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A07557	The princelie progresse of the church militant marching forth by the steps of the flocke to her triumphant bridegrome Christ Iesus. Encountered with an erronius army, turned aside from Iesus to the Ieesitcall [sic] faction, to fight with the lambe, and make warre with the saints. As it appeareth in the ensuing opposition. With an addition demonstrating the abolishing of Antichrist, supreme head of heretickes, and vniuersall maintainer of treason. Written by Thomas Bedle.	Bedle, Thomas.	1610 (1610)	STC 1794; ESTC S113620	73,293	130

THE PRINCELIE PROGRESSE OF THE CHVRCH MILITANT marching forth by the steps of the flocke to her triumphant Bridegrome CHRIST IESVS ENCOVNTERED WITH AN erronious Army turned side from IESVS to the IEBVSITICALL Faction to fight with the Lambe and make warre with the SAINTS As it appeareth in the ensuing Oppositions With an Addition demonstrating the abolishing of Antichrist supreme Head of Heretickes and vniuersall Maintainer of treason Written by THOMAS BEDLE ISAIAH 29.11 Reade this I pray thee Then shall he say I cannot LONDON Printed by Nicholas Okes dwelling neare Holburne Bridge 1610. TO THE MOST EXCELLENT MIGHTIE PVISSANT WISE AND VERTVOVS PRINCE IAMES by the grace of God King of great Brittaine France and Ireland defender of the Faith c. T. B. wisheth all celestiall Honour and eternall Blisse MOST mightie Monarch In the infancie of the precious blooming Church planted by the perfection of beauty vpon the earth Lucifer in his instruments roared against it Christianos ad leonem non licet esse Christianos In the reigne of Queene Mary the haire then being growne as white as the bloome of the Almonde tree Christianos ad ignem non licet esse Christianos In the reigne of Queene Elizabeth when ●either Lyon nor Fire te●rified Gods children he hastened to Rome s●nt away Perillus brasen Bull to see if any Phalaris would or could torment Gods children therein But when none of power could be found he knowing that the Children of the Church plaied stil about the mouth of the Bull as vpon the hole of the Aspe poasted from Rome to this little Paradise to try if he could by speaking to your Maiestie in Popish bookes and petitions procure your Grace to the Churches subuersion to eate of the forbidden fruite But herein likewise failing he mustereth vp Cayphas knights that they might besiege the Church by compassing the tents of the Saints about and the beloued citty inhabiting as a glorious Monarch liuing vnder your gracious and royall regiment in the Parliament house to the end shee might as the Chariot of Light there imployed to Gods glory be ouerturned by those Phaëtons h●s instrumentall surtes in whom he euermore roareth Nemo nostrûm frug●esto But seeing right royall Soueraigne the all-seeing Deity that made them cry Deus venit in castra vae no●is hath preuented the same to the giuing of vs you Maiesty as a King not amongst vs before once more in all humilitie as vpon a second Coronation I do present vnto your Highnesse these liuely Oppositions shewing the diff●rence betweene the truth preached by the Lords Ambassadours and the falshood by Popish instruments which Gentlemen vnworthy of that stile would with so much bloud set vp Thus crauing pardon of your gracious Cl●mencie for my boldnesse herein In all humility praying to God to blesse your Maiestie your vertuous Queene and royall progeny with the glorious beatitude of this life and the blisse of eternity I humbly take my leaue Your Maiesties poore Subiect in all humble and dutifull obedience Thomas Bedle. TO ALL ENGLISH Metamorphosed Romanes THE Iesuites seriously plotting which way through treas●n they might reedifie the walles of Rome with panting hearts and by the meanes of vnmercifull fire make spacious streets for some second Nero to walke in sent forth as it cannot bee vnknowne vnto you Gentlemen of the Romish faction their books the fore-rūners of that wicked designe in the meane time to sollicite their causes and to prepare to battell when the Alarum to the Massaker should be giuen Out of which Popish bookes I thought good to draw these few Oppositions First that you may know the Protestants of England bred vnder the preaching of the Gospell not to be caried with blind Papists like Haukes hooded they know not whither Secondly that you may examime by the same whet●er the Church of God be visible still at Rome or no For saith the Argument before the Acts in your Rhems The Church shall still continue visible in Rome vntill the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in Which examinatiō being taken by your doctrine the effect of your doctrine it wil appeare that Antichrist is gotten into the temple of God seeking to draw from the true