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         Parænesis ad sectarios. Book 2, Chapter 7. English.
         Barclay, John, 1582-1621.
      
       
         
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             John Barclay his vindication of the intercession of saints, the veneration of relicks and miracles, against the sectaries of the times Book II. Chap. VII. Englished by a person of quality. With allowance.
             Parænesis ad sectarios. Book 2, Chapter 7. English.
             Barclay, John, 1582-1621.
          
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             JOHN
             BARCLAY
          
           HIS
           VINDICATION
           Of
           the
           Intercession
           of
           SAINTS
           ,
           The
           Veneration
           of
           RELICKS
           AND
           MIRACLES
           ,
           AGAINST
           THE
           Sectaries
           of
           the
           Times
           ,
        
         
           BOOK
           II.
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           Englished
           by
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           With
           Allowance
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           
             Mary
             Thompson
          
           at
           the
           Entrance
           into
           Old-Spring-Garden
           near
           Charing-Cross
           :
           And
           Sold
           by
           
             Matthew
             Turner
          
           at
           the
           Holy-Lamb
           in
           Holbourn
           :
           And
           
             John
             Lane
          
           at
           the
           Corner
           of
           Wild-street
           ,
           1688.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           CONCERNING
           THE
           Intercession
           of
           SAINTS
           ,
           The
           Veneration
           of
           RELICKS
           AND
           MIRACLES
           .
        
         
           BOOK
           II.
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           T
           IS
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Church
           of
           GOD
           ,
           which
           ,
           Triumphing
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           enjoys
           the
           Fruits
           of
           its
           Victory
           ;
           which
           ,
           Militant
           on
           Earth
           ,
           is
           expos'd
           to
           the
           Assaults
           of
           its
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           freed
           from
           Danger
           ,
           tho'
           not
           yet
           from
           Punishment
           ,
           is
           cleansing
           by
           
             Purgatory
             Pains
          
           .
           And
           this
           whole
           Church
           is
           in
           Charity
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           in
           GOD.
           Now
           't
           is
           the
           Office
           of
           Charity
           ,
           that
           the
           Inferiors
           rejoyce
           at
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           their
           Superiors
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Superiors
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           be
           assistant
           to
           their
           Inferiors
           .
           We
           therefore
           give
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           what
           Honour
           we
           lawfully
           may
           ,
           and
           in
           return
           desire
           
           the
           Assistance
           of
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           often
           find
           the
           Effects
           .
           And
           as
           for
           those
           ,
           who
           ,
           being
           shut
           up
           in
           the
           Prison
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           cannot
           help
           themselves
           ,
           we
           give
           them
           ,
           what
           succour
           we
           can
           ,
           by
           pouring
           forth
           our
           Prayers
           for
           them
           to
           the
           common
           Father
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           who
           is
           well
           pleas'd
           with
           this
           Brotherly
           Affection
           ,
           we
           mutually
           bear
           one
           another
           in
           him
           .
           But
           these
           Bonds
           of
           Love
           the
           Sectaries
           would
           have
           broken
           asunder
           .
           They
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           mind
           only
           their
           own
           Happiness
           ,
           neither
           Hearing
           nor
           being
           any
           ways
           mov'd
           by
           our
           Prayers
           :
           To
           which
           they
           farther
           add
           ;
           that
           ,
           whatever
           help
           we
           expect
           from
           their
           Suffrages
           ,
           we
           so
           much
           derogate
           from
           the
           Honour
           of
           CHRIST
           :
           They
           moreover
           affirm
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           not
           (
           contrary
           to
           what
           we
           with
           the
           most
           Antient
           Fathers
           believe
           )
           any
           Punishments
           ,
           by
           which
           such
           of
           the
           Elect
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           yet
           perfectly
           clean
           ,
           are
           Purify'd
           after
           Death
           .
           All
           these
           things
           are
           briefly
           to
           be
           asserted
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           ever
           from
           the
           most
           Antient
           Times
           ,
           been
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           
             Orthodox
             Church
          
           ,
           to
           request
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           ,
           whom
           the
           Majesty
           of
           Miracles
           manifested
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Fruition
           of
           GOD
           and
           Heavenly
           Joyes
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           Pray
           for
           us
           to
           our
           Lord.
           What
           do
           ye
           ,
           O
           Sectaries
           ,
           dislike
           in
           this
           ?
           The
           Scriptures
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           teach
           it
           not
           .
           If
           I
           should
           answer
           ,
           That
           neither
           do
           the
           Scriptures
           forbid
           it
           ,
           what
           could
           you
           farther
           reply
           ?
           Why
           ,
           shall
           I
           not
           rather
           believe
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           lawful
           ,
           which
           ,
           not
           being
           prohibited
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           is
           practis'd
           by
           the
           Church
           ;
           than
           to
           be
           unlawful
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           expresly
           commanded
           in
           Scripture
           ?
           But
           we
           seek
           not
           to
           shelter
           our selves
           under
           this
           Excuse
           .
           For
           we
           rely
           on
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Faithful
           are
           frequently
           commanded
           mutually
           to
           Pray
           for
           each
           other
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           we
           often
           find
           Holy
           Men
           requesting
           the
           Prayers
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ?
           'T
           is
           so
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ;
           but
           these
           were
           living
           Men
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Living
           .
           Shew
           me
           ,
           Sectary
           ,
           this
           difference
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           lawful
           
           to
           desire
           GODS
           Favour
           by
           the
           Prayers
           of
           Holy
           Men
           yet
           Living
           ,
           and
           unlawful
           so
           to
           do
           by
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Deceased
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           yeild
           up
           the
           Cause
           .
           Certainly
           Moses
           was
           Dead
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           Samuel
           ,
           when
           GOD
           declar'd
           ,
           
             That
             they
             were
             wont
             to
             Pray
             for
             the
          
           Jews
           ,
           Jer.
           15.
           v.
           1.
           
           Jeremiah
           also
           was
           dead
           ,
           when
           't
           was
           reveal'd
           to
           
             Judas
             Maccabeus
             ,
             That
             he
             Pray'd
             for
             the
             People
             and
             the
             Temple
             ,
          
           2
           Maccab.
           5.
           
        
         
           But
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ;
           There
           is
           one
           Mediator
           between
           GOD
           and
           Men
           ,
           which
           is
           CHRIST
           JESUS
           ;
           Why
           then
           do
           ye
           make
           so
           many
           Mediators
           ,
           so
           many
           Intercessors
           for
           us
           ?
           There
           can
           scarce
           be
           a
           more
           stupid
           Argument
           :
           So
           that
           t
           is
           to
           be
           wondred
           ,
           you
           should
           so
           often
           press
           to
           have
           it
           heard
           .
           There
           is
           indeed
           one
           CHRIST
           ,
           by
           whose
           Mediation
           Salvation
           is
           granted
           ;
           but
           
             Mediators
             of
             Intercession
          
           (
           such
           as
           we
           affirm
           the
           Saints
           to
           be
           )
           you
           your selves
           do
           not
           deny
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           as
           many
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           Believers
           .
           For
           do
           not
           you
           desire
           the
           Prayers
           of
           one
           another
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           he
           ,
           whose
           Prayers
           are
           desir'd
           ,
           as
           much
           a
           Mediator
           for
           you
           ,
           as
           the
           Saints
           are
           for
           us
           ?
           Why
           therefore
           do
           you
           cry
           out
           ,
           that
           we
           injure
           CHRIST
           :
           Why
           do
           you
           accuse
           us
           of
           esteeming
           his
           Merits
           insufficient
           ?
           The
           Controversy
           lyes
           in
           this
           Point
           ;
           whether
           we
           may
           desire
           the
           Prayers
           of
           that
           Person
           now
           triumphing
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           whose
           Intercession
           we
           might
           lawfully
           have
           requested
           ,
           when
           living
           here
           on
           Earth
           .
           This
           is
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           great
           Injury
           ,
           we
           do
           to
           CHRIST
           ;
           this
           is
           our
           Impiety
           ,
           this
           is
           our
           Forgetfulness
           of
           CHRIST's
           Passion
           .
        
