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A07297	The churches sleepe expressed in a sermon preached at the court, in the celebration of the Kings Maiesties most ioyfull and happie entrance into this kingdome, the 24. of March last. By Anthonie Maxey, Batchelar in Diuinitie, and chaplaine to his Maiestie in ordinary.	Maxey, Anthony, d. 1618.	1606 (1606)	STC 17690; ESTC S100647	23,881	52

8 50. Paulus Diaco by Th●o●o●e who sent priuately to Paule Patriarch of Constantinople thus they conferred peaceably together they wrote priuately one the each other and so neuer making the people acquainted doubts being resolued and controuersies ended euery man did rest satisfied in his obedience and went peaceably on in his seuerall calling These holy and graue men considered well that the soules of the ignorant people were precious their mindes like Roes and Hindes easily missecaried soone stirred vp and quickly driuen from their wonted layer therefore as the good shepherd in the 23. Psalme they fed them peaceably in greene pastures they led them not vnto torrentes to troublesome whirlepooles but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the waters of rest Heresbaci in Psal 23. and as the originall doth infer to the sweete streames that run quietly Stir not THe substance of this charge is double First not to stir in respect of the danger Secondly not to waken in regard of the Spouse who is fallen asleepe and peaceably taking rest It is dangerous to stir for that a rent or schisme in the Church is like a wound in the Soule or a great breach in the Sea there is almost nothing able to close it vp againe Howsoeuer at the first it seemes of small reckning and of no importance yet it neuer shewes it selfe at the beeginning in the right colors but crescit eundo it creeps on and gathers strength and we shall neuer read that the primatiue point of any Schisme did euer rest or stay it selfe vntill it came to a full periode of a plaine heresie Hieron Eccli 11 32. Niceph. eccle hist li. 8. cap. 5. Nullum schisma non sibi aliquam posted confingit haeresim Of one little sparke is made a great fire Arrian his heresie it was but a sparke as Nicephorus doth write first raised by one Alexander Bancalis because an other was preferred before him yet this sparke set all Asia Africke and Europe on fire so poysoned the spawne of the Church Cassiod li. 1. cap. 12 in the florishing spring of worthie Constantine that euen to this day it neuer recouered the losse againe Mahomet that Antichristian infidell first began his sect with a few followers and because Heraclius the Emperour let him run on Carion anno Do. 641. neglecting him as not worthy to be defeated shortly after vnder colour of his religion hee ouer ran Asia defaced the East Church subuerted the glorious Empire of Constantinople and so continues to this day the scourge of all Christendome Bleidan Bellū rusticanum absumpsit Germano rum 150000. vei est in vita Clementis Rom. Pontificis Did not the Anabaptistes of late yeares 1525. euen of a small sparke raise such a flame in Germanie that growing at length to parts taking by the base multitude Temples and cities were set on fire banishment and proscription inflicted vpon the innocent and at length a butchery massaker made of fiftie thousand people slaine at one time and an hundred thousand Christians murdered at an other They began with the Bishops and Clergie Bullinger but they ended with the deposing of ciuill Magistrates and destruction of the people The ground and primatiue cause of all the contentions raised heretofore in our Church was at the first a small discontentment a matter of priuate grudge a little sparke but by a bould admonition giuen at that time to the high court of Parliament it wakened all England Admonition and set a number of tongues and pens on fire not with such fire as fell on the Alter and sanctified the Sacrifice but with the fire of bitternes schisme contention which could neuer yet be throughly quenched to this day From this sparke as from Hydra what a number of poysoned heades sprong vp Anabaptists Brownists Puritaines Catharists Atheists the famille of loue and such like And notwithstanding those worthy and learned men who fled in queene Maries time as Iohn Bale Richard Cox Iohn Pa●khurst William Burloe Alexander Nowell Iohn Iewell Edwin Sands Edmond Grindall and very many more maintained the gouernement of the Church of England vsed in their holy assemblies the forme of seruice and order of ceremonies which were established in King Edwards time ratified againe by good queen Elizabeth yet behold contrary to the iudgement course of these learned and holy men what strange what fiery and stirring conclusions were raised That the choise of Ministers should stand vpon the approbation of the people a Cart. wright Admonition Suppli to the Parlia 56. and that they are all of equall authoritie that the Church gouerment was vtterly vnlawfull and Antichristian That the Article of our faith touching Christs descention into hell was foisted into the Creede That b Hacket executed Festidies sunt commodè abolendi the Lords prayer by our Sauiour himselfe commaunded was not to be vsed That c Schismatiks in Berry no holiday might be obserued but onely the Saboth That no d Defēded openly in the Vniuersitie father or humaine writer might be alleadged in the Pulpet That the Booke of common Prayer was to bee abolished That all the Ceremonies of our Church were Popish and to be swept away e Mart iu. r. Adm. pa. 25. That the callings of Bishops was an Antichristian diuellish hierarchy That reformation of Religion belongeth to the comminaltie g Buccha de iure regni Page 61. that the people are better then the King and of greater authoritie That h Scottish presbetary in prison at this day the Presbitery and not the Prince was to bee supreme gouernours in matters Ecclesiasticall This sparke what a number of i Martin iunior Martin senior Martin prote Martinus Epist His Epitome Hay any work seditious books biting Libels and slanderous Pamphlets did it raise This sparke amongst our selues what heart burning what boyling and secret grudges by the neglect of some and applauding of others did it breede This sparke amongst great personages what palpable hypocrisie Bishopricks spoiled disnembred what soule sacriledge did it cause to bee committed This sparke what a gap did it open and what way did it make into the hearts of many men first to doubt of the truth and so after to bee won to the Church of Rome amongst the Roes and Hinds what disordered conuenticles In Londō soswich Couentre Cābridge what prophane actions what secret whisperings what vile treacheries did this sparke procure Townes Cities Vniuersities the whole Land was on flame with this sparke In the peaceable estate of any Church to renue any old point of heresie to set on soote any new opinion any schisme or intricate question it proues like the cloud that Elias saw 1. Kin 18.44 at the first his seruant looked and hee saw nothing by and by hee bad him looke againe and it beegan to arise as big as a mans fist at length it couered the whole skie with darkenesse and immediately