faith to abrogate the daily sacrifice and atchieue desolation All which as your Annotations vpon the Rhems teacheth a●e the markes of Antichrist For doctrine the Church of Rome disgracefully teacheth yea blaspemously first that if God command vs impossibilities and not for doing them doth not onely punish vs temporally b●t damne vs perpetually He I say saith Kellison must needs be more cruell inhumane more barbarous then any Scythian so tyrannical that in respect of him Nero Domitianus and Dionysius were no tyrants but clement Princes But we may say to these proud blasphemers as Saint Augustine said to the Pelagians The Pelagians thinke themselues cunning men when they say God would not command that thing that he knoweth a man is not able to do And who is there that knoweth not this But therefore God commandeth vs to do some things that we are not able to do that we may vnderstand that we ought to craue of him Secondly their doctrine is disgraceful to Christ and to the decree of the whole Trinity concerning the redemption of man through Christ who vndertooke for Adam before he was created that if Adam did fall to redeeme him to his pristen estate Otherwise God could not in iust●ce haue condemne● his Son for Adams transgression had he not bene obliged for him before he became a traytor to God Contrary to this precious redemption K●llison saith If Christ hath deliuered vs from hell because he hath payed the punishment due to sinne and requireth no other satisfaction at our hands then doth he in a manner egge vs forward to all vice But if a Pope with Vrban the 6. or Clement the 7. giue remission of sinnes to commit sinne by fighting in priuate schismes or to murther a Prince with Innocent the ● they do not egge forward to vice But if Christ hath taken away sin yet he onely with Kellison although also he worketh a glorious renouation in man eggeth forward nay openeth a wide ga●e to all licencious libertie vice and in●●uity Thirdly they seeke the disgrace of Christian Faith stiling it an idle apprehension of Christs iustice and a lying faith But their faith which is onely hope well corroborated confirmed and strengthened vpon the promises and graces of God and the parties merite or in the Popes Pardons or in the merit of others which can merit their owne glory and others saluation VVhereas Christ merited his owne glory as the Annotations vpon the Rhems teacheth this Romish faith is no idle apprehension nor lying faith But to haue an affiance in Christ for happinesse which is the very life and soule of faith that onely with them is an idle apprehension of Christs Iustice and a lying faith Lastly they seeke the disgrace of all religion in teaching Christs sacrifice is not

sufficient to vphold religion and the worship of God But a round cake offered by a new sacrificing Priest to deface the ●lory and eternall Priesthood of Christ that is sufficient By this it doth appeare that the Church of Rome attempting to draw from the true faith and abrogating the daily sacrifice Christ Iesus to the setting vp of the abhomination of desolation prophesied in Daniel is not the true Church but the Church of Antichrist As in doctrine it proueth it selfe opposite to Christ so in the action of seeking d●solation as well temporall as spirituall vnder the colour of merite it doth the like For the fruit of their doctrine is to murther Princes and to ruinate States that Antichrist may sit still in the wildernesse To which end they wēt vp as Christ hath foretold into the plaine of the earth they compassed the tents of the Saints For it is not saith Saint Augustine De ciuitate Dei lib. 20. to be taken that the persecutors should gather to any place as though the campe of the Saints or beloued city shoul● be but in one place which indeed are no other thing but the Church of Christ sprea● through the whole world And therefor● wheresoeuer the Church shall then be which shall be in all nations euen then for so much i● insinuated by the earth here specified there shall the tents of the Saints be and the beloued city of God and there shall she be besieged by all her enemies which shall be in euery country where she is in most cruell and forcible sort And thus shee hath bene besieged not to speake of the Bohemians the Massaker in France and other places in this little Island by an army of Priests of whom Gregory Bishop of Rome hath long foretold saying All things are done which were foreshewed the King of pride is at hand and that which is a vile thing to be spoken an army of Priests is prepared for him because they which should be chiefe in humility doe serue as Souldiers vnder pride and arrogancy By this army of Priest● sent by the King of pride treasons haue grown● vp in this kingdome as close together as the