A soveraign counter-poyson prepared by a faithfull hand for the speedy revivscence of Andrew Sall late sacrilegious apostat ... / Contriv'd by J. E.

Of Humane Faith. Document 6.

THe difference between divine and hu∣mane faith consists in this, that, divine faith is most perfect and hath God for its object, and is grounded upon divine Autho∣rity, which doth promise us with infallible, unerring, and undoubted certainty, to en∣joy what we believe, and hope for; but hu∣mane faith hath no such object, ground, ••or certainty, but is only a morall, casu∣all, and probable belief; as for example, ••f you Andrew, did verily believe that in heaven all great felicities which transcend 〈◊〉〈◊〉 our lower desires are to be found, what ••n hinder you but you should at least do as ••uch for obtaining those great felicities as for the lesser, the perishable; for if you ••ink you may gain them being a protestant ••ith bare faith without works of char•••••• ••liness, justice, pennance, &c. than sure ••u have no faith at all; for you believe not ••at saying of S. Paul, Hebr. 12. follow peace ••••th all men, and holin••ss, without which no ••an shall ever see God: humane saith you ••ay have, but not divine, for if a man be∣••eves learning to be the only and 〈…〉〈…〉 ••rnament and beauty of 〈…〉〈…〉

may enable him to a fair employment in time & an honorable memory to succeeding ages, this if he believe really and heartily it hath power to make him endure great pains and labour, even catarrhs, gouts, and other diseases, to read and write till his eyes are weary, to despise the pleasure of idle∣ness, or delightfull sports, and even to un•• dervalew whatsoever doth not cooperate t•• the end of his humane faith, viz. the desin•• of learning: now, what thing can he imagi•• so precious, so glorious, so honorable, an•• so desireable, as to enjoy the beatifical vis••¦on of Gods eternal glory, and who but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 stark mad brain-sick man, will not endea¦vour with all his power and faculties to fin•••• out the means, helps, and ways, and not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 spare any labour, pains, or sufferings wha••¦soever, for to attain to such a happy State•• O Andrew the prodigious stories of th•• strict sanctity, severe disciplins, rigid mo•••• tifications, and great sufferings of Roma•• Catholicks in all ages, as in your conscien•••• you know; the ardour of their heavenl•• zea••, their deiform intentions, their ra¦vishing devotions, ought to be an abundan•• argument to shame your dulness, stupidity laziness, and supine negliglence, and con¦vince you that such faith as that of Roma•• ••••••holicks is not humane but most divin•• 〈…〉〈…〉 more saintlike, more majesti∣cal,

more reasonable, and more productive of pure sanctity and grace then the bare hu∣mane faith of protestants and all other Se∣ctaries. O Andrew! when I to my grief un∣derstand you now serve your pseudo-pre∣late at Camas with such hazardous, slavish, and difficult service, with such undaunted courage, and resolution, because you be∣lieve him able to reward you, according to his promise to you before you revolted to him, though of his will you are not so cer∣tain; and yet you are so supinely negligent and incurious of your service to the great God (from whom you shamefully aposta∣tised,) whose infinitely great power and will rewards all super-abundantly; for if you believe there is such a thing as heaven, and that every single mans portion of the glory there, is far better and infinitely more advantageous then all the riches, content, and pleasures of this barren world, it is mo∣rally impossible, you should thus blindly prefer little, before so incomparably great profitt, and never ending happiness. I can∣not tell what to say, but that you are charm••d lothum comedisti. I believe you are not ignorant of a story of Homer in his Iliads, who saies, that Ʋlisses his compani∣ons travelling towards their native Coun∣try, in their journey, they met trees bearing most fair and lovely apples call'd Lothos,

which, for all the fruit was pleasant and of an excellent raste, yet it had a strainge pro∣perty, that chose that did eat of the same, became so drowsie, stupified, lazie and for∣gettful, that they did not minde to give a step forward in their journey to their sweet native Country: whence comes lothum co∣medisti, as an adage: Oh Andrew, you are created for heaven, educated for heaven, you that have labored for heaven many years in appearance to the world, thether you travail as the place and period of your peregrination; how come you not to minde your journey to give a step forward, to advance your conquest? why dost thou halt at Camas? how come you to be so slee∣py and stupidly lazie, by heresy and Apo∣stasie feeding on lothos, vain pleasure, fair promises, deceitful wiles, and sweet venom of hereticks? O Andrew! reflect, reflect, reclaim, reclaim, rouse up, arise, shake off your shackles and bonds of iniquity; take to your comfort what I have read in Scrip∣ture, how when the people of Israel were captives led to Persia, their Priests did hide and bury the holy fire which always did burn on the Altar in the Temple, under ground, in a valley: Many years after, Ne∣••mias employed priests for to finde out the sacred fire, who found nothing but aquam cr••ssam, gross muddy water an mire,

O prodigy! no fire but water and that mud∣dy, and troubled! yet Neemias commanded the priests to lay the sacifice on the Al∣tars to be offered to God and to sprinkle the sacrifice with the muddy miry water, which done, accensus & ignis magnus ita ut omnes mi∣rarentur: O mi••terious success! a holy Ex∣positor says, what! before fire, out of that fire water was engendred! now water and of that fire engendred! O prodigy! what means this? but that for your comfort An∣drew: ex igne divini amoris gratia compun∣ctionis oritur, rursus ex compunctione Lachri∣maram amor & ardor coelestis desiderii, mens nostra ad amorem Dei inardescit, sometimes from compuction of heart and from tears the love and desire of celestial things is en∣gendred, and sometimes from the love of God, the grace of compunction, and teares are also ingendred. Come along there∣fore poor Andrew! he that continually wal∣lows with dirty swine in the mire must ex∣pect to be in the same filthy condition: the plague is not more spreadingly infectious then ill manners, liberty, evil company and hereticks: ill example is more prevalent then precept, make therefore in time 〈…〉〈…〉 men your example, lest you be made 〈…〉〈…〉 example to others. It is related 〈…〉〈…〉 t••e body of the Emperor Titt 〈…〉〈…〉 on the funeral 〈…〉〈…〉

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(according to the Custome of those times) his heart (after the body was reduced all to ashes) did many times spring out of the flames, and being at last opened by such who wondred at the strangeness of the acci∣dent, it was found to be full of poyson which hindred the operation of the fire up∣on it: and when the poyson was wash'd a∣way, then the fire wrought upon it, and was immediately consumed to ashes: oh An∣drew Sall! the flames and ardour of the di∣vine fire of Gods love cannot work upon your heart before the inward venom of he∣resie be wash'd and cleansed away by tears of compunction, calling sincerely upon sweet Jesus, saying, Lord, give me the gift of faith and true Religion; Lord, Jesus in∣flame my heart with thy love, oh Jesus, give me a cleane heart from all self ends, self seeking, self interest and from all pre∣••udicate opinion and insufferable over-wee∣••ing pride and malice. O Jesus, call me back from being such a fiery persecutor of 〈…〉〈…〉 ••sed Julian was: oh I 〈…〉〈…〉 venous in malice, and 〈…〉〈…〉 me not gangrene in 〈…〉〈…〉 ••diousness against this 〈…〉〈…〉 car••bas me ego 〈…〉〈…〉 Lord Jesus, open 〈…〉〈…〉 see my 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and 〈…〉〈…〉 help me

out of my ignorance, Apostasy and folly: Jesus be a Jesus to me wretched sinner.