No Peace wtth Rome. A fur usas for S11arez, notto beleeve the walking Gholls ofthe dead, but metaphod- r--:::;;:;;- cally? or whym1y not wee as we !I deny the ordmary common Purga:ory, as 11ellar- d-46. mine may deviCe a newone, more noble and eafefull than the firll? Si:CT. XII. Co/Jcerning Ind•lgmcu and PardofJJ. - 1 I."' Vrgatory i>guiltyoflndulgcnces,os their Rochejler confeiTes:Both ofthem were Jbred by fuperllition,and nurfed by covetoufnes,I rouch thefowith alight hand only·it is tong fince all ingenious Chemsof l!omewereaflJamedofthisholy fraud· I ca~not but commend caj[ander, which wmes thusmodellly •nd truly : The c,p.dand•lg. abare:Oent or relaxation of Canonicall pum!hments, was of oldcalled Indulgence; which at this day is drawn to all private fausf•thons, and the full right ofbellowing themwithdrawn from all other Bi!hops, to the Bi!hopof Rome alone. About the ufe and prattife whereof, all good men have deGred a correction and moderation; as of things, which beinghitherto ill handled,have given the chiefeoccalion ofthis breach in the Church: Hererherforc it were tobe wi!hed, that the Popes would yeeld fom0 , Ind•ig.l·+ thing ro the publique peace. Thus far Coffander: With whom agrees Po(fdoreVir- ,,.. gll; bothofthem moreworthy ofa black cote, than their honell R..chejler whomGregoryofValencehlth fo fouly branded. Neither bath there wanted fome of their own, (as BeOarmine wirneiTerh} which have calledboth the rrealil!eofthe Church, and Pardons intoquellion : neither have there wanted rhofe which have boldly and aatlydenied them eirhertobeofufe, or to bee at all : And indeed who, rhar is nor v coo much intoxicate with the potionsofthat Harlot,canendme, char whilell rhe imputationofChrills merits to the jullifyingof a finner, applyed byGod ro 115, is every where a common rcoffing-llock to rhefemen,yer thot themerits and fuft'erings ofhoJy men, out ofa certaincommon rreafure, !houldby aman bee impUted to men, for the deliveranceoftheir foules from torment? Who can abide that any morcall man !houldover-fatisfieGod for his finnes? Who can abide the prodigall grants, and fhamefull Marts oftheir Pardons? Who:can endure to heare, rhnt to rhc careletre mumblingoveroffome fhort prayers(for if we beleeve their caj~tijiJ, there is no greor need ofany intention ofminde, ofany fpeciall devotion) there fhould be granted by Job,. 2 2. • Pardon for no leffe than a million of yeeres? Who can endure ( lince by ~::;-i,!~[!· rhe;r own confeffion, this fire mull lall bur till the conflagration oftheworld ) that Rome D yet inonelittle Bookthere fhould be tendred unro credulompoore foule,,Pardon of ~::;;;:M ... but eleven rhoufand rhoufandofyeers? What !houldwemake many words ofthis? vi>g.•d"f<•m There is now lying by me aworm-eaten manu-fcripr, with faire R.ubricks,in which, f•mm. befide other abfurd and bl•fphemous promifes,rhere is power given to one Jirle prayer to change the paines ofhell (due perhaps to him that fa yes it) into Purgatory. and afrer that againe, the painesofPurgatory into the joyes ofHeaven: Tiell•rmi;. had Li!.dt Imbdz. wifely refpetl:ed his owne credit, ifhe had given his voyce according to chat which heconfeiTerh to have 6een the judgemencoffomeorhers ; That rhefe like Bt11s werP. nor given by the Popes, but lewdlydevifed by fame ofhisba(e Qyelluaries, for an advantage: But that which he !hould excu(e, bedefends. What ingenuityor fhame " is to be expected ofTefuires? and how cleaneharh an old Parrot (as he faid ofold) forgotten the wand? Who may abide this unjull ond inhumane acceprarion ofperfons? that the wealthier fort may by their purfes redecmerh•sholyrreafureofrhe Church,and by mony deliver the foules ofrhemfelves and their friends from this horrible Prifon, while the needy Soulemull belli!! frying in that Bame, wirhourall hope ofpardon, ormature relaxation, umill the very Jail Judgement day? L•llly,who can endure; that whiles ir i• in the powerofChrillsVicar to call miferable foules our of rhisrormenringfire (which Hell itfelfe is faid toexccedonlyinrbeconrinuance) yet that he lhould fulfer themto lye howling there,and moll cruelly broiliAg llill,and notmercifully hellow on them all the heaps ofhis rreafme,asrhe fpiriruall ranfome of fo many dillreiTed fpiri.,?A wretched man is he(as Amhrofe laid oftbe rich man)which AMb.J.~,b«l<. hJth rbe power to deliver fo many foule<from death, and wanrs thewill: Why harr God
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