husk● and corne in one eare Squier sent by Walpoole the Iesuite a fellow-worker to the King of Pride marched hither to this end with his poyson Parry sent by Benedict Palimon the Iesuite an other of the ranke with a knife with many moe whose tailes were bound together like Sampsons Foxes to destroy the land Yea by fire also had not the prouidēce of God preuented the gunpowder treason Thus briefly the Church of Rome likewise appeareth in seeking desolation to be the visible Church of Antichrist And for the further proofe hereof I referre you gentle readers to these few Oppositions following Thus wishing you all happinesse in the Lord and well freed of the Iesuits which like Cannibals hunt after the soules and bloud of you and your posterities as wofull experience teacheth I end THOMAS BEDLE THE TABLE Opposition 1. THat God creating vs able to fulfill his law is neither in commanding nor in punishing vs in not performing his will an vnreasonable Prince as Popery teacheth Oppos 2. That Protestant Preachers teaching the true vse of the law open the way to piety That Popish Priests teaching impieties contrary t● the law open a gappe to vnutterable villany Oppos 3. That Christ in taking away our sinnes doth not as Popery auerreth egge forward to vice but to vertue That Popes and popish Priests in giuing remission of sin● to commit sinne open a gate to all licencious libertie Oppos 4. That Christ hath perfected our saluation and not left it to our co-operation That Popish Priests which auerre that Christ hath only merited grace for vs co-operate not with that grace but with disgrace of the holy Trinity Oppos 5. That it is not in the power of man to raise himselfe from death to life That Popish Priests in teaching the contrary goe about therein to blot out Gods couenant concerning the absolute remission of sins in Christ to extenuate the merits of our Sauiours passion and to abase the power of Gods Spirit Oppos 6. That we are iustified by Christs whole entire obedience of the law and not by part That Popish Priests in denying this doctrine send men to seeke their saluation in the confusion of Babylon Oppos 7. That we are iustified by faith in Christ which faith is not an idle apprehension of Christs iustice or a lying faith as Popery teacheth That the faith Popish Prists teach is an idle apprehension and lying faith Oppos 8. That Protestant Preachers in teaching an inherent righteousnesse as well as an imputatiue open a gap to all piety That Popish Priests teaching neither an imputatiue nor an inherent righteousnesse but an inherent euill open a gap to all kind of impiety Oppos 9. That the faithfull mans praier beleeuing the remission of sinnes is not without most excellent vse That Popish Priests praiers are most idolatrous yet 〈◊〉 they not weare their hose out of the knees to say them except they may merit heauen by them Oppo. 10. That Protestants acknowledging Christ their only Aduocate neither rob nor dispoyle him of honor That Popish Priests rob and dispoyle him of all honor to bestow it elsewhere Oppo. 11. That Protestants beleeuing in Christ to the remission of sinnes haue both a religion and sacrifice That Popish Priests in seeking their saluation in thei● consecrated cake holy water ashes palmes candle and such like ioyned in commission with that their G●● of bread as a God not all-sufficient to saue of himselfe haue neither religion nor sacrifice An Addition demonstrating the abolishing of Antichrist vniuersall maintainer of treason and supre●● head of Heretiques THE PRINCELY PROGRESSE OF THE CHVRCH MILITANT marching forth by the steps of the Flocke to her triumphant Bridegrome CHRIST IESVS OPPOS 1. THe Protestants doctrine which affirmeth that the commandements are impossible maketh God an vnreasonable Prince Suruey of the new religion pag 459. THE Protestant Preachers in teaching Gods commandemens impossible to be kept preach the truth yet is God as the sequele shall declare most good iust and no vnreasonable Prince To the manifestation hereof we are to consider that Iehouah who in all eternity meditated in the mirror of his Maiestie concerning the creation of Angels and Men to the end they might participate of his immortalitie and permanent felicitie And withall the heauen and earth so excellent in beauty so admirable in variety as glorious pallaces for them to dwell in To the effecting at the time prefixed what he had in his eternall counsell decreed created the Angels with an vnderstanding of surpassing excellency and of nature most simple next vnto his diuine and sacred Deity Afterward not to speake of the worlds creation he made these glorious creatures witnessing spectators of Adams noble birth made by Gods owne hand of the virgin-like earth and in his owne image Not that the