         
           But
           thou
           wilt
           reply
           ,
           The
           Saints
           neither
           see
           ,
           nor
           hear
           their
           Suppliants
           ;
           that
           't
           is
           a
           very
           vain
           thing
           to
           Address
           our
           Discourse
           to
           these
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           far
           off
           .
           Were
           it
           so
           ,
           O
           Sectary
           ,
           We
           Catholicks
           might
           indeed
           be
           accus'd
           of
           Folly
           ,
           in
           taking
           such
           unnecessary
           pains
           to
           offer
           up
           our
           Petitions
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           ,
           though
           not
           unworthy
           ;
           yet
           wholly
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Addresses
           ,
           made
           to
           them
           ;
           yet
           this
           would
           not
           render
           us
           guilty
           of
           Impiety
           .
           But
           we
           are
           by
           Scriptures
           ,
           
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           assur'd
           the
           contrary
           .
           If
           Moses
           ,
           (
           says
           our
           Lord
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Jeremiah
           ,
           Chap.
           15.
           v.
           1.
           )
           and
           Samuel
           
             shall
             stand
             before
             me
             ,
             my
             Soul
             is
             not
             towards
             this
             People
             .
          
           Now
           how
           vain
           would
           this
           have
           been
           ,
           had
           not
           Moses
           and
           Samuel
           then
           often
           stood
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           been
           accustom'd
           according
           to
           the
           exigency
           of
           Affairs
           and
           Times
           ,
           to
           intercede
           for
           the
           Jews
           .
           I
           omit
           its
           being
           most
           clearly
           said
           in
           the
           Maccabees
           ,
           Chap.
           15.
           
           That
           Hieremias
           and
           Onias
           ,
           who
           were
           then
           departed
           out
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           
             Pray'd
             for
             all
             the
             People
             of
             the
          
           Jews
           .
           And
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Apocalypse
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             ,
             do
             by
             the
             Power
             of
             God
             ,
             behold
             these
             Earthly
             things
             .
          
           Moreover
           the
           Angel
           Raphael
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           find
           it
           in
           Tobias
           ,
           Chap
           -
           12.
           )
           when
           he
           was
           standing
           before
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           
             Offer'd
             up
             to
             our
             Lord
             the
             Prayers
             of
          
           Tobias
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           question'd
           ,
           but
           he
           heard
           them
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           dost
           thou
           believe
           ,
           that
           thou
           art
           wiser
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           than
           the
           much
           to
           be
           Venerated
           Primitive
           Church
           ?
           Whose
           Custom
           and
           Doctrine
           in
           the
           time
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           and
           St.
           Ambrose
           ,
           I
           shall
           in
           their
           words
           set
           before
           thee
           :
           
             The
             Angels
          
           ,
           (
           says
           St.
           Ambrose
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           
             De
             viduis
          
           )
           
             are
             to
             be
             Supplicated
             ,
             who
             are
             given
             us
             for
             a
             Guard
             ,
             of
             whom
             we
             may
             seem
             to
             challenge
             some
             sort
             of
             Patronage
             ,
             from
             the
             Pledge
             of
             their
             Bodies
             .
             They
             can
             Pray
             for
             our
             Sins
             ,
             who
             have
             with
             their
             own
             Blood
             wash'd
             away
             ,
             what
             Sins
             themselves
             have
             had
             .
             For
             they
             are
          
           GOD
           
             's
             Martyrs
             ,
             our
             Prelates
             ,
             the
             Beholders
             of
             our
             Lives
             and
             Actions
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             be
             asham'd
             to
             use
             them
             ,
             as
             Intercessors
             for
             our
             Infirmities
             ;
             because
             they
             themselves
             well
             knew
             the
             Infirmity
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             overcame
             it
             .
          
           St.
           Augustine
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           
             De
             cura
             pro
             Mortuis
          
           ,
           Chap.
           4.
           has
           these
           words
           ,
           
             When
             ever
             therefore
             the
             Mind
             reflects
             on
             the
             Place
             ,
             where
             the
             Body
             of
             a
             most
             dear
             Friend
             is
             Buried
             ,
             if
             this
             Place
             be
             more
             over
             Venerable
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             some
             Martyr
             ,
             the
             Affection
             of
             the
             Rememberer
             recommends
             by
             its
          
           
           
             Prayers
             the
             beloved
             Soul
             to
             the
             same
             Martyr
             ,
             which
          
           Affection
           ,
           
             shewn
             to
             the
             Deceased
             by
             their
             most
             dear
             and
             faithful
             Friends
             ,
             undoubtedly
             profits
             those
             ,
             who
             ,
             whilst
             they
             were
             living
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             deserv'd
             ,
             that
             such
             things
             should
             after
             this
             Life
             be
             profitable
             to
             them
             .
          
           There
           is
           in
           this
           no
           Exclamation
           ;
           no
           Apostrophe
           .
           These
           Fathers
           sincerely
           and
           plainly
           declare
           their
           own
           and
           the
           Churches
           sense
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           here
           (
           says
           my
           Author
           )
           willingly
           Address
           my
           Discourse
           to
           the
           Almoner
           of
           the
           most
           Serene
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           .
           
           Him
           does
           the
           King
           ;
           him
           do
           many
           others
           believe
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           so
           often
           in
           fault
           ,
           as
           he
           causes
           others
           to
           offend
           .
           Let
           him
           therefore
           consider
           ,
           how
           great
           his
           Error
           is
           in
           denying
           it
           to
           be
           St.
           
           Augustin's
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Martyrs
           should
           be
           Invocated
           .
           In
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           Apology
           of
           the
           most
           Illustrious
           Cardinal
           Bellarmine
           ,
           he
           speaks
           thus
           .
           
             Now
             we
             consent
             to
             St.
          
           Augustine
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Protomartyr
             should
             be
             conveniently
             Honour'd
             ,
             since
             Almighty
             GOD
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             work
             some
             Miracles
             by
             it
             :
             But
             that
             he
             wrought
             those
             Miracles
             by
             the
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             is
             an
             Addition
             of
             the
             Cardinals
             own
             :
             For
             the
             Martyrs
             are
             not
             Invocated
             by
             St.
          
           Augustine
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Martyrs
           are
           Invocated
           by
           St.
           Augustine
           ,
           unless
           we
           refuse
           to
           believe
           Augustine
           himself
           :
           For
           what
           can
           be
           plainer
           than
           that
           Sentence
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             the
             Affection
             of
             the
             Faithful
             profits
             the
             Deceased
             ,
             when
             they
             recommend
             their
             Souls
             to
             the
             Martyrs
             .
          
