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A08453	The fountaine and vvelspring of all variance, sedition, and deadlie hate Wherein is declared at large, the opinion of the famous diuine Hiperius, and the consent of the doctors from S. Peter the Apostle his time, and the primitiue Church in order to this age: expresly set downe, that Rome in Italie is signified and noted by the name of Babylon, mentioned in the 14. 17. and 18. chapters of the Reuelation of S. Iohn.	Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590?	1589 (1589)	STC 18778; ESTC S113367	31,748	48

many other which heere to rehearse it were to long And so much the more this hath a resemblance of truth that the Apostles had reueiled vnto them many and sundry things concerning the latter times of the falling of the Romaine Empire of the reueiling of the acurssed sonne Antichrist of the abhomination standing in the holy place All which the Apostles set out as it were shadowed somewhat darkly as it is left vnto vs in writing and may be séene in the 24. of Mathew 2. Thessalonians In which two places there is spoken of these matters as it were by points and prickes rather than by any oopen speach Againe the same Papias taught afterward in Alexandria and had bene the scholler of S. Iohn the Apostle whervpon we should be perswaded that he must néeds heare the same interpretation of his maister concerning Rome to be named by Babylon and that the same interpretation was as well in the Churches of Asia where S. Iohn preached as in Europa where S. Peter taught And least peraduenture any might doubt that no good and iust testimony may be brought out of the ancient and approoued writers of the Primitiue Church succeeding next to the Apostles age you shal hear the opinion of those which were next to the Apostles Tertullian did write in the yeare 170. after Christ. He in his worke against the Iewes hath this written Babylon in the writing of Iohn bereth the figure of the city of Rome in that it is great proud in force and a beater downe of the saints Who will now doubt but that the said Tertullian heard this at the Apostles mouthes Also Origines liued in the yeare 200. And he wrote in Alexandria many bookes and the 12 Homily vppon Ezechiell the Prophet he thus expoundeth that there is Babilon where is confusion of maners by vices mischieuous doing continually growing And therfore it is no maruell if the holy writers pondring what was y ● state of the Romains Empire which was the head of the world especially the city of Rome haue defined Rome to be Babilon in their bookes Now hear an euident manifestation of this where Hierome wrote about the yeare of our Lord 380. teaching the Churches both in Asia and Europa in his commentary vppon Esay 47 chap. hee witnesseth y ● many beside him in his time and age did interpret the daughter of Babilon which should be made humble not to be Babylon in Caldea but to be the city of Rome in Italie which is called specially by the name of Babilon in the Reuelation of S. Iohn and in the Epistle of S. Peter all threatnings which be spoken by the Prophet against Babilon to be referred to the distruction of the city of Rome Likewise the said Hierom in a certaine Epistle to Assella complaining of the corrupt maners of the city of Rome calleth Rome by the name of Babilon Againe the said Hierom in the end of his 2 booke against Iouinian turning his oration to the city of Rome I speake vnto thée saith he which hath blotted out the blasphemy written in thy forhead by the confessing of Christ. O mighty city lady of the world interpret thy name Rome is by the Gréekes a name of strength by the Hebrues a name of highnes kéep that that thou art called Let vertu make thée high let not voluptuousnes make thée low Thou maist eschue by repentance the curse which our sauior hath threatned in the Reuelation Thou hast the example of the Niniuites Beware the name of Iouinian which is deriued of an Idoll S. Avgustine liuing in the time of S. Hierom but yet a litle yonger accounted the chief among the latin Deuines and hauing respect to al that was spoken of Rome by those that had written afore in y ● Church declareth many things to be like in Rome and Babilon for in his booke De ciuitate Dei the fifth Booke and second Chapter he calleth Babilon the first Rome In his 18 book and 22. chap. he compareth Rome with the city of the wicked whi●●h Cain builded The one saith he was builded of c●in which ●●ue his brother abel The other was builded by Romulus which killed his brother Rhemus Againe Orosius a Spanish writer liuing in the time of S. Augustine sheweth that Rome and Babilon were alone and especiciallie beside all other wickednesse in opressing the Saintes of God Lib. 2. cap. 3. and again lib. 7. cap. 2. But perchance some to this afore may make obiection alledging that at that time when these ancient writers did write Rome was gouerned by most cruell Emperours which persecuted horibly all good Christians inflicting vpon them all torments and most sharpe death But now Rome is no more gouerned by Emperours that be wicked and thirst the blood of the godly but Rome is vnder the iurisdiction of the holie Pope and for that cause to be reuerenced and honored of all Therefore if any man should now say in these our daies that Babylon mentioned in the Apocalips might betoken Rome no sufficient cause or ground of matter were to confirme or