Magna veritas: or, John Gadbury, (student in physick and astrology) not a Papist, but a true Protestant of the Church of England / Published for the satisfaction of all such as know not the said John Gadbury and yet give credit to all kinds of scandals and falshoods that pass upon his much injured reputation since his late unfortunate confinement.

  • John Gadbury
Date:
1680
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Credit: Magna veritas: or, John Gadbury, (student in physick and astrology) not a Papist, but a true Protestant of the Church of England / Published for the satisfaction of all such as know not the said John Gadbury and yet give credit to all kinds of scandals and falshoods that pass upon his much injured reputation since his late unfortunate confinement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [3].. ments he permits to befall poor mortals , do naturally im¬ ply a guile in the perfon affli&ed. Sin is the common caufe of fufFering ; and the Juft man falls fevcn times a day, though he (by God’s Mercy and Providence ) do rife again, and meet a reftoration of his former ftate. Yet, I fay, Sin is caufe of all punifiiment *, and certainly fome great and fecret fin I muft have committed again ft the God of Heaven, that he hath thus permitted, nay, perhaps, commiftioned his afflicting Angel thus forely and feverely ro buffet me. §. 7. But for any known or open fin committed either againjl my dread Soveraign^hvs Perfon, Crown, or Dignity, or againjl the Church of God a* ejlablifhed in England under Hi m j 1 openly profefs and declare, That I am not either wiL fully or knowingly ( whatever I may be ignorantly, vi^. by an unfortunate concealment of what I thought others ought to have revealed ) guilty of any in the leaf \ and yet I have fearched tlfe‘ very fecretejl corners of my foul as nar- rowly as it is pofflible for humanity to do , for a difcovery of any fuch latent unloyaf or irreligious guejis. And if in my fcrutiny I have palled over any dangerous angle or lurking- hole, without a thorow difquifition, I humbly befeech God of his great mercy and goodnefs , to illuminate my troubled foul, and lead me to a perfeft and exa& difcove¬ ry thereof, and help me to find the black inhabitants therein refiding (if at leaft there be really any ) to the end I might firft ejett them their poffeffion, and afterwards repent me throughly that ever I gave either being or harbour to fuch dejhruSlive Inmates. §. 8. That I have not knowingly committed any Crime againft His mo ft Sacred Majejly^or the Government^ although 1 know it is very hard and difficult for any man to prove a Negative J) : I have, firft, God^ and his holy Angels, and a clear Confcience, to evidence for me. Nay, 1 can moil truly fay, I have not erred againjl His Majejly, fo much as in a thought. Secondly, All my Aftions and Expreffions among my Neighbours and Acquaintance, are moft remarkable ar¬ guments on my behalf in this matter, and which I am lure will be juftified to my advantage , if occafion require it.