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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11964	A copy of a letter, vvritten by M. Doctor Carier beyond seas, to some particular friends in England. VVhereunto are added certaine collections found in his closet, made by him (as is thought) of the miserable ends of such as haue impugned the Catholike Church. To which also is annexed a briefe exhortation to perseuere constantly in the said Catholike Church, what opposition soeuer may occurre, and the danger of liuing out of the same; and lastly, a few examples of the admirable prosperity, of such as haue defended the Catholike Church	Carier, Benjamin, 1566-1614.	1615 (1615)	STC 4621; ESTC S118628	25,589	43

of Monkes and religious persons was killed with lightning and fire from heauen MAVRITIVS the Emperour who persecuted S. Gregory the Great was slaine of a common souldier his wife and all his children before put to death in his owne sight and so cried Iustus es Domine rectum iudicium tuum Thou art just O Lord and righteous is thy judgement Blondus lib. 3. Decad. 1. CONSTANS the Nephew of Heraclius banished Pope Martine for which he was hated of all his subiects saith Zonoras and so leauing Constantinople liued in Cicely and there was killed in the Bathe of his owne people about him Paul Diac. lib. 18. MICHAEL Emperour the sonne of Theophilus which behaued himselfe proudly against Pope Nicholas the first and most iniuriously deposed Ignatius the Patriarch of Constantinople when he went drunke to bed one night standing at his bed side was slaine of his owne domesticals Zonor Annal. tom 3. in Constante Michaele CONSTANTINVS PROGNATVS the son of Leo Isauricus a most cruell persecutor of the Catholike Clergie was stricken with fire from heauen and so died blaspheming Sigeb ad Ann. 778. These wonderfull and notable judgements of God Almightie happened to the greatest Princes in the East which persecuted Christ Iesus in his Vicars c. And there haue beene no lesse renowned in the West PERSECVTORS IN THE WEST CHVRCH HENRY the fourth the first of the Westerne Emperours which opposed himselfe against the Church after many iniuries offered thereunto being excommunicate by Gregory the 7. was depriued of his Empire by his owne sonne and at last forsaken of all died in great calamitie in exile out of the limits of the Empire Nauclerus vol. 3. gener 37. FREDERICVS BARBAROSSA which for many years persecuted the Church of God very rebellious and proud against the See Apostolike when he was bathing himselfe in a riuer for his pleasure in Cilicia was drowned of a sodaine and so ended Naucl. gen 40. OTHO the fourth after exceeding great iniuries done to the Church throughout all Italy being assaulted in warre and put to flight by Philip the French King in low Germany a little after died a priuate man in Saxony Staplet in prompt mor. in dom pass text 4. FREDERICVS the second a most cruell persecutor not onely of the See Apostolique but of all the Clergie throughout the whole Empire excommunicated by Innocent the fourth was slaine of his bastard sonne Manfrede in Apulia as some write poysoned as others report hanged and all his race following the steps of their wicked father came to the like miserable end His eldest sonne Conradus for like cause excommunicated by Innocent the forth was killed by the same Manfrede in Apulia And the same Manfrede entring vpon the Kingdomes of Apulia and Sicilia being himselfe a cruell enemie of the Church excommunicated by Alexander the fourth was vanquished and put to flight by Charles brother to the King of France whom Vrbane the fourth declared King of Sicilia and Apulia CONRADINVS sonne to the said Conrade vanquished by the said Charles was put to death And Eutius the other son of Frederick the second after many warres made against the Church being taken of the Bononians was committed to perpetuall imprisonment and so all the race and stock of the sacrilegious Emperour great in number and power in short time extinct left to posteritie an example of their wicked rebellions against God and his Church LEWES the fourth Emperour twice excommunicate by the See Apostolike in whose defence against the immunities and priuiledges of the Church of Rome those Poets and Rhetoritians for this cause infamous Petrarcha Dante 's Marsilius and Io. Occhamus Schoole-man write so many things God almightie judgeing this cause when he was a hunting taken sodainly with a palsey of all his members falling from his horse died sodainly Memorable it is which Nicephorus writeth of Narcissus Bishop of Hierusalem Three maleuolous persons falsely accused this holy Bishop wishing euill to themselues if they dealt falsely The first that he would be burnt The second that he should die