corroborate his assertion to be found But the answere to confute this is ready of great force and validitie and not to be conuinced Albeit wicked Emperors euen from the Apostles time and long after by some hundred yeares held Rome for the chiefe seat imperiall and put manie to sundrie kindes of torment and death for confessing Christ yet S. Hierom who liued about 380 after Christ and after S. Augustin and Orosius whose ages were during the raignes of Iouinian Valentinian Gratian and Theodosius Emperours who not onely fauoured but greatly aduanced Christian religion did in their bookes taxe sharply reprehend Rome by the name of Babylon then gouerued rather by Popes and Bishops as it is knowen than by temperall princes And here is further to be noted that these Christan Emrours aforesaid ruled and made their abode in Constantinople and the Popes administred all at Rome by litle and litle mal engin deceit sinister practise with hypocrisie counterfeit humblenes now and then by force enterminled encroched not to bee onely equall but chalenged to haue superioritie not vpon the Cleargie onely but ouer Emperors and kings to make lawes at their lust pleasure to wage war make battel yea to tread down vnder their féet the whole world if they might bring it to passe All hitherto said and written doth the testimony of the Church of Leodia in the low countries confirme set down about the year of our Lord 1100 against Pascalis the second of that name then Pope That is as followeth hitherto saith he I haue but interpreted that S. Peter wold by the name of Babylon note Rome because at that time Rome was spotted with all kind of Idolatrie sin and filthines And now my sorrow doth interpret vnto me that S. Peter terming with a spirit of prophesie the congregation gathered together in Babylon did foresée the

confusion of dissention by y ● which the Church is at this day tornin sunder for although the Church be in Babylon of the world yet it ought to be gathered by brotherly vnanimity And a litle after Esay saith Babylon my welbeloued is turned to me into a miracle but I say Rome my beloued is turned to me into a miracle yea what is so marue●lous yea what is so miserable Dauid saw the Angel of the Lord standing with a drawn sword ouer Ierusalem we the daughters of the Romish Church behold we sée the Bishop there which is or should be the Angell of God ready with a drawn sword ouer the Church Dauid praied that y ● people might not be killed our Angel reching to the Earl of Flanders the sword praieth that we may be slaine wher many mo things touching the crueltie of Babylon be adiected in their place whosoeuer listest to search and read the history at large About the yeare of our Lord 1200 S. Barnard the Monke liued in great estimation with Kings and Princes euen with the Kinges of this Land For he was a man of great fame both for his godly life and learning This S. Barnard in his bookes written to Pope Eugenius doth rehearse and carpe so many and such crimes both of the Bishops and Citizens of Rome how many and such as none of the old prophets is read to haue obiected to the Babilonians which to 〈◊〉 tediousnes here I omit to rehearse who so is 〈◊〉 to seée his words the books be extant at this time though written 400 year past more Likewise Petrus Iohannes Pyranensis about 1330 did openly in schole teach that as the Pope was Antichrist So no other Church but the Romish to be vnderstood by the name of the whore of Babylon Also Wickliefe of England and Iohn Hus and Hierome of Bohemia taught affirmed the same doctrine of the Pope and of Rome the first of these thrée his bones burned 18 yéeres after he had bene dead the other two brent aliue yet consenting in opinion to all the godly Fathers and Doctors in these points that be aboue rehearsed Now it hath bene sufficiently spoken with the approoued testimo-of euery age euen from the Apostles time and the opinion and sentence of the best learned cited thereto touching the place that Rome is signified by Babilon Now let vs return againe to the ruler of this Babylon and his tragicall actions who putteth on him the vizard of piety and is altogether vnder his Maske impiety it selfe This impudent and shameles man of Rome yea rather beast he may be called which doth the iniuries afore rehersed to our Lord Christ what presumeth not he to aduenture vpon daily among his inferiors for equals hee will haue none and both Emperor and King professing Christ within Europe he hath made subiect vnto him and ready at ●all to do his will and command●ment He maketh War himselfe he prouoketh one prince with fire sword to assault another he sheddeth innocent blood in persecuting those that dare or wil open their mouth against him Hée maintaineth Subiects so rebell against their Soueraigne Lords kings he is the firebrand to set an outrage of burning in al parts of Christendome he is a deadlie poison which hath infected y ● church of God with notorious dregs Did not the Pope stir prouoke Sigismond the Emperor and the noble Princes of Germany with force of armes to inuade the realm of Bohemia Upon what ground or occation Truly because Iohn Hus and Ierome of Prage had by preaching of the word of God began to reueale the son of perdition in the same country of Bohemia The Pope therfore féeling himselfe touched to the quicke endeuoured as much as in him did lie to destroy and extirpate all the Bohemians First