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A09137 The first parte of Pasquils apologie Wherin he renders a reason to his friendes of his long silence: and gallops the fielde with the Treatise of reformation lately written by a fugitiue, Iohn Penrie. Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name. 1590 (1590) STC 19450; ESTC S121966 20,797 34

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and they obey him in the matters he giueth them in charge Is he that is directed and commaunded equall with him that directeth and commaundeth Theyr crosse-blowe of Fellowe labourers will not saue theyr ribbes if they be no better Fencers The Archb. and inferior Minister are both equal in respect of theyr fight in the Lordes battailes as the Generall of the fielde and the common Souldiours are but not in respect of ordering and disposing of the fight when euery Souldiour is appointed to his place Thys equalitie beeing hatched by Aerius it is well prooued by Ma. Doctor Bancroft in his Sermon at Paules crosse both out of Epiphanius and S. Augustine to haue beene condemned for an haeresie with the consent of the whole Church When S. Ierom heares of such a matter he wonders at it For the Bishop of Ierusalem beeing requested to appeare in a Counsell and refusing it sent one Isidorus a Priest in his stead a Bishoppe was looked for a Priest came who to couer the Bishops absence had nothing to alleage but that it was all one and the authoritie of the one as great as the other because he was a man of God that sent and a man of God that came Nihil interest inter Presbyterum et Episcopum eadem dignitas mittentis et misse hoc satis imp●●●●e in portu vt dicitur naufragium What saith S. Ierom is there no difference betweene a Priest and a Bishop is the dignitie of him that is sent as great as his that sendeth him This is spoken without wit or learning and this is euen at the first putting into harbour to east away the shyp The first lifting vp of a Bishop as S. Ierom noteth was the very phisicke of the Church against Schisme least euery man drawing his owne priuate way the ioynts of Gods house should be puld one from another and so the building fall The weakest sight in the worlde may well discere that this busie seeking of an equalitie among the Clergie is the practise of Nahash with the men of Iabesh when they were besieged He would admitte no conditions of peace with them except he might thrust out theyr right eyes and bring a shame vpon all Israell Bishops were lifted vppe into the highest places of the Church as the right eyes of the people of the Lorde to keepe watch against Schisme Haeresie no peace no truce no silence no agreement will be gotten at the handes of the Faction except we suffer them to bore out these eyes that a shame and reproche may be brought vppon all Religion Thys is the conclusion of Penries prayer in his Epistle to the Treatise that the Bishoppes may be thrust as one man out of the Church and the name of them forgotten in Israell for euer Nowe is the broode of hell broken loose the Church is a besieged Iabesh the deuill hauing whetted the sword of Spayne against it finding open force to be nothing worth he cals out his Pianers and sets Martin and Penrie a worke to vndermine it But heere is our comfort As the spirit of God came vpon Saul and stung him forward to put to sword and to scatter the hoste of Nahash in such sorte that there were not two of them left together The spirite of the Lord shall come vpon her Maiestie and kindle her sacred hart with a newe courage to strike home that there may not one couple of the Faction be left together in the Realme of Englande not so much as to binde vppe each others woundes nor one to be-mone another What is it els to desire this equalitie but that euery man might be his owne iudge and reach what he wyll in his owne charge when he hath no Bishoppe aboue him to controll him Howe dangerous this is in the high and hidden misteries of the worde a man may perceiue by experience in common matters for euen in things dailie subiect vnto our sences a mans owne aduice is commonly the worst counseller he can haue Salomon who was a great deale wiser then any Sect-master euer was or wyll be hath giuen vs warning That if a man beginne once to be wise in his owne conceite there is greater hope of a foole then of him And I dare auouch that whosoeuer is possessed with an ouerweening or giues two much credit vnto himselfe needeth not to be tempted of the deuill because he is a tempter and a deuill vnto himselfe At the deliuery of the Lawe in Sinay GOD commaunded his people to be folded vp and to stand within the barres vppon-paine of death At the deliuerie of the Gospell our Sauiour branded his sheepe with these two marks hearing and following They must harken to