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A08280	A mirror for the multitude, or Glasse Wherein maie be seene, the violence, the error, the weaknesse, and rash consent, of the multitude, and the daungerous resolution of such, as without regard of the truth, endeaour to sinne and ioyne themselues with the multitude: with a necessary conclusion, that it is not the name, or title of a protestant, christian, or catholicke, but the true imitation of Christ, that maketh a Christian. By I.N.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1586 (1586)	STC 18613; ESTC S120153	80,770	136

Saints when the scripture the very worde of truth condēneth as very reprobate Iudas killed not Christ although he were the mean to encourage the Iewes to lay handes vpon him yet such was the guilt of his conscience that after the fact he ranne desperate hung himself here was the canonizing of a man as holy as these that now cōspire the death of her Maiestie her Counsaile and Magistrates the spoyle of the lande the vtter exterpation of the glory of God merites of his Christ some of whom as we see in a guilty conscience haue canonized thē selues after the maner of Iudas the most proudest of thē yea hee that carrieth the most resolute minde had they their desire which God forbid would runne with Iudas Cayn desperate for so rashly betraying the innocent bloud And howsoeuer these foolish and more then mad ministers of the Romish confederacy flatter themselues who haue vowed the ouerthrow of the true religiō of Christ by taking away the chiefest props thereof in hope for their rewarde some to sit at the right some at the left hande of Christ in his kingdome as the false father of all the faithlesse the proude Pope hath flatteringly perswaded thē let thē assure thēselues that if the word of God be true then shall not such as suffer for euill dooing nor such as haue their consciences feared with the hot iron of consent vnto such like conspiracies enter into the kingdom of heauen nor haue their portion in the presence of Christ neither sit at his right or left hand in his kingdome no they shal not haue the priueledge of enioying the light of his coūtenance the bright beams of his glory shal not extend towardes them to their comfort in the laste day but meere horror anguish torment and the worme which is the testimonie of their guilty cōsciences shalbe their portion to drink for euermore and the great deceyuer himselfe whō Sathan hath deceyued shall haue his hire with them in vtter darkenes where shalbe weeping gnashing of teeth And therfore good Reader take heed that the sufferings of these mē deceiue thee not for marke the cause of their sufferinges whether it be for the testimony of a good cōscience or no. Thou hast heard that he that suffereth for euill doing as for murther such like can challenge no benefit of the promise made to such as suffer for righteousnesse sake Thou art not ignoraunt of their practises thou art no doubt resolued of their profession to be accompanied with treasons rebellions tumults cōspiracies practises of farrain inuasions for the ouerthrow of thee all true Christians for which they suffer as they deserue and the cloake of good intent can not hide their heartes fraught with manifest desire of the bloud of Christians from the throne of him to whom the innocent handes of many Christians are lifted vppe for a testimonie of their sounde profession and to showe themselues not onely guyltlesse of such wickednesse but zealous of the reformation or confusion of such blodthirstie men Iust vp thy handes with a cleare conscience therefore with the truely godly and craue the assistaunce of him that neuer fayleth the faithful that he will continue the defence of our Soueraigne the stay and guyde of our Magistrates the protection of our lande and a seuere Iudge of those that seeke by these wicked deuises to confounde him if it were possible in his members that for his sake are killed all the day long And if thou suffer suffer as a Christian namely as a faithfull member of Christe taking the narrowe waye to life with such as neuer desired other canonization then the merites of their master and heade Christ Iesus whom whosoeuer desireth to imitate and be pertaker of the ioyes prouided for his very Saintes must bee likewise pertaker of his crosse for his sake in this life for farre better it is by labour to obtaine rest by tribulation to winne ioy and by death to procure life then by rest to come to labour by ioy to purchase tribulation and by a pleasaunt and lou●e life to procure death and eternall destruction for this is certaine and nothing more certain that what commeth last bee it life or death it is eternall and for euer to endure Shall therefore persecution and threates of bloudie tyrantes keepe vs backe or dismaye vs from that profession which leadeth vs vnto life or shall the daungerous deuises of the