Hus Ierom were cruelly burned and yet the desire of the people to the knowledge of true religion thereby not quenched but inflamed and kindled the more What ensued of this with huge power and most puissant 〈◊〉 the Bohemians were inuaded two yeares together And both the times with wonderful courage prowes of the Bohemians the assault makers were repulsed and put back to shameful flight by the miraculous power mighty hand of God who fought for them did set thē at rest peace in despite of the Bishop of Rome his Cardinals cleargie I omit here for breuities cause to inferre manie examples how the Popes frō age to age moouing war haue procured by their Legates and messengers one Prince to wage battel on his next brother and Prince adioining and when the Armies were readie to encounter and méete then would he colourably as though no fault were in hym Friers and other messengers were despatched betweene perswading peace and reconcilement The Chronicles in euerie Realme can sufficientlie testifie the same And therfore I remit those that be desirous to know further herein to the said Chronicles This I say and affirme boldlie that it was the Pope that did animate and set on Robert Earle of Flanders against Henry the fourth Empero●r It was he the Pope that maintained the warres with ten thousand Italians and gaue money to pay them wages on the behalfe of the Emperor Charles the fift against the Duke of Saxony and the noble Pée●es of Germany because the said Pope would haue had the light of the Gospell darkened which at that time had sprong vppe from the first preaching of Luther séeking to bring ignorance in place againe though it wer with the shedding of Christian blood and vtter vndooing and spoile of many both men women and children It is he the Pope that to his great ignominy and shame for euer cherished a ranke Traitor named Stukeley a man of euill life and conuersation and mainteyned him against his Soueraigne Ladie and Quéene with money men Shippes and munition to enter Ireland God confoundeth the deuises and purposes of the wicked and maketh them frustrate contrary to their expectation What followed Stukeley when he had sailed from Italie to the Bay of Portugale and there hearing that the King Sebastian was going ouer into Barbary with all royall preparation of warre offered his seruice to the said King not for any zeale or good will but vpon a subtill pretence that Warres there ended hee woulde borrowe a summe of money of the King the better afterwards to goe through with his enterprises in Ireland In the battell in Barbarie the King of Portugall the blacke King with others and this Stukley also was slaine This you may sée that God sent a curst Cow short hornes and Ireland was deliuered and England also from a most cruell enemie and Traytor though he died a fairer death then he should haue done or had deserued yet such was the malice of the Pope this enterprise began by Stukley was afterward prosecuted by the sayd Antechrist of Rome who first sent Buls full all impiety as it were with a bayt to allure the

encouraging al the rest with promises to giue them the blesse of heauen if they perished in the war and died in the fight O Sathā transfigured into an Angel of light O false i●gler O crafty Apostle yea rather Aposta●a O bloody murderer that vnder pre●ence of holines would séeme to sit at home in thy chaire and y●t ar● the grea●est slaughter man in the front of the battaile O fierce brother of Cain that killest the innocent Abels S●rcease to animate mainteine the Spaniards thy partakers in war Learne by the euent of their late enterprise to sit stil to study on gods booke and to leaue the ●an●ling of war to temporal princes But religion is the chiefe occasion and ground of the debate breath of peace beside other quarels The deciding of true religion false and iudgement thereof consisteth onely as they say in the Pope and therefore pronounceth vs English heretiques And where he cannot consume vs with fagot and fire because he hath not our Lady and Quéene at commandement to be his executioner as hee hath Princes in other regions 〈◊〉 thral to his tyranny This blessed man of Rome maketh vs a pray to the Spaniards or any other that will assaile vs. Where note that the Pope gaue the crowne and kingdome of England to the king of Hispaine O impudent monster of men O thou that hidest the commandementes of God in the Latin from the lay simple and vnlearned people and wittingly and wilfullie breakest them thy selfe which knowest them and vnderstandest them It is written in the 10 and last commandement Thou shalt not cou●t thy neighbours house nor any thing that is his These bee the wordes among others in the commandement If to couet be sinne and breach of the precept what horrible offence to God is it impudently to take and giue away that which is anothers as though the whole earth were the Popes to bestowe and destribute at his pleasure Where is it read that Christ or his Apostles or any other Bishoppe of the Primitue Church or prelate of any other place since but this of Rome did giue or assigne Princes crownes or kingdomes the same Bishop of Rome at the first being a beggar and liued but of almes and deuotion of the well disposed who at the first went on foote as others doe And after that Constantines donations had enriched the Sée of Rome began to ride on horsebacke and now through pride is so puffed vp that he