o 2. King 2.11 Elias in the fiery chariot of zeale that we could strive even in this life to enter at least the suburbs of the heavenly Citie that we had our p Phil. 3.20 conversation even in Heaven our Heaven begun here on earth Sursum corda that being risen with q Collos 3.1.2 Christ we might seeke those things that are above placing and planting our affections not on things in earth but on things in heaven that we could send our hearts as the Disciples their hearts and r Act. 1.11.12 eyes after Christ that is ascended that Å¿ A man in his incarnation a Lambe in his passion a Lion in his resurrection an Eagle in his ascension Eagle high mounted at least that we could soare up to his Crosse in Golgotha in the meditation of his passion not to breede compassion towards him who now from suffrings is entred into t Luk. 24.26 glorie as the superstitious Fryers as may be seene in u In his mount Calvarie Guevara Lodowicke de w In his Soliloquies grounded from severall Gospels Ponte and x His meditations Granado c. make that the chiefe end of their mentall meditations of his sufferings and of their Idolatrous crucifixes but to resolve to suffer with him that we may be glorified with him to feele the power of his death to die to sin the power of his y Rom. 6.8.9.10 resurrection to rise againe to newnesse of life to blesse and prayse the z Apoc. 5.9 Lambe because he hath redeemed us from all the nations and kingdomes and kinreds of the earth If for this end we tract and trace our incarnate crucified saviour from Ierusalem to a Matth. 27 Luk. 23. Marke 15. Iohn 19. Golgotha with his sword pierced weeping mother the dolefull daughters of Ierusalem Ioseph of Arimathea and the Centurion and for this end looke upon him whom our sinnes have b Zach. 12.10 pierced with the Eagle eye of our faith as the Antitype of the Brazen Serpent whom Moses erected in the c Numb 21.9 Iohn 3.14.15 wildernesse looking on him also in the glasse of the Gospell where we may see him as the Apostle of the Gentiles tels the convert Corinthians even crucified amongst us if by this sight of him we can get unto him by saving d Iohn 1â— 3 knowledge into him by e Epiâ—â— 3.16 faith we grow up with him as planted in f Ioâ—â— 15.4 him by the sappe of the spirit we make a blessed speculation of his passion Oh that besides the fruite of his passion we could get here some glimpse of his transfiguration a true type of his glorification some glimmering and reflection of the heavenly Canaan as Moses a perfect view and Synopsis of the g Deut. 34.1.2.3 earthly here seeke some glimpse of heavenly light as the prisoner the gleames or beames of the Sunne through some crannie in the walle or doore or key-hole through the vaile of thy flesh as the spouse in the Canticles that had a glimpse of her h Cant. 5.4.5.6 welbeloved looking through the hole of the doore and her heart was affectioned to him Here in thy greatest pressures of bodie soule and spirit get some refection by reflection with that primitive Protomartyre i Act. 7.56 Stephen and the rapt k 2. Cor. 12.4 Apostle on Christ crucified and glorified and of the glorie of Christ prepared purchased layd up as revealed Here get some warmth and heate in your hearts as the Apostles and the two disciples that went to l Luk. 24.32 Emaus by oft talking communing with Christ by the word and m Oratio oris ratio vel colloquium cum Deo Isidore prayer by that meanes receiving from Christ that best new-yeares gift that love token promised by Christ to all his n Iohn 14.17.18.19 elect exhibited as once in the o Act. 2.3 forme ever in the effects of p The Spirit like fire c. 1. Illuminates with knowledg 2. Heates with zeale and love 3. Mollifies the heart 4. Causeth sparkes of praier 5. Purgeth drosse of sinne 6. Purifies the heart 7. Changeth with what it meetes with in to it owne nature Geminianus in summa exemplorii similit fire Oh that we could breake off companie and societie with man chiefly wicked men so much as our callings and charge to be discharged will permit that in our meditations and soule Soliloquies in innitiation of Saint Augustine Bernard Anselme and other heavenly minded men we might be more conversant with God Oh why doe wee not retire our selves as q Genes 24.63 Isaac into the fields as Augustine and Alixius into the r Libro Confessionum related fully and applied in Parsons Resolution orchard as Ioseph of Arimathea into our Å¿ Iohn 19 41. Garden or immure our selves according to Christs t Math. 6. vers 6. precept and his Virgin u Luk. 1.28 mothers practise into our private closet or chamber for some sequestrated time there to meditate of the mercies of God of the merits of Christ of the priviledges of grace of the Christians dignitie of the joyes of a better life c there to exhilerate our selves according to the Apostolicall counsell and command and according to the president set us in my Text by David and his nobles to rejoyce before the Lord and in the Lord more then the carnalists and the moralists of our times in their Corne and Wine and Oyle w Psal 4.7 increased more then Laban in his x Gen. 29.2 sheepe Naball in his y 1. Sam. 25.36 feast Balthezar in his z Dan. 5.2 drinke Herod in his a Mark 6.17 Herodias Saul in his b 1 Sam. 16.16 23. Harpe Nero in his c Suetâ—nius in Nerone qualis artifex pereo Musicke the carnall Iewes in their d Amos. 6. v. 6. Minstrelsie then the Philistines in their e Iudges 16.23 Dagon and madding mirth or any other licentious libertines in their luxurious and sabaritish delights Oh why doe wee not retire and sequestrate our soules our thoughts our actions our affections from all carnall delights desires more fully more freely to converse with God setting times a part even for the verie nonce to prayse God as did f Psal 55.17 David as Daniel did for g Daniel 6.10 prayer arising with that man after Gods owne heart even at midnight to give thankes unto the Lord Oh that my wordes like spurres and goads like the pricke under the Nightingals breast that is said to awaken her in the night from sleeping to singing might excite and stirre you to this neglected and too much pretermitted dutie And for this purpose I wish we might here use this world as though we used it not as the Marriner the Seas and his Ship as the Souldier his armes as the traveller his Inne as the Student his