ministers of Sathan draw vs agayne into the palpable darkenesse that leadeth vnto death God forbid What should then mooue vs to feare the force of the manie and mightie fauourers of the stronge deceyuing whore of Babylon Shall the infirmitie weakenes of our flesh and bloud accompanied with so many sharp bickeringes of temptations and such vneasinesse of the narrowe way that we must walke in we being fewe and so vnlike to withstande the encounter of our manie enemies No surely for God by whome we liue and in whom we trust hath promised to stande by vs to helpe vs and to sende his spirite to strengthen vs who being alwayes neere vnto his will ayde vs being omnipotent will assist vs and not suffer his vaunting proude aduersaries that imagine such mischiefe against his people to take effect in their deuises Although the Kinges of the earth stande vp and the Princes assemble themselues together against the Lord and against his annoynted although they increase mightily that ●eeke to violate the sanctuarie of the Lord and great multitudes rise vp against his word vtterly to supplant it and roote it out let God deale with them according to his diuine wisedome and in the end we shall see those that nowe take these wicked counsailes laying their heades together imagining howe and by what meanes they may banish the godly of from the earth to melt away as wax at the fire yea they shall consume in the imaginations of their owne heartes and perish in their owne wilinesse he hath spoken it that for euer hath and will confirme it hee hath sayde it that will for euermore performe it And therfore although Sathan haue sounded his trumpets and beaten vp his drumbes of Alarum rounde about vs to allure forraine inuasions preparations to ciuill tumultes vprores practises of secrete conspiracies among our selues that the red dragon of Rome may the more freely reestablish his kingdome of darkenesse we see and to our vndoubted comfort we may note the diligent eye and carefull diligence of our watchman Christ who hath brought all their deuises to light So that we may say had not the Lorde garded her Maiestie defended our Nobles watched our Cities and protected our whole Realme she had beene deuoured her Magistrates massacred our Cities ransacked and our Realme and common quiet come to vtter ruyne subuertion and the Lordes honour laide in the dust Thus may we little Israell of Englande laye

my heart and shew forth all his marueilous workes 2 I will be ioyfull and reioyce in thee oh Lorde I will sing praises vnto thee oh thou most highest 3 For thou hast turned backe mine enimies thou hast throwne downe those that deuised mischiefe against me yea thou hast reproued the wicked and turned their vaine hope to naught their counterfeyt glory into open ignominy and reproch 4 Thou hast taken my cause in hand maynteyned my right and preserued me thou sitting in the seat of iudgement hast showen thy self an vpright Iudge 5 Thou hast rebuked the multitude of those vngodly ones that haue sought the dishonor of thy name the spoyle of thy sanctuarie bloud of thine annointed 6 In so much as I may to my comfort say vnto them and to the chiefe Captaines of their multitudes Oh enimye the destructions that thou didest threaten wherin thou vainly vauntedst to destroy Cities to subuert Kingdoms to extinguish the memory of the godly from of the earth behold thou thy selfe consumest the breath of the Lords mouth shaketh thee thy triumphing before the victory soundeth forth thy perpetual shame and deserued confusion 7 The Lorde whose true seruice thou seekest to violate and whose seruaunts thou seekest to supplant hath an euerlasting dominion and he sitteth in iudgement to giue vnto euery man his due right 8 It is he that only ruleth and gouerneth the whole world with righteousnesse and with the ballance of his truth and equity discideth euery mans cause 9 It is he that is the strong a defensible Tower to such as are oppressed an assured refuge to the afflicted and an vndoubted reuenger of such as seeke to lay violent handes vpon his annoynted 10 And therfore as many as know thy name Oh Lord thy mercy and strength wil put their confidence in thee for thou neuer forsakest but duely relieuest and protectest those that truely seeke thee 11 Oh sing praises sing praises therefore vnto the Lord that hath his dwelling on high and yet so beholdeth all such as are true of heart let vs declare vnto al people the worthy acts which he hath done for vs already wherof great cause we haue to reioyce in him 12 He seeketh and findeth out such as are desirous to shed bloud thirste after the destruction of his annoynted shewing himselfe moste mindfull of those that loue him and forgetteth not to deliuer such as are in daunger and winketh not at the wicked 13 Haue mercy Lord vpon me oh thou that hast miraculouslye defended me from deathes doore Consider how mine enimies yet