           Why
           do
           you
           persuade
           the
           King
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           persuade
           your self
           otherwise
           ?
           I
           call
           upon
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           whom
           you
           will
           not
           have
           call'd
           upon
           ;
           I
           willingly
           with
           Reverence
           beseech
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           obtain
           for
           you
           from
           our
           Lord
           this
           Faith
           ,
           which
           you
           reject
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           last
           Night
           may
           not
           close
           your
           Eyes
           ,
           before
           you
           have
           abjur'd
           the
           darkness
           of
           Heresy
           in
           the
           Light
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           commanded
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           GOD.
           Why
           then
           should
           we
           Address
           our selves
           to
           Saints
           ?
           O
           brave
           new
           Wisdom
           !
           Was
           the
           
           Church
           Ignorant
           of
           this
           ?
           Did
           not
           the
           Fathers
           know
           it
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           we
           are
           admonish'd
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           very
           much
           be
           assisted
           by
           the
           Prayers
           of
           good
           Men
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           repair
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           we
           go
           to
           GOD.
           For
           far
           be
           it
           from
           us
           to
           expect
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           Saints
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           shall
           obtain
           for
           us
           of
           our
           Lord.
           They
           can
           do
           nothing
           of
           themselves
           .
           We
           desire
           nothing
           from
           them
           but
           their
           Prayers
           .
           And
           why
           should
           St.
           Peter
           and
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           famous
           for
           the
           Purity
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           their
           triumphant
           Constancy
           at
           their
           Death
           ,
           be
           less
           prevalent
           Advocates
           with
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           than
           such
           contemptible
           Wretches
           ,
           as
           you
           ,
           or
           I
           ,
           who
           are
           daily
           guilty
           of
           new
           Offences
           ?
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           of
           the
           Angel
           ,
           whom
           GOD
           has
           plac'd
           as
           a
           Guardian
           over
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ?
           Would'st
           thou
           have
           an
           Assistant
           of
           so
           great
           Power
           ,
           and
           ,
           so
           great
           Splendour
           ,
           be
           Unsaluted
           ?
           Wouldst
           not
           thou
           of
           thy
           own
           accord
           recommend
           thy self
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           whom
           thou
           art
           committed
           by
           Almighty
           GOD.
           But
           some
           of
           you
           indeed
           deny
           ,
           others
           are
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           any
           such
           Spirits
           present
           with
           us
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           an
           Aged
           Sectary
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           fierce
           ,
           and
           daily
           disputing
           against
           us
           ,
           yet
           deny'd
           ,
           he
           had
           ever
           before
           heard
           it
           to
           be
           the
           Papists
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Angel
           Assign'd
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           every
           particular
           Person
           .
           Nor
           is
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           but
           this
           Fiction
           had
           its
           Original
           from
           the
           Domestick
           and
           Familiar
           Gods
           of
           the
           Gentils
           .
           Forbear
           ,
           Sectary
           ,
           thy
           ill
           Language
           .
           We
           have
           this
           Belief
           from
           the
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           the
           Fooleries
           of
           the
           Heathen
           .
           For
           that
           People
           and
           Provinces
           have
           their
           Angels
           ,
           who
           take
           care
           of
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           thou
           findst
           in
           Daniel
           ,
           Chap.
           10.
           
           Where
           Michael
           is
           said
           to
           be
           Prince
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           another
           of
           the
           Persians
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           the
           Grecians
           .
           And
           that
           such
           Spirits
           are
           given
           to
           every
           particular
           Person
           ,
           we
           are
           Taught
           in
           St.
           Matthew
           Chap.
           18.
           ver
           .
           10.
           
           Where
           our
           Saviour
           says
           ,
           
             See
             ,
             that
             he
             despise
             not
             one
             of
             these
             little
             ones
             ,
             for
             I
             say
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             their
             Angels
             in
             Heaven
             do
             always
             see
             the
             Face
             of
             my
          
           
           
             Father
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           Upon
           which
           place
           St.
           Hierom
           in
           his
           Commentary
           on
           St.
           Matthew
           has
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             Great
             is
             the
             Dignity
             of
             Souls
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             of
             them
             from
             its
             first
             Being
             should
             have
             an
             Angel
             appointed
             for
             its
             Guardian
             .
          
           The
           same
           Father
           on
           the
           Death
           of
           Paula
           says
           ,
           
             I
             take
             to
             witness
             our
             Lord
             JESVS
             ,
             and
             his
             Saints
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Angel
             himself
             ,
             who
             was
             Keeper
             and
             Assistant
             of
             this
             admirable
             Woman
             ,
             that
             I
             speak
             nothing
             Partially
             ,
             after
             the
             custom
             of
             Flatterers
             .
          
        
         
           But
           you
           complain
           of
           the
           Veneration
           and
           Respect
           ,
           we
           give
           the
           Saints
           :
           Because
           GOD
           alone
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Worshiped
           .
           And
           St.
           Paul
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Colossians
           ,
           chap.
           11.
           v.
           18.
           
           Forbids
           Christians
           to
           be
           seduc'd
           in
           
             the
             Humility
             and
             Religion
             of
             Angels
             .
          
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           Angel
           which
           shew'd
           St.
           John
           the
           Vision
           of
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           suffer'd
           not
           himself
           to
           be
           Worship'd
           by
           him
           .
           These
           Objections
           ,
           O
           Sectaries
           ,
           are
           frequently
           in
           your
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           as
           often
           and
           as
           often
           answer'd
           by
           Us.
           To
           Worship
           ,
           is
           a
           Word
           of
           dubious
           signification
           .
           Some
           Worship
           is
           due
           to
           GOD
           alone
           :
           Whoever
           bestows
           this
           on
           Man
           ,
           Angel
           ,
           or
           Saint
           ,
           can
           never
           avoid
           being
           guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           .
           There
           is
           another
           Worship
           ,
           or
           Reverence
           ,
           Pay'd
           by
           the
           Inferior
           to
           the
           Superior
           ,
           without
           either
           believing
           him
           to
           be
           GOD
           ,
           or
           Venerating
           him
           as
           such
           .
           With
           this
           all
           Princes
           ,
           Kings
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Saints
           are
           to
           be
           respected
           according
           to
           their
           Degrees
           and
           Dignities
           :
           The
           one
           ,
           as
           the
           Images
           of
           GOD
           on
           Earth
           ;
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           the
           Domesticks
           of
           GOD
           in
           Heaven
           .
           And
           that
           thou
           mayst
           not
           doubt
           ,
           but
           the
           Word
           Worship
           is
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           apply'd
           to
           those
           Honours
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           Lawfully
           given
           to
           Creatures
           ,
           thou
           findest
           in
           written
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Gen.
          
           23.
           v.
           7.
           
           And
           Abraham
           
             Arose
             ,
             and
             Worshipped
          
           (
           Adoravit
           )
           
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Land
          
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Heth.
           And
           of
           Nathan
           the
           Prophet
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           3
           Kings
           ch
           .
           1.
           v.
           23.
           
           
             And
             when
             he
             was
             come
             in
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             had
             Worship'd
          
           (
           adorasset
           )
           
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             Face
             to
             the
             Ground
             .
          
        
         
         
           To
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           forbiding
           the
           Humility
           and
           Religion
           of
           Angels
           ,
           St.
           Chrysostom
           has
           long
           since
           answer'd
           in
           his
           seventh
           Homily
           on
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Colossians
           ,
           telling
           us
           ,
           
             That
             by
             these
             words
             is
             forbidden
             the
          
           Heresie
           ,
           
             which
             reputed
             Angels
             for
             Inferior
             Gods
             ,
             as
             if
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             CHRIST
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             reconcil'd
             ;
             and
             have
             Access
             to
             the
             Father
             .
          