them and was present with them in all their affaires in warre and in peace as hee was present with o Ioshuah 1.5 Ioshuah p Iudg 6.12 Gideon q Gen 39.2.21 Ioseph r 1. Sam. 18.12 David Å¿ Dan. 4.5 chap. 5.12.14 Daniell and other his servaÌ„ts ever also according to his threat cursing those that cursed Abraham and were malignant enemies and opposites to the true t Gene. 12. v. 3. Church his Israell veryfying and sealing all the curses in his flying booke of vengeance upon u Reade the curses threatned against Egypt Moab Ammon Edom Tyre Sidon Medea Arabia and all wicked Provinces and people in Ieremie th 25 vers 15.16.17.18.19 Moab Ammon Amalech Ieconiah Ahab Iezabell Haman Nero Caligula Iulian Antiochus Maximinus w Reade the Theater of Gods judgements in quarto written by D. Beard on which in the Titles of Apostates and bloudie persecuters these named with many moe are spectacles of vengeance Maxentius and of latter times on Iohannes de Roma Minerius Gerson Cassaneus Weston Bonner Story Gardiner and other bloudy butchering x See Master Foxe in his Booke of Martyres but especially in a booke epitomizing the Actes of the Church where you may see the ends of these named with many moe folio 377. 378. 379. 380. 382. 383. c. See also Andrew Husdore in his Theater of examples on the 3. and 4. Commandement in Latin in quarto persecutors ancient and moderne then sure as the argument holdes much more from the lesser to the greater affirmatively both Logically and Theologically the Lord will blesse those that blesse him as he will curse those that curse him If he will blesse those that blesse Abraham much more will he blesse those that blesse the God of Abraham since indeede none can blesse God cordially and sincerely but such as the Lord first inspires with his grace and spirit even as the instrument makes no sound till it first be tuned and touched with the hand of the Musitian as the Organ-pipe is not musicall but dead till it be filled with the windy bellowes from the Organist for none can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the spirit of God So that the blessing of the God of spirits with upright hearts and spirits as David and his Israelitish Elders did here being but as a sparke of the spirits fire as streames from that fountaine as reflecting beames from that Sunne it is an evident demonstration that such are truly actually really blessed already and as a preparative beaver to a greater Banquet at the supper of the y Revel 19.7 Lambe potentially to be further blessed of God in the highest heavens the throne of God the bosome of Abraham the prepared mansions and seates of the blessed All which affirmatives me thinkes have their corroboration from this Theologicall axiome that as the seale leaves the impression in the waxe be it gold or silver c. as the Sunne by reflection leaves his shaddow on the opposite cloude so what mercie soever the Lord bestowes on us as a dignitie hee workes in us the same grace demonstrating it selfe in some proportionable dutie as for instance 1. Hath the Lord elected me to life from eternitie He gives me grace to elect chuse him again to be my God 2. Hath he called me to the knowledge of his truth He gives me his spirit to call him Abba z Rom. 8.15.16 father in spirit and truth 3. Hath Christ died for me and my sinnes and risen againe for my a Rom. 5.6 justification He hath mutually given me power to die unto sinne and to rise againe to holinesse and righteousnesse of life mortification of my fleshly b Coloss 3.5 lusts and crucifying my affection by the power of his c Gal 5.24 death vivification and quickning of the spirit d Ephes 2 v. 1. by the power of his resurrection 4. Is he ascended into heaven really for me He virtually causeth me to ascend thither after him in my e Coloss 3. v. 1.2 heart affections 5. Is he my high Priest to pray for me He as his legacie to his Church bequeaths unto me the spirit of grace f Zâ—ch 12 10. Rom. 8.26 prayer to pray againe unto him 6. So for conclusion Doth hee blesse me with all blessing in heavenly things He gives me the heart by the same grace to blesse him againe as all his Saints have done such print and impression the seale of his spirit leaves in my heart as answerable to it selfe as face answeres face in a glasse Oh then as ever thou desires to be blessed blesse God here be not so ignorant on idle as to dreame of the kernell without breaking the g Qui vult nucem nucleum frangat shell of eating the meale without grinding in the milne of the h Beneficium postulat officium dignitie without the duetie of ever being blessed but cursed without blessing God Oh thinke on all these motives in generall everie one in particular and let them be as goades and spurres to excite thee to this pressed duetie At least let all and ever of them be so many Bittes and Bridles curbs and remoraes to restraine and keepe us from ingratitude the bane of every grace yet the ulcer and spreading leprosie and Gangreene of every place yea of this Province and our English here planted if I might digresse by expostulations CHAP. XI The application of all by comparing as and our times with Israell in all times ANd now for speciall and specificall application of all that hath beene said unto our selves to reape the harvest of all this seede and to drinke the Wine from these pressed grapes that I may Bee-like bring all these rapsodicall collections home to the English-Irish Hive of our owne Church Common-wealth all these generall motives being but preparatives to prolong and prepare the way to my intended scope or as a foundation to a subsequent building If ever Nation and people under the cope of heaven had cause and occasion to act the part of David and his worthies since they left the stage of life in blessing the Lord as the very wordes of my Text are wee are the people for in the blessings and benefits we have received from God both of adornation and preservation Spirituall and Temporall externall and internall generall and speciall our mother Albion and wee here Hybernified layd in an equall scales I will not so undervalue us to say ballanced with all the inhabitants of the Christian Pagan Papall Octoman world compared with the famousest kingdomes European Asian Affrican and American not excepting the Cham of Cathy the great Mogull the Souldan of Egypt Prester-Iohn the Kingdomes of Fez and the most flourishing that are or ever were but equally poyzed with the best people in their prime in Davids and Salomons time that ever were taken even in their best as answering all their priviledges and
that true aqua vitae the waters of life the promises of grace made to the i Esay 55.1 Matth. 5.6 thirstie It s more mercie as the object is more excellent to comfort a sicke soule as Christ did sorrowing k Ioh. 21 15 16 Peter weeping l Luke 7.50 Mary Magdalen Paul the penitent m 2. Cor. 2.6 7. Corinthian Ananiaes humbled n Acts 9.17 Paul Peter the heart-pricked o Act. 2.37 38. Iewes Paul and Silas the affrighted and afflicted p Act. 16.30 31 Iaylor then to helpe and heale a sicke bodie Seventhly pray for all men 1. chiefly for Kings and q 1. Tim. 2.2 Rulers as the Iewes did for the Princes of Chaldea in their captivitie Ier. 20. the primitive Christians for the Emperours 2. for Ministers and Preachers as the Churches of Colossia Thessalonica Rome Corinth r Rom 15. â—0 Coloss 4.3 1. Thess 5.25 2. Thess 3.1 others did for Paul 3. for thy wife children as Zachary for his Å¿ Luke 1.13 Elizabeth Isaac for his t Gen. 25.21 Rebeccha Abraham for his u Gen. 17.18 18.23 Ismael David for his sick * 2. Sam. 12.16 childe 4. for thy houshold servants as the CeÌ„turion for his Matth 8.5 and Abraham for his x Gen. 24. Steward for thy enemies and persecutors as Stephen for those that stoned a Acts 7.60 him Christ for those that crucified b Luke 23.3 him Samuel for those that rejected c 1. Sam. 12.19 him Moses for d Exod. 8. so for rebelling Israel Numb 16 22. for Miriam Numb 12.13 Pharaoh that opposed and hated him lastly for all men even Iewes Turkes and Pagans except for those that sinne unto e 1. Iohn 5.16 death as did Iudas f See D. Deuisons Sermon of the sin against the holy Ghost Iulian and the wilfull malicious * Marke 3.28 Pharisees yea for our enemies as is a Matth. 5.44 Luke 6.28 Rom. 12.14 1. Pet. 3.9 commanded and hath beene g Gen. 20.17 Num. 16.22 21.8 1. Reg. 13.6 Psal 109.4 Ier. 11.13 19. 