fl!!o Vadis? only, but afiiftance, but incouragement? Never generation was fo forward 35 the A Jeliliticall,for captation of w~ll• amon_gfl rh~ir owne, or of foulrsamongft flrangers. What Store is not haunted With thefe!ll fpmrs? yea what noufe? yea what foule? Not aPrincesCouncell·Table, not a Ladies Chamber can be free from their fhame1elfe infinuations. Irwas not for nothing, thattheir great Patron Phrlip the fecond KingofSpaine, called themC/ericos negociadoru; and that MarctH AntoniiUCo/ 11111 • n•, Oenerall of theNavy ro Pir11 ~int•s in the battell of Ltp•nto, and Vice-roy of Sitiliecouid fay to Father Don AlotJfo, a f.tmous Jefuite, affeCting to be of the coonfell ofhis confcience, Voi Altri padridi Ibi!fu havett IJ men/e 11/ cielo,le fiiiJni ot 111ondo J' tJtJimaaldi"volo. ' SECT. XVI. YEt were there the le!fe peril! of their vehemence, if it were onely rudeand boyfterous (as in fomeotherfefrs) tharfo (as it is in Canon flmt) it might be more eafily fhund, then reCJ!ted : but here, the fkill of doing mifchiefe conrends with the power ; their miC-zealous paf!ions hide rhemlelves in a pleafing 1\veeme!fe;and they are more beholden to policie,rhen ftren~th. What Gentlemon ofany note cari cro!fe our Seas, whofe name is not landed m their bookes beforehand, in prevention of hisperfon; whom now srrived, if they finde untrachble through roo much prejudice, they labour firftro temper with the plaufibleconverfation offome fmooth Carholikeofhis owne Nation : the name ofhis Counrryis c warrant enough for his infinuarion. Not aword yet may be fpoken ofReligion; as ifthat were no part of the errand. Sohave we feene an hawke can offoc an Hero· fhaw, rolooke and flie • quire other way, and after many carele!fe and overley fetches , to rowre up unto the prey intended. There is nothingwherein this faire companion fhall not apply himfelfc to his welcome Countryman. At lafl, when he hath po!feft himfelfeof the heart of his newacquaintance, and got himfelferhe reputation of af\veec ingenuity, and delightful! fociablenefl'e; he findes opportunities robeftow fame witty fcolfes upon thofe parrs of our religion which lyemoft open roadvantagc. And now it is time to invice him (after their rarities) to fee rbeMonafteryofour Engli01Benedillines, or(ifelfewhere) rhofe EnglifhColledgeswhich the devout beneficenceofour well-meaning neighbors ( with no other intention D then fomecoverous Farmers lay f:dc-cacs in their dove-coats) have bountifully ere- /led. There, it is awonder ifour Travellermeet not with fome one chat fhall claim kinred orCountry ofhim in a more intire f.tlhion. The Society welcomes himwith more then ordinarycourrefie : neither can he refufe (except hewill be uncivill) ro be their gueft. He canno"r miflike the love ofhisCouorry-men,he cannot fuult their carriage. And now that they havemollified the ftiffene!fe ofhis prejudice,andwith much tempting fitted him for theirmold , he is a talke meet for one of their befi workemen; who willingly undertaking ir, harh learned to handle him fo fweetly, 35 ifhewould havehim think it a pleafiue eo be feduced. Doe we think his Doctor will begin fir !I: with the infallibility oftheir great Mafier, and perfwadehim that aNecromancer,anHeretick,an Atheift,cannor erre in Peters Chaire? or tell him that he E may buy otfhis finnes as familiarly as hemay buy wares in the market? or teach him ·rhara man may and mufl both make and eachi• God to hisbreakefoft? Thishard meat is for fl:ronger mawes. He knowcshow firfl: tobegin with the fpoone, and to offer nothing to a weake fl:omacke, bur difcourfe ofeaiicdigeftion: As firft, rrar a Catholike, fo living and dying(byour confeffion) may be i3v<d: That rbere;, bur one Church, os but one Chrift; ond that our ofrhisArke, there is no way bur dr6W· ning: That this oneChurch is more likely to be found in all the world, then in acorner-in all ages,chen in the laft Century ofyeares;in uniry,rhen in diviofin.A~d now cor:,esin the glorious bragofrheRoman Univerfality, rheirinviol•reAn11quny, their recorded fllccefiions, their hartllOilious unity, their confeffed magmfi~ence' Thacrhereisthe mother Church, as tothe reftofChri!lendome, foefpewlly to the_
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