Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	see_v	true_a	2,943	5	5.0760	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10685	A briefe summe of the treason intended against the King & state, when they should haue been assembled in Parliament. Nouember. 5. 1605 Fit for to instruct the simple and ignorant heerein: that they be not seduced any longer by papists. With a few other meeters: viz, a song for traytors to make vse of now and hereafter, wherof the first three verses was made in an other foote, by one of Babingtons conspiracy at his death. And certaine songs in prayse of the Kings Maiesty, with prayers for him, and the prosperous estate of all his kingdomes. By I.R. minister.	Rhodes, John, minister of Enborne.	1606 (1606)	STC 20960; ESTC S115896	8,193	30

bee And eke defend all Christian soules that put their trust in thee Preserue vs still good Lord from al the wicked traine From such as long and thirst for blood and dooth thy truth disdaine Our enimies be strong thou Lord the same doost know Without offence on our parts done to them that seeke our woe Our selues our cause and all to thee we doe commend From traps from snares and bloody hands good Lord still vs defend Our hope and helpe O Lord hath euer bin in thee And thou according to thy word doost stil deliuer me O Christ come end our strife the cause is wholy thine Wherefore it shall while I haue life haue helpe of mee and mine FINIS Some other Monuments and Memorandums of Popery which together with the Precedent Meeters may well be entituled as followeth The Smoke of Enborne in Barkeshire Anno. 1604. The sparkes of Allens-more in Herefordshire 1605. And the flames intended at the Parliament house 1605. All which brake out of the fierye Coales which burned and was but as it were taked vp in the breastes bosomes and hearts of Papists till they perceiued that the Kinges Maiestye would not haue allow of nor tollerate a Mulish or Lincy-Wolsey Religion in England then their madnes did appeare and this fire began to kindle c. To the different and indifferēt Readers I. R. wisheth grace and Peace PErceiuing that these leaues going before would containe too small a volume I thougt it conuenient to make some supply remēbring that I had the rayling Libel that Papists scattered in Enborne Church in Barkshire together with a preface some part of the answere to the same As also the sum effect of the Commotion of Papists in Herefordshire thought it good to fix them to these Meeters I knowing the certainty of the one by the printed Book put out therof in prose by M. Thomas Hamon c. And of the other mentioned in part by good M. Powel in his Booke to the Puritan Papist therfore I say I haue beene the more willing to adde the same to the rest of my Booke hoping of good acceptance for the same seeing that I meane it for the instruction of the ignorant and the recreation of others and not otherwise Yours in the Lord. I. Rhodes The true Coppye of the rayling Libell left or cast into the Church of Enborne in Barkshire as I receiued the same The superscription in Prose To the Parson of Enborne giue this with speede A post Script vnder the superscription THe Carryer is payd already as much as hee looketh for and so it shal cost you nothing but the reading would you haue it better cheape The Tytle or Inscription TO the Heretical Parson of Enborne due commendation Wishing him Catholique minde or else no saluation The Lybell it selfe after his manner of ryming NOw Maister Parson for your welcom home Reade these few lines you know not from whom Of their Popish Crosse. HOuld Crosse for an outward token signe And remembrance onely in Religion thine And of the profession the People doe make For more thē this comes too thou dost it not take Yet holy Church tels vs of holy Crosse much more Of power and of vertue to heale sicke and sore Of holynesse to blesse vs and keepe vs from euill From foule feend to fend vs and saue vs from deuill of many miracles which Holy-Crosse hath wrought All which by tradition to light Church hath brought Wherefore holy worship holy-church doth it giue And sure so will we so long as we liue Though thou saist Idolatry and vilde superstition Yet we know it is Holy Churches Tradition Holy-Crosse then disgrace not but bring in renowne For vp shall the Crosse goe and you shall goe downe And now what we are if any would know Catholiques we are and so we will goe The Seruice Booke heere scattered all Is not diuine but Hereticall So is the Bible of false translation To cut it and mangle it is no damnation The Register also if so we doe serue We vse it no otherwise then it doth deserue For why should new Heretickes be therein inroulde Inrole