           Which
           Heresie
           was
           by
           the
           Antients
           attributed
           to
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           has
           St.
           Augustin
           more
           slightly
           answer'd
           the
           Argument
           ,
           you
           bring
           out
           of
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           51st
           .
           Question
           on
           Genesis
           ,
           says
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Expressions
           ,
           which
           the
           Angel
           us'd
           (
           for
           he
           had
           before
           ch
           .
           1.
           v.
           11.
           said
           ,
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             first
             and
             the
             last
             ,
          
           &c.
           St.
           John
           thought
           ,
           't
           was
           Christ
           ,
           and
           not
           an
           Angel
           ,
           that
           spake
           to
           him
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Angel
           therefore
           forbad
           St.
           John
           to
           give
           him
           the
           Honour
           ,
           which
           was
           due
           to
           Christ.
           Others
           ,
           and
           those
           very
           great
           men
           ,
           thus
           expound
           it
           ,
           that
           St.
           John
           err'd
           not
           in
           Worshipping
           the
           Angel
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Angel
           refus'd
           to
           receive
           this
           Honour
           from
           St.
           John
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           most
           dearly
           Beloved
           by
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           :
           So
           that
           there
           was
           on
           both
           sides
           an
           Holy
           Humility
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Giver
           and
           in
           the
           Refuser
           of
           this
           Worship
           .
           Now
           this
           indeed
           is
           both
           easie
           to
           Prove
           ,
           and
           not
           hard
           to
           Believe
           .
           For
           can
           we
           imagine
           ,
           St.
           John
           to
           have
           been
           Ignorant
           ,
           that
           GOD
           alone
           ,
           and
           no
           Angel
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           Worship'd
           with
           Latria
           ,
           or
           Divine
           Honour
           ?
           Or
           can
           it
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           he
           understood
           not
           ,
           with
           what
           sort
           of
           Respect
           Angels
           were
           to
           be
           Venerated
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           only
           CHRIST's
           Apostle
           ,
           but
           his
           Beloved
           ,
           who
           ,
           leaning
           on
           the
           Breast
           of
           our
           Lord
           at
           his
           last
           Supper
           ,
           was
           there
           taught
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           his
           Divinity
           ,
           to
           whom
           our
           Saviours
           Mother
           was
           recommended
           as
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           who
           at
           that
           very
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Apocalypse
           were
           reveal'd
           to
           him
           in
           the
           Island
           of
           Pathmos
           ,
           had
           been
           above
           threescore
           years
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           through
           
           the
           World
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           conceit
           ,
           that
           the
           Christians
           were
           till
           that
           time
           Ignorant
           ,
           whether
           ,
           or
           after
           what
           manner
           Angels
           are
           to
           be
           Reverenc'd
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           very
           Apostle
           knew
           not
           this
           ,
           who
           ,
           Teaching
           ,
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           writing
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           was
           believ'd
           by
           all
           Christians
           ?
        
         
           If
           therefore
           St.
           John
           offer'd
           the
           Worship
           of
           Latria
           to
           the
           Angel
           ,
           undoubtedly
           he
           believ'd
           him
           not
           to
           be
           an
           Angel
           ,
           but
           our
           Lord.
           But
           if
           he
           knew
           him
           to
           be
           an
           Angel
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           both
           that
           he
           gave
           him
           not
           Divine
           Honour
           ,
           and
           that
           't
           is
           lawful
           in
           such
           Manner
           to
           Worship
           the
           Angels
           ,
           as
           he
           then
           did
           .
           For
           't
           were
           ridiculous
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           our
           Lord
           had
           not
           till
           then
           reveal'd
           to
           Christians
           ,
           what
           sort
           of
           Respect
           should
           be
           given
           to
           Angels
           ,
           whom
           before
           that
           time
           all
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           except
           St.
           John
           alone
           ,
           were
           by
           Martyrdom
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           World.
           But
           let
           us
           suppose
           ,
           what
           is
           most
           absurd
           ,
           that
           St.
           John
           the
           Apostle
           knew
           not
           ,
           what
           no
           Christian
           ought
           at
           that
           time
           to
           have
           been
           ignorant
           of
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           what
           Reverence
           was
           to
           be
           shewn
           to
           Angels
           ;
           't
           was
           yet
           at
           least
           sufficient
           for
           him
           to
           have
           been
           once
           instructed
           in
           it
           by
           the
           Angel.
           But
           we
           find
           him
           notwithstanding
           ,
           again
           attempting
           the
           same
           .
           For
           when
           (
           as
           we
           have
           it
           Chap.
           19.
           )
           St.
           John
           fell
           down
           to
           worship
           ,
           the
           Angel
           refus'd
           it
           with
           these
           words
           :
           
             See
             thou
             do
             it
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             thy
             fellow
             Servant
             .
          
           Nevertheless
           ,
           we
           find
           St.
           John
           again
           (
           chap.
           21
           )
           falling
           down
           to
           worship
           him
           ,
           and
           again
           hearing
           the
           same
           words
           from
           the
           Angel.
           Was
           St.
           John
           so
           ignorant
           of
           CHRIST's
           Laws
           ?
           Dost
           thou
           think
           he
           had
           so
           soon
           forgot
           ,
           what
           he
           had
           but
           a
           little
           before
           learnt
           of
           the
           Angel
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           this
           repeated
           falling
           down
           of
           St.
           John
           at
           the
           Angels
           feet
           sufficiently
           shews
           ,
           that
           this
           pious
           veneration
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           Messengers
           is
           not
           unacceptable
           to
           Almighty
           GOD.
           
        
         
           We
           therefore
           together
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           sing
           ;
           But
           to
           me
           ,
           O
           GOD
           ,
           thy
           Friends
           are
           become
           honourable
           exceedingly
           .
           We
           admine
           their
           happiness
           ,
           we
           desire
           their
           help
           .
           But
           thou
           ,
           O
           Sectary
           ,
           
           shouldst
           thou
           meet
           some
           Holy
           Martyr
           ,
           or
           some
           one
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           Prophets
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Choirs
           of
           the
           Angels
           ,
           shouldst
           thou
           see
           him
           ,
           shouldst
           thou
           speak
           to
           him
           ,
           what
           Countenance
           wouldst
           thou
           put
           on
           ,
           what
           Words
           ,
           what
           Gesture
           wouldst
           thou
           use
           ?
           For
           however
           thou
           deny'st
           ,
           that
           they
           dst
           now
           appear
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           yet
           wilt
           thou
           never
           deny
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           may
           so
           do
           ,
           if
           Almighty
           GOD
           shall
           see
           it
           fit
           ?
           Wouldst
           thou
           act
           with
           such
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           thy
           equal
           ?
           Or
           wouldst
           thou
           not
           rather
           shew
           him
           Honour
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           sense
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           here
           speak
           ,
           worship
           him
           ?
           For
           certainly
           thou
           ,
           who
           art
           often
           mov'd
           with
           human
           Greatness
           ,
           couldst
           not
           forbear
           venerating
           that
           Dignity
           ,
           which
           is
           far
           more
           Yublime
           than
           all
           Earthly
           Honour
           .
           Why
           therefore
           may
           we
           not
           honour
           them
           ,
           whom
           wa
           see
           not
           ,
           yet
           we
           know
           them
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           happy
           ,
           united
           to
           GOD
           ,
           the
           Friends
           of
           GOD
           ,
           triumphing
           in
           a
           most
           secure
           Immortality
           ?
           Why
           should
           it
           be
           unlawful
           to
           have
           the
           same
           Respect
           for
           those
           we
           see
           not
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           lawfully
           have
           for
           those
           we
           see
           ?
        
         
           Nor
           are
           you
           contented
           only
           to
           take
           away
           all
           Honour
           from
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           Blessed
           ,
           but
           you
           make
           war
           also
           on
           their
           Bodies
           .
           I
           tremble
           to
           relate
           how
           many
           Reliques
           of
           Saints
           you
           have
           scatter'd
           in
           the
           wind
           ,
           thrown
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           consum'd
           with
           Fire
           ;
           how
           often
           you
           have
           in
           scorn
           pluckt
           their
           sacred
           Limbs
           out
           of
           the
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Gems
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           were
           inclos'd
           ,
           to
           expose
           them
           to
           Contempt
           .
           Posterity
           will
           lament
           their
           loss
           ,
           we
           are
           asham'd
           for
           the
           Infamy
           of
           our
           Age.
           For
           what
           caus'd
           all
           this
           Impiety
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Devils
           who
           set
           up
           Heresie
           ,
           no
           less
           hate
           the
           Sanctity
           of
           Reliques
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           have
           been
           often
           tormented
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Antiochian
             Appollo
          