cease not to imagine mischiefe against me and to lay violent handes vppon my guiltles person thou my strength and aid consider it and deliuer me 14 That I may with ioy sing foorth thy worthy praises and entring into Syon maye reioysingly declare that thou art he that sauest me by whom I stande and by whome my enimies are throwne downe on euery side of me 15 A huge multitude of enimies haue risen vp against mee but thou hast brought it so to passe that they are ouerwhelmed with the sloud they deuised to bring in vpō me they are fallen into the pit they digged for mee and they are strangled in the snare they layd priuelie for me This oh Lord is thy doing and it is comfortable euen vnto my soule 16 Oh Lord thy wisedome is vnsearcheable thy loue incomprehensible and thy mercyes wonderfull and thy iudgement knowne by executing iustice vppon such as vse crafty wylenes against the innocent 17 Rise vp rise vp oh lord in the behalf of thy seruant let not thy hādmayd be alwaies forgotten let not her hope which she hath alwaies in thy defence be frustrate let not the wicked preuaile in the craftie conspiracies which they imagined Cast them down oh Lord and let the effect of their deuises shew their folly themselues to be but mortall men Esai 35. 3. 4. Confirmate manus languidas labantia corroborate genua Dicite animifestinis este fortes impauidi en Deus vester vltor veniet praemiator Deus ipse veniet seru●tum vos Non vi sed veritate FINIS The multitude expectethnoueltie● The greatest wonder lasteth but nine daies The late earth-quak a great vvonder The earth-quak a caueat The stranged nevves soone forgotten The summe of this trauel The fruits an a●g●m●nt of the professiō What the multitude most desire Gods children are the least number Gods trueth contrary to the mindes of the multitud A flight of sathan A daungerous thing to follow the multitude The way to true religion bodely dangerous The flesh is weake and vnable to abide mortification Ro. 8. 36. Psal. 44. 22. The godly are for gods sake killed continuallye The comfort of Christians in their crosses Mat. 5. 10. 1. Pet. 4. 15. Wee muste regarde the cause of our sufferings The misconceit of euill doers Romish dispensations cause of many euils The canonization of Iudas The vain hope of traytors Their assured revvard that seeke the ouerthrowe of the godly Wee muste take heed of the causes of sufferings The causes of the sufferings of the wicked The zeale of the godly Our duties remembred Hovv vve ought to suffer How the righteous desire to bee canonised Life or death in the last day eternall A good admonition God is our staffe and strength hee vvill defend vs. Psal. 2. 2. The kings of the earth not to be feared it they go about to resist the truth Psal. 3. 1. The end of the wicked Sathan hath sounded vp his trumpets of alarum to inuade christians in the behalf of Antichrist Christ is a carefull vvatchman The benefit of Gods protection The snare is broken and we deliuered The raske vovve of the king of spaine The permittance of the spanish inquisition most vvicked A good remedy for the clensing of a man from self mortification The booke of martyrs ● glasse of romish cruelty The cause why the pope and his disciples now storme A christian resolution VVe muste bewarre of starting backe The ende of the godly The end of the wicked persecutors The conclusion The wicked are tyed within the limits of gods povver God vvil not suffer the vvicked to go vnauenged Our dutiesto God 1. Tim. 2. 1. The sterne of our common vveale Euery man must execut his dutie 2. Tim. 3. 1. 1. Tim. 4. 1. Persecution is there most sharp where the worde of God is follovved moste sincerely Queene Eli●abeth an instrument vnder whome God hath reched vs his truth VVee muste follow Christ in accepting his crosse The seruante is not aboue his maister The children of God must not look for a pleasant life in this vvorlde 2. Tim. 3. 1● They that professe the truth are busseted of Sathan Sathan the archenemy of the church of Christ. Sathan seeketh to preuent the saluation of mā Zachary 3. 1 Sathan stood at the elbovv of Iosua vvhen he prayed Saul persecuted Dauid Iesabell Mat. 8. 26. The churche of God is compared to a

