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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

troubled you scornefully intreated yea and by hir Traditions iudged and condemned you euen vnto death so nowe do ye likewise rebuke hir and exhorte hir of hir wyckednesse iudge hir like a very harlot and condemne hir by the mightie and true worde of God to euerlasting fire whiche can not be quenched And giue hir double according to hir workes And in the cup that she hath filled to you fill hir the double That is render vnto hir double in all punishmentes and giue vnto hir euen for worldly punishements whiche she hath brought vpon the elect of God hellishe torments For corporal and bodily troubles and vexations eternal pains and torment of the minde for the blame and ignomynie of thys worlde perp●tuall shame and confusion for temporall death euerlastyng damnation both of body and soule And the cup. c. That is al kinde of troubles aduersities and miseries whiche she filled to you out of hir cup that is caused to come vpon you shal be doubled to hir againe for as it is sayd she shall receyue for temporall euils euerlasting The holy Ghost calleth here double that which is withoute comparison euen as a little tyme to no time or euerlastingnesse Hir pleasure and ioy shall be conuerted into sorowes and griefes hir mery and pleasaunt talke hir iestyngs and laughyngs into weepyng mournyng wringyng of handes and gnashyng of teeth Hir commaundings shal be turned into crauings hir reuerence into contempt hir honoure into shame c. For she hathe pretended moste faynedly an holy kynde of priesthode she boasteth and braggeth much o● that whiche they are furthest from She hath vsurped and wrōgfully taken vpon hir and proudely claimed vnto hir a royall maiestie and highnesse Whiche two kynde of dignities she hath yet worse vsed lette hir there●ore wayte and attende on the plagues and punishementes due vnto hir pernicious temeritie and arrogancie Take away hir pleasaunt Euphrates wyth the spoyle and greate reuenues wherewithall she hath hytherto so vniustly maintained and kepte hir selfe and throw hir in the deepe pit of all mis●ries and wretchednesse For she sayth in hir heart I sitte being a Queene enuironned with ioy and pleasure I am the chiefe of the vniuersall worlde on me dependeth the Catholike and holy Churche I haue authoritie and power in Heauen earth and Hell I haue also might to binde and to loose to saue and condempne It standeth not with me as it doth with th●se that be not of this worlde for all thyngs here are at my commaundement I am no widowe I am not d●solate The hyghest powers and gouernours of thys worlde do assiste and defende mee putting to death al those that lay against me Nero Domitian Traian or Maxence were neuer more addicted to the defence of my predecessours than are now adays the Princes of our tyme readie to maintaine wyth fire and faggot my Decrées Traditions and Ceremonies Therefore I shall see no mournyng I shall continue alwayes I shall be called Madame at all tymes my kyngdome shall abyde for euer my seate shall no man take awaye from me I shall neuer fall nor any euil can come vppon mée After thys sorte boaste wyth no small presumption our Papistes also saying That the lyttle vessell of Sain●● Peter may wel by the reason of weather and tempeste be shaken and with the waues of the sea troubled but neuer can be ouerwhelmed or perishe hereby goyng aboute to proue that theyr superstitious and Romyshe churche should abyde styll and neuer be ouerthrowne But they consider not of what abilitie and power the Lambe is whiche abideth vppon the mount Syon against whom they stick and make warre against continually whose congregation and little flocke they persecu●e daily with great tyrannie crueltie and rigorousnesse Therfore shal hir plagues come at one day God shall once poure vpon this wicked race malignant ●hurch Death sorowes hunger and sw●rde● euen as he dyd sende vpon the ●ynfull Cities ●ire and Brymstone They shal be depriued for euer of the life w●iche is in Christe Iesu they shall remaine in sobbes and teares t●ey shal not ceasse to mourne to wring their handes and gnashe their teeth they shall be inheritours o● eue●lastyng darkenesse theyr worme shall neuer die they shall hunger and neuer be sati●fied And this whoore with the whole generation of hypocri●es shall be burnt with vnquencheable fyr● pr●pared for the deuyl and his au●gels This