is caried vpon mens shoulders in a chaire A kinde of most arrogant insolencie for pompe that no Prince in any age for glorie hath vsed the like but the Pope Religion as I said before is laid to the charge of vs English Touching Religion we answere that we are in the true and the Pope and his adherents in the false The iudgment whereof appertaineth not to him being an aduersary of Christ a persecutor of poore innocentes and professors of true Religion a Tyrant a blood-sucker But the t●uchstone must be the holy Sceiptures as our Sauiour Christ hath 〈◊〉 and taught in these wordes Scrutamini scripturas Search the Scriptures And againe thus Erra●is nescientes scripturas Ye erre out of the way not knowing the Scriptures which shew and declare who goe right and who goe wrong And we answere with the word● of S. Paule in the 24 Chapt. of the Actes of the Apostles But this we boldly confesse with S. Paule the Apostle vnto the whole world that after the way which the Pope and his Cleargie call heresie so worship we the God of Abraham beléeuing all things which are written in the Lawe and Prophets c. This is the Pope of whom the Prophet Daniel speaketh of in y ● 7 Chap. of his Prophesie that shall destroy the Saintes of the most highest and in the 8 Chapter Hee shall slea the strong and holy people In laying heresie to thy charge O England which is no heresie but the true worshipping of God then it is God cause that thou art blamed for that thou art manaced ●ated enuied and sufferest Keioice therefore and be glad that thou may be counted worthy to suffer these reproches for Christes sake The Spaniards the Popes owne chéefe Darlinges afore all other people in Europe did take in hand this last yeare viz. 1588 the execution of the Popes malice and War adding thereto quarels of their owne But as the Spaniard liketh his last aduenture made vpon England so let him and his partakers come againe We English put in God alone our trust they shall go wée ping away if any go away or escape For I trust it neither is neither will be forgotten the manacing of the Spaniards this last Sommer their whippes their scourges their Yrons that they brought in their ships to mark the youthes of each Sex of the conquered nation to make their bond-slaues for so they vaunted and according to the Prouerbe Antè victoriam canebant triumphum that is They assured themselues of victory before thoy did strike astrcke for it And if euer they come againe they shall bée recompensed seuen folde in their bosom and shall bee vsed as Perillus was according to the Prouerbe Be whipped with their owne whippes and marked with their owne Yrons For they be a people disdainfull cruell and proud in heart aboue measure euen frō the lowest degrée of men in their common weale Will you heare for a proofe thereof what I haue seene A poore Spaniard Fisherman which onely gaineth his liuing by going to Sea to catch Sardines a kind of Pilchard sillie wretch in his olde ragges scant woorth taking vp if they were found vpon the donghill after he hath caught some fish and returneth with his small Skiffe or boat home his poore wife waiteth at the shore side for him The man leapeth out vpon the shore leauing his fish to b● solde by his wife and his boat also to be made cleane by her and going home to his house putteth off his sea apparell claddeth him selfe with his best doublet and hose and couered with his Spanish cape or cloke with his Rapier and Dagger by his side walketh and ●etteth in the place of the towne whereto marchantes and the wealthiest of the Towne resort to buy and sell. As the Spaniard is proud so is he crue●l excéedinglie and where hee can or may ouercome his tyrannie is intollerable what infinite slaughters haue the Spaniardes made in the West Indians in America as well of women and children as of men silly soules of that Country It is beside my purpose here to rehearse whosoeuer is desirous t● knowe the trueth thereof let them reade whole bookes written of the same matter both in French Latine and other tongues And to know the same by reading it will make any Christians heart to bléede Ouer and beside the crueltie of their Cleargie in matters of Religion repugnant to Papistrie Superstition and idolatrie Woe woe yea thrée times woe to them that

slaughter of their men made and caused by our forces were constrained to cast ouer-boord their fine Iennets and horses and waxed glad when night with darkenesse drewe on setting indirect courses that the Englishe might with more dificultie espie finde or follow them in the morning ensuing There were from the beginning till this time taken Prisoners and Spanishe shippes soo●cke and spoyled by the English forces and brasen péeces and Artillery taken as the true number of them apeareth in books already printed by the meanes aforesaid the pursuit was omitted and the spaniardes sought their way furthest about by the craggie rocks and Sea shore of Scotland to the west of Ireland Where God with windes and soule weather so tossed the remain of the Armado that 17 of the greatest ships there wracked were drowned with y ● losse of some thowsands of their men beside artillerie ordinance and other lading that perished in the water Thus they that came to kil vs were killed taken or drowned except those that escaped by flieng and running away and God fought for England with his mightie hand and stretched out arme when the force of