If the Lorde had not beene on our side when men rose vp against vs they had swallowed vs vp quicke and yet is the snare broken and we deliuered immortall prayses be vnto his blessed name therefore The trumpet hath giuen our enemies the enemies of gods truth an vncertaine sounde they were readie to battaile but God be thanked they are returned to their own shame And notwithstanding as these late conspirators haue cōfessed the King of Spaine hath vowed the consummation of halfe his kingdome but he will winne little Englande to subiection vnto the vsurped authoritie of the whore of Babylon who doubteth but he may spende all spoile his owne soule vnlesse he conuert and yet he that hath hitherto garded vs is for euer sure And as he frō high beholdeth the litle yea the least worm in the earth so doubtlesse he winketh not at the vaine vauntes of this mightie king his wilful permittance of his most wicked inquisition whereby many godly mēbers of Christ are cruelly martyred to fulfill the most damnable wil of that man of Rome the red deuouring dragon But before the blind bloudy expectatiō of this rash conceited king be fulfilled no doubt but our gratious Soueraigne shal at the pleasure of our good God liue to heare of his vl●imum vale or certaine cōuersion in washing himselfe in the bloud of the lambe the merites of Christ from the pitch of the poyson of Romish affection wherewith he is nowe so defiled that the sauour thereof hath infected many and martired not a fewe How many haue there bin martyred in Spaine massacred in Fraunce spoyled in Portingall slaine in Flaunders endangered in England and many other countries kingdoms as in Naples Italy Florence Ferrar● Mantua Myllayne Germany Denmarke and many other where the poyson of tyranny hath beene sprinckled abroade to please the Popes high holines to feede his hellish humour to fil his belly with the bloud of the Saints of God that in these places haue like cōstant christians denied his vsurped more thē blasphemous authoritie Meruelous is the mirror of our time specially the volume of Martyrs who haue suffered for the testimony of the truth of the Gospell wherein may be seene that it is no newe thing that these men so egerly thirst for the bloud of the godly in euery kingdom country prouince Citie and congregation not only from the killing of godly Abell to the beheading of Iohn Baptist but during the raignes of all the tyrannous Emperors of Rome and since continued by succession all the time of all the blouddy ministers of the red Dragon the Popes of Rome who seeke by all meanes to deuour the childe the Gospell of Christ wherewith the true Catholique church trauaileth as a woman to be deliuered namelie to haue it spread through al the world which the Pope the man of sinne the father of deceipt and dispensor of murther seeketh euen now to stop and preuent least the general true knowledge therof should so manifest his wickednes blasphemy and rebellion against Christ that the worlde seeing his falshood should fall from him and be saued And that good Reader is the cause that he is now so busie seeketh by all meanes he can to bring that to passe which God for his mercies sake neuer permit But thus euerye good Christian must resolue himself that during the time of our pilgrimage here in this life these wicked ministers of bloudy Antichrist shall not cease to persecute him by all means seeke to suppresse the true seruants extinguish the true seruice of the liuing god for that therin standeth the saluation of euery faithfull in Christ. And therefore whatsoeuer stormes tempestes tumultes vprores conspiracies rebellions and such like buffits of Sathan rumble about our eares we may not start backe frō our profession we may not be faint hearted to fall from our faith to feyned holinesse notwithstanding threates of inuasions sacking of our Cities cutting of our throts and murthering of our bodyes For beholde although it shoulde please our heauenly father to giue vs ouer vnto the hands of his and our enemies and they to take their willes against vs they haue power but only ouer our bodyes and not ouer our soules which shall rest in the bosome namelye in the safe custodie of our Sauiour Iesus Christ vnder the alter indewed with the longe white Robe● of innocencie washed in the bloude of the immaculate Lambe Whereas if wee for feare of the losse of our goods fauour of our f●●endes or liues ioyne with these men to be pe●take●s of their bloudie practises against the godly then shall we be likewise of the number of those against whome they that nowe he vnder the Alte● Christ crye for vengeaunce for the tyrannie done against the iust that waded thorough the pikes of persecutions Wee must therefore beware of giuing anye consent vnto their practises and rather yeeld our owne neckes vnto the yoke of their tyrannies th● when the number of Gods elect is fulfilled and the Lo●de appearing in glorie we also with him may be pe●taker of the same glorie when wee shall no more hunger nor thirst but be in the continuall presence of the throne of our Sauiour Christe and serue in his temple day and night that he that sitteth in the throne may dwell amongest vs and wee with him for euermore so that for the ioy of his presence we shall no more mourne nor weepe but all teares beeing wyped from our faces wee shall continue in singing the ioyfull song of prayse vnto his name that sitteth in the throne for his most louing protecting vs in our corporall life in such constant perseuerance in his truth among the bitter persecutions of the wicked that then shall haue their portions in vtter