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But Judas-like, be sels, and Papists buy Clirist.
Yet suffer me, Sir John, for to relate
Some Orders of your Popish Roman state.
First is your Pope, whom so your Clergy calls,
Next him ye have your pompous Cardinalls,
Your Prelats, Priests, your Priors and your Patrons,
Your Monks at Mass, and Matins with your Matrons :
Your Abbots Convents, and your Chaste Abesses ;
Your Nunries Nuns, your painted Prioresses :
Your Jebusitish Jesuits, your Friars,
So ras'd^with rasors, and so shaven with shears :
Some of the Order of Dominican,
Some of the Order of proud Franciscan.
And, think ye not the Romish Church doth erre,
When before Christ Saint Francis they prefer ?
They make Christ (only) but as an Orator,
But make Saint Francis only, Exorator.
Christ but to pray. Saint Francis to prevail,
And to obtain, when Christ his prayers fail.
Some of another Order are content,
Call'd Capuchins, themselves for to torment,
With many mo I may not novf rehearse,
Which would be tedious to put in verse.
Search all the Scriptures through, see what it sayes,
If such styles were in Christs or Peters daj'^es.
No, good Sir John, I surely do suppone.
Like those you shal find either few or none.
And yet. Sir John, I'le show you what a story
Your ancient Fathers tell of Purgatory :
They do afiirm that Antichristian Cell
To be a place next adjacent to Hell ;
Alike in pain, but not alike in case,
Of the continuance of time and space :
Wherein are Souls for venial sins committed :
(For satisfying mortal sins remitted :
Some souls are likewise for a time tormented)
Until by pray'r Gods anger be relented.