sent●nce is not so seuere as true for the Lorde who shal iudge them is of power and might he is holy and fait●ful in mercie true in his worde and promise maruellous in all his workes fearefull terrible and righteous in his iudgement● against the wycked No man then shall be able in those dayes to withdrawe any part of the threatned vengeaun●e of hys wrath from the euill doer Neither oure Lady with castyng of hir b●ades into the ballaunces of S. Michaell neyther S. Iohn Baptist with hys lambe holdyng a crosse neyther S. Peter wyth hys Key nor S. Paule wyth his sworde as they vse to make them yea and if Moyses Samuel and the rest of the Prophetes with Noe Dauid and Iob would make intercession yet shoulde they not be hearde And the Kings of the earth namely the worldly and carnall Princes whiche haue committed fornication and lyued in pleasure with hir in all vncleannesse and filthynesse shall bewaile hir when they shall see hir ouerthrowen and so yll intreated it shall grieue them sore that they may or can not maintaine and defende hir with water fyre and sworde against ●od and hys saincts for they shall be nothyng well pleased with the ordinaunces and institutions of Christe bycause they doe hate nothyng more than the workes of the spirite that is to frame theyr liues according to the will of God It shall anger them to the hearte that they are not able to burne still and slay all those that speake write or preache agaynst the deedes of the fleshe and do reproue them of their fornication adulterie and theyr mischeuous and inordinate lyfe and rebuke them of theyr moste abhomynable idolatrie And lamente ouer hir when they shall see the smoke of hir burnyng And shall stande a farre of for feare of hir tormentes crying and saying Alas alas that greate citie Babylon that m●ghtie Citie Alas our mother the holy Churche of Rome so many holy fathers Popes Cardinalles and Byshops Alas for our Monkes Chanons and Friers with their so holy so deuoute and straight lyu●s and rude garmentes Alas for so many Pardons Indulgences and confessions so many principall bye Feastes Holy dayes and gay Coapes and Garmentes Alas for oure holy Water holy Candelles holye Palmes holye Ashes hallowed Belles organs play and prick song and the res● of our so gay ceremonies With these and the lyke wordes shall they bewayle hir trembling and quakyng for feare crying out on this maner Wo wo to that

him wa● called faith●ull and true This is the onely and true sonne of God which is called faithfull iust and true bicause h● is founde faithfull and vnfallible in hys promises and woorde for the Lord saith the Psalmist is very righteous in all his wayes true in his sayings p●rfect in all his doings He cannot but teach a right and speake a trouth for he is the truthe him selfe No more cannot those which are indued with his spirite who leadeth and conducteth them in all truthe He hath done according to iustice and equitie in condemning that wicked and abhominable whoore in destroying that filthie sinagoge of Sathan in d●liuering and exalting his poore afflicted Churche First of all he did fight in his owne persone as a worthy Champion against the deuill hel and damnation whom he hath ouercome conquered and vanquished by his owne death and glorious passion And now doth he ouerthrow the Deuill and all his adherēts by the meanes of his faithful seruaunts distributers of his holy woord and mysteries which he nowe graci●usly sendet● vnder the figure of the white horsse For his seruaunts as Abacuck testifieth are lustie and wel animated horsses whom the Lord condu●teth which ar as Ieremie calleth them whiter than snow by the meanes of their vnfained and vndefiled faith And his eyes were like as a flame of fire mightie and cleare Whereby is not only vnderstanded his godly wisdome and knowledge whereby he knoweth and iudgeth al things but also all the heauenly and spirituall giftes of the holy G●ost Behold sayth Zacharie vpon the only stone which S. Paule expoundeth to be Christ shal be .vij. eyes which are the .vij. spirites of god wherwith god doth lig●ten the hearts of his chosen and kindleth the fire of his loue in y e minde of his faithful His word is a lātern to their f●e●e hys law an● testimonies are pure and vndefiled giuing light to the eie And vpon his hea● were many crownes Euen as the same was séene being a figure of Christ vpon the head of Iesus the sonne of Iosedech the high Priest to signi●ie that Iesus