           did
           the
           Bones
           of
           the
           Martyr
           Babilas
           ,
           near
           which
           he
           was
           prohibited
           to
           give
           his
           Oracles
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           what
           you
           would
           say
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           our
           Idolatry
           could
           not
           be
           restrain'd
           but
           by
           the
           Destruction
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           we
           worshipt
           .
           Let
           us
           see
           ,
           what
           Idolatry
           
           this
           was
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           cur'd
           by
           so
           desperate
           a
           Remedy
           ,
           or
           how
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Veneration
           of
           Reliques
           exceeded
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           most
           Primitive
           Church
           .
           If
           any
           Reliques
           of
           Saints
           are
           removed
           from
           one
           place
           to
           another
           ,
           we
           make
           the
           Streets
           ring
           with
           Hymns
           and
           Psalms
           ;
           the
           action
           is
           performed
           with
           a
           great
           Conflux
           of
           People
           ,
           who
           come
           to
           see
           and
           reverence
           these
           holy
           Remains
           .
           We
           diligently
           and
           devoutly
           apply
           our
           Handkerchiefs
           and
           Garments
           to
           the
           Coffin
           ,
           or
           Bier
           ,
           in
           or
           on
           which
           these
           Sacred
           Bones
           are
           laid
           ,
           that
           secret
           Blessings
           may
           flow
           upon
           us
           .
           We
           divide
           their
           Bodies
           and
           Bones
           into
           Parts
           ,
           that
           more
           may
           be
           partakers
           of
           their
           Happiness
           and
           Help
           .
           We
           lay
           up
           these
           Reliques
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Altars
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           most
           holy
           Sacrifice
           is
           dispens'd
           ,
           or
           enchase
           them
           in
           the
           richest
           Metals
           and
           Jewels
           .
           We
           often
           repair
           to
           them
           ,
           supplicating
           Almighty
           GOD
           by
           these
           Pledges
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           also
           craving
           the
           Intercession
           of
           them
           ,
           whose
           Remains
           we
           behold
           .
           We
           prostrate
           our selves
           ,
           and
           kiss
           this
           venerable
           Dust
           ,
           which
           heretofore
           serv'd
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           and
           shall
           hereafter
           rise
           again
           ,
           be
           chang'd
           and
           reign
           with
           CHRIST
           .
           We
           believe
           that
           the
           Devils
           tremble
           ,
           and
           are
           perplext
           at
           these
           holy
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           that
           GOD
           is
           sometimes
           pleas'd
           to
           assert
           by
           Miracles
           as
           well
           this
           our
           Piety
           ,
           as
           the
           Honour
           of
           Reliques
           .
           I
           have
           the
           more
           at
           large
           declar'd
           this
           kind
           of
           Worship
           ,
           that
           thou
           .
           O
           Sectary
           ,
           mightst
           know
           ,
           Christians
           are
           not
           asham'd
           of
           their
           Profession
           .
           We
           publickly
           own
           ,
           that
           these
           things
           are
           done
           ,
           and
           carefully
           observ'd
           by
           us
           .
           All
           which
           if
           we
           shall
           demonstrate
           to
           have
           exactly
           practis'd
           in
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           what
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           wonder
           at
           thy
           having
           been
           so
           bewitcht
           by
           Heresie
           ,
           as
           to
           account
           this
           pious
           Custom
           of
           thy
           Ancestors
           for
           monstrous
           .
        
         
           How
           great
           Honour
           was
           by
           the
           Antients
           given
           to
           Reliques
           ,
           thou
           mayst
           learn
           from
           Socrates
           lib.
           3.
           cap.
           16.
           
           from
           Theodoret
           lib.
           3.
           cap.
           9.
           and
           from
           Sozomen
           lib.
           5.
           cap.
           18.
           
           There
           thou
           wilt
           read
           ,
           what
           a
           concourse
           of
           Christians
           there
           was
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Julian
           the
           Apostate
           the
           Bones
           of
           St.
           Babilas
           were
           to
           be
           remov'd
           from
           the
           Suburb
           Daphne
           to
           Antioch
           ;
           and
           that
           
             together
             with
             the
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             rejoycing
             and
             singing
             Psalms
          
           they
           carried
           the
           Coffin
           .
           Yea
           ,
           that
           
             Every
             one
             of
             them
             going
             before
             began
             to
             dance
          
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           were
           present
           at
           the
           Solemnity
           
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             young
             Men
             and
             Maids
             ,
             Old
             Men
             and
             Children
             ,
             Evagrius
             ,
          
           (
           lib.
           1.
           cap.
           16.
           )
           writes
           ,
           that
           the
           Bones
           of
           St.
           Ignatius
           were
           at
           the
           Command
           of
           Theodosius
           the
           Great
           ,
           Translated
           with
           exceeding
           Honour
           to
           Antioch
           :
           
             For
             which
             cause
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             there
             is
             even
             to
             our
             Age
             kept
             a
             Solemn
             Feast
             of
             common
             Joy.
          
           See
           ,
           how
           great
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           approv'd
           this
           Veneration
           was
           ,
           of
           which
           't
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           keep
           an
           
             Annual
             Commemoration
          
           .
           Thou
           findst
           in
           St.
           Hierom
           against
           Vigilantius
           ,
           that
           the
           Bones
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Samuel
           were
           in
           his
           time
           brought
           from
           Palastine
           to
           Constantinople
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Arcadius
             .
             All
             the
             Bishops
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             carried
             in
             a
             golden
             Vessel
             those
             Reliques
             ,
             wrapt
             in
             Silk
             .
          
           He
           adds
           ,
           
             That
             the
             People
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             ,
             went
             to
             meet
             the
             Holy
             Reliques
             ,
             which
             they
             received
             with
             as
             much
             Joy
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             seen
             the
             Prophet
             present
             and
             alive
             :
             So
             that
             from
          
           Palastine
           
             even
             to
          
           Chalcedon
           
             the
             Swarms
             of
             People
             were
             joyn'd
             together
             ,
             sounding
             forth
             with
             one
             voice
             the
             Praises
             of
             CHRIST
             .
          
           With
           what
           Reverence
           also
           the
           Bones
           of
           St.
           Chrysostom
           were
           receiv'd
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           thirty
           five
           years
           after
           his
           Decease
           Translated
           to
           Constantinople
           ,
           thou
           hast
           related
           by
           Theodoret
           ,
           a
           Writer
           of
           that
           Age
           ;
           who
           in
           his
           Ecclesiastical
           History
           (
           lib.
           5.
           cap.
           36.
           )
           says
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             Faithful
             Assembly
             of
             Men
             ,
             making
             the
             Sea
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Continent
             by
             the
             Multitude
             of
             their
             Ships
             ,
             cover'd
             with
             the
             Lights
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
          
           Bosphorus
           ,
           
             lying
             near
          
           Propontis
           .
        
         
           Nor
           mayst
           thou
           say
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           as
           Funural
           Honours
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           this
           manner
           given
           to
           the
           Saints
           ;
           
           and
           that
           Reliques
           were
           not
           in
           that
           Age
           remov'd
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           from
           one
           Monument
           to
           another
           .
           Nay
           ,
           Sectary
           ,
           these
           Sacred
           Pledges
           were
           for
           the
           avoiding
           of
           danger
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           Solemn
           Invocating
           of
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           brought
           forth
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           carried
           even
           into
           the
           Camp.
           Evagrius
           (
           lib.
           1.
           cap.
           13.
           )
           relates
           ,
           That
           he
           saw
           the
           Head
           of
           St.
           Simeon
           the
           Monk
           ,
           sent
           to
           Philippicus
           the
           Emperors
           Son-in-Law
           ,
           who
           desir'd
           ,
           that
           some
           Reliques
           of
           Saints
           should
           be
           sent
           him
           ,
           
             To
             the
             end
             he
             might
             more
             successfully
             perform
             his
             Military
             Expeditions
             in
             the
          
