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Title:  A relation of the state of religion and with what hopes and pollicies it hath beene framed, and is maintained in the severall states of these westerne parts of the world.
Author: Sandys, Edwin, Sir, 1561-1629.
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for strangers, to support and perpetuate their factions & practises in their ēemies dominiōs have they not instituted almost in all parts in Christendome, and maintaine still at their owne and their favorites charge? Is it a small brag that some of their side do make, that their English Semi∣naries abroad send forth more Priests, than our two Vni∣versities at home do Ministers? Behold all the Iesuites the great Clearks, Polititians, and Orators of the world, who vaunt that the Church is the soule of the world, the Clear∣gie of the Church, & they of the Cleargie, doe stoope also to this burthen, and require it to be charged wholy vpon their shoulders, in all places wheresoever they can plant their neasts, their open free schooles for all studies of hu∣manity. To these flocke the best wits, and principall mens sonnes in so great abundāce, that wheresoever they settle, other Colledges become desolate, or frequented onely by the baser sort, or those of the heavier mettall. And in truth such is their diligence and dexteritie in instructing, that e∣ven the Protestantes themselves (in some places) send their sonnes to their Schooles, vpon desire to have them proove excellent in those Artes they teach▪ besides, be∣ing in truth but a baite and allurement wherevnto to fa∣sten their finall and principall hooke, they plant in their Schollers with great exactnesse and skill the roots of their Religion, nourish them with an extreame hatred and de∣testation of the adverse partie. And to make them for e∣ver intractable to any contrary perswasion, they worke into them by great cunning an obstinacy of mind, and sturdie eagrenesse of spirit, to affect victorie with all vi∣olence of wit in all controversies, than which no greater enemie to the finding out of truth which (being pure and single in his owne nature) appeareth not but to a cleare and sincere vnderstanding whom neyther the fumes of fierie passion do mist, nor sinister respectes or preiudices sway downe on eyther side, from the pitch of iust integritie, neither thinke I any vnfitter sort of men in 0