Christ is the soueraigne and king aboue al kings which hath power in heauen and earth for euer He ruleth and gouerneth al nations with an ir●n rod. For he is the Lord of hostes the euerlasting king of glory He is a mightie and puissāt gouernoure setting ouer the Mount Sion his holy hil He giueth prosperitie and gouernment to Kings and his elect and chosen are crouned in him with grace and mercie for euermore For he reserueth in heauen for vs an inheritance immortall and vndefiled Againe he hath layed vp for them that keepe the faith a crowne of righteousnesse and wil giue a crowne of life to them that be faithfull vnto the death c. All warrefares and victories of the saincts depend vpon him only And he had a name written to wit almighty maruellous and feareful Adonai Emanuel a name aboue all names euen the holy one of Israell the Lorde of Sabaoth the Lord of hostes our redemer sauiour and righteousnesse No man knewe this name but hym selfe and them whiche he hathe reueled it vnto neither fleshe nor bloude nor Heathen Turke Iew or false Christian is able to cōprehend thys name ●right Albeit they haue good signes and tokens yet no man can say that Iesus is the Lord without the inspiration of the spirite of God who openeth the very truth of God The number of Gods elect are also signified or comprehended vnder this name which the world can not acknowledge nor vnderstand And he was clothed with a garment dipt in bloud His mortall bodie which he tooke vpon him for our redemption was so sore beaten and greuously wounded that from the soule of the féete to the very crowne of the head euen from top to toe nothing was lefte whole or sound This mighty Champion is he which came from Edom and Bos●a whose garmentes were sprinkled with bloud his clothes were rayed euen as of those that tread the wine presse For his manhoode suffred most shameful pain●full death He him selfe alone trode the wine presse of his wrath and had none to helpe him He his owne self was woūded for our sinnes and our infirmities were layd vpon him and by his stripes we are healed And his name was called the word of God Christ Iesu the sonne of god is that eternall and euerlasting word of God which was from the beginning by God by whom also heauen and earth are made and all that in them is the verye ●mage of his substance in whom the father is represented wherby also we vnderstand and know the wil of the father for the word of God is a true guid of the conscience This word was made flesh that is became mā for our sakes sauing ius●ifying and glorifying all those that beleeue on him And the warriers which were in heauen followed him vpō white horses These are the true faithfull ministers which follow their maister and c●ief captain Christ Iesu vpon white horsses that is in innocency of life and godly cōuersatiō which they professe These horsses are nothing else than their mortal bodies redy to battaile For true christiās mortifie their flesh y t concupiscence therof bring their carnal lusts vnder subiectiō their bodies obedient to y e spirit They become seruauntes to righteousnesse and not to sinne they are worthy Souldiers of God for they follow the Lord of ●ostes suche an armie saw the seruaūt of the Prophet Elizeus in Doathim in a vis●on They w●re clothed with fine linnen white and pure signifying the simplicitie and innocēcie which they haue in Christ Iesus their captaine and good and perfect gifts which the Lord giueth them As S. Iohn him selfe expounded them a little before where he sayeth that the fine linnen are the true iustifications which they haue of none other but from theyr head Christ. These are y e spirituall weapons wherof S. Paule speaketh saying Though we walke in the flesh yet we do not war after y e flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through god to cast down holds and out of his mouth wēt a sharp sword which is that wonderful iudgment of his word Through this sharpe sword are the faithful and beleuers saued to ●ife euerlasting and the wicked infidels iudged to euerlasting death and damnation For it is vnto some a sauior of life vnto life and to others a sauior of death vnto death With this sword shall be cut of the dead braunches which in him beare no fruicts and the rotted members from the body In like manner shal be the good from the bad and the Goates from the shéepe with this sword deuided and separated Oh how terrible fearefull and sharpe shal be the iudgement of the