of the falling euill or some other detestable disease The third wished his eyes out of his head But Gods diuine reuenge not sleeping the first with al his house kinsfolkes and substance was burnt by one sparke that fell from a candle The second was taken with a most grieuous disease which entred vpon his whole body The third forthwith confesseth the deceitfull dealing and fraudulent proceeding ceased not to weepe and shed teares vntill he perceiued with his teares to lose the strength and sight of his eyes These torments of few may be examples for all THE VNHAPPY ENDS OF ARCH-HERETICKES ALthough God almighty punisheth and scourgeth his seruants and children yet alwayes at last he casteth the rod into the fire Deut. 32. Laudate Gentes populum eius quia sanguinem seruorum suorum vlciscetur vindictam retribuet in hostes eorum You Gentiles praise his people because he will reuenge the bloud of his seruants and will repay vengeance vpon their enemies This thing is manifest by that which is aboue-written And it may further appeare by the vnhappy and miserable ends of Apostataes and Arch-heretiques As first of SIMON MAGVS when he began to flie he was throwne downe by the prayers of Saint Peter brake his legges and a little after died with great ignominy Hegesip lib. 3. cap. 2. de excid Hierosol Arnob. lib. 2. contra Gentes MANICHAEVS was flayed aliue by the King of Persians not for his Heresie or his faith and religion but for that taking in hand to cure the Kings sonne he killed him Epiphan haeres 66. MONTANVS THEODORVS and their prophetesses hanged themselues Euseb lib. 5. hist cap. 16. Certaine Donatistes when they did cast the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist to the dogs were of the same dogs torne in peeces Optat. lib. 2. contra Parmenianum ARIVS when hee was going to the Church with great pompe was sodainly troubled with ache in his belly and so forced to diuert a priuy or house of office and there together with his excrements auoided both his entrailes and his life Witnesse S. Athanasius Orat. 1. contra Arianos Ruffin lib. 10. histor cap. 13. IVLIAN the Apostata was slaine from heauen miraculously he was neuer buried but as saith S. Gregory Nazianzen in his Oration made in praise of S. Athanasius neere the end the earth of it selfe opened and swallowed him vp VALFNS the Arian which succeeded Iulian in persecuting Catholikes was burned aliue by the Gothes which also were Arians Ruffin lib. 2. hist cap. 13. NESTORIVS perished most miserably his tongue being eaten and consumed with wormes Euag. lib. 1. hist c. 7. ANASTATIVS the Emperour a fauourer of the E●tichian Heretikes was killed with lightning as write Cedronus and Paul the Deacon in his life LEO ICONOMACHVS that is Image-breaker burned sacred Images in the open market place of Constantinople Presently after which fact the pestilence consumed three hundred thousand

people in Constantinople See the Chronicle of Matth. Palmer Anno DCC XLI TO OMIT MANY OTHERS AND TO ASCEND TO THE MONSTERS of our age LVTHER died sodainly for hauing supped very delicately and pleasantly being in perfect health and hauing delighted all his company with merry conceits the same night he died Coclaeus in vita Lutheri ZVINGLIVS was slaine in war which he made against Catholikes and a little after his brother Oecolampadius going to bed in good health one night was found dead by his wife in the morning Coclaeus in act Luth. an 1531. ANDREAS CAROLOSTADIVS the Ministers of Basil write to haue been killed of a Diuell in their Epistle of the death of Carolostadius IOANNES CALVINVS was eaten and consumed of wormes and died as did Antiochus Hunery Maximinus c. as witnesseth Hieronymus Bolsecus in his life who also addeth that the Arch-heretique died blaspheming cursing and inuocating Diuels This Heretique that besides his other heresies denied prayer to Saints at his death prayeth vnto Diuels To all these former examples we might adde infinit more of notorious persecutors and enemies of Gods Church which all came to miserable ends and so shall all others come to confusion which hate Sion which oppose themselues against Gods Church and Kingdome which our Sauiour hath built vpon a firme Rocke and therefore no stormes windes or tempests can ouerthrow it Matth. 16. 