You must know then, that once upon a time Escobar and ⟨p. 11⟩Lopez meeting together, they fell into a dispute concerning the Actions of a Mans life; But me thinks I hear Somebody, pulling me by the sleeve, say unto me, who is that Escobar and Lopez you talk o•? why my Beloved this Escobar was great Grand-child to the Pin•r of Wakefield, who coming of the race of the Valiant, became a very strong man at an argument; Now Lopez was an East-Indian Divine, and he wore a Jerkin made of Ostrich Feathers; his Shoes were made of an Elephants Hoof, and upon his Head he wore a Fools Cap. Then said Lopez unto Escobar, May a Man do Evil, that Good may come thereof? and Escobar answered and said, Follow the President that lives in our days; Don Juan de S•, the Portugal Ambassadors Brother, proves this most exactly from the Doctrine of Probability. For saith he, •. 7. v. 3. A Man may do that, which he conceives lawful according to a probable opinion, though the contrary be in reality the more honest. And Vasques saith, in his book of Sanctified Experiences, that in cases of Morality, a man ought not to be guided by the ancient Divines, but by the modern Casuists; Of this opinion also, was our dear Brother Julian the Apostate. Now you will say that our deceased President was Ambitious: I grant it; but what then? but hear what the famous Escobar saith; Ambition, which is an immoderate desire of greatness and dignity, is of it self a venial Sin; […] when a man covets that greatness to prejudice the State, the external circumstances are that which make it Mortal; But our President exercised his Ambition for the good of the State. He pretended Religion, the destruction of Tyranny, and at last the setting up of the Good Old Cause: And therefore ye may read, in our de•• Brother Catiline's Remains, how that he disturbed […] Country, for that he was greatly in Debt, and had no other way to get money to be honest to his C•. But me thinks I hear the Cavaliers crying out with open ⟨p. 12⟩mouth, how he killed the King. Why what if he did? did not our dear Brother Ravillac kill Harry the Fourth? would not our Brother Faux have blown up the King and all his Peers? did not our Sister Tomyris cut off King Cyrus's Head? did not our Ancestors run a hot spit into the Fundament of King Edward. Therefore saith our Brother Syndercomb, It is as lawful for to kill a Tyrant, as it is to drink Coffee.
You must know then, that once upon a time Escobar and ⟨p. 11⟩Lopez meeting together, they fell into a dispute concerning the Actions of a Mans life; But me thinks I hear Somebody, pulling me by the sleeve, say unto me, who is that Escobar and Lopez you talk o•? why my Beloved this Escobar was great Grand-child to the Pin•r of Wakefield, who comming of the race of the Valiant, became a very strong man at an argument; Now Lopez was an East-Indian Divine, and he wore a Jerkin made of Ostrich Feathers; his Shooes were made of an Elephants Hoof, and upon his Head he wore a Fools Cap. Then said Lopez unto Escobar, May a Man doe Evil, that Good may come thereof? and Escobar answered and said, Follow the Prestdent that lives in our days; Don Juan de S•, the Portugal Embassadors Brother, proves this most exactly from the Doctrine of Probability. For saith he, •. 7. v. 3. A Man may doe that, which he conceives lawful according to a probable opinion, though the contrary be in reality the more honest. And Vasques saith, in his book of Sanctifi'd Experiences, that in cases of Morality, a man ought not to be guided by the antient Divines, but by the modern Casuists; Of this opinion also, was our dear Brother Julian the Apostate. Now you will say that our deceased President was Ambitious: I grant it; but what then? but hear what the famous Escobar saith; Ambition, which is an immoderate desire of greatnesse and dignity, is of it self a venial Sin; 〈…〉 when a man covets that greatnesse to prejudice the State, the external circumstances are that which make it Mortal; But our President exercis'd his Ambition for the good of the State. He prerended Religion, the destruction of Tyranny, and at last the setting up of the Good Old Cause: And therefore yee may read, in our de•• Brother Catilines Remains, how that he disturbed 〈…〉 Country, for that he was greatly in Debt, and had no other way to get mony to be honest to his C•. But me thinks I hear the Cavaleers crying out with open ⟨p. 12⟩mouth, how he killed the King. VVhy what if he did? did not our dear Brother Ravillac kill Harry the Fourth? would not our Brother Faux have blown up the King and all his Peers? did not our Sister Tomyris cut off King Cyru's Head? did not our Ancestors run a hot spit into the Fundament of King Edward. Therefore saith our Brother Syndercomb, It is as lawful for to kill a Tyrant, as it is to drink Coffee.