darkenesse where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth that in his merites are thought woorthy of that blessed life whereunto he that will attaine must willingly accept of such crosse as his master by his diuine prouidence thinketh meete and expedient to be layde vppon him which in what maner ●oeuer ●t pleaseth him to deale with vs vouchsase thy zealous prayer that all true Christians may patiently suffer And to conclude why shoulde wee feare the force the threates and great bragges of these men seeing we haue the Lorde himselfe to be our King Let the multitude of Pharaohs hoast and the mightie companie of Senacherybes Armye fiet as they will let them champe and chafe like wildes boares yea although the whole earth shake and all the foundations thereof tremble quake as of late it hath done let vs not be dismayde but goe on in loue to feare and in faith to loue him that hath promised to be with vs euen he that dwelleth in the Cherubyns who hath sufficiently declared his power in Sion wherunto all these proud boasting murtherous and bloudthirstie men nill they will they shal be

persecuting executioners that it is not their tyrannie that can suppresse or the cruell force of the multitude that can resiste the approoued and manyfest trueth which wee professe and will shewe and openlye declare that the deuises and imaginations of man are but vayne Naye further to shew his iudgementes of these bloud-thirstie men he will sende their destruction with the same torment they prepared for his children For let vs beholde and to our comfort and for our learning consider that notwithstanding these three poore men were caste into so feruent a burninge flame that there appeared no possibilitie for them to escape euen suddaine consumation of their bodyes with the force of the fier yet suche was the power and prouidence of him that hath all thinges in subiection vnder his feete that he preserued them in suche sort as in the midest of the fire they walked safelye and to shewe his iustice threwe out the slame vpon those ministers of the king that executed his will therin so that they that digged the pit for others fel themselues into the same they were taken with the snare that they prouided for others Euen so shall that proude Haman of Rome in the ende bee hanged in the gallowes that he hath set vp for godly Mardocheus of England We must thinke that these examples were written for our learning and verye sitte for our time to be considered according to the present course of men for as then Nabuchadnezer thoght that the consent of so many great men vnto his idolatry approoued the same to bee very sound and good And when these three men stoode in defence of the true religion of God as now we see that our small Islande of Englande amonge many other famous countries of the world holdeth and possesseth the gospell with part of other nations as it pleaseth God to afforde his grace among vs. And as then these three men were condemned of the multitude and our selues in like maner misliked of the moste as the liuing God then prouided for their safety so no doubt he dooth and will doe for ours though not in present outwarde deliueraunce yet no doubt in inwarde comfortes whereby there appeareth no cause why the children of GOD should feare the multitude although the people in a common prouerbe agree that many heades are better then one whereby they goe about and seeme to approoue the venemous and brutish serpent Hydra to be the wisest beast that euer was in respecte of the multitude of his heades when we know many silly creatures of the earth in many vertues to exceede such monsters But this seemeth not agreeable to my matter beeing Euangelical for that this application is poeticall But surelie it is not without good morall for the multitude in deede may be well compared to a beaste of manye heades vnstayed in respect of manye guides vnconstaunt in respect of many mindes vnruly in respect of manye members And therfore this argument of many heads better then one holdeth not in causes of heauenlye reuelations for the trueth commeth not from the multitude it proceedeth not from the wise nor is to be expected of the learned in respect of the many professing one things or in re spect of the wise in naturall pollicies nor in respect of profound study It commeth not from men of whatsoeuer iudgement but euen from the very spirite of God the teacher thereof The truth is Gods it is of God and his gift it is that the men of base callinges and iudgementes in worldlie causes conceiue the trueth speake the truth and are able to teach the trueth which in deede of it selfe is simple pure cleare and not mixed with the traditions nor the deuises nor tyed to the power or strength of mortall men And therefore to shew the weaknesse of manye heades and their errours and to confirme his truth by the handes of one and that of the weakest and