And yet every one knowing this, and being so forward to complain and murmur against the _Popes_ avarice, and their Nephews prodigality; no body thinks of blaming those that by continual Gifts do every day supply and furnish them with these Instruments of Wickedness. Christ has declared definitively, and pronounced with his own mouth, in the sixth Chapter of Saint _Matthew_, _That it is impossible to serve God and Mammon_. Now _Mammon_ being interpreted Riches by most, nay by all, the conclusion is, _That it is impossible to serve God and Riches_. The _Popes_, on the other side, do by their continual practice prove to the World, in enriching their Families, that they are firmly perswaded, that one may at the same time serve God, and the _Mammon_ or Riches of this World; or else certainly they would give over tormenting themselves, to make their Kindred great. Riches are that _Primum Movens_ which set the Sphere of the _Nipotismo_ a going; and we may say, That in this Heaven of theirs, they are no less devout than poor simple Women are, to purchase that which is promised them by the Church of_ Rome_: For as the one falls down before a Crucifix, and adores the Altar, to gain Indulgences; so do the _Pope’s_ Nephews prostrate themselves before their Treasures, and believe that they obtain the pardon of all their faults, in worshipping the Coffers in which they have buried the Churches Riches. Now if Christ has said, _That there is no serving God and Riches_, How can the _Popes_ give their Nephews leave to serve Riches and God? Have the _Popes_ the Power of giving our Saviour the Lie? For what is it else? For either they believe not Christ’s Words to be true, or else they are resolved to contradict them in their Practice; both which are abominable to any rational or serious Christian: though I believe that in _Italy_ there are thousands who, frighted by the Inquisition, would rather answer, _That Christ was mistaken in his Doctrine_, than say, _That the_ Pope _does amiss in his Practice_. About four years ago I was in _Bagni del Vallé_, a Town so called; where, amongst others, was a Father of the Order of Saint _Augustine_, by name Father _Paolo Segani_, who called himself a Preacher; though for my part I believe he was so far from being a good Divine, that he was scarce Master of the Rules of _Grammar_ in the _Latin_ Tongue. This good Father was one day engaged in a Dispute with a Protestant Gentleman, about the Infallibility of the _Pope_; and there were many of both Religions present, amongst whom I was one. The _Protestant_ was a _Frenchman_, called _Jean Antony Guerin_, a Doctor of Physick, and a very ingenious Gentleman; but one who excelled in the knowledge of the Holy Scripture, and did so well understand all the hard Passages of it, that the Ministers of his Religion did often take great pleasure to hear him discourse with so much ability about it.