The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10Dryden, John
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The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10
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[Footnote 269: _Ibidem_, p. 117.--Stillingfleet plays on this
expression of the _grim logician_, in allusion to a passage of our
author's "Defence of the Duchess of York's Paper;" where he says, "That
the kingdom of heaven is not only for the wise and learned," and that
"our Saviour's disciples were but poor fishermen; and we read but of
one of his apostles who was bred up at the feet of Gamaliel, and that
poor people have souls to save, as precious in the sight of God as the
_grim logician's_." Dryden retorts it upon him in the text.]
[Footnote 270: A Vindication, &c. p. 1.]
[Footnote 271: _Ergoteering_ was a phrase used by Dryden in his
"Defence of the Duchess's Paper," and which Stillingfleet harps upon
throughout his "Vindication."]
[Footnote 272: Ralph's History, Vol. I. p. 933.--Secret Consults, &c.
of the Roman Party, p. 59.]
[Footnote 273: "One Petre, descended from a noble family; a man of no
learning, nor any way famed for his virtue, but who made up all in
boldness and zeal, was the Jesuit of them all, that seemed animated
with the most courage."--BURNET.]
[Footnote 274: "We have," says one of the order, "a good while begun
to get footing in England. We teach humanity at Lincoln, Norwich, and
York. At Warwick, we have a public chapel secured from all injuries by
the king's soldiers; we have also bought some houses of the city of
Wiggorn, in the province of Lancaster. The Catholic cause very much
increaseth. In some Catholic churches, upon holidays, above 1500 are
always numbered present at the sermon. At London, likewise, things
succeed no worse. Every holiday, or preaching, people are so frequent,
that many of the chapels cannot contain them. Two of our fathers,
Darmes and Berfall, do constantly say mass before the king and queen.
Father Edmund Newill, before the queen-dowager, Father Alexander Regnes
in the chapel of the ambassador aforesaid, others in other places. Many
houses are bought for the college in the Savoy, as they call it, nigh
Somerset-house, London, the palace of the queen-dowager, to the value
of about eighteen thousand florins; in making of which, after the form
of a college, they labour very hard, that the schools may be opened
before Easter." A Letter from a Jesuit at Liege. _Somers' Tracts_, p.
248. About this letter, see Burnet's History, Vol. I. p. 711. The king
also granted the manor of York to Lawson, a priest, for thirty years,
as a seminary for the education of youth in the Catholic faith; to the
great displeasure of Sir John Reresby, the governor of the city, who
had fitted it up for his own residence. See his _Memoirs_, pp. 245,
246.]
[Footnote 275: So says the memorable "Test of the Church of England's
Loyalty."]
[Footnote 276: New Test, &c.]
[Footnote 277: Roman Catholic Principles, 1680.]
[Footnote 278: There is a copy of this old caricature print in
Luttrell's Collection.]
[Footnote 279: History of his Own Times, Vol. I. p. 280.]
[Footnote 280: See Burnet's Life, by his Son, p. 686.]
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