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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12983	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the second of Nouember. 1606. By Richard Stocke, preacher of Al-hallowes, Bread-streete, London	Stock, Richard, 1569?-1626.	1609 (1609)	STC 23276; ESTC S117808	42,660	92

A SERMON PREACHED AT Paules Crosse the second of Nouember 1606. By Richard Stocke Preacher of Al-hallowes Bread-streete London LONDON Printed by T. C. for Edmond Weauer and William Welby 1609. TO THE RIGHT REVErend Father in God Iames by Gods prouidence Lord Bishop of Bathe and Welles R. S. wisheth all Grace true Honor and Comforts in this life and the Crowne of glory in the life to come RIghte Reuerende in CHRIST Saluia Massil de gubernat Dei the anger of God his fearefull punishments for Iradiuinitatis est poena peccantis hath bene heauie vpon vs for the space of these almost sixe yeares The cause doubtlesse is the sinnes of the time which haue defiled the Land and prouoked God to send such plagues as may purge the land of vs when we will not purge it and our selues from our sinnes Which sinnes what they are as I haue touched diuers in the Sermon following so none seemeth to mee to be more offensiue to the eyes of God then that popish Idolatrie which is committed in the land wherewith euerie place countrie and Citie is horriblie defiled though as the prophet speaketh Ezek. 8.12 it is but in the darke and in the chamber of their imagery Which was an occasion to me beeing called to the stage of the land to act this part I haue done in this Sermon namely to perswade euerie man to iudge himselfe and them to whom the sword of iustice is committed to iudge other malefactors specially Romish Idolaters and to execute the iust lawes vpon them because God will not iudge when man doth iudge before as the Iudges of assile will not censure againe those malefactors whom the Iustices of the sessions haue formerly punished But when this is neglected God will and can not for his iustice but he must bring this the like fearefull iudgementes vpon the land Which as they were the occasion of my preaching of this doctrine so they are some causes of my publishing of it in writing to trie if I might by any meanes prouoke euery man in his seuerall place and condition to this preuenting course of Gods iudgementes At the least I shall haue my owne discharge by it Now I haue presumed to bring it forth into publike vnder your name and countenaunce for diuerse both publike and priuate reasons and respectes Publike first you are now aduanced to a speciall place of gouernment in the Church and haue that authoritie in your hands that you may cause effect great reformation of manners and redresse of many things which are highly displeasing to God To which if I might be any occasion to excite your Lordship I should thinke I had effected some great good because your example as it might prouoke others in authoritie both in Church and common wealth to do the like so it might animate them to goe forward with hope it would be well accepted of his highnes when they shall see you who haue beene so continually in his presence and so daily conuersant with him and can not but knowe his heart affection take some round and constant courses in reforming of abuses both in manners and doctrine Secondly your place you yet enioy so nigh vnto his Maiesties person whereby you haue done hitherto good offices to the Church The English desence of the Popes Breeues Bellar. Letter her enemies being witnes in iustly and wisely exasperating his Maiesties heart against these foxes who would destroy her vines Now if I might bee anie meanes to further your willing minde to be constāt in this dutie I should iudge it in me a good seruice to the Church as in your selfe it will be a glorious seruice to the King of Kings honourable to his highnes profitable to the Church comfortable to all her friendes and bring you great honour from God and good men Which pointe I will not here much presse in the particular seeing I haue in the treatise following don it in the generall though to vse Bernards words in another case De diligēdo Deo Non prout dignum rei sed prout datum mihi Yet let me intreat your Lordship or rather adiure you by that honour and sauour which God hath giuen you with your Soueraigne and by that account you must giue for the imployment of it before the great King in that great day that you would goe on in this so religious and profitable a worke namely to excite his Maiestie to wakē his sleeping lawes that as he hath long sung mercie he would at length tune iustice and command indeed that his lawes may haue their course Psal 101.8 that betimes he would destroy the wicked of the lād that such workers of iniquitie may be cut off from the citie of the Lord. It is not vnfitting your Lo. beeīng called to be a reuerēd Bishop a gouernor of the Church to incite him to this since it was the consecrating of the Leuites hands to the Lord for euery man to slay his brother Exod. 32.29.27 his companion and his neighbour who had defiled the land with Idolatrie And it is no lesse then necessitie requireth of his Maiestie both for the good of himselfe Thomas Worthingtonus presbyter his posteritie those hopefull plants his whole people and the church of God Sith they boast not at home onely but a broad of the great increase of this Idolatrous broode amongst vs. There is one who hath lately published two Tomes of Bristowes the Iesuite written in Latine called Motiua Anti-haretica who in his Epistle Dedicatorie speaks thus Post diuturnas in Anglia ingrauescentes pro fide Catholica persecutiones ita plus solito crescat Catholicorum ibi mumerus ac zelus vt spes effulgeat Diuina praestante misericordia totum illud amplissimū Regnū ad sanctaematris Ecclesiae gremiū breuirediturum Is it not then more then need high time that his Maiesties former lenitie shuld be turned into iust seueritie lest he may seeme to succeeding ages to forget both his God himselfe his posteritie people Which may easily be preuented if his lawes may be at length with some roūdnes executed specially against the seedes men of treason idolatrie by whom this popish superstitiō is nourished increased in this land For so saith the former authour in the same place commending the founders and vpholders of their Seminaries as the fountains of those waters which haue watered these weeds till they be fit for the fire adding that His enim in collegijs Sacerdotes initiati inde in Angliā missi tū paruas ibi religionis reliquias cōseruerunt tum easdē vt nūc videamus in immensum propagarunt These then by confession beeing the preseruers and the increasers of this Idolatrie among vs there is no way to preuent the cōtinuance and increase of this ●●●●…by ●●●…ing off such at least who husband this Idolatrous worke least 〈◊〉 should growe to that they would haue it the ●ar●s to