Bartholomew Thomas Mathew Iames the minor Simon Thade● and Mathie These were prefigured by y e twelue stones whiche Iosue erected in Galgala for a memoriall remembrance of the passing of the children of Israell on dry land through the Iordan They were also signified by other twelue stones whereon Elias the Prophet builded an aultare vpon the mount Carmelus in the name of the Lord. The sure grounde of these foundations was the Confession that Christ was the very sonne of the liuing God Upon this foundation they all builded by the announcing preaching and writing of that which the Prophets and true preachers did beleeue Namely that he that is Christ was the Lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world for they soughte the way of saluation and laboured for the kingdom of God and his righteousnesse shewing them selues thereby to be the liuely workemen of this spirituall building Heere we learne then that the faythe and doctrine of the Prophets and Patriarkes is all one with the Apostels are all grounded vpon Christ Iesu. Wherevnto S. Paule accordeth very wel saying Now are ye no more straungers but ●itizens with the Saincts and are build●● vpon the ●oundation of the Apostles and Prophets And by these twelue foundations ar● not onely vnderstanded they afore named for then shold Paule which him selfe did more laboure than they all of this number be excluded In like maner should be Barn●be Sylas Agabus Iudas the righteous Iohn which was otherwise surnamed Marke with many other more of the like vocation and calling and also all other faithfull and true ministers which are of the like faith and teach that doctrine For ye must consider that the number of twelue in this place is a perfecte and a common number as the number of seuen and ten in other places cōtaining the whole vnder the chiefest and principallest The buildings of the wall of it was of Iasper This signifieth that in Christ Iesu are the most costliest the moste pleasantest louingest and surest things that can be deuised For they which beléeue in him aright shall alwayes abide freshe greene lustie well fauoured and liuely and they shall be verye mightie yea great and strong pillers of his holy and vndefiled Temple He that beléeueth on me and kéepeth my worde sayth our Sauioure Christ shall neuer taste of death And the Citie was pure golde like vnto cleare glasse The Church of God is without any spot or wrinkle It is pure and vndefiled like the golde that is tried in y e fire .vij. times The light of the Citie is Iesus Christe which neuer did any sinne neither in word or déede His death and sheading of his bloud hath made this citie more costly than pure golde And the foundations of the wall of the Citie were garnished with all maner of pretious stones which preciousnes notifieth vnto vs the costlinesse of oure saluation 1 The first foundation was Iasper which being of a gréen colour noteth vnto vs that the faith of the forfathers is not yet dead nor withered The faith of Enoch appeareth vntil this day the first which called vpon the name of the Lord and of more which all are yet true freshe and gréene 2 The second foundation was of Saphire whose colour is blew and somwhat whitishe a stone in deede which at the firste looke seemeth to be of no great value signifying vnto vs the simple and séely soules the which although they be wyth holy Iob and Thoby of no value in the sight of the world yet are they highly regarded of God throughe their faith and good life 3 The third of a Chalcedonie which is yet lesse set by to our séeming then the Saphire but of nature very costly strōg and vertuous Of this nature were Helias Iohn Baptist and such like which liued in the desert painfully and very straightly yet proued they most pretious at their appointed time rebuking and reprouing boldly the wickednesse and sinne of the people drawing them frō the same euen as the Chalcedonie pulleth and taketh away the duste from any thing reprehending and iudging very sharply the Idolaters and hipocrites 4 The fourth of an Emeraud which of himselfe is not onely gréene but maketh the aire round about him shew of y e same coloure Of this condition was Ieremie and S. Paul which without ceassing preached and spred abrode the doctrine of life after they had once receiued and known the same 5 The fifthe is of a Sardonix which word is deducted of Sarda and Onix and is of nature vnderneath blackishe and red on the outside