moste frayle sexe he caused an example in that behalfe to bee written for our experience namely that where there were manye magistrates in the Citie of Bethulya and they all layinge there heades together determined a course contrarye to the truth namely rashlye to tye the will of God and his hande to their owne prefixed time or els to giue ouer their Citie to the Captayne of the enimie of God This was their resolute determination when indeed it behooued them by the rule of Gods worde to haue referred them-selues in faith vnto the good prouidence of God as these forenamed three men did and to tarry the Lords leasure for their deliuery But a sillie woman perceiuing this their rashe resolucion by the instincte of the holye Ghoste the teacher of the truth openly reprooued them in that they shewed in themselues no sparke of patience neither allowed that power and omnipotencie to God for their deliuerie which he shewed to manye before them but tying as it were his will vnto their wils indented with him the tyme and maner of their deliuerie And shee referring the whole state of the Citie vnto the mightye hande of the Lorde in a perfect hope sounded vpon the truth miraculouslye preuayled in deliuering the poore besiged Citie from the blouddy handes of the wicked idolaters This was a weake meane in the iudgement of man yet did the Lorde vouchsafe vnto her proceedinges the successe acceptable vnto the poore oppressed heartes of manye people And let vs then but thinke the lyke or farre more power is giuen vnto the hande of our godlye Iudith to cut off the hautye aspiringe heade of mightye Holophernes of Rome and his adherentes the graunde Captaine of all the aduersaries of Christ and Christians These examples reprooue those that in their actions goe about either to tie Gods truth vnto their many heads or build their resolucion vpon the might of the multitude If Noah had builded his resolucion vppon the resolucion of the multitude and had ioyned his consent vnto the resolute determinations of the multitude hee shoulde haue had his portion with the multitude in the swelling and mercylesse waters and not haue tasted the sweetnesse of the prouidence of GOD in the Arke So surelye if we shoulde looke into the common sort of men into the generalitie of consents or into the common vse of countries not guide our selues by the rule of Gods worde we coulde not but perish in the merciles waters of errours and neuer enioy the sweet comfort of the Arke with the true Church of Christ. And therefore had Lot a care a diligent eye and carefull consideration vnto the course of the Citye of Sodome and feared to giue consent vnto the multitude because he knew their generall inclinations declininge from the right waye And so leauing the multitude vnto their owne course tooke a priuate course with himselfe according to the direction of the trueth and was saued from the destruction that fell vpon the multitude so that we maye

ship tossed vpon the sea Deliuery frō deepest danger procureth greatest ioye Mat. 5. 10. The hope of the kingdom of God a●meth vs to ●e●e persecution 1. Pet. 4. 12. They that truly suffer shall appeare vvith Christ in glory A friuolous question VVherein our comforte standeth in persecution Reu. 6. 7. Io. 16. 2. 3 They that knovve not Christ persecute his members Dan. 3. 1. Ignorance of the trueth mother of persecution Tirannous emperors not knovving God The Papistes absurdities The conscience as a booke laide open The practises of the papists sufficient testimony of their condēnation Pauls persecution before his conuersion Act. 9. 4. Pauls conuersion Christ and his church all one A good salue for a conscience guiltie of ●auoring traytors A singuler benefit of God S●●●rity dan g●rous Pau●e repaired to God vvhen Sathan assaulted him Trust in God is the cause that the vvorld hate th vs. Conspiracye and treasons ha●● alvvais the gloose of good intēt God detesteth the desire of shedding innocent bloud Indifferenci● lukvvat●● nesse very perillous A godly admonition to auoid consēt vnto the deuises of counter ●ait catholickes A vveake vvicked resolution Flattery a couer for deceit Counterfaite Catholikes like vnto Camelions The blindnesse of the Papists Catholickes knovvne by their fruits A president for our present conspiracies God is on out side therfore the les cause to feare man The practises of the vvicked turne to their ovvne perdition The prouidence of god tovvards vs and our enemies A fevv good Christians shall be strōger then many counterfait catholiks The godnesse of God tovvards our godly fathers The goodnes of God extended tovvards vs in thes present dangers shovveth vs as in a booke his aide for eue● more ready The light of the gospel course of tēporal gouernement VVhat good good examples vvorke euen vvith fidels Ezech. 2. 5. Notable cōfort Lu. 12. 32. Gods protection maketh the beleeuers strong Ier. 1. 