1. Cor. 4.12 Exemplo Mosis Davidiâ— Ieremiae Pauli c. practised Lastly you must submit your selves even to performe these dueties morall and politicall that are prescribed you Masters to servants servants to masters Husbands to wives wives to husbands Parents to children children to parents Magistrates to subjects subjects to magistrates paying scott and lott taxes and subsidies homage and honour tribute to whom tribute belongeth All which because they are very manie and numerous in their particulars I referre you to such as have generally intreated of them onely in all these speciall and specificall duties I enjoine your submissive obedience this day As Davids people yeelded themselves to one so doe you to one and every one of them To day if you will heare the Lords voyce harden not your hearts as in the h Heb. 3.15 provocation Be not clay lest you be crusht asunder but melting waxe taking the seale and impression of grace draw like silver threeds in the furnace bow your neckes to God take on you the yoake of i Matth. 11.29 Christ that is easie and his burthen which is light which wee as his mouth and messengers impose upon you If you consent and obey you that are here planted shall eate the good things of the k Esay 1.19 land but if you refuse rebell you shall be devoured by the sword or famine or other plagues for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it you shall be spewed out and disgorged as the * Iudg. 1. 2. c. Cananites and wiped as a man wipeth a dish turning it topsi-turvie upside downe I set life and death before you this day chuse life l Deut. 30.19 chuse whether you will be Oakes stubbornly resisting God and his ordinances in the Magistracie and Ministrie as did the m Ier. 3.15 18.12 1. Sam. 8.19 Iewes or Reedes bowing bending flexible docible obedient to whatever the Lord in and by us shall enjoyne you as this people were here unto David Knowing that the despising and resisting of us is the despising yea despiting of God n Luke 10.16 1. Thess 4.8 himselfe as the contempt of Ezekiahs o 2. Chr. 30.10 Posts and of Davids Embassadors were p 2. Sam. 10.6 revenged as the contempt of these two Kings SECT IV. Obedience Civill Ecclesiasticall Theologicall the life and soule of Religion OH let us know that as disobedience is as the sinne of witchcraft yea plaine treason and rebellion against the q 1. Sam. 15.25 Lord so obedience is the very life and genius and soule of Religion 1. If a weeping eye did speake a man religious then r Heb. 12.16 Esau Israel at her worst had teares at Å¿ Deut. 1.43 44. command like the t Vincentius ex Physiologo nat hist. ii 17. c. 606. Crocodile or u De Astuia Hyena lachrymantu lege Arist lib. 8. c. 5. Vincent lib. 19. c. 61. Aelian l. 6. c. 13. Hyena even when bloodshed and fratricide was hatched in the heart of the one and flat rebellion purposed in the heart practised by the hand of the other 2. If a hearing eare did speake and proclaime a religious man we have Herod hearing * Mark 6.20.28 Iohn yet beheaded Iohn hearing him as a Saint living still in his lust as a beast butchering the Baptist as a Divell we have the Scribes the Pharisees Iohns auditors yet a generation of x Matth. 3.9 Vipers 3. If a confessing tongue did alwayes demonstrate a religious heart we have Cain bellowing out his y Gen. 3.13 murther Iudas roaring out his own treason z Matt. 27.3 in the languishing anguish of their soules Saul himselfe with much adoe bleating out I have a 1. Sam. 15.23.24 sinned yet the first branded for a b 1 Ioh. 3.12 Reprobate c Gen. 4 12. Runnagate the second for the sonne of d Ioh. 17 12. 6.70 perdition the third for a man ejected rejected of e 1. Sam. 15.26 28. God vexed by f 1. Sam. 16.14 Sathan in all probabilitie as certainly damned as Salomon was g De salute Saelonionis lâ—gatur Soto maior praef in Cantic Lorinus in Eccl. c. 1. allegantes Patres argumenta producentes saved though some Scepticques question both the one and the h Praecipue Bellarm. confut á Zanchio de preservatione Sanctorum nostrum Willâ—tt in fine Synopsis Papismi other as if they would finde a knot in a * 2. Sam. 7.13 Bul-rush 4. If praying did alwayes prognosticate piety we have the Pharisee i Luke 18.10 prayers preying upon the poor under pretext of Fasting and prayer devouring widdowes houses we have the worst of the Iewes like evening Wolves in their extremities howling upon their bedds yea the proudest Pharisee that ever shewed to the Lord all
prayer and spirituall u 1. Thes 5.16.17.18 rejoycing as the inseparable companions and adjuncts so as Hypocrates twins they live and die together as relatives they depeÌ„d one upon another as it is oft with some woman her conceived childe the death or life of the one is oft the death or the life of both And indeede as this is a true rule in the aggravation of anie sinne that the more unnaturall that anie sinne is the more odious horrible and unmeasurable sinfull it is as fratricide and brother butchering such as Cains against Abell Absalons against w 2. Sam. 13 3â— Ammon Alphonsus his x A proctour in Rome that came very farr to performe a meritorious act the murther of his brother in bed with a hatcher because he was a protestant brother Diazius is worse then homicide or man-killing as incest such as y Gen. 35.22 Rubens with his mother in law Ammons with his sister * 2. Sam. 13.4 â— Thamar and that of the incestuous z 2. Cor. 2.5.6 Corinthian is worse then adulterie or simple fornication because more unnaturall so it is with ingratitude the hagg is more ugly and deformed in that shee is a monster-bred against the very light course and kinde of nature much more against the Sun-shine of grace Fiftly to illustrate this a little further as another motive to set an edge upon our affections towards this beautious Helena this excellent grace of true gratitude and to hate that foule Thirsites that Atae or hellish hagg ingratitude to make that positive which wee have made comparative Let it not passe our animadversion and consideration that to the shame and obloquie of ungratefull ungracious Christians even Pagans and Heathens have beene found thankefull yea by the erecting of Tropheys Images Statues a De istis flatuis imaginibus multa habemus apud Ciceronem Tranquillum Perseum Iuvenalem sic de Corona Murali Castrensi Nav. li ovali oleagnia Civica obfilionali populea c. Reliquisque honoribus datis bellicâ—sis lege apud Plin. lib. 10. c. 22 apud Guevat in monte Caivariae Cassaneum in Caetalogo part 1. pag. 8. Praecipuè apud Iosephum in 3. 