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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

the death not onely outwardlye in wordes but euen to the faces of our aduersaries in inwarde zeale vnto the death framing our affections our heartes our mindes and all the powers of our bodies to bring foorth the fruites of that profession which we seeme to holde and as we haue the names of protestantes so if we protest before men in our workes and before God in our consciences the truth of his word then let the serpent seeke what shiftes he can let sathan do his worst and the red dragon the bishop of Rome and all the rabble of his adherents waite till they be weary and their multitudes make what glorious shews of threats for our ouerthrow they can yea let all the kings of the earth and great princes of the world that haue taken vp the swoord against Christ and his spouse the church frame all their forces and yet shall his little flocke be safe vnder the shadow of his winges The mighty power of the Lorde hath from the beginning defended maintained and alwayes preserued the true doctrine of his worde and the true professours thereof and let vs not feare but he will to the end defend maintaine and preserue the same hee hath promised it that will surely performe it Whatsoeuer is written was written for our learninge that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might haue hope namely constantly for the loue of the kingdome of God to stande in the day of triall For as the worde of God is pure simple and without anye kinde of spot or wrinckle So it requireth those that be professors therof to be pure simple and constant without deceit without dissimulation or hipocrisie For the world the multitude loue shiftes starting holes meanes to deceiue God and good men And therfore brag the enimies of God and say they haue the whol world on their side the greatest part of people And the reason is because their deuises and traditions are of the world For saith Christ vnto his disciples if you were of the worlde the worlde woulde loue you but I haue chosen you out of the world and therfore doth the world hate you We see then that the way to become true christians is not to ioyne with the multitude to tread the steps of the greatest part of the world for so shall we shake hands with the Elders and rulers with the whole troupe of the Iewes with Pilate with Herode and the Emperours power to rise vp againste Christe and his truth as now the greatest part of the world do which God forbid many are called but few are chosen Then are not the greatest part of the world that heare the word of God the seruants of God The truth is not tyed to the multitude nor to the outwarde shew of coloured christian conuersation but hee that feareth the Lorde which is in the heart and worketh righteousnesse which is also in the outwarde conuersation is accepted with him The multitude then make not any thing at all for vs or against vs the truth shall no doubt triumph mightely preuaile when we shall see Pharaoh of Rome and all the huge host of his confederacie ouer throwne in the red sea of their owne inuentions For he that brought Israell out of Aegypt he that dryed vp the red sea he that brought water out of the hard rocke and he that hath done so many wonderfull thinges for our fathers of olde which we maye applye for our comfort hee which hath brought foorth and reuealed so manye treacheries and treasons againste our moste gratious Queene and common-weale of late daies practized he euen he shall deliuer vs from the Romishe tyrannie he shall drye vp the sea of their blouddy conspiracies that they shall not touch vs or hinder vs but shall tourne them euen vppon their owne pates he shal bring the water of perfect knowledge out of the rocke of his worde whereof all the faithfull of the world shall drincke Therefore with a louing consent let vs make the sweet harmonye of thankes giuing for his moste gratious deliueraunce for which our mouthes maye rightlye bee filled with laughter at the foolishe deuises of these wicked men and our heartes bee replenished with ioye of the mercifull protection of the Lorde who hath as we see done great thinges for vs alreadye for which euerye true Christian hath great cause to reioyce The righteous loue to speake of this they loue to consider it and likewise to praise the the mighty power of the God of heauen for the performance of it If the children of Israell were much bound vnto the goodnes of God for their deliuerye from the bondage of their bodies in Aegypt how far greater cause haue we to thinke our selues bound vnto the mighty hand of God and his aboundaunt mercies that hath brought vs out of the bondage of soule and bodye from the Romish Babylon chaunging our spirituall captiuitie into spirituall liberty blacke idolatry into the true seruice of God in knowledge and true seruice of whome standeth oure saluation our assured helpe and infallible defence againste the multitude of all the aduersaries of Gods truth Let vs therefore reioyce and singe that most acceptable song which most pleaseth the Lorde namely the vnfeyned reformation of liues and conforming them after a more dutiful sort to God and Christ that our conuersations before men maye witnes our perfect Christianity and our certaine being the children of God let vs beautifie the chambers of our hearts with the flourishinge braunches of a godlye life let vs morti●ie and kill all those euil and peruerse affections which break forth and darken the bright beames of that profession which euery true christian ought to hold Let vs beare the sayles of our conuersations euen with the wind of the worde of God And let the holye Ghost rule the sterne and guide the rowder of our desires leaste that we cracke the barke of our religion againste the rockes of slaunderous toonges So shall our aduersaries be ashamed to mutter against vs for liuing contrarye to that which we professe and God who is our onely defence shall be pleased with vs in his son Christ and continue his wonted protection towards vs in this life so that we his little flocke shall not be dismaied at anye rumors of warres and other like threats of Gods enimies but shall though not of anye deserts of ours worthy in the end through the merites of Christ be partakers of the kingdom of heauen which God for his Christes sake graunt vs. Amen A Psalme of praise wherein the mercie the loue the prouidence strength and wisdome of God is remembred his mindfulnes of the afflictions and daungerous estate of his seruants in the time of their greatest need and the deserued confusion of the aduersaries of his truth briefly declared Oh Ioua Domine noster quàm nobile est tuum nomen in toto terrarum orbe I Will praise the Lord with all

