The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-07-06

May q the RsmisA elsrSy, We
vere IN possession of benssees "a the
accession of ElifabstA. oonformel h
the Rsformet chureh % Hngiani eoly
In hypoerisy. Thsy pretended 10 Be
boiler than other men. and 10 have 40
ertraordinary care Ter the seuls Of
men. They scruplot first ~ vsarina
the surpiice ant IN q fsv year, thsit
scruples Increased IN properties aa
they saw the success of thsir artiaeea
They pretended 10 Immense seal
for the publication Of the church. and
their avoSed design. they said. vas 10
make u purer: from which circum.
stance they got the name OF Puritana
TheJ we're. however. Jesuits IN dis
Euine. who seeing there wAa no pros
pect of seducing the church back
again into popsry. undsrtook 20 creats
schisns and heresles IN Il. tsams tao
tics In America todayl
Instead OF drawing their dsluded
followers on TO popery. they pretended
the most unboundod seal against q. In.
Weighing most bitterly against the
pope and the Latin masS 10 which
they compared the English liturgy
They made their followers believe
that the prayer book vas the mass In
English: and In order TO disgust
their hearers with the liturgy. they be-
gan 70 pray srtempOre. calling their
hypooritical addresses heart-prayers,
a device which took amazingly with
the ignoraht.
They inventsd the phrase. tender
consciences, which has since been
such a convenient excuse for the neg
lect OF duty and all uncharitableness
The nrst papist with a tendsr con.
science who began extempore prayers
was Faithful Commine. q Dominican
friar, who pretended TO be a most
-ealous Protestant: and be was a most
popular preacher. No dissenter ever
rallied more curiOusly against the pope
than this hypocritioal Puritan: no dis.
ssnter ever more clamorously assert.
ed the tenderness OF his conscience:
none ever extemporiIed with greater
flueney.
His purity. however. was suspected,
and eventually discovered John
Clarkson. Nicholas Draper aud Mary
Dean made oath before the Queen ana
Privy Council and deposed ''that the
said Commine was no true Protes-
tsnt, hut a false imposter. and sower
OF seditlon among Her Maiesty's loyal
subjects" lie was in consequence
arrested and examined by Archbishop
Parker. in presence Of the Queen and
Privy Council.
In his replies he alleged that he was
"a preacher OF the Gospel" that. "he
prayed by the spirit"-that ne endeav.
ored 10 make the church purer-and
that "he had both given and taken the
body OF Christ 10 those Of tender con.
sciences"
lie gave bail for his re-appearanee,
but found Il convenient TO leave the
kingdom, and went 10 Rome. where
he was imprisoned ~ an impostor,
but, intimating that he had something
OF importance 70 communicate, the
pope sent for him. who charged him
with having reviled him, and rallied az
the Church Of Rome among the Eng
lish heretics.
Commine admitted the truth OF tho
accusation; he certainly had done so,
but from n different motive than what
was ascribed to him. Il confess" said
he. my lips have uttered that which
my heart never thought, but your
Holiness little thinks that have
done you a most considerable service,
Notwithstanding I have spoken 80
much against you" To whom the pope
returned. How. In the name OF Jesus,
Mary, and all the saints. hast thou
done sog" Sir" said Commine, Il
preached against set forms OF prayer,
ard ! called the English prayers Eng.
lish mass. and have persuaded scv.
cral 10 pray spiritually and extempore,
aud this has 20 much taken with the
people, that the Church OF England
is become as odious TO that sort OF
people whom I instructed as mass is
TO the Church OF England. and this
will be a stumbling-hlock to that
church. while u is church," upon
which the pope commended him, and
gave him a reward OF two thousand
ducats for his good service.
In 1855 Garnet came to England
with the authority OF Provincial OF
the Jesuits. ard liveu in disguise
under several feigned names. HIS
object was 10 prepare the Papists and
Puritans for the lnyincible Armada,
an invasion planned by the Jesuits
ahN aifAbNNN " AhN fNHNs
The whole reign Of Elizabeth, but
from the arrival OF Gar.
net. was a constant succession OF con-
spiracies. tPolitical conspiracies are
being concocted in Washington this
very hourl
Parry confessed on the scaffold that
he had been employed by the Jesuits
to assassinate the Queen. They had
confessed him-absolved him from
the intended crime-consecrated him
and administered the sacrament TO
him. to comfort him in the commission
Of her murder.
In consequence OF so many attempts
on her life. Elizabeth issued a procla-
nation in 1891. In which. after show
ing the attempts OF the pope and the
King OF Spain. she added that. ''She
had most certain Information that the
Jesuit's colleges were the nurseries
and the hiding places OF the rebels:
that those fathers we're the instigators
and, as Il were. the soul Of those
armies which the pope and the King
OF Spain had raised against England:
and she asserts that she had obtained
proofs on these heads from the les