4. antiq apud Celâ—â— Rhod. lect antiq lib. 13 cap. 6. Pictures they have expressed their gratitude to their Eupaters Patriots and Benefactors of their countries as the Romanes to their Sciptoes Decians Horatians Curtians the Athenians to their Codrus the Aegyptians to their Ptolomees for freeing their countries of enemies themselves of feares preserving their peace their goods wives children and such blessings received by their meanes Yea they have thankefully honoured the memoriall of those that by their prowesse valour have rid them of poysonous and noysome Serpents Lions Dragons fierce and ugly destroying monsters thus they gratefully honoured their Hercules for subduing Cacus the robber Sphâ—nx Cerberus Gerion Perseus for killing the snakie Medusa Bellerophon for conquerin that Chymera Regulus for destroying that great and terrible x Plin. nat hist lib. 4. cap. 14 serpent at the flood Bragada Capadox for quelling the Affrican snake Corebus for overthrowing that Grecian monster Alcon for shooting the Dragon of Creete Meleager and Acastius for killing the Calidonian Bore Cadmus and diverse others for subduing other Serpents Dragons Minotaures recorded in histories as much honoured by them as our S. George Bevis of South-hampton Guy of Warwicke and others amongst us whose fabulous stories in such exploits as these are received as Gospels truth by the credulous Popish I doubt too much too of the Protestant Laytie So these Pagans have honoured such living by erecting their pictures to living lasting glorie deified them dying amongst their gods placed them above the starres by whom Artes and Sciences for their experimented good have beene invented or perfected as Ceres Triptolemus Saturne the invention of Corne by tillage Bacchus for planting Vines others for other inventions particularized by Polidor * Libris de inventione rerum Virgil no lesse prodigall and profuse have they beene gratefully distributing large honours to those by whom Letters were first found and invented or good lawes have beene acted and established Thus to this day Lycurgus amongst the Lacedemonians Zeleâ—chus amongst the â—ocrensians Mynos amongst the Cretians Philo amongst the Corinthians Zalmosis amongst the Scythians as once Romulus amongst the Romanes with other legifers and law-givers or interpreters of their Lawes in other nations as the Druides amongst the Gaules Mahumet to this day amongst his Saracens the Brachmans and Gymnosophists amongst the Indians the Magi amongst the Persians have their names praysed and perpetuated even to these times in which honours also Menno the first founder of Letters amongst the Egyptians Rhadamanthus amongst the Assyrians Nicostrata amongst the Romanes Phenices amongst the Grecians have deepely and deservedly shared Yea these heathens have beene in their kinde not onely thankefull to their best deserving men which they have counted their Heroës yea as semedians or halfe Gods but they have beene more thankefull to the multitude stultitude of their imaginarie gods whom in their blinded superstition they have acknowledged as authors of their good preservers of their safetie preventers of their evills or as appeares by their owne Authors their a Apud Poetas Virgil lib. 1. Georg li. 5.6 aneid Ovid. lib. 4. Fast li. 6. Metam Hâ—mer lib. 22 in fine Tibul. eleg 1 5. libri primi Pro pertius li. 4. eleg 9. Juvenal Satyr 2. Poets b Cicero de Divinat Vat. li. 4. linguae Latinae Orators c Livius lib. 2.3 4. 22. Herod li. 7. Festus Pompeios li. 14. Halic li. 4. Cato rei rust li 41. Plin. li 35 cap 15 Cyprian li 5 belli Civilis Historians d Proclus de sacrificijs Plutarc in Brut. Mac. li. Saturn 1. 3 Philosophers e Gal. l. 1 de sanit tuend c. 7. Avice l. 1. fen 3. Alsar l. 2. pract tit 26. cap. 2. Physitians as they had diverse and different lustrations and purging sacrifices for their Cities Campes Fields Courts Houses Ships Families Functions after different wayes and ceremonies so had they Eucharisticall and gratulatorie sacrifices wherein to honour their Gods the more they caused their Priests to sing solemne Hymnes and Sonets to their prayses as IoÌ„ Paâ—n to Apollo amorous songs to Venus martiall hymnes to Mars others to f Cereri Iulos Ceres g Dià nae hipingoâ— Diana h Dionys Tythir Maiol de diebus canic part 2. col pag. â—6 Dionysius c. And as they placed and assigned them as our Popelings this day their deified adored Saints their severall functions as tutors and guardians over severall things as Ceres over fruites i Idem par 2. col 1. pag. 23. Triptolemus over Corne Bacchus over Vines Châ—orus over flowers Vertumnus over apples Aristaeus over hony their Lares and Paenates over their housholds c. as also over severall
those of Cabriers and Merindoll as the decree of Asuerus against the Iewes in Persia by the meanes of Haman that cursed p Est 3.9 Amalekite whereupon the poore Merindolians their wives children were as poore sheep slaughtered pell mell hunted into the woods as wilde beasts torne and devoured by Mastives fired out of some caves into which they crept like the firing out of Foxes with such barbarous butcheries as have not beene heard of amongst Turkes and Pagans as also their succeeders exceeders in bloud-thirstinesse Gardner bloudie Bonner Weston Story Hopton Morgan Tonstall Steward who used abused not only Peters keyes of strictest discipline but as once * This Iulius threw Peters sword into Tyber and tooke Peters sword for the warres Iulius a Pope of theirs and * This Iulian caused the yong Polonian King to breake his faith with the Turke by which he perished Knollâ— hist of Turkes Iulian a Cardinall even Peters pretetended usurped sword to smite unlawfully not for Christ but against Christ kicking against the * Act. 9.6 prick persecuting and prosecuting him with fire and fagots in his members maliciously as once the Pharisees not ignorantly as once q 1 Tim. 1.13 Paul for five yeares together in that quinquennium Mariae bloudie raigne of Queene Mary effusing in that short space more Protestant bloud as is plaine by computation then there hath beene for Religion effused unlesse for Treason Popish bloud these threescore yeares in our Albion I say these and all such as these which might infinitely be enumerated as birds of that black base and bloudy feather Eagles Crowes Vultures Harpies flocking from Rome to be drunke and drunke againe with the bloud of the r Rev. 17.6 Saints as drunke before with the cup of the Whores Å¿ Rev. 14.8 fornications I say did such as these give any demonstration that they were ever possessed with Davids heart Davids spirit affection resolution to advance publickly before men the glorie of that God who had advanced them By the best retaliation to stirre up Gods glory who had set up them to honour God by their graces who had honoured them by their great and eminent places Nay verily If persecuting of Christ in the Church his bodie be the praising and lauding of Christ their head if as did once persecuting t Acts 22.3 Gal. 1 13.14 Acts 26.11 Paul their predecessor in blinde bloudie zeale the causing of the Saints to u Acts 26.11 blaspheme as much as they could by their exquisite tragical tortures If this be in the sight of the sunne of all Israel with David to blesse God then I shal unweave what I have woven recant and recall these apostulatorie taxations And if these things were not plaine and undeniable they might hold them as we hold their Popish Bulls excommunications execrations even * See the book in octoavo called Brut. FulmeÌ„ Bruta fulmina as meere squibs and paper bullets yea they might account these imputations as I hold their Masses Trentalls Dirges Purgatories Limboes but chiefly their satanicall accusations of our doctrine and Doctors x See their railings in Gâ—ffords Calvin Turcism in Kellisons survay in Feuerdentius upon Iude their hellish slanders in Coccius Bolsterus writing the life of Luther chiefly their calumnies laid downe in our Wallets Tetrast Papismi and answered in D. White his way to the true Church in fine libri and by his apologizing brother since his lamented death al. o in fine libr. Luther Melancton martyr and other our famous English and Belgick lights meere toyes trickes chimeraes fictions and fables SECT II. Davids profession animating and directing professors and profession BVt that which I further urge is this That David publickly and purposely prayseth God I say