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

heare the lawe of the Lord but say vnto the seers see not and to the Prophetes prophecie not vnto the people the trueth but speake flattering wordes vnto them prophecie errors go out of the way forsake the right path cause the holy one of Israell to cease from vs. Is not this the manner of these men to keepe such frō the truth which are tyed to their vsurped authoritie with the cordes of obstinate blindnes which was the cause that in the dais of Christ himself the multitude cried out to crucifie him yet thought they did wel Christ praied his father to forgiue thē saying they knowe not what they doe But it is now otherwise with vs for we haue the trueth before vs we may read it we haue the truth preched we may heare it we haue it reuealed we may vnderstande it and therefore the neglecting thereof is now inexcusable and the Lord will not suffer his truth now to be darkened with feyned holines And therefore let vs returne vnto our selues enter into cōsideration of our own cōuersations whether they be framed according to the trueth which we haue learned We are fruitfully most plentifully fed with the bread of life the gospell of Christ beyond al other Nations of the world let vs not be therfore glorious in our words only or in our outward actiōs expecting the praise of mē but let vs be pure in hart obediēt in soule mind to God that searcheth the raynes and entrals thereof and accepteth not of those that can but brag and say we haue the Gospell wee haue the Gospell and bringe not foorth the fruites of the Gospell It was not enough for the Iewishe Priestes to crye out the temple of God the temple of GOD as though the bare title of the temple maketh it the true temple of God or the name of a Christian a member of Christ or the title of a Protestant wherof some doe boast a man in deede that protesteth in life and inward zeale that he is a true Christian. The Papists cry out we are catholiques we are catholiques we are of the Church for looke vpon our external works of charity actions of deuotiō we fast we praye wee giue almes we pinch our bodies we scurge our selues wee are they that shall ascende vnto the holy hill But alas howe far these things are of thēselues from that which God requireth he himself declareth saying such as haue pure heartes and cleane handes such as are inwardly zealous togither with the outward testimonies of their godly life such shall inherite heauen And therefore there may bee manie wolues in lambes skinnes many deuils vnder the habite of Pharazaicall deuotion and therefore not in wordes or outwarde behauiour only standeth the perfect estate of a Christian but euen in the sinceritie and perfect purenesse of the heart depending in faith vppon the merits of Christ The outward action is the messenger of the hart it is a witnesse of the minde but not at all times a like for the outwarde kysse of Iudas was outwardly a token of loue and yet it proceeded of an heart full of gall and bitternesse of deceyte and murther his words of all hayle master came as if his lippes had testified obedience to his master but the poyson of Aspys was vnder his tong The muncke of Swynsted that poysoned Kinge Iohn came with his poysoned potion with the sweete words of wassayle my Leige and inwardly pretended the death of the King are there not in these dayes manie that can couer their poysoned practises with the outward show of all hayle Madam and God saue your Maiestie and such like faire words that come frō a poysonsom stomach doth not counterfeite deuation couer many diuelish deuises Is not sometimes dutifull obedience made the cloke for wilfull rebellion and diligent attendance made the collour of conspiracie Looke vpon Parrie his practises and there is a proofe of these pollicies Man seeth not the heartes of men but God findeth them out in their secrete counsailes he bewrayeth some to be traytors that make outward show of true subiectes And therefore let no man deceiue himselfe in a perswasion of his saftie when his heart is burned with the hoat yron of a guiltie conscience against God or his Prince God will not be flattered with although man flatter man dissemble with man or play the hypocrite before men for he will vncouer their cunning and reueale their inwarde deuises and showe them vnto the worlde as a due reproch and rewarde them in fine with the condigne guerdon of their endlesse tormentes Oh let vs therefore be wise in the truth let vs be circumspect as serpentes that wee be not ouer taken with these alluring Cerenes that sing sweetly in our eares absolution absolution pardon pardon dispensation dispensation for sin they deceyue vs they drawe vs with the flouds of errors beware that their pleasant tunes preuayle not with any of vs but like wise Vlysses let vs binde our soules to the maste of the trueth of Gods word least we yeeld the sayles of our consentes vnto the winde of their wylinesse and so being pertakers of their practises wee become likewise pertakers of their punishments Let vs be simple as doues let vs harbour no kind of wil to ioyne our selues with these dangerous men although the greatest part of the world that vnder the pretence of holines vnder the title of catholikes seeke to ouerthrowe the kingdome of god the church of Christ the knowledg of his word preching of his gospel Although they say Lord Lord they are not thereby made the seruants of the Lord. If we do not that which the Lord cōmandeth we are meere enemies vnto the Lorde It is not ynough to beare the greene leaues and the beautifull blossomes of a godly life but we must bring forth the fruits which come frō the roote heart of our in warde affections zealous obedience wherwith euery true christian is so adorned that whensoeuer Christ our sauiour passeth by vs with consideration of our good-workes he findeth thē so frutefull that he blesseth the figge tree of our hearts making it profitable though no● of it selfe yet by the inspiration of his holy spirite in such sort as men may see our good fruites glorifie our father for his mercifull watering our soules to the bringing foorth therof And on the contrary where there are the leaues the glorious showe of a godly life only in externall actions without the true fruts proceeding frō the heart the Lord hath no pleasure in that tree but curseth it withereth it euen with the breath of his mouth so that they that passe by shall say that in such paynted Sepulchers the Lorde hath no delight We must therefore endeuor to bring forth the fruts of a godly holy innocent life following as in outward profession so in