the voice of him that teacheth and followe the trace of him that leadeth they may neither commaund nor goe before When they beginne to snuffe vppe the winde in theyr noses like the wilde Asse in the Wildernesse which tyreth all that follow her when they stande vpon the pinacle of euerie Tower Castle built in the ayre by theyr owne conceite and say to the Bishoppes as the people did to Ieremie What soeuer commeth out of our own mouth that will we doe then they are verie easie to be deceiued And then it fareth with them as it did wyth the Disciples of our blessed Sauiour he appearing vnto them vpon the Sea they tooke him for a spirit and imagining theyr Maister to be a bugge they grewe verie fearefull of a great benefit Such a dazling it is that afflicteth the eyes of our Reformers our Maister Iesus offereth himselfe vnto vs in thys excellent gouernment of the Church by graue and learned Lorde Bishoppes but they mistake it to be Satanicall and tremble and quake at theyr own commoditie But to come to anker if they be of one fayth and one hope with vs let them helpe to twine vppe a threefold corde and become of one hart with vs. Let witte which is windie obtaine the lesse that Charitie which edifieth may gaine the more No doubt but our Sauiour had an especiall care of the vnitie of his Church both when he made his request vnto his father that we might be one as the father and he are one and when he tooke his leaue of his Church with so kinde a farewell My peace I giue you my peace I leaue vnto you If this peace wyll not be had at theyr handes that haue so long troubled the Church of GOD among vs I cast then my Gauntlet take it vp who dares Martin or any other that can drawe out any Quintessence of villanie beyoynde Martin the cause shall not want a Champion I haue nowe gallopped the fielde to make choyse of the ground where my battaile shall be planted And when I haue sent you the May-game of Martinisme at the next setting my foote into the styroppe after it the signet shall be giuen and the fielde fought Whatsoeuer hath beene written to any purpose of eyther side shal be ledde out into the plaine the foote men and horse small shotte and artilerie shall be placed euery troupe wing and squadron ordered and the banners displayed Therwithall I will make both Armies meete and the battaile ioyne bullet to bullet staffe to staffe pyke to pyke and sworde to sworde the blowes dealt and the breache made vpon the Puritanes shall be discouered you shall see who be falne and who be fledde what Captaines are slaine and what Ensignes taken It shall be shewen howe like a good Generall the Archb. of Canterburie hath behaued himselfe with his battle-axe and howe the braynes of Tho. Cartwright flye thys way and that way battered and beaten out euery bone in his bodie pittifullie broken and his guttes trayling vpon the grounde heere a legge and there an arme of his followers shall be gathered vppe and the carkases of the deade like a quarrie of Deare at a generall hunting hurled vppon a heape Wherein my Supplication shall be to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie at the end that our Conquerors returning from the chace may by vertue of her highnesse fauour and authoritie holde still the honour which they haue wonne and well deserued in the seruice of GOD and the crowne of England Therefore as the Reformer hath made proclamation for Armour and Munition desiring you to help him to a booke of Church discipline which he sayth was written in the dayes of King Edward the sixt the Authors whereof he sayth were M. Cranmer and Sir Iohn Cheeke The like proclamation make I in his behalfe because mine peraduenture will come to more handes then his Furnish him I pray you the better he is prouided the greater honour it will be to ouerthrowe him I would be glad he should haue it if there be any such and sette downe what he can ere I come foorth againe that I may driue all before me and roote out the verie name of a Puritane from vnder heauen In which exployt as Berzillai the Gileadite refused to courte it in his age resining that place to hys Sunnes as fitter for younger yeeres So I beseeche all our Bishoppes Doctors and auncient men vpon whose siluer heads the Almond-tree hath blossomde to giue vp this taske to me and fitte and iudge of my labours The spirite of the Lord assisting me opportunitie and other circumstaunces concurring with it I trust they shall see me pricke it and praunce it like a Caualiero that hath learned to manage Armes From my Castell and Collours at London stone the 2. of Iuly Anno. 1590. FINIS Pag. 194. 195. CAP. 36. LVKE 4. 16. 1. TIM 4. 13. REVEL 15. 3. 4. Pag. 91. sect 1. Cartwright and Penne both at buffets Pag. 126. line 14. MAT. 24 45 46. Pag. 49. sect vlt. 44. 8. Ep. ad Pammach EXO 19. IOH. 10. 3.