           East
           .
           And
           hence
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           neither
           new
           ,
           nor
           any
           way
           Injurious
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           if
           their
           Reliques
           are
           divided
           into
           parts
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           distributed
           to
           many
           .
           For
           that
           Simeon
           was
           not
           Beheaded
           ;
           but
           having
           dy'd
           a
           Natural
           Death
           ,
           his
           Body
           was
           by
           the
           Christians
           not
           Disrespectfully
           torn
           in
           Pieces
           ,
           but
           Reverently
           and
           Piously
           divided
           .
           Thou
           readest
           moreover
           in
           St.
           Augustin
           (
           
             de
             Civit.
             Dei
          
           ,
           lib.
           22.
           cap.
           8.
           )
           that
           the
           Reliques
           of
           St.
           Stephen
           were
           dispers'd
           in
           several
           places
           up
           and
           down
           Africk
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Tibilitan
           Waters
           ,
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Synes
           ,
           at
           
             Calama
             ,
             Audituras
             ,
             Vzali
          
           ,
           and
           Hippo
           :
           That
           they
           were
           Reverenc'd
           ,
           that
           Miracles
           were
           every
           where
           wrought
           at
           them
           ,
           
             By
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             by
             the
             Martyrs
             help
             ,
             at
             the
             Martyrs
             Request
             .
          
           These
           are
           the
           Words
           of
           St.
           Augustin
           .
        
         
           A
           person
           of
           very
           great
           Quality
           ,
           but
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           a
           Sectary
           ,
           in
           whose
           Presence
           there
           was
           accidentally
           some
           Discourse
           concerning
           this
           so
           great
           Consent
           of
           our
           Ancestors
           in
           Venerating
           Reliques
           ;
           desirous
           not
           to
           dissolve
           ,
           but
           captiously
           to
           elude
           this
           Argument
           ,
           said
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           some
           Remains
           of
           the
           Idolatry
           ,
           then
           newly
           Abolish'd
           ;
           at
           which
           the
           Bishops
           of
           those
           times
           conniv'd
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           seem
           altogether
           to
           oppose
           the
           Peoples
           Inclination
           .
           O
           ,
           whoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           acknowledge
           the
           Vitiousness
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           which
           forces
           her
           Patrons
           on
           these
           Absurdities
           .
           For
           if
           this
           had
           its
           Original
           from
           the
           Evil
           
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           Christian
           Vertue
           ,
           why
           did
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           not
           only
           suffer
           it
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           Instruct
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           Religious
           Piety
           ?
           Why
           did
           they
           refer
           the
           Rites
           and
           Solemnities
           of
           this
           Veneration
           to
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           as
           their
           Author
           ?
           Why
           also
           did
           GOD
           assert
           these
           things
           by
           Miracles
           ?
           For
           thou
           mayst
           hear
           no
           Unlearned
           ,
           nor
           Ignorant
           Person
           ,
           but
           the
           great
           St.
           Augustin
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Confessions
           ,
           (
           lib.
           9.
           cap.
           7.
           )
           says
           thus
           :
           
             Then
             didst
             thou
             in
             a
             Vision
             discover
             to
             thy
             aforemention'd
             Prelate
          
           (
           St.
           Ambrose
           )
           
             in
             what
             place
             lay
             conceal'd
             the
             Bodies
             of
             thy
             Holy
             Mortyrs
             ,
             St.
          
           Protasius
           
             and
             St.
          
           Gervasius
           ,
           
             which
             thou
             hadst
             for
             so
             many
             years
             reserv'd
             uncorrupted
             in
             Secret
             ,
             that
             thou
             mightst
             seasonably
             bring
             them
             forth
             to
             restrain
             a
             Feminine
             ;
             but
             Royal
             Fury
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             of
             Justina
             Augusta
          
           ,
           Mother
           to
           Valentinian
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           Arian
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Catholicks
           .
           )
           
             For
             when
             these
             Bodies
             being
             digg'd
             up
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             ,
             were
             with
             fitting
             Honour
             Translated
             to
          
           Ambrose
           
             's
             Cathedral
             ,
             not
             only
             those
             ,
             who
             were
             tormented
             with
             unclean
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             Devils
             confess'd
             ,
             were
             Cur'd
             ;
             but
             a
             certain
             Citizen
             also
             ,
             well
             known
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             who
             had
             ben
             many
             years
             blind
             ,
             having
             enquir'd
             ,
             and
             being
             told
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             Multitudes
             rejoycing
             ,
             started
             up
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             desir'd
             his
             Guide
             to
             lead
             him
             thither
             :
             Whether
             being
             brought
             ,
             he
             besought
             Admission
             to
             touch
             with
             an
             Hankerchief
             the
             Bier
             of
             thy
             Saints
             ,
             whose
             Death
             was
             Precious
             in
             thy
             Sight
             .
             Which
             he
             had
             no
             sooner
             done
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             to
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             presently
             opened
             .
          
           The
           same
           St.
           Augustin
           in
           his
           Treatise
           of
           the
           City
           of
           GOD
           ,
           (
           lib.
           22.
           cap.
           8.
           )
           has
           these
           words
           ,
           
             When
             Bishop
          
           Projectus
           
             brought
             the
             Reliques
             of
             the
             most
             glorious
             Martyr
             St.
          
           Stephen
           
             to
             the
          
           Tibilitan
           
             Waters
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Meeting
             and
             Flocking
             of
             the
             People
             to
             that
             place
             in
             Honour
             and
             Memory
             of
             the
             Saint
             .
             There
             it
             happen'd
             ,
             that
             a
             certain
             Blind-woman
             begg'd
             ,
             she
             might
             be
             led
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             carrying
             those
             Holy
             Pledges
             :
             She
             gave
             him
             some
             Flowers
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             brought
             along
          
           
           
             with
             her
             :
             They
             were
             again
             return'd
             to
             her
             :
             She
             put
             them
             to
             her
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             immediatly
             saw
             .
             All
             the
             Company
             being
             in
             a
             maze
             ,
             she
             joyfully
             led
             the
             way
             alone
             ,
             having
             now
             no
             need
             of
             any
             one
             to
             guide
             her
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           place
           he
           relates
           many
           very
           great
           Miracles
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           well
           known
           to
           himself
           ,
           wrought
           in
           several
           places
           at
           the
           Reliques
           of
           St.
           Stephen
           :
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           five
           rais'd
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           carri'd
           to
           the
           Reliques
           ,
           whilst
           to
           others
           their
           Garments
           ,
           having
           first
           touch'd
           the
           Reliques
           ,
           were
           apply'd
           to
           them
           after
           their
           Deaths
           .
        
         
           How
           would
           ye
           ,
           
             O
             Sectaries
          
           ,
           hiss
           at
           these
           Stories
           ,
           related
           in
           the
           same
           stile
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           were
           they
           Penn'd
           by
           any
           Writer
           of
           these
           Times
           ;
           when
           as
           now
           ,
           through
           Veneration
           to
           so
           great
           an
           Author
           ,
           ye
           Blush
           at
           them
           ?
           Recollect
           thy self
           ,
           
             O
             Sectary
          
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           Bones
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           were
           taken
           up
           ,
           not
           through
           any
           Idolatrous
           Custom
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Command
           of
           Almighty
           GOD.
           Thou
           wilt
           see
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           only
           a
           lawful
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           Pious
           Action
           ,
           to
           apply
           Clothes
           and
           Handkerchiefs
           to
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           from
           such
           an
           Application
           both
           to
           expect
           Help
           ,
           and
           desire
           it
           .
           Thou
           wilt
           see
           in
           fine
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           things
           are
           ,
           as
           right
           and
           sincere
           ,
           approv'd
           by
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           These
           Reliques
           we
           either
           deposite
           under
           the
           Altars
           ,
           or
           lay
           up
           in
           Beautified
           Coffers
           :
           And
           both
           these
           according
           to
           Antient
           Custom
           .
           St.
           Hierom
           against
           Vigilantius
           has
           these
           words
           .
           
