The prophecy of Bishop Usher unto which is added two letters, one from Sir…

A Letter from the Right Reverend J. Bramhall Bishop of Derry; (afterwards Primate of Ireland) to the most Reverend James Usher Arch-Bishop of Armagh. Most Reverend; I Thank God I do take my Pilgrimage patiently, yet I cannot but Condole the Change of the Church and State of England. And more in my Pilgrimage than ever, because I dare not witness and declare to that straying Flock of our Brethren in England, who have misled them, and who they are that feed them. But that your Lordship may be more sensible of the Churches Calamities, and of the Dangers she is in of being ruined, if God be not Merciful unto Her, I have sent you a part of my Discoveries, and it from credible Hands, at this present having so sure a Messenger, and so fit an Opportunity. It plainly appears, that in the Year 1646, by Order from Rome, above, 100 of the Romish Clergy were sent into England, consisting of English, Scotch, and Irish, who had been Educated in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain; part of these within the several Schools there appointed for their Instructions. In each of these Romish Nurseries, these Scholars were Taught several Handicraft-Trades and Callings, as their Ingenuities were most bending, besides their Orders, or Functions of that Church. They have many yet at Paris a fitting up to be sent over, who twice in the week oppose one the other; one pretending Presbytery, the other Independency; some Anabaptism, and other ⟨p. 7⟩contrary Tenets, dangerous and prejudicial to the Church of England, and to all the Reformed Churches here abroad. But they are wisely preparing to prevent these Designs, which I heartily wish were considered in England among the Wise there. When the Romish Orders do thus Argue Pro and Con, there is appointed one of the Learned of those Convents to take Notes and to Judg: And as he finds their fancies, whether for Presbytery, Independency, Anabaptism, Atheism, or for any new Tenets, so accordingly they be to act, and to exercise their Wits. Upon their Permission when they be sent abroad, they enter their Names in the Convent Registry, also their Licences: If a Franciscan, if a Dominican, or Jesuit, or any other Order, having several Names there Entered in their Licence; in case of a discovery in one place, then to fly to another, and there to change their Names or Habit.

A Letter from the Right Reverend J. Bramhall Bishop of Derry; (afterwards Primate of Ireland) to the most Reverend James Usher Arch-Bishop of Armagh. Most Reverend; I Thank God I do take my Pilgrimage patiently, yet I cannot but Condole the Change of the Church and State of England. And more in my Pilgrimage than ever, because I dare not witness and declare to that straying Flock of our Brethren in England, who have misled them, and who they are that feed them. But that your Lordship may be more sensible of the Churches Calamities, and of the Danges she is in of being ruin'd, if God be not Merciful unto Her, I have sent you a part of my Discoveries, and it from credible Hands, at this present having so sure a Messenger, and so fit an Opportunity. It plainly appears, that in the Year 1646, by Order from Rome, above, 100 of the Romish Clergy were sent into England, consisting of English, Scotch, and Irish, who had been Educated in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain; part of these within the several Schools there appointed for their Iustructions. In each of these Romish Nurseries, these Scholars were Taught several Handicraft-Trades and Callings, as their Ingenuities were most bending, besides their Orders, or Functions of that Church. They have many yet at Paris a fitting up to be sent over, who twice in the week oppose one the other; one pretending Presbytery, the other Independency; some Anabaptism, and other