white within so all those that are meeke of heart which with Dauid and Marie Magdalene acknowledge confesse their sinnes before God through faith are pure and holy Althoughe I am blacke sayth the true Church yet am I neuerthelesse fair and cleane Albeit our outward mā saith S. Paule perishe therefore doe we not goe forward or are any thing weary for the inward man renueth and augmenteth euery day 6 The sixth of a Sardius which is of the similitude of red earth Euen so are those which esteeme them selues as vnworthy children of Adam notwithstanding that they haue receiued many goodly giftes great benifites of God which as Philo expoundeth it are the red earth Of thys nature and companie was the virgine Marie the mother of Christ which called and estéemed hir selfe to be but an handmaide And for all the honoure fauoure and other great benefites which were shewed vnto hir she saide that hir spirite reioysed in God hir sauioure Of this sort was Abraham also calling him selfe but duste and ashes before the Lord. 7 The seuenth of a Chrisolite a stone of al kind of colours shining like golde and as a burning fire casting sparkes and a great shine from it Héere vnder are comprehended those which hauing the wisedom of the holy Ghost kindle and lighten other men therewithall and make them altogither hot and burning bring them to the feruent loue of God their neighboures So did Moyses and Esay Barnabas and Paule in whom aboundantly appeareth the graces and glory of God 8 The eight is of Berll which is of a sad deadish gr●ene Signifying such true and faithful Christians which through cōpassion pitie sorowfully haue bewailed lamented the fall of their brethren Of this good and diuine nature was Steuen praying for them which did stone hym to death Thus did Samuel in his time which with great sorowes complaints mourned ouer Saul y e king what time he sawe him cast out of the fauor of God 9 The ninth of a Topace cōtaining in it the colour of al other stones And this representeth all them which are adorned with al maner of vertues as Daniel was a man full of godly desires and Iohn the Euangelist whom Christ

written or preached is lyke vnto the leafes which beyng well and reuerently receyued by the woorkyng of the holy Ghost is of muche importaunce and wayghtie healthfull strong and myghtie in operation muche lyke vnto the mustard séede Aboue all thyngs sayeth Zorob●bell is the Truthe moste strong and ouercommeth all For it is the wyll of the Lorde whiche neuer shall perishe This worde then I saye is so myghtie and victorious that the Congregation of Christe and true beléeuers what soeuer trouble persecution or violence they doe suffer shall yet euen in their extreme paine and distresse be comforted and quieted in cōscience and spirite be●ing well assured that God keepeth them as the very apple of his eie for they know ●hat they ar vnder his protection gouernance and that hereafter they shal inherite how contēptuously so euer they lyued here eternall glory felicitie and blessednesse in the presence of God in that new heauenly Ierusalem Of whiche glorie and blessednesse to make a discourse I shold labor in vain and bysides that neuer get my purpose nor finish mine enterprise For neuer no eare hearde it nor eye sawe it neyther came it into any heart And to say al neuer any man was able to comprehend it that God hath prepared for his elect that loue him Ye haue nowe gentle Reader sufficiently as I hope herd what wickednesse thraldome laboure paine and trouble couetousnesse concupiscence and ambition bringeth to them that loue it follow it wishe for it and séeke after it Lykewise ye may consider here howe and after what sort they draw man from God from naturall reason from all goodnesse and mutuall and brotherly loue vnto all kinde of iniquitie crueltie and vnnatural vices and oftentimes come so farre that they not onely bryng other men in great danger to attaine to their purpose but they themselues also body and soule Ye haue hearde also that the Deuill the Prince of this worlde is a father and the author of al wickednesse wicked doers and how that that mischeuous Antechrist whiche within a ●ew yeres hitherwards hath ben reueled did procéede and was borne of him as ye may see more euidently out of this Genealogie folowing The booke of the Generation of Antechrist the desolatour and childe of perdition FIrst the diuell begot Darknesse And darknesse begot Ignorance Ignorance begot