professedly that I may from Davids practise and president honour this word and tearme of Profession which is almost verbum obsoletum worne out of request banished like zeale and conscience to whom it professeth friendship and affinitie well nye out of the country as was once Themistocles and some well-deserving Romane Patriots as it were by ostracisme or at least entertained and welcommed of most as water into a ship or raine in harvest I am sure strangely and sternely entertained examined like some outlandish disguised man whether it be the kings friend or no. Others whoot at it as at an Owle or an Arabian Monster others flying from it as some roving Orators from their Theames and Texts as though the very plague were in it or on it standing aloofe from it as Iobs friends from a Iob 2.13 Iob as though it were so distressed and persecuted they might get much prejudice by their acquaintance with it Well what strange conceits and imaginations soever we have of this profession the tearme of a Professor being to every moralist and profaner amongst us distastfull as was the tearme of a Galilean to Apostate Iulian of a Christian or Cruciferian to the Pagans of an Orthodoxe to the Arrians of a Protestant held a Lutheran a Hugenote a hereticke to a professed Papist of a disciplinarean Brownist or Anabaptist to a conformitant of a Calvinist to a ridged b Such as was Hunnius Huberus Eccardus in Thessibus in Fasciculo controversiarum and other such hot spurrs who more raile upoÌ„ and revile the Calvinists as they terme them then they doe the very Papists or the Turkes Psal 1.9 per totum Lutheran yet neverthelesse David is a Professor herein my Text he professeth and proclaimes by his tongue and act his words and practise the service and worship of the true God he Heralds and trumpets out the praise of Iehovah in the eye and eare of all Israell The like profession he makes elsewhere chiefly in the 116. Psal v. 16. Oh Lord saith he truely I am thy servant I am thy servant with an ingemination and resolution not to flinch from that he had said but to stand to it to the verie death with a gratefull acknowledgement of some honourable favours he had received from the best Master Thou hast loosed my bonds freed me as a bird from the snares of these bloudie hunters which by their plots and stratagems thought and sought to intrap me Yea what are all the Psalmes penned and published to be sung by Asaph and the chiefe Musitians before the thousands of Israel in the great Congregation but loud proclamations to the Church to the whole world to present and after times of that neere and deare necessitude union and relation betwixt his God and him he receiving the influence of mercies from God he returning tribute of prayses againe unto God Chiefly in the 119. Psalme which of all the rest for matter manner method quantitie qualitie is as the Eagle or Phenix amongst c The Commentators exceedingly extoll that Psal both for the matter Davids love to the word and manner there being in it as many parts as letters in the Hebrew Alphabet every part
like the Camomile the more spurnd and trod as it was with the Apostles and Disciples the more Pharisaicall beating and threating they were restrained the more by the spirit they were constrained to preach i Act. 5. v. 17.18.19.20.21 sic vers 28.29 Christ As in the primitive times the moe that suffered by the Pagans and Arrians the moe like spirituall Souldiers stood in their rankes and doubled their fyles as their fellowes k Apud Euseb Centuriatores passim sic sanguis Martyrum semē Ecclesiae fell And though they were mockt and branded with the nicke-names of Cruciferians in derision of Christ for Hell and irreligion had not then hatcht the names of Puritanes and precisians yet though they met not in the nights as one well l Lorinus Comment in cap. 2. Actuum notes to avoyde scandall and construction they desisted not eyther for bloudie or unbloudie persecution by tongue or sword to meete in their m Preter Tertull in apolli sub finem de Corona Militis asserunt Euseb libr. 3 cap. 26 Orosius libr. 7. cap. 12. Nicephorus lib. 3. cap. 17. Cyprian de Orat Dom. Cyrillus Catechismus 6. Imo Plinius Secundus libr. 10. Epist 97. ad Traianum Temples earely in the morning even in Tertullians time and before Oh where 's this zeale courage profession in the milkesoppes and mole-harted Christians of our Time who having by the Ministery and the spirit sometimes some good sparks kindled in them the least disgracefull word from a Father a Mother a brother a husband a Naball a neighbour a nebulo quencheth all againe As Snailes they plucke in their heades againe in the least storme of opposition they looke back againe with Lots o Luke 17.32 wife and returne againe to the flesh-pots of p Exod. 16.3 Aegypt to open professed profanenesse in the least lett and disturbance they have to the heavenly Canaan Oh that we could be heated with Davids fires to professe and practise everie man in his place as David did Oh even this outward profession if in sinceritie else its Pharisaicall and double q Simulata sāctitas duplex iniquitas iniquitie what glory would it bring to r Math. 5.16 God what an adamant to draw on the weake what a reall confutation of the s 1. Pet. 3.16 wicked what a gagg and muzzle to the mouthes of t 1. Pet. 2.15 blasphemers what an argument of the fire of u Psal 116.10 Ro. 10. v. 10. faith and inward Grace if it would shew it selfe thus in outward heats and smoakes whereas the want of this heat outwardly shewes our hearts but dead coales Yea joyning profession and practise together leaves and fruites words and workes else our estate were no better then Cains Sauls Herods Iudas his w See Doctor Wakemans sermon called the true professor or Demas his we should inwardly rejoice in life here with x Rom. 8. Paul have more peace in death with y 2. King 20.3.4 Ezekiah and z Nehem. 13. Nehemiah and in judgement a Marke 8.38 Christ would not be ashamed of us no more then we here of him CHAP. IIII. SECT I. David prayseth God Primarily FOvrthly David doth not onely thus Piously Personally Publickely blesse God but Primarily he begins himselfe to leade this heavenly dance and by example and his authoritie to unite these two in one provokingly and procuratorily he excites and stirres up others even the whole Congregation to doe the like to move after his religious motion he as a patterne still to all zealous Magistrates faithfull and fruitefull Ministers like unto the a Gallus vigilantis Magistratus typus apud Rensner et Alciatum in suis emblem ac etiam Episcopi apud Maiolum in diebus canicularib col 6. pag. 210. Cocke by the clapping of his owne wings first awakens stirres up b De Gallo haec vid. apud Plin. l. 10. c. 22. apud Albert. libr. 23. Litera G. himselfe from sleepe saying Awake Lute and c Psal 108. v. 2 Harpe awake my Heart awake my Tongue my Glory I my selfe will awake right earely c. And then by his Crowing his Heraulding Trumpetting and proclayming the mercies of God he awakens d Psal 32.5.6 others as here and in severall Psalmes Come ye Children saith he hearken yee unto e Psal 66.16 me and I will tell you what God hath done for my Soule as Moses tould Iethro his Father in-law what God hath done for f Exod. 18.8 Israel in their eduction out of Aegypt and preservation in the red Sea Thus ought wee that are publicke persons to have heate in our selves and to inflame others