good Catholiques long deade of ould Out with new Heritickes hence let them goe Register Catholiques Register no moe For Catholiques onely are worthy recorde And into Church Register to be restorde Finis The Preface of the Answere to the Romish Rime and rayling Libell HOw now my Maisters of the Popish crue What yet more Rymes to blaze your armes a new We thought that you had left these tryfling toyes To be performed of Mad-men Girls and Boyes And not that men of sorte or of ripe age Would thus like Players come vppon the Stage Members of holy Church as you would bee Should hate such sports as thinges of base degree But Hogs and Dogs will wallow in the mire Eate their owne vomit to fulfill desire All carryon Crowes and Kites will stoop to ground Yea strike on Dunghils where their pray is found But Eagles they will mount soare on hie Feede on the best thinges pleasing taste and eye You knowe the meaning therefore be asham'd In such bad actions to be seene or namde Some of your friendes and fauorites I know Abhorre this course would not haue it so When one like you did write of Popish Crosse Another on your questions of like drosse A Papist curst and said now fye for shame These first rude rimers are most worthy blame And not the answerers prouok'd thereto By fooles on our side that such thinges will doe Vnto lowe ebbe your Pop'ry sure is come When vp and downe in Meeters it must runne Will prose no longer serue your turnes indeede But that like Fidlers you must thus proceede Or must you wander now like Pedlers poore To sell your Romish wares from doore to doore What hath our learned men desir'd you so That like to corner Creepers you must goe Are you become S. Nicholas Clarkes at last That walkes by Owle-light when the day is past If Ballad Mungers trade you must professe Or like to Tinkers seeke for worke by guesse If like to merry Beggars you will sing From house to house then thinke vpon this thing The law for Vagrants will light on you And so some whipping cheere may well insue If Romish Church doe hatch such Birdes as these Who will beleeue that she our Christ can please Some three yeares since your questions put in rime Were answered all according to the time Since then we heard of no reply at all Nor ye● of Popish Poets greate or small But now of late one stole out of his denne And shamefully abuz'd both tongue and penne That is to say at Enborne in Barkeshire They delt as if they would set all on fire The Church doore they brake open with strong hād Which is plaine sacriledge in euery land They cut one Booke and did disprayse the rest Scattering the leaues to shew how they detest Our bookes and vs with all the power they haue Our Ministers and all things they depraue Wee seeke to bring them to the faith againe Which in Saint Paules time did in them remaine But they abuse vs for our paines therein Accounting all we doe that way but sinne Wherefore we must lose time no longer so Nor suffer them that euer seekes our woe But euen deale roundly both with tongue and penne By force of law and what befits such men And sith Rome is the Seate of Antichrist And euery day blasphemeth the most highest Sith shee no longer is Christs spowse and wife But Harlot like in Doctrine and in life Why should a Christian rest or stay on them But onely cleaue to Christ like Christian men The Protestants they say doe hurt them sore The Puritanes they thinke will plague them more If these agree as by Gods helpe they shall Then reason tels them Popery soone must fall But leauing these thinges to Authority Vnto the Popish rimers words come I. Which shall haue answere as they doe deserue And from their owne words I meane not to swarue Foget I may not yet to tell thee plaine What lame leg'd Meeters heere I finde amaine Which like the Author euery where dooth hault As Vulcan doth but I will not finde fault Let this suffice for Preface to this Rime Which to the wise mans censure I resigne FINIS To the Reader HEere good Reader I am driuen to leaue off for lack of time to finish the rest before the first execution of Traytors but you shall haue the rest with the second part of this Booke which shall shortly bee printed In the meane time I pray thee to haue patience for this stay as also for any fault that escaped the Printing And when my second part of this booke comes foorth thou shalt haue my answere to this Rayling Libell the matter of Herefordshire In the meane time I craue both thy prayers for me and thy patience towards me and the Printer as is aboue said for we meane to make amends if God will Thine in the Lord Iesus Iohn Rhodes Minister Popes Priestes Papists With many others afterwards G●n 4. Nat. 26. Act. 5. viz. in their Masse