             Is
             it
             therefore
             ill
             done
             of
             the
          
           Roman
           
             Bishop
             ,
             to
             offer
             Sacrifices
             to
             our
             Lord
             over
             the
             Venerable
             Bones
             ,
             as
             we
             esteem
             them
             ,
             of
             St.
          
           Peter
           and
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             who
             are
             Dead
             ;
             though
             in
             thy
             Opinion
             't
             is
             only
             useless
             Dust
             ?
          
           And
           in
           the
           same
           place
           he
           says
           of
           the
           same
           
             Vigilantius
             ;
             He
             grieves
             ,
             that
             the
             Reliques
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             are
             cover'd
             with
             costly
             Vails
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             bound
             up
             in
             Rags
             ,
             or
             Hair-cloth
             .
          
        
         
         
           We
           go
           also
           to
           the
           places
           ,
           where
           these
           Reliques
           are
           kept
           ,
           there
           to
           Pray
           to
           GOD
           ,
           or
           speak
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           falling
           down
           ,
           we
           Kiss
           their
           Sepulchres
           .
           These
           things
           also
           we
           have
           from
           Antient
           Institution
           .
           For
           St.
           Hierom
           calls
           
             Vigilantius
             a
             Moster
          
           ,
           deserving
           
             to
             be
             Banish'd
             to
             the
             farthest
             parts
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
          
           for
           daring
           to
           write
           these
           words
           :
           
             The
             Souls
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             therefore
             love
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             hover
             about
             them
             ;
             and
             are
             always
             present
             ,
             lest
             ,
             if
             an
             Orator
             should
             perhaps
             come
             ,
             they
             ,
             being
             absent
             ,
             might
             not
             hear
             him
             .
          
           Now
           who
           can
           believe
           ,
           either
           that
           Vigilantius
           would
           have
           written
           those
           things
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           at
           that
           time
           usual
           with
           the
           Christians
           to
           crave
           the
           Martyrs
           Intercession
           at
           the
           Places
           ,
           where
           their
           Reliques
           were
           reserv'd
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           most
           Learned
           St.
           Hierom
           would
           have
           been
           so
           highly
           offended
           with
           Vigilantius
           for
           scoffing
           at
           this
           Practice
           ,
           had
           not
           he
           ,
           who
           was
           educated
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           throughly
           vers'd
           in
           Antiquity
           ,
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           Piously
           to
           GOD's
           Honour
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Churches
           Approbation
           ,
           perform'd
           by
           Christians
           .
           The
           same
           St.
           Hierom
           in
           the
           Life
           of
           St.
           Hilarion
           writes
           thus
           of
           one
           Constantia
           ,
           whom
           he
           calls
           ,
           
             A
             most
             Holy
             Woman
             :
             She
             was
             wont
             to
             watch
             whole
             Nights
             at
             his
          
           (
           St.
           Hilarion's
           )
           
             Sepulchre
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             Discourse
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             present
             to
             hear
             her
             Prayers
             .
          
           And
           St.
           Augustine
           in
           his
           Treatise
           of
           the
           City
           of
           GOD
           ,
           (
           lib.
           22.
           ch
           .
           8.
           )
           relates
           ,
           that
           one
           Pauladia
           was
           by
           a
           very
           great
           Miracles
           Cur'd
           of
           a
           most
           dreadful
           Disease
           ,
           who
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             Went
             to
             make
             her
             Prayers
             to
             the
             Holy
             Martyr
             St.
          
           Stephen
           .
        
         
           We
           believe
           in
           fine
           ,
           That
           at
           the
           presence
           of
           such
           Reliques
           ,
           the
           Devils
           are
           vex'd
           and
           tormented
           .
           Nor
           mayst
           thou
           therefore
           call
           us
           simple
           and
           credulous
           Coxcombs
           .
           For
           in
           this
           we
           have
           the
           Church
           for
           our
           Mistress
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Antient
           Fathers
           for
           our
           Authors
           .
           
             Was
             the
             Emperor
          
           Constantine
           ,
           
             says
             St.
          
           Hierom
           against
           Vigilantius
           ,
           
             guilty
             of
             Sacriledge
             in
             Translating
             to
          
           Constantinople
           
             the
             Holy
             Reliques
             of
             St.
          
           Andrew
           ,
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           
             and
             St.
          
           Timothy
           ,
           
           
             in
             whose
             presence
             the
             Devils
             roar
             ?
          
           There
           is
           a
           remarkable
           Passage
           in
           St.
           
           Augustin's
           137
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Clergy
           and
           People
           of
           Hippo
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           for
           thy
           sake
           ,
           O
           Sectary
           ,
           here
           transcribe
           .
           
             GOD
             indeed
             ,
             who
             created
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             every
             where
             ,
             being
             contain'd
             or
             included
             in
             no
             place
             ,
             and
             he
             must
             by
             all
             true
             Worshipers
             be
             Worship'd
             in
             Spirit
             and
             Truth
             ;
             that
             hearing
             in
             Secret
             ,
             he
             may
             also
             Justify
             and
             Crown
             in
             Secret.
             Nevertheless
             as
             to
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             visibly
             known
             to
             men
             ,
             who
             can
             search
             into
             his
             Counsel
             ,
             why
             these
             Miracles
             are
             Wrought
             in
             some
             places
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             others
             ?
             For
             the
             Sanctity
             of
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Body
             of
             Blessed
          
           Felix
           of
           Nola
           
             is
             Buried
             ,
             is
             known
             to
             many
             ,
             whether
             I
             desir'd
             ,
             that
             they
          
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           Boniface
           the
           Priest
           ,
           accus'd
           of
           an
           hainous
           Crime
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Accuser
           )
           
             should
             go
             ,
             because
             from
             hence
             it
             may
             more
             easily
             and
             Faithfully
             be
             written
             to
             us
             ,
             what
             shall
             be
             manifested
             in
             either
             of
             them
             .
             For
             we
             know
             ,
             that
             in
          
           Milain
           
             at
             the
             Sepulchres
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             where
             the
             Devils
             wonderfully
             and
             Terribly
             Confess
             ;
             acertain
             Thief
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             that
             place
             with
             a
             full
             intent
             to
             deceive
             by
             Swearing
             a
             Falshood
             ;
             was
             forc'd
             to
             confess
             his
             Theft
             ,
             and
             restore
             what
             he
             had
             stoln
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Matter
           being
           sufficiently
           asserted
           by
           such
           eminent
           Persons
           ,
           by
           so
           Antient
           a
           Practice
           and
           Belief
           :
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           the
           Opinion
           of
           Gennadius
           of
           Marseilles
           ,
           which
           he
           himself
           thus
           delivers
           among
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Decrees
           (
           
             Lib.
             de
             Ecclesiast
             .
             Dogmat.
             cap.
          
           73.
           )
           
             We
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             Bodies
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Reliques
             of
             the
             Blessed
             Martyrs
             ,
             are
             most
             sincerely
             to
             be
             Honour'd
             ,
             as
             Members
             of
             CHRIST
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Churches
             call'd
             by
             their
             Names
             ,
             are
             with
             most
             Pious
             Affection
             and
             Faithful
             Devotion
             to
             be
             frequented
             ,
             as
             Holy
             Places
             ,
             Dedicated
             to
             Divine
             Worship
             .
             Whosoever
             shall
             oppose
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             thought
             a
          
           Christian
           ,
           
             but
             an
          
           Eunomian
           and
           Vigilantian
           .
           Tell
           me
           ,
           Sectary
           ,
           if
           Gennadius
           had
           liv'd
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           would
           he
           not
           have
           added
           you
           to
           Eunomians
           
           and
           Vigilantians
           ,
           and
           said
           :
           
             He
             is
             not
             to
             be
             thought
             a
          
           Christian
           ,
           
             but
             a
          
           Puritan
           or
           Protestant
           ?
        
