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SOUND ADVICE TO Roman Catholicks, &c.
THough there be none in this Nation, who (upon the ac∣count of Merit) oweth less kindness to your Tribe, yet (as one well acquainted with the Intrigues of both Churches) upon the account of Brotherly Love and Charity, I hum∣bly present you with my Christian and best Advice, earnestly de∣siring you, seriously to consider the sandy Foundation of your Romish Church, and no more pin your Faith and confidence of Salvation, to the implicit assertions of a pretended Authority, and usurped Supremacy; to believe every Contradiction of Nonsense, which is, or can be affirmed by the Spiritual Apostates, of so abo∣minable an Harlot, whom (with the Ephesians, Act. 19.28.) you term your Great Diana, and unspotted Mother-Church, and therefore ought to be believed without any further enquiry; though the Turks may, on as good grounds, perswade the World to embrace their Religion, and their chief Mufti as well claim Christ's Vicar∣age, upon the account of John of Constantinople, as the Pope of Rome can on the Succession of Peter; their Principles being neither more ridiculous, nor contrary to the Scriptures of Truth, and Apostolick Christian Faith, than the Doctrine of the Church of Rome is at this present time.
Indeed, I my self was lulled asleep, by the allurements of the Popish Syrenes, and the bewitching Sorceries of the Man of Sin (as by the impetuous current of Babel's streams) driven headlong to the brink and shore of the See of Romish Abominations: But as Joseph was sold to Aegypt, for the Preservation of his Brethren, so was I laid aside, by the permission of Divine Providence, for the safety both of my King and Country. Therefore (with the