18. Iosh. 1. 5. Heb. 13. 6 Ps. 118. 6. 1. King 13. 4 The Lorde drieth vp the arme of antichrist by cutting of his ministers Although all our aduersaries yet bee not found ou● to abide the lavv their ovvne consciences vvil be such a law as shal make them consume avvay Ps. 26. 5 VVe muste ●o●●● vvith the godlye in the 〈◊〉 of pr●●●e The v●i●e excuse of romish catholickes for their conspiracyes Num. 16. ●1 The conspiracy of Korah Dathan and Abyram Act. 9. 4. The glorye of counterfait catholik A golden vi●ard vpon a ●eaden ●ace Esa. 1. 16. ● Pet. 1. 15 Pro. 2● 1● A godly ●●●eat vnto those that ●re polluted with the poyson of popish practise 1. Tim. 2. 4. The benefit of the worde of God Mat. 11. ●8 The water of life is in the basō of gods booke Act. 2. 40. Esa. 1. 19. 20 The revvard of rebellion 1 pet 1. 13. VVherupon these men ground the hope of their defence Multitude the glory of Popish profession VVhat gods enemies haue protested to do The multitud a monster of many heades The truth hath but one head Hovv dangerous it is to cleaue vn to the multitude Esa. 14. 12. Ex. 23. ● Hovv the pa●●ls do conclude that their religiō is good Such slaunderous false accusations are novv cōmon vvith the Papistes against christians The slaunderous accusations o● the Papistes against the Queene and Realm c. They shoote at the heade that it being cut of the members should decay The gain that these men shoulde get by their change Hovv their guilty conscience would vvorke in them In fine they shall find the falsehood of their father of lies the pope merely to deceiue their expectation Gal. 5. 19. Proofe of the condemnation of conspirators The effects of the popes Promises The crovvne of their glory The cause of their collour Their determinat counsell christians ●evvish●o●n sell to take christians Dissimulation the beginning and destruction the end of their practises VVilful blindnesse Gods goodnesse in reueling their conspiracies Hovv euery Christian ought to pray for these mē The ven●u●e of hipocrisie Not only the act but the desire is to bee auovded Indifferencie perillous The effecte of the popes dispensations an increase of sinne The Popes assistants VVe muste bevvare of the multitude The goodnes of God tovvards vs. For Gods protection tovvards vs we must be carefull of our duties to him God being iealous of his ovvne glory vvill not suffer the vv●ked to preuaile Ma. 2. 1. 16. Lu. 23. 18. The truth vvil preuaile notvvithstāding all resisters No excuse novve for the obstinate blinde It is meere in credulity to thinke that the truth may be suppressed by the force of man Gods care tovvards hi● smal number The argument of the multitude hurtfull to the vveake Ro. 2. 11. Not the outvvarde show but the inwa●de zeale maketh to perseuere The good pleasure of the lord is to haue vs leaue bondage 〈◊〉 take liberty There muste be a godlye care in all sortes of men and a vvatch full eye after the example of Paule VVee muste dayly haue in minde Sathans diligēce to seduce vs and with grace to arme our selues against him VVee had need of many vvatchmen The endeuor of the popes ministers The good godly resolution of Sidrach mesech Abednago To follovv the multitude is no good excuse Christians ought to haue this resolution VVeaknes of potentates in yeelding seruitude to Antichrist The resolutiō of recusants A speciall thing to bee noted in the resolution of our recusāts Dispensation for distunulation This is taken from the serpentssubtilty in seducing Ad● ●u● A damnable pollicy practised by the Papists The foundation of dissimulation is dispensation It cannot found with the vvill of God to dissemble before men Parries counterfait obedience His due revvarde Conspiracy of Ballard the rest of his confederats Their damnable resolutiō Act. 23. 12. An encouragement to be constant Tirants vs● threats to te●●i●y the godly but all in vaine The faithfull constancy of the godly A right resolution Hovv vvee must resolue our selues against the tyr ranny of Romaine conspirators Our resolution Our vndoubted comforte in Christ in all sorts of torments is not to bee doubted Gods iudgementes against the vvicked conspirators of his seruantes confusions Good examples to be applied to our time Gods prouidence alvvaies ready to help his God is alvvaies ready either in outvvard deliuery or invvard comfort to aid ye The multitude vvith their many heads resembled vn to Hydra the serpent The spirit of God teacheth the truth God doeth shevv his povver not to consist in the multitude his truth not to be founded vpon many heads The citizens magistrats of Bethulia in their many heads deceiued The godly Iudith of England shal cut off the head of Holophernes of Rome Noahs resolution not builded vpō the multitude Lots care diligence to auoide the generall course of the people of Sodom The daunger of looking back into auncient errors Many vvere brought out of Romishe Egipt in the