         
           Matters
           are
           so
           connex'd
           ,
           that
           ,
           whilst
           we
           assert
           one
           thing
           ,
           we
           at
           the
           same
           time
           Plead
           for
           another
           .
           For
           you
           deny
           all
           Belief
           to
           Miracles
           ,
           which
           you
           say
           to
           have
           seen
           frequent
           in
           the
           Churches
           Infancy
           ;
           but
           that
           now
           ,
           the
           
             Christian
             Faith
          
           being
           Establish'd
           ,
           they
           are
           ceas'd
           .
           But
           consider
           ,
           O
           Sectary
           ,
           that
           this
           Faith
           was
           in
           St.
           
           Augustin's
           time
           receiv'd
           and
           settled
           throughout
           the
           World
           :
           And
           that
           the
           frequency
           of
           Miracles
           was
           then
           ceas'd
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           Encreas'd
           ;
           and
           yet
           He
           ,
           as
           thou
           seest
           ,
           acknowledges
           ,
           that
           Miracles
           were
           wrought
           in
           his
           Age
           ,
           especially
           at
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           nor
           that
           only
           in
           these
           Places
           ,
           we
           have
           already
           cited
           ;
           but
           in
           many
           others
           also
           .
           Likewise
           ,
           (
           says
           he
           ,
           Lib.
           1.
           
           
             Retract
             .
             cap.
          
           13.
           )
           
             Whereas
             I
             said
             in
             my
             Book
             concerning
             true
             Religion
             :
             That
             these
             Miracles
             were
             not
             permitted
             to
             continue
             to
             our
             Times
             ,
             lest
             the
             Soul
             should
             always
             seek
             visible
             things
             ,
             and
             Mankind
             now
             grow
             cold
             by
             their
             frequency
             ,
             which
             was
             heretofore
             inflam'd
             by
             their
             Novelty
             :
             This
             indeed
             is
             true
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             not
             now
             when
             Hands
             are
             laid
             on
             the
             Baptiz'd
             ,
             so
             receive
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             as
             to
             speak
             with
             the
             Tongues
             of
             all
             Nations
             :
             Nor
             are
             the
             Sick
             now
             Cur'd
             by
             the
             Shaddow
             CHRIST's
             Preachers
             ,
             as
             they
             pass
             along
             :
             The
             same
             may
             be
             said
             of
             such
             other
             things
             ,
             as
             were
             then
             done
             ,
             and
             have
             since
             manifestly
             ceas'd
             .
             But
             what
             I
             said
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             that
             no
             Miracles
             should
             be
             now
             believ'd
             to
             be
             done
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             CHRIST
             .
             For
             I
             my self
             ,
             when
             I
             writ
             that
             very
             Book
             ,
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             a
             Blind-man
             in
             the
             City
             of
          
           Millain
           
             receiv'd
             his
             Sight
             at
             the
             Bodies
             of
             certain
             Martyrs
             there
             ;
             with
             several
             other
             Miracles
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             are
             even
             in
             our
             Times
             so
             many
             wrought
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             neither
             know
             them
             all
             ,
             nor
             reckon
             those
             ,
             which
             we
             know
             .
          
           In
           the
           same
           Book
           (
           ch
           .
           14.
           )
           he
           says
           :
           
             In
             another
             place
             ,
             having
             related
             the
          
           Miracles
           
             which
             our
             Lord
             JESVS
             did
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             here
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             I
             added
             these
             words
             .
          
           You
           will
           say
           ,
           why
           are
           not
           
           these
           things
           done
           now
           ?
           
             And
             answered
          
           ,
           Because
           they
           would
           not
           move
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           wonders
           ;
           and
           they
           would
           not
           be
           wonders
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           frequent
           .
           
             Now
             this
             I
             said
             ,
             because
             neither
             all
             those
             ,
             nor
             yet
             so
             great
             Miracles
             are
             now
             wrought
             ;
             and
             not
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             now
             none
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           He
           has
           related
           also
           at
           large
           the
           Miracles
           of
           his
           Age
           in
           his
           Tract
           of
           the
           City
           of
           GOD
           ,
           (
           lib.
           22.
           cap.
           8.
           )
           What
           ,
           how
           great
           ,
           and
           how
           many
           are
           the
           Miracles
           there
           recited
           !
           And
           those
           indeed
           certain
           ,
           clear
           ,
           done
           in
           his
           own
           Memory
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           he
           himself
           was
           for
           the
           most
           part
           also
           a
           Witness
           .
           Nor
           did
           he
           commit
           to
           Writing
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           then
           knew
           to
           have
           happen'd
           ,
           being
           in
           a
           manner
           overcome
           with
           their
           Multitude
           .
           For
           he
           says
           ,
           
             The
             desire
             ,
             I
             have
             of
             finishing
             ,
             according
             to
             my
             Promise
             ,
             this
             my
             Treatise
             ,
             permits
             me
             not
             to
             mention
             all
             ,
             I
             know
             of
             this
             kind
             ;
             and
             without
             doubt
             most
             of
             my
             Friends
             ,
             who
             shall
             happen
             to
             read
             ,
             what
             I
             have
             here
             set
             down
             ,
             will
             be
             sorry
             that
             I
             have
             omitted
             so
             many
             ,
             which
             they
             know
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             I.
             Whose
             pardon
             I
             now
             beg
             ,
             desiring
             them
             to
             reflect
             ,
             what
             a
             Toil
             it
             would
             be
             for
             me
             to
             do
             that
             ,
             which
             the
             Work
             ,
             I
             have
             here
             undertaken
             ,
             will
             by
             no
             means
             allow
             .
             For
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             others
             ,
             should
             I
             but
             set
             down
             the
             Miraculous
             Cures
             ,
             wrought
             by
             〈◊〉
             Martyr
             ,
             the
             most
             glorious
             St.
          
           Stephen
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Town
             of
          
           Calama
           ,
           
             as
             also
             in
             our
             own
             ,
             it
             would
             require
             the
             Writing
             of
             many
             Books
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             would
             not
             all
             be
             collected
             .
          
        
         
           Why
           therefore
           should
           our
           Age
           be
           thought
           destitute
           of
           Miracles
           ?
           What
           use
           was
           there
           then
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           happen
           now
           ?
           What
           Scripture
           ,
           what
           word
           of
           GOD
           banishes
           from
           us
           these
           VVorks
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ?
           If
           thou
           have
           regard
           to
           those
           frequent
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           daily
           Miracles
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Church
           was
           in
           her
           beginning
           asserted
           ,
           they
           were
           already
           ,
           as
           St.
           Augustin
           confesses
           ,
           ceas'd
           in
           his
           time
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           such
           ,
           as
           are
           more
           seldom
           ,
           though
           no
           less
           certain
           ,
           neither
           was
           that
           Age
           ,
           
           nor
           is
           ours
           ,
           without
           them
           .
           But
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           those
           Miracles
           remov'd
           from
           the
           Minds
           and
           Eyes
           of
           Men
           ,
           by
           which
           your
           Cause
           is
           overthrown
           :
           since
           there
           are
           none
           wrought
           amongst
           you
           ,
           but
           such
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           may
           learn
           that
           you
           are
           in
           Error
           ;
           since
           you
           are
           Enemies
           to
           Holy
           Relicks
           ,
           at
           which
           CHRIST
           often
           does
           these
           Supernatural
           Works
           ;
           since
           lastly
           as
           many
           Miracles
           ,
           as
           are
           wrought
           amongst
           us
           ,
           are
           so
           many
           Thunderbolts
           of
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           confounds
           your
           Heresy
           .
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           Seventh
           Chapter
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A30890-e180
           
             James
             Stuart
             the
             1st
             .
          
        
      
    
  

