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A02671	A sermon preached at Brocket Hall, before the right vvorshipfull, Sir Iohn Brocket, and other gentlemen there assembled for the trayning of souldiers; Sermon preached at Brocket Hall, before the right worshipfull, Sir John Brocket, and other gentlemen there assembled for the trayning of souldiers.	Harris, Edward, fl.1587-1590.	1588 (1588)	STC 12803; ESTC S119766	20,841	48

the people from that yeere 367. to the end of those thousand yeres S. Iohn aunswereth They shal be dead in sinnes and trespasses euery day more more through the ignorance of the trueth of Gods word but at the end of those thousand yerrs they shal reuiue againe With what resurrection shal they reuiue shal their bodies thē rise out of the graue No saith S. Iohn they shall liue againe by the first resurruction or rising of the man from sinne for at the ende of those thousand yeres 1. Anno domini 1367. the gospel shall breake forth againe and in doe de then VVickleiffe began to preach and men shall reuiue againe by the meanes of the true preaching of the worde that then shall be Some might further aske what shall Sathan then bée bound vp still after this time of one thousand yeeres expired that is after the yeere 1367 S. Iohn aunswereth no but he shall bee loosed againe and shall fall to persecuting of the truth then preached which persecution shal last for a little season verse 3. After all this to come now vnto our selues it might bee demaunded by whom Sathan should persecute the professors of the trueth that short time Saint Iohn aunswereth by Gog and Magog whome hee should at the last stirre vp to make warre against the Saincts Ye see now we are come deerely beloued vnto our owne time The Gospell which lay hidde as it were till the yeere 1367. than began to shine foorth againe by the preaching of Wickleife since that time which is but a shorte space in comparison the professors of the Gospell haue bene persecuted now Gog and Magog make warre against the true professors of Christianitie Who are meant will some say by Gog and Magog Concerning Gog looke Ezech. 38. and 39. and there you shall see that Gog is called the Prince of Mesech and Tuball by which Tuball are vnderstood the Italians and Spaniardes as the learned may see in Iohn Funcius his diuision of the world in his chronicle by Mesech the Turkes by Magog the Tartarians and wee doe all of vs knowe that these are they which at this time doe persecute Christianitie the Turkes in the Cast Church the Spaniards and Italians in the West and North partes of Christendome We see then who are God and Magog as also that our enemies which warre against vs that is to say the Italians and Spaniardes are a parte of them what comforte haue wee by this or how doth this put vs out of feare by shewing that the Lord will fight for vs that which followeth in the text will strengthen vs in the Lord. For the holie ghost telleth vs plainly that Gog Magog shall compasse the tentes of the Saincts about but fire sayth he came downe from GOD out of heauen and deuoured them verse 9. Whereby is meant either that God will plague punish and destroy them with most terrible indgements from heauen according to the phrase of the. Scripture Psal 18.12.13.14 Psal 11.6 Or els that the last iudgement shall come vpon them and take them in their wickednesse whilest they are warring against the Saincts and people of God both which are of force and sufficient to encourage vs. For if the Lorde will fight for vs with vengeance from heauen against our enemies against the Popish Italians and Spaniards by name which are a parte of Gog. what more auaileable to encourage vs against them Or els if the Lord will hasten his indgement and for the saluation and deliuetance of his people whom Gog and Magog hath compassed his Saincts about to destroy them wil oppresse them with that reuenging fire which shall accompanie that last iudgement of his what can bee a greater consolation then this that our brethren wheresoeuer and we shall not long fight and striue against these enemics of ours before the day of indgement shall come and vtterly destroy them O my brethren I beseech you in the name of Christ Iesu let vs not once faint nor be afraide ye see the times agree the enemies are named the trouble is begunne in some places a good while since let vs not doubt but the Lorde which neuer deceiueth will performe his promise in due time take vengeance on our enemics In y meane season let vs be couragious for our people for our true religion for the cities of our God let the Lord do that which is good in his eyes 2. Sam. 10.12 For the persons hetherto let vs now weigh the comfort and consolation which we haue by the causes for which they assayle vs and in confidence wherof we prepare and addresse our selues against them It appeareth deerely beloued by that which is written Iud. 20. how they which set vppon any to destroy them should haue a good cause otherwise they cannot hope and looke for the helpe and assistance of the almightie The rest of the Tribes when they make themselues readie to battaile against the Behiamites it is for want of reformation and punishing of men which had committed most shamefull and detestable filthinesse with a Leuites wife neither that alone but moreouer had murdered her by that meanes Haue our enemies any such cause of warring against vs Uerely no. Wherefore then are they gathered together wherefore doe they threaten Fire and Sworde There is no doubt whatsoeuer bee pretended the setting vp againe of their Romish religion the suppressing of the Gospell now preached among vs the satisfying of the bloodthirstie minde of their proude Pops is altogether entended by this warre of theirs This ought then to turne vnto our comforte and setting all feare a parte to cause vs vnder hope of the Lorde his helpe and assistance to goe with couragious heartes against them They assault to driue vs from the the Lorde wee defende that wee may not bee seperated from him they fight to bereaue vs of the true preathing of the worde the onely comforte of our soules wee striue to keepe continue and entrease it amongst vs they bende themselues to fulfill the minde of Antichrist wee withstande to accompish the minde of Christe They warre to bring Poperie the stucke of all sedition and vngodlinesse amongst vs wee resist to keepe it out and to retaine trueth the mother of peace and godlinesse still in the lande Thus they fight for an euill wee for a good cause Then let vs boldly fight this battaile of the Lorde For seeing they doe not come out against our Soueraigne and against our Countrie for any Euill that they haue founde in them but onely rise vp to persecute vs and to seeke our soules for professing the trueth and doing after that which is right and equall let vs not doubt but The soules of our Soueraigne and of her people are bounde vp in the bundle of life with the Lorde their God and that GOD will cast out the soules of our enemies as out of the middle of a Sling 1. Sam. 25. Remember that worthic exhortation of Jesus the sonne of

