A Cenfore ofTravell. 653 A in that Judgment, which he had embraced, bur his wife alfo, out ofthe evidenceof - rrmh, began 10 inclineto him, and it. The Jefuite departed difcontent; yet within fame fewhoures after, returning(when the coaf! was clearer') intreats fome private c conrerencewith the Gentlewoman; with whomwalking in her garden, he did vehemently expofiulare , mixing rherewirhall h.is f!rongef! perfwafions; arlaf!, to lhur up his difcourfe, he imporrun"d her with many obfecrations, that !hewould vouch(~ ro receive fromhis handsa littleBoxewhich he there offered her, and for hisfakeweare<~bourhercontinually:!hecondelcended. No fooner had !he taken - ' ir,rhanlhe fellrofogreat a detefiarion of he hutlhnd, that !bee could by no meanes bedrawne into his prefence, and within two dayes after in this efhte !bee dyed. An all: more wonhy theSword ofJufiice, than rhepen ofanAdverfary. Thefe courfes are as fecrer as wicloed. Not daring therefore peremptorily to accufe, l had rather leave rhefe prall:ices to further inquiry. Sure I am, that by their tongues Satan labours to inchanr the world,and barb f!rongly deluded too many foulef.And are we wearyofours, that wedare tempt God, and offer our felves aschallengers ro thisfpiriruall danger? TheJefuices, among!! much change ofhoufes, have two famous furrhe accordance oftheir nJmes; one called The BoJP, at No/a; the orhcr, The ArrOJP, (la Flefche) in France: though this latterwere more wonhyofrhename of a whole Quiver, containing not fewer than eight hundred !haftsofall fizes. Their Apofiare Fryer (if! !hall not honour him too much) playd upon them in rhisDif!ich : Arcmu Nola dedit, dedit illi5 alma Sagittam Gallia; quirjimem, tptem memere, dabit.? No/a the bow, a11d Fra11ce the Jhaft didbring : But whoJball belpe themto an bempwfiring ? Thisprovifion is for the care of Chrifl:ian Princes: but in themeane time, what madnelfe is it in us, not onely ro give aime to rbefe rovingFlights, bur to offor our (elves robe their f!anding Butt, that they may rake their fullaime and hit us levell at pleafure? Doe wee not heare fome of their owne fellow-Carholicks in the middef!oftheirawfullefiSenare, the Parliament of P•ris, pleading vehemently D again!! rhofe faaious fpirirs, and cryingour paJlionately oftbar danger (which will follow upon their admillion) both oflewdmanners, and nlfe dofrrine; anddoe we in greater oppofirion feare neither, and efpecially from Englifh Jefuites? Some Countries yeeld more venomous vipers than others; ours the worf!. I would it werenotrooea'ieroobferve, tbatasourEnglilh Papif!sare commonly mof! Jefuirilh, foour Englilh Jcfuitcs 1remore furious than their fellows. Even thofe of the hotteft Climates c>nnormarch rh em in fiery difpofitions. And doe we put our felves our ofour comfortable s~nne-lhine, into themidfl: ofthe flame ofrhefe noted Incendiaries? Doewee rake pleafure to moke them rich with the lj>oyle of our foules? and becaufe they will nor come fa!! enough tofetch thefe booties, doe we goe to carry them unto their pillage? E SECT XX. THE danger is in themen more than in rheircanfe; and ifthisgreatCurrizan oftheworld had not fo cunnin~ Panders, I !hould wonder how !he lhould gerany but foolilh cufiomers. The .fearcber ofall hearrs (beforewhofe Tri· bun_all I !halloncecome to give an account of this Cen/Hre )knows that I fpeak ir not mahc1oufly; Himcall I ro witne!fe, that I could not fiode any rrue lifeofReligion a?Jongf! rhofe that would be Carhol\kes: I meddle nor with rhe errors of Speculanons, orSchoole pnints;wherein their judgment palpablyoffendeth : I fpeake of tbeliyelypral'ticeofpiety. What haverhey among!! thembut a very our-fide of Kk k 3 Chrifiia-
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