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February 15, 1783
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Satirical exposition from London on September 9 detailing ten 'principles' of a Jesuitical Minister, critiquing deceitful political and religious tactics including feigned piety, calumny, ambiguous oaths, and ruthless ambition.
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LONDON, September 9.
PRINCIPLES of a JESUITICAL MINISTER.
First. The Minister must have the shadow of religion, but not the substance.
Secondly, He must--by all means, make the most insinuating applications to the people that he can, and lock up his own design in pretence for religion, liberty, restitution of laws, reformation, &c.
Thirdly. If the supremacy of the State be invaded, the lapses of the former magistrate must be inculcated with the greatest advantage, and what is wanting in reality must be supplied in calumny.
Fourthly. The Jesuitical Minister must support mercenary preachers to cry up his measures in all churches, that the poison may insinuate more generally into all parts of the body politic.
Fifthly, If success attends upon his enterprises, he must urge it to authenticate his cause.
Sixthly, He must change with the time.
Seventhly, If a Jesuitical Minister finds reason to impose oaths, let them be worded with such ambiguity as may furnish a safe obliging to those designs, and yet so soft, as the people may not feel the snare.
Eighthly, Necessity of state is a very competent apology for the worst of actions.
Ninthly, The Minister must wave all relations both sacred and civil, and swim to his design through a sea of blood.
Tenthly, The Jesuitical Minister may endeavour to raise private subscriptions for building ships.
PRINCIPLES of a JESUITICAL MINISTER.
First. The Minister must have the shadow of religion, but not the substance.
Secondly, He must--by all means, make the most insinuating applications to the people that he can, and lock up his own design in pretence for religion, liberty, restitution of laws, reformation, &c.
Thirdly. If the supremacy of the State be invaded, the lapses of the former magistrate must be inculcated with the greatest advantage, and what is wanting in reality must be supplied in calumny.
Fourthly. The Jesuitical Minister must support mercenary preachers to cry up his measures in all churches, that the poison may insinuate more generally into all parts of the body politic.
Fifthly, If success attends upon his enterprises, he must urge it to authenticate his cause.
Sixthly, He must change with the time.
Seventhly, If a Jesuitical Minister finds reason to impose oaths, let them be worded with such ambiguity as may furnish a safe obliging to those designs, and yet so soft, as the people may not feel the snare.
Eighthly, Necessity of state is a very competent apology for the worst of actions.
Ninthly, The Minister must wave all relations both sacred and civil, and swim to his design through a sea of blood.
Tenthly, The Jesuitical Minister may endeavour to raise private subscriptions for building ships.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Jesuitical Minister
Political Satire
Religious Pretense
Ambiguous Oaths
State Necessity
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
September 9
Event Details
A list of ten principles satirizing the duplicitous methods of a Jesuitical Minister, including feigned religion, manipulative rhetoric, support for propagandist preachers, ambiguous oaths, justification by necessity, and ruthless pursuit of power even through violence and fundraising for ships.