are the Church of Christ and Popedome Christes kingdome wherefore nothing letteth but that this may serue their turnes as well as ours The aunswer is easie deerely beloued Papistes are not of Christes kingdome The reason is manifest Christes kingdome is appoynted to subdue as al other so the Romaine Monarchie and Empire whether the beast or image of the beast doe the Papistes fulfill this Nay cleane contrarie they with their Pope and Catholike King doe all that they can to restore it and to bring againe that Romaine supremacie which Christ by his Church hath ouerthrowne into euery corner of the world Will the kingdome of Christ labour to build vp that which the kingdome of Christ hath destroyed No verely but whatsoevuer they bee which goe about that as out Popish and Spanish aduersaries doe they are out of all question of the kingdome of Antichrist To conclude therefore and to make an ende of this reason the kingdome of Christ wherof are as many as professe and practise the substance of our religion truely and whereof no Papistes are shall bruse the Romaine Monarchie in peeces till it become like the chaffe of the sommer flowers and the winde carie it away that no place be found for it any more saith the Prophet Daniel whervpon it must needes followe that they and all the eudeuours of them which labour to restore and set vp againe that Romaine suprematic shall come to nought I reason not of the maner how these things shall be done it is enough for vs to know that God will set vp Christes kingdome and make that it shall triumph especially ouer the Romaine Monarchie and defenders thereof or any that labour to restore it as these our aduersaries doe Thus ye see deerely beloued how the Lorde will fight for his seruants and by them that he will fight against them that haue shed the blood of his children as these our enemies haue done that he will powre his vengeance vpon the adherents of the whore of Babilon by the hand of those which hate her as I trust all true English men do that he will fight against them that are gathered against his Church at the prouocation of those croking Jesuites that he will fight from heauen with fire and most terrible iudgements against Gog Magog whereof these our enemies are a part as I shewed you Wherefore all these things considered and thought vpon crie vnto vs feare them not because the Lord which goeth before vs he wil fight for vs especially so manifold causes wherein he hath promised to helpe his being added Some Papistes will obiect peraduenture Nay but the Lorde he goeth before your enemies and therefore ye cannot stande Let vs therefore see what that phrase employeth to the entent we may bee assured whether the Lorde goe before them or vs and so cousequently may bee farre of from fearing them as becommeth the true children of God When Mofes saith The Lorde goeth before them he meaneth that he was their guide by whō they were conducted their Captaine whom they followed and vnder whose banner they warred which therefore would faue and defende his faith full Souldiers Doth this agree to the religion of these our enemies No verely Why so Consider the reason deerely beloued and you will easely finde it 1 They which will in no wise be content vnlesse they may haue a mortall man goe before them in the person of Christ and as his pretended Uicar in their Church they shewe that the Lord himselfe goeth not before them for what absurditie were it to haue a Liuetenant or Uicar where the Prince himselfe is not onely in presence but moleouer supplieth the office of going before his people Pet this doe our aduersaries for albeit Christ continually goe before his Church and people in his owne person yet they will not bee content vnlesse they may haue an ydolatrous person vnder the name of his Uicar bee their guide and goe before them in their Church which declareth that the Lorde Jesu Christ himselfe goeth not before them For then what needed a Uicar exercising such authoritie if the Lord himselfe fulfill the office and goe before them in his owne person Adde hercuuto that they pray vnto Sainctes deûring them to pray vnto the Lorde for them which were both needlesse and foolish if it were so that the same Lorde which calleth all his saith full vnto himselfe and not to the Sainctes were present and went before their Church and enery member thereof as wee deleeue be doth his true Church and euery member of it For what a straunge matter were it to desire a Sainct which is farre of and whereof one hath no sureite that hee heares him to speake in his behalfe vnto the Lorde who standeth by him and goeth immediatly before him that praieth hearing his suite 2 Moreouer the Scripture is plaine which teacheth vs that there is no agreement betweene God and Beliall with Christ and an ydoll so that there is no doubt but he withdraweth his presence where the idoll is adummced and goeth not before them before whome the idoll goeth Consider than of out enemies deetely veloued doe not they carric before them the ydolatrous hoast or masse-cake yea as the Israelites sayde to their golden calfe These are thy Gods O Israell which brought thee vp out of the land of AEgypt do not they say in like manner to their breaden God This is our very Sauiour O ye Catholiques which died for vs and deliuered vs from hell and damnation forasmuch then as that filthie Idoll goeth before them it is apparant that Christ our Lord who can not agree nor will not ioyne with Idols goeth not before them that he conducteth them not and that they fight not vnder his banner As for vs brethren we knowe and feele the effectuall presence of Christ our Lorde to bee such to vs ward so mightie so auaileable that we neither desire a visible Uicar generall nor flie to inuisible Saincts wee abhorre and detest their idolatrous Passe withall the whorish attire thereof and therfore trust that our Lord he goeth before vs especially if we flie from all other things which may prounke him to forsake vs and that he will fight for vs in such forte that we shall not neede to feare our enemies Let vs come to the second reason of Moses erbortation which as I shewed you before is taken from their former tryall of Gods protection in the land and deliuerance out of the land of AEgipt or is grounded vpon the right vse of Gods benefites and deliuerances which his children afore time haue receiued for verely God therefore deliuered his people at one time that they hauing thereby erperience of his good will and power might by faith resort vnto him another time and trust to his helpe and assistance and receiuing helpe praise him therfore That I may not vee tedious vnto you in this poynt I will bring one example and proofe which for the cleere euidence thereof