ His death was feareleffe:l commend his llomach,not his mind.Howmany malefaClors havewe knowne that have laughed upon their execurioner, and jelled away their !all winde ~ You might know. It is cot long lince our Norf•lke Arri•n leapt at his ftake. How oft have you learned in marryrdome to regard not the death, but the caufe~ Elfe there !hould be eo difference in guilt and innocence, error and truth. What then~ Died he for Re- D ligion ~This had beene but,.ourowne meafure: we endured your flames which thefe gibbets could not acquit. But dare impudency it fdfe affirme it! Nor for meere !hame, again£! the evidence of fo many tongues, eares,records. Your Profperity,your numbers argue enough, that a man may be a Papillin Britaine, and Jive. If rreafon be yout Religion, who will wonder that it is capital! ~ Defie that Devill which hath mockt you with this m•d opinion, rhat treachery is holiodfe, devo· tion cruelty and difobedience. I fore-fee your evalion :.Alas, it is ealie for a fpi~htfull conllruClion to fetch Religion within this compalfe; and to fay the fwel 'ng ofthe Foxesfore-head is aborne. Nay then, Ictus fetch fome hone£! Heathen to~ Judge betwixt us : Meere nature in him !hall fpcake unpartially of both. To hold and perfwade, that a Chrillian King may, yea mull at the Popes will be de. E throned, ~tnd murdered 1 is it the voyce of rreafon, or Re!igion ~And ifrraitermis, whether flatly, orby miC-inferring~ Be/ides his pra&ifes, for this he died; wirnelfe your owne Catholikes. 0 God, ifthis be religion, what can be villany ~ Who ever died aMalefaClor, ifthis be martyrdome ~ Ifthis pofition be meritorious ofheaven, hdlis feared in v~ne. 0 holy SJOA, Mvii, Ct!lilirur,CAder,Liptz es,CiwritJ,YAIVXts, and whoever have coofpired againlllawfull Majelly !All Martyrs of RDme,all S>ints of Iit&ktts heaven. How well doe thofe palmes of ceklliall triumph become h>nds red with the facredblood ofGods anointed! I am aflllmed to thinke, thathumanity !hould nouri!h fuch Monllers; whether ofmen, Ol opinions. But you ddie this favage faClieufnelfe,rhis devotion ofDevils;aod hooeftly wi01 both God and Ca~far ! his owne. Jpraifeyour moderation: but ifyouberrue,kt me yet fearch you: Cao a
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