to have salt in our g Math. 5.13 selves and to season others to have light in our h vers 14. ibid. selves and to lighten others to bee as Candles on the Tables as Beacons on a Hill to illuminate the Countries where wee preach chiefly the Places Parishes Houses in which we live to shine to k vers 15. others as starres in a darke night as Lots in l Gen. 19.7 2. Pet. 2. v. 17 Sodom as m Dan 4.8.9 Daniels amongst Babylonians as Iobs amongst the n Iob. 1.8 Vzzites as Abrahams amongst the o Gen 23.6 Hevites as Isaacs amongst the p Gen. 26.28 Philistines We must be as the Northern Pole to the Sea-man as the Card Compasse to the Mariner yea as the Steare-men in Ships as Centinels amongst an Armie to give ayme to the rest and to have an eye over all and every one of those that depend on our charge as a father over every Childe old and young a Captaine over every Souldier trayned and untrayned a Schoole-master over everie scholler apt or unapt as a good q Bonus magistratus pastor populi ut olim Homerus de Agamemnine frugi pastor vt Suetonius de Tiberio plura autem de officio Patris praeceptoris magistratus vide apud Alstedium part 2. pag. 711. 721 732. in suae Theologia naturali Sheepheard over everie sheepe weake strong Rammes Lambes not willing that anie should perish by the craft of the Foxe or their owne default in eating Rot-grasse yea we should bee as the loving r De amore gallinae circa pullos vide Glossam in Math. 23. v. 37. Arist. Palludiū Berchoriū reductorij libr. 7 pag. 202. Hen who having a naturall storge to everie chick both fights for it against the Hawke and Kyte and clockes it with the whole brood after her Thus David stirres up all and every man of the Congregation from the heads the elders to the youngest and meanest to blesse God as he oft s Psal 134.135.147.149.150 chiefly 148. per totum excites in the Psalmes He would have high and low young-men and maydes old-men and babes all and every one to performe this taske yea the Creatures animate inanimate sensitive vegetative celestiall
omnes Christian Sacerdotes you You I say must be like the first moving wheele in a Clocke rightly ordered after whose motion the rest of the depending wheels move right or wrong true or false regularly or irregularly Which particulars to presse a little further since wee have brought the point to this perfection alreadie ayming at a perfecter peryod I offer to our considerations only these specials 1 What honour or dishonour we may doe unto God 2 What good or what evill to the soules of the people 3 What credite or discredite we reape with men 4 What peace or terrour we bring to our owne soules 5 What blessings or what judgements from God upon our selves or seed as we are rightly tuned with the hand of grace or untuned by corruption rightly affected with Davids heart and spirit to do as David did or infected or leavened so with the world and her wayes that Davids duties are posted off and sleighted or pretermitted as though they nothing concerned us in these secure and sinfull times To give you these as severall pills or as simples compounded together perhaps as physically I would have this seriously pondered first That the common people move after our motion that are the heads insist in our steps and write after our copies whether right or wrong in which it stands us in hand to looke to our selves and to our station which way we draw or incline because as generally we leade millions after us eyther to victory as David led his men in the recoverie of * 1. Sam. 30.17 18 19 20. Ziglah and Abraham his house-trayned-servant-souldiers in the rescue of y Gen. 14.16 Lot or else as * 2. Sam. 20.1 Sheba z 2. Sam 18.7 Absolom our once Northren a Earles of Westmerland and Northumberland rebelling anno 12. Elizah Earles b Anno 1 Maria Ian. 25. Wyat Drury c Conspiracy in Norffolk anno 12. Eliz. de quibus omnibus vide apud Hall Hollinshed Speed in Chron. in libre dicto Anglorum praelia Iack Straw Tyler and other Traytors we leade the common people as deluded followers even to their slaughters as beasts to be butchered We are like great d Allusio Geminiani in sua summa exempl similitudinuÌ„ pillars or great stones in great columnes if we fall we bring downe and ruinate a great number of pibble stones common stones coble stones with all the fillings of lime and morter We are as great Cedars of Libanon or the great Oakes of e Zach. 11.2 Bashan if we be blowne downe oh how manie low shrubs what a piteous deale of rubbish and under wood doe we shiver and crush and spoyle all to fitters Wee are as guides to an armie thorow desarts and thickets if wee goe wrong how manie disperse and scatter how many fall by thirst and famine or the jawes of wilde beasts If Cato compared the common people of Rome to f Apud Plutarchum sheep who if once one breake out and leape wrong all the rest follow as in the Kentish rebellion after Iack Straw and Tyler in the Southerne once after h Who called himselfe the poore mans protector slain in Bow church in London vid. in Chron. William Longbeard in the Scythian after Tamberlaine i See the book extant in 4 to of the life of Tamberlaine in the Sarazen after Mahomet when they once turned theeves and pyrats as in the bloudie rustick Belgick wars k Vide apud Calvinum Bullingerii contrae Anabaptist See the booke called Bellum Rusticanum but chiefly of the issues and effects of these Rusticks reade the second volumne of Simon Maiolus de dieb canicular tom 3. coll 3. pag. 467 c. Also reade the history of Iohn of Leiden in the moderne Histories extaÌ„t in fol translated out of Du Verdiers Sansovino and others after these phantasticks Iohn of Leyden and Knapperdolim I say if one common man have power sometimes over a multitude to draw together such ryotous routs as wee have read one Scythian Shepheard to manie shepheards one l Of the originall and impostures of Mahomet besides Bodin Voleteran and Arab Nâ—b in confutat Aleor reade chiefly the preface before the Alcoran in the Italian edition with our painefull Purchas in his pilgrimage lib. 3. c. 3. pag. 199 120. Impostor by the helpe of one Monke so many millions one Simon Magus to poyson with his doctrine Act. 8.9 one Demetrius to disturbe by his faction even great and populous cities Act. 9.24 what power then is there in publicke persons to leade vertuously to heaven or vitiously to hell so manie soules as some Popes have done Besides when I consider how much good hath beene done sometime by one private man or woman as one Philip Ioh. 1.45 46. by one exhortation wins Nathanael to Christs acquaintance one Andrew calls his brother Peter to Christ Ioh. 1.40 41. one Samaritan woman brings the whole citie to heare and see Christ and so to beleeve in Christ Ioh 4.28 29. one little silly damosell 2. Kin. 5.3 perswades her Master Naaman to seeke Elisha the Prophet of Israel whereby he is healed both of his corporeall and spirituall Leprosie one Ethiopian Eunuch if Histories be m Brevitatis causa vide authores citatos per Lorinum Comment in Act. Apost c. 8. pag. 390. in folio true preaching and planting the Gospell in Ethiopia one Paul the Apostle of the n Gal. 2.7 Gentiles planting the Gospell amongst the Romanes the Corinthians the Thessalonians the Ephesians the Philippians the Macedonians Achaians Galathians the Collossians diverse other o 2. Cor. 10.16 regions even from Ierusalem to Illyricum one Iohn founding most of those Asian Churches of Smyrna Pergamus Thiatyra c which are now by their heresies in doctrine corruption in life pride ambition and emulation of their p De huÌ„ passim Osiand in epitom Centuriatorum Magdeb. Teachers given up to the bodily and spiritual power of Mahumetisme one Peter converting building up so manie thousand Iewes dispersed in Asia Pontus Bithinia q 1. Pet. 1.1 2. â— Cappadocia c. one Thomas planting the Gospel in India one Matthew in Egypt and in Ethiopia one Marke in Mentz and Trevers one Ioseph of Arimathea or as r Niceph. hist. ecclesiast lib. 2. cap. 4. Nicephorus thinkes one Simon Zelotes in this our Great Brittaine even before the times of Lucius or Elutherius as others Å¿ Of the lives deaths graces and severall places where the Apostles Evangelists and Disciples dispersed the Gospell reade various authors recited by Aresius in locis tit de Cruce de Evangelio de persecutione Ecclesiae c. chiefly in Lorinus in his comment on the Acts ca. 1. pag. 40. 