18. Port● inferi non praeualebunt aduersus eam The gates of hell shall neuer preuaile against it as hath promised our Sauiour Whatsoeuer the diuell can doe by Tyrants Heretickes or any other aduersaries against this Church it standeth immoueable Deus fundauit eam in aeternum God hath founded it for euer Psal 47. Saint Augustine expoundeth this of the Church of God This Church is Gods Kingdome whereof it is said Luk. 1. Regni eius non erit finis and of his Kingdome shall be no end Of this Kingdome it is said Dan. 2. Iu diebus autem regnorum eorum suscitabit Deus coeli regnum quod in aeternum non dissipabitur regnum eius alteri populo non tradetur comminuet consum●t vniuersa regna haec ipsum stabit in aeternum This Kingdome then of God his Catholike Church shall stand and continue for euer No tyrannie nor persecution can destroy this Church no it cannot diminish but rather encrease it as euidently hath beene seene in all ages And this is that Saint Leo writeth Ser. 1. de Petro Paulo in these words Non minuitur persecutionibus Ecclesia sed augetur semper dominicus ager segete ditiori vestitur dum grana quae singula cadunt multiplicata naseuntur The Church is not diminished by persecution but increased and alwaies our Lords field is clothed with richer graine whilest the graine which one by one doe fall into the ground doe spring vp multiplied And although God almighty sometime leaueth some particular country and people for heresie and sinne yet he will still haue his Church he wil raise others and call other countries as we may see after the fall of the Church in Africk and some parts of the East many other goodly Kingdomes and Prouinces were presently conuerted to the faith of Christ heere in the West-Church as in Ecclesiasticall histories may cleerely be seene And now since the fall of our Countrey and some other places neere vnto vs from the Catholike faith wee know that innumerable people in Africk in the East and West Indies are conuerted to this same Catholike Church and true faith of Christ whereby wee see verified that dreadfull threate of our Sauiour Christ Auferetur a vobis regnum Dei dabitur genti facienti fructus eius This Kingdome that is the preaching of the Gospell is taken from vs because we brought not forth the fruits of it and squared not our liues according to the rules thereof Therefore God hath take from vs our true Teachers and lawfull Pastors hauing lawfull mission and vocation without which none euer preached or taught Catholike truth but were brochers of seditious doctrine and pernicious heresie as we now see by lamentable experience in these parts of Christendom This considered I hope all good Catholikes and seruants of Christ which are in the lap of the Catholike Church will be of good comfort cleaue vnto this Rocke the piller and foundation of truth as the Apostle calleth it In so doing they shall neuer be drowned in the waues of Heresie and Infidelitie If some Catholikes either out of feare of imprisonment or losse of their temporalties fall from this Church God almightie will call others yea euen Puritanes and other seduced soules These will he call to the knowledge of his truth these will he gather into his Church and these once seeing what a singular benediction what a soueraigne benefit it is to bee within the house of God which is his Church will for euer laude and praise his holy name therefore Those will say with the royall Prophet Psal 83. Melior est dies vna in atrijs tuis super millia Better is one day in thy Courts aboue a thousand and beati qui habitant in dome tua Domine in saecula saeculorum laudabunt te blessed are they which dwell in thy house O Lord for euer and euer they will praise thee and Elegi abiectus esse c. I had rather be an abiect in the house of our Lord then to dwell in the Tabernacles of sinners And therefore vnderstanding the greatnesse of this benefit they will pray with the same holy Prophet Psal 23. Vnam petij a domino hanc requiram vt in habitem in domo domini omnibus diebus vitae meae One thing haue I besought of our Lord and this will I aske againe that I may dwell in the house of our Lord all the dayes of my life Out of this house that is the Catholike Church there is no meanes of saluation neither by preaching nor by Sacraments out of this Church no remission of sinnes out of this Church no good worke can be meritorious of euerlasting life Whosoeuer falleth out of this Church as he cannot merite by any good worke of prayer fasting or almes because he is not in state of grace so he loseth the merite of all his former good workes though neuer so many What losse can euer be comparable to this Whosoeuer falleth out of this Church Ioseth the communion of Saints setteth himselfe out of Gods grace sauour and protection out of the patrociny of Angels and Saints such cannot be Gods children but his enemies such can receiue no influence of Gods grace no sanctification no justification no comfort of the holy Ghost such can haue no peace or quiet of conscience such as be out of Gods Church cannot presume God will heare their prayers according to that Psal 65. Iniquitatem si aspexi in corde meo non exaudiet deus Such as are not capable of any Sacrament and consequently not of saluation such as