the English had ceased to pursue Let any reasonable man or others that haue any experience be Iudge This proud and haughtie nation and people that came to conquer England to kil man woman and child to make the countrie wast to take the land into their owne possession if they had not bene sore afraide and self also the Yron pellets and blowes of our English ordinance and the forces of the Lord Charles Howard and his most famous band of Mariners and souldiers to the losse of liues of their men and great spoile of their ships would haue returned home the same way they came but they durst not but sought Spaine the farthest way about The fame of this victorie howsoeuer the Spaniardes may or will colour it is spread ouer all Europe Asia and part of Africa insomuch that the heathē haue our renowmed Quéen in admiration for her vertues princely qualities royall hart and courage and principally for this victorie atchieued vpon the Spaniarde O most high O most mighty O most mercifull God how good and gratious diddest thou shew thy self to our Quéene Elizabeth to her dominions and territories to her subiects and people How godly how prudently how thankfully did her Maiestie at the last comming home and returne of the L. Admirall from the Seas attribute and ascribe this victorie gotten by fight vpon the Sea only to God giuing him all the praise honor and glorie for the same speaking in open audience of her Nobilitie Ladies and gentlemen in Court these words which one of late hath p●uned in a book written in latine verse of her Highnesse The verses follow Carole laudo tuas virtutes laudo viriles Inuictosque tuos animos comitumque tuorum Quod loquor ex animo loquor O attendite quaeso Non vis vlla hominū non tu praeclare Dynasta Non comites socijque tui non Anglica classis Est Deus aeternus Deus est qui solus vnus Effecit totam vt victrix celebrata per orbem Ore ferar populi domi vt secura quiescam Illi tota rei benè gestae gloria detur Illi totus honor sit ei sui gloria soli And her Grace did not onely in spéech but also in action apparant to the whole world shewit when her Highnesse accompanied with the Bishops of the Realme and Nobilitie came through the stréetes to the temple of S. Paule within the citie of London knéeling humbly within the west doore of the same Church gaue with heart mind and lowlines of body thanks to God for his mercies benefites bestowed vpon her and her people and after heard a sermon at Paules crosse tending to the same end As this was done and said before like a most Christian Lady and Quéene so it is worthy of remembrance that contrarie to the custome of man and womans nature prouoked irritated and stirred vp before to wrath displeasure vpon outrage mali●e practised by any enemie her Grace with a most charitable and pitifull heart cherished and gaue almes meate and drinke to the Spaniards captiues and taken prisoners forbidding that any iniurie or violence should be proffered vnto them according to the counsell of S. Paule Vince bono malum Ouercome the euill with doing good Here I admonish and exhort all true English of euerie degrée to print in memorie at the benefites afore rehearsed receiued by the mercie of God and daily and ha●rely to be thankfull for the same and to learne with the Prophet to say sing Misericordias Domini in aeternū cantabo My song shal be alwaies of the louing kindnes mercies of the lord with my mouth wil I euer be shewing of thy truth from one generation to another Again in the 146 Psal. Praise the Lord O my soule while I liue will I praise the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing praises vnto my God Let vs follow the example of Mardocheus the 9 chap. of Hest. who inioyned the Iewes the 14 day of the moneth of Adar and the 15 day of the same euery yeare according to the daies wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies and the moneth which was turned to them from sorrowe to ioy and from mourning into a day of myrth to kéepe them the dayes of feasting and ioy and to send presents euery man to his neighbour giftes to the poore wherfore was this done and enioined them Because Haman the Iewes Aduersarie had imagined against the Iewes to destroy them had cast Pur that is a lot to consume destroy them Let vs follow Iehoshophat who when the childrē of Moab the children of Ammon came against him to battaile did séeke the Lord proclaimed a fast throughout all Iuda So did the Londiners God be praised for it the English fearing God throughout all the Realme and continued in praier from morning vnto night I wish and exhort them in the Lord to kéep a memoriall thereof oftentimes to pray and often to fast many times to giue thankes for the manifold blessings of God poured vpon vs in preseruing as he hath done the Quéens Maiesties person from treason and imminent danger and peril in sending her Grace a long and gratious raigne that it may please him to send her victorie ouer her enemies as he hath done if any here after shal arise So shal it come to passe that as Iehoshaphat the king and the Iewes without any stroke stroken on their parts had their enemies ouerthrowen at gods hand they gathered the spoile 3 daies the 4 day they assembled thēselues in the vally Berracah there blessed y e lord then euery man returned with Iehoshophat to go again to Ierusalem with ioy And they came to Ierusalem with viols with harps with tr●mpets euen vnto the lords