,' 6)2 , !b!o Vadif? --- A SECT. XVII I. THeirfecond advantage is,thar they regard not with what untruthsthey make good their owne affenions : It is all one with what morter or rubbilh they ' build up a fide. Fromhence flow the confident reportS, both oftheir mirades to convmce us, and their flanders ro difgraceos. Fother H4Jndi~tr, aJcfuite of 33 •yeares !boding, amonget 52. complaintswhich (out of an honeet remorfe) he put up againet his owneSociety, to their Generall Aqu•viv4,finds this not the Jeaet, chat his fellowes !hamed not to feeke the honour of their Order by coggingofmi. racles. Whatpackets fly about dayly oftheir Indian wonders?Even Cardinall Bel· t4rmim can abide to come in as an advoucher of thefe coozenages; whodamaverre B that his fellow X•vitr had not only healed the deafe, dum be, and blinde, but roif<d the dead; whiles his brother Acoft•, afrer many yeares fpem in thofe pam, can pull Lib.... itfotlllt, himby the fleeve, and tell him in his eare, fo loud that all theworld may heare him, Pr.digi• ,u/14 producirmu, neq•e vero ejl op•r. Ofthe famellampeare the daily- lnd.c.u.. &c. renewed miracle~,revelations, vilions,wherewith any ma~eares mull needsbe bea· ten amonget them. Africf<! was at the beet but barren of novelties in comparifonof Rome. and yet the world is incredulous if itwill nor fi.1ffer it felfc to begulled with thefeholy frauds. And no fewer are thofe lewd calumniations (thelluffe ofall their inveCtives) whereby they labourco make usloarbfome to the world ; ourperfons, our dollrinesare loaded with reproaches; neirher matters ir how jull they are, but how fpightfull. What othermeafure can be expelled ofus, when their beet friends c have thus (upon fomeprivared,flikes) fm~ned from rhern ? Theirowne holy Fa· rhers, C/emtnl rhe Eight, and Sixt•r ffl!t_int•u, and withthem (the honour ofthe Je· fuiticall Order) Cardina\1 Toilet, can all fhew bloody wale~ in their backes, from their lafhes. Their latePatronof famous me!llory, whofe heart theywell merited, and keepe it (as their deare relique) enlbrined in rheirlt Flefche, wasafterhisdeath in their pulpits Proclaimed Tyran and worfe : nomarvell then if after the virulent declamationsofour Gifford (their Gahriel) and themalicious fuggections cf others Z:rt.,urlpijf. ofchat viperousbrood, wehave much odoe to perfwade our neighbours, that we {MJ· cit. have anyChurches, Baprifme,Lirurgie,lteligion. I apf.eal then to all eyes and eares, how eafie iris for a man that will rake leave CO himfel e of making what truths he liets, and defending them bywhat untruths he pleaferh , co lead a credulous heart D whither hepleaferh. S~;CT. XIX. BUr ifthe power offalfified reafon prevailenor,thofc:defperare faCtors ofl!•me (as I have been informed)havelearned outof their acquaintance in theCourt ofthe Princeofdarkoeffe, toimploy llronger aid. On fame oftheir hands, I feare, Magicall delulions, and devillifh incantacionsfhall nor wane, rather than they will want aclienr.Neither can this feeem llran~e to any that knowes howfilmiliarly rhe RomanChurch profeffesrhe folemn pratli eofconjuration; in fuch afa!hion!as E it dorh more than trouble rhebeet Cafuiets, to fer down aperfeCt difference berwtxt their !icredMagick and theDiabolicall. Fromhence perhap•have proceeded chafe miraculous apparitions(ifat rhe leaet theywere any otherbut fancy or fraud)whcrewith fame ofour dearh-lickeGendemen amonget themhave been frighted inroCa· rholikes. A famousDivine of Fr1nce, fecond rononeforlearningorfidelity, told me this one amongetorher inetances, ofhis owne experience, which heyet Jives to juetilie: AGentleman ofthe religion, whofewife was Potfhly devoced,lyingupon rhebedofbislickneffe; inexpetlarionofdearh, fends orrhisDivin<, hisPallor; the ficke manswifo fends for • Jefuite ; bothmeet atthe beds fide; <Jch perfwades him to hisownepar?c both plead fortheirreligion at rhisbarre, beforerhefe Judges: afrcrrwo houres di putarion , nor onely theGenrlemanwas cheerefully confirm~d '"
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