error and his brethren Errour begot Freewill Ignorance and Selfe loue Frée will begot Merites Merites begot forgetfulnesse of the grace of God Forgetfulnesse of the grace of God begot Transgression And Transgression begot mistrust Mistrust begot Satisfaction Satisfaction begot sacrifice of the Masse Sacrifice of the Masse begotte Popishe Priesthode And popish priesthod begot Superstitiō Superstition begot Hipocrisie the Kyng And hypocrisie begot Lucre. Lucre begot Purgatorie And Purgatorie begot the Fundation of Pentions Fundation of Pentions begot Patrimonie of the church And Patrimonie of the church begot Māmon of iniquitie Mammon begot Abundance And Abundance begot Fulnesse Fulnesse begot Crueltie Crueltie begot Domination Domination begot Pompe Pompe begot Ambition Ambition begot Simonie Simonie begot the Pope and the Cardinals his brethren in the transmigration of Abhomination And after the Transmigration of Abhomination the pope begot the Mysterie of iniquitie And the Mysterie of iniquitie begot Diuine Sophistrie Diuine Sophistrie begot Reiection of holy Scripture Reiection of holye Scripture begot Tyrannie And Tiranny begot murther of Saincts Murther of saints begot dispising of god Dispising of God begot Dispensation Dispensation begot Licence to sinne And Licence to sinne begot abhominatiō Abhomination begot Confusion And Confusion begot Trauail of y e spirit Trauaile of the spirit begot Disputation and matter to séeke for the veritie by the which that desolatour Antechriste hath bene reuealed You haue heard● also gentle Reader howe that the Diuell wyth all hys adherents accordyng to the veritie of Gods holy word and his righteous iudgement shal be ●hrowen and cast into the pit of eternall pardition of vnquenchable fire which hath ben prepared for him and hys angels hys s●ruauntes and followers marked with his marke from the beginning of the worlde where shall be gnashyng of téeth and wringyng of the handes eternally Moreouer it hath ben said howe that neyther hée nor all hys membres are able to do any thing against Ies● Christe nor agaynste hys kyngdom● or Churche Which bicause they are not of the world there●ore the world and all that belongeth to ●he world haue from the beginning hated them persecuted and afflicted them as well Sathan himself as the world and y e worldly minded as it is séene dayly and shal be so long as the worlde continueth notwithstanding there hath bene sometime a little quietnesse séene and shall be it is possible yet namely so long as the malice and violēce of Sathan and his membres be bridled tied shorte so long shall the godly people haue peace quietnesse and shal sée some yeares of grace Furthermore it was shewed you how that Christ Iesus became man for vs and is now in eternall glory in the kingdome of his father with al his Apostles his chosen with all suche as beléeue through them in him whiche hathe bene prepared for them from the begynning where is and shall be vnspeakable ioye Here you may sée and iudge of God and the deuil Christ and Antechrist the kyngdome of God and of Sathan the Churche of Christe and the synagoge of Rome or the assemblie of the reprobate the broade waye and the straite gate heauen and hell eternall lyfe and euerla●tyng death Nowe t●en if euery one might choose the one or the other of these two wayes I beleue that no man would be so foolishe or ignorant that would not choose rather saluation than condemnation to ascende into heauen than to goe into hell Neuerthelesse those that will be saued and are desirous to be accompted vnder the numbr● of the elect muste diligentely take héede that they wander not nor bée deceyued by euery wynde of doctrin For lyke as cou●tousnesse pride arrogancie ease of the body voluptuousnesse and plesure of the worlde hath chased and dryuen away all maner of deuotion zeale and godly exercises pertayning vnto true christian religion at the primitiue churche In lyke m●ner shall the Dyuell not yet ceasse or leaue o● to raign and rule in his membres notwithstanding that the childe of perdition that Antechrist is already manyfested and openly shewed yea he attemp●eth yet daily by the meanes of suche vices a little before mentioned to rayse vp euen in the reformed Churches among the brethren dissention and trouble And it is to be feared that in the ende he shall preuaile more and more For it is writtē that ini●quitie shal abounde and haue the vpper hande and the charitie of many