42 43 44. 45 46 47. elsewhere One man the meanes of the conversion of whole housholds as Peter converting the household of Cornelius Act. 10.44 Paul the houshold of the Philippick Iaylor Act. 16.31
So hee that reades how that faire famoused Tully was stung with ungratefull vipers as banished by Aulus Gabinius being Consull whom he had so fairely cleered from many great greiuous imputations Secondly emulated and opposed in all his aymed dignities by P. Vatinius whom he defended and brought of with credit in two publik judgements which else had past against him Thirdly but chiefly detruncate and beheaded by that Popilius for whose life he had so pleaded and prevailed in a capitall and criminall cause he cannot but be driven to commiseration and admiration so I confesse when I consider the ingratitude of diverse others both Christians and Pagans as that bloudy Caligula the sentencer of the death of Macro and Eunia by whom he was chiefly holpe in the x De his omnibus vide apud Fulgosum Valerium Maximâ—â— Diogenem Laâ—â—tium tit de gratitudine ingratitudine Empyre of Maxaninus the Thracian the murtherer of Alexander Severus from whom he was advanced to so manie honours Plantianus his favorite who attempted though being revealed executed not so much as the other hiâ— heart as bloudie as the y Reade Guevarah that eloquent Châ—onologer of the life of Severus c. 16 pag. 319. others of Macrinus the butcherer of his Lord and good Master Bassianus who had preferred and intrusted him as generall of his z Idem in vita Bassiani pa. 369. cap. 16. armie of that pestilent Tuncius and the pretorian Souldiers in killing that excellent Pertinax so pertinaciously by whom they were so well a Idem cap. 10. pag 245. regarded garded and rewarded Of Sextilius that was the onely betrayer of C. Caesar the Orator by whom hee had before beene so stoutly protected against the accusation and faction of the Scyllaneans of Callias Antisthenes that in requitall shamefully kild a Barbarian that shewed him a great Mine of gold so for ever curing the jealousie which he had of his blabbing venting unto b Brusonius lib. 3. exemp pa. 189 in quarto others of Zerxes who in stead of deserved and expected preferment cut of the hopes of that boate-man upon the shoare shorter by the head whose care and providence prevented the otherwayes inevitable shipwracke in that unhappy expedition which hee made into c Idem ibidem Asia of that treacherous Ptolomey who sent the head of his poore perplexed friend Pompey to Caesar as a present flying to him for shelter as the Sheepe into the jawes of the Wolfe or the hunted Hare into the fangs of the shepheards d Vide apud Zwingerum in Theatro humana vita titul de ingratitudine dogge But chiefly when I reflex upon Christians reading and revolving how beastly Michael Thranlius deprived his good Master Leo the Emperour both of life and honour how that bloudy Phocas that great Papall e Apud Morneum Fusius in suo progressu Papatus friend and founder dealt with the Lord and Emperour Mauritius from whom hee had received some undeserved favours how Iustinian the Emperour dealt with that heroicke Bellisarius the very Hercules and Atlas of Italy and Lumbardy who had freed them as the Sorkes some Cities of froggs and the Dogges some countries of Wolves from the invasion of the Gothes and Vandals over whom he was so oft victorious by the emulation of a woman chiefe actors that sexe in the Tragedies of the greatest spirits depriving him in a trice of all his offices and honours putting out his eyes exposing him to the misery or mercie of the mercilesse world constrayning him for pure neede to begge a halfe penny to buy bread to his f Date obelum Bellisario Procopuis de bello Goâ—torum libr. 2. Kramzins de bello Vandalorum belly as that Tygresse Empresse would have served the valiant Eunuch Narses with the same sauce but that the curst Cow having short hornes hee did countermine her mischiefe Besides in our owne Chronicles pondering how that viperous Banister betrayed his Lord the Duke of Buckingham for which he is as deservedly branded as infamous as ever was Zâ—pirus for betraying Babylon Sinon for betraying Troy Iudas for betraying Christ When I reflect upon these and other examples amongst Christians and Heathens of such ungratefull persons as have beene as the Iuy to the Oake killing those by whom they have beene propped and g Pâ—rima exempla recitata lege apud Bartholomeum Cassaneum Catalogo gloria mundi parte prima folio 41.42 prospered as h De hoc partu Viperino Plinius libr. 10. cap. 62. Aelianus libr. 1. cap. 25. Isidor li. 12. cap. 3. Arist libr. 5. cap. 34. Imo Divus Basillus exemp hom 9. Chrysostom in 3. Cap. Math. homil 12. approbant Theologicae haec applicant vipers gnawing out the very bowels of those that have bred them I cannot but lament that this monstrous and hideous hagge ingratitude hath got a regiment over so many and hath inlarged her Territoryes further then the Turkish Ottoman Prestber-Iohn the Cham of Cathay or the great Mogul But chiefly when I consider how like the Centaures in the fable and like these Gygantean Nimrodian hunters in the i Genes 11.2.3 Scripture shee hath mantayned fight so fiercely and furiously against the Majestie and mercie of the great God of heaven to her owne destruction and the ruine of these Subjects in which shee is resident it 's lamentable and deplorable Oh the massacres and tragedies shee continually makes more ruefull and piteous then these of the Romane Sejanus the French Byron our English King Leir the Arrian Valens the Italian Iulio the Iewish King Saul the Machabean Antiochus or what ever else most commands a passion alwayes as fatall to her possessors as that Sejanus his horse to his k Câ—eâ— Seio Antonio Casiio Dolobella Sciano fatalis Aulus Gellius noâ—t Aâ—tis libr. 3. cap. 9. Simon Maiolâ—s col 7. pag. 287. Masters CHAP. VI. Ingratitude blamed and shamed even from the thankefulnesse of Brutes and Beastes to their Benefactors BVt to leave the beastliest of men ungrafefull persons detected you see as detested contemned and condemned of the very Pagans as Schoole-masters and Tutors to degenerate man wee may be taught gratitude and thankefulnesse to our God for all his blessings and benefits past and present even from the very brute beasts who as they have beene found verie thankefull unto man their l Psal 1.6.7.8 Lord and superior of whom they have had their dependance and from whom they have received their food and reliefe so they teach and tutor man to be thankefull to that Superior Essence on whom he depends in whom he lives moves and hath his m Act. 17.28 being and from whom hee receives foode and rayment health life libertie peace plentie protection and what ever is needefull for his being or well n Adesse bene esse omnia ad victum caliumque necessaria Cicero in Officijs being Thus to inlarge my notions and
Pharaoh Nero Caligula Heliogabalus Holofernes Apostate Iulian whorish Pope Ioane Nicromanticall Sylvester Alexander the sixt athisticall Caesar Borgias treacherous Absalon serpentine Achitophell soule poysoning Mahumet blasphemous Arrius Michael o Burned in Geneva vide in fine Aretij locor communium Servetus with millions moe Would you know what they are now doing Their bodies are jayled and imprysoned in the grave till Gods generall assises But what of their soules Thus in the middest of their exquisite tortures in hell unlesse God gave speedie grace to some to die better then they lived even with their father the Devill whom they sympathize as in sinnes so in p Math. 25 41 sufferings they rave they rage they fret they fume they revile they blaspheme they execrate they curse the Majestie of the Almightie they wreake their Teene and wrath on God as that madded Baiazet cope't up in an iron Cage did upon q See besides Knels his Turkish historie the history of Tamb. extant in quarto Tamberlaine even by raging and reviling like madded dogges tyed up in iron chaines they barke and fome at the mouth and belch out blasphemies as the condemned miscreant that curseth the Iudge the Iurie and the Bench when their malignant malice and mischiefe can proceede no further And indeed as wicked men are by the spirit of God cald the sonnes of r 1. Sam. 1.16 1. Sam 9.27 Beliall the children of the very Å¿ Iohn 8. v. 44. 1. Ioh. 3. v 10 Devils so Doe they not patrizare are they not as like their father as if they were spit out of his mouth Do they not look as like him as egge to t Non â—vâ—â—m evâ— similius egge snow to snow or rather pitch to pitch Do they not resemble him as face answers face in a glasse Hee blasphemes God in hell they blaspheme God here on earth He is the old u Revela 12.9 Dragon they are as yet but w Rev. 16. v. 9. Serpents yet growing to be Dragons and as full of venom for their measure as he is whose names they beare whose nature they have Should such die in this state and condition blaspheming the name of God as so many thousands doe in the world especially if they be never so little crost or toucht by the hand of God or tongue or hand of man then letting their oath-pellets fly from their hell-heated mouthes as did Michaes x Iudg. 17.1.2 mother the contesting Isralite in the dayes of y Lev. 24.10.11 Moses and these accursed carnalists prophecied of in the z Apoc. 16.9 Apocalypse I pray you to let such reflect a little on their case and condition d Math 5 35.36 August ad consentium de mendac cap. 15. Chromat in locum Iames 5.12 Psal 25. v. 3. Zachar. 5.3 Deut. 28.58 in Apocryph Eccles 23. v. 11. if God would please to open their hood-winckt eyes besides the Scripture that 's infallible true firme above heaven a Matth. 5.18 earth irrevocable above the decrees of the Meedes and b Dan. 6.8 Persians to be verified in every letter title and syllable according to qualifications of objects in workes of justice as of mercie I say besides the verdict of the word which must in due time be verified else God were no c Numb 23.19 God and the word but a fable like these of Esopes or Lucians which were blasphemy to imagine I say yet againe and againe besides the thunderbolts from Gods own mouth that strikes the swearer as low as e Psalm 9.17 hell the center of profanesse nothing keeping him out of it but a small twine threed of life every day and night as a blacke worme and a white gnawing this threed and at last a blatrant f M. Perkins allusiue simile in one of his Legall motives in his Treatise of repentance beast cald death perhaps suddenly lopping and cropping this threed and sends the customarie swearer into the lower pit without ever bayle or maineprize remission or redemption If there were no word or if the word were as carnall life heart g Psalm 14.1 Athists account it of no more certaintie then mother Hubbardes tales Bebelius h Bebilij facetiae extant in octavo jeasts or Melanders i Alelandri Iocoseria extant in decimo sexto jocoseria yea then the lying legend of the k Papists their Limbo Patrum and picke purse Purgatorie yet even in reason let me expostulate with an impious and profane spirit and whisper but some few wordes into the eare of a blasphemous swearer how fit he is for hell and how unfit for heaven if he should die suddenly as some of his predecessors have done and be swept away as dust and l Psalm 1.4 chaffe in an instant as were reveiling Corah Dathan and m Numb 16.32.33 So Anastasius the blasphemous Arrian Emperour was struk with a thunderbolt from heaven as also Olympius the Arrian like Ioab with three darts blaspheming the Trinitie See in the end of Zegedine his Common places in folio de his cum multis alijs Abiram for alas what should he doe in heaven being conditioned and qualified as he is what worke is there for him that he could doe that he would doe In heaven there is perpetuall sempiternall blessing of God as we have proved which taske he is as fit for as yet as an Asse for n Asinus ad Lyram Sus Minervam Erasmi chiliad a Harpe a Sow for a Sack-bot he that cannot sequestrate one minute of an houre one houre in a day one moment of time to prayse God hee that hath as much heart to this or any other spirituall dutie as a Beare to the stake the Bull to the ring the coward to the battle or the Asse to the race he that 's wearie in the Church or in a religious familie to beare one part or burthen in a Psalme which is indeede his burthen or chayned but to a Sermon or a Sacrament for an houre hath his eares taken up as by commission sore against his will his heart being o As Ezechiels auditors EZche 33. vers 31.32 a wooll-gathering rogeing stragling like Dinah perhaps in the p Gen. 34. v. 1. fields in the Towne in the Taverne in the Theator the tappe-house the Tobacco shop the brothell-house perhaps in his baggs in his Barnes in his coyne his counting house his corne-heapes or amongst his sheepe and brutes Is it probable or possible judgement finding a man just as death leaves him the Tree lying as it q Ecclesiastes fals that this man should dying in this tune and temper be fit to joyne his untuned spirit with the heavenly Quire of Angels to blesse and laud the Lord for ever ever Oh lesse fit is this man for this spirituall motion then Saul to be amongst the r Estne Saul inter Prophetaâ— 1. Sam. 19.24 Prophets then drunken Philoxenus to
that they which honour God God will honour them as he told m 1. Sam. 2. â—0 Samuel as hee honoured beleeving n Gen 12. Ge. 17 Gen. 18.17.18 Abraham in Chaldea and Mesopotamia Isaac amongst the o Ge. 26.12.28 Philistines Ioseph in p Genes 41.39.40.41 42. Egypt q Esth 6.10.11 Mordocheus r Esth 2 9 Esther Å¿ Dan. 2.46 48. Daniell Sydrach Mysaach and t Dan. 3.28 Abednego in Babylon u 1. Sa 18.7.16 David x 1. Sam. 3.19.20.21 Samuel and y 2. Chro. 35.18 24. Iosiah in Israell Boaz Ruth in z Ruth 4.11 Bethlem the beleeving a Math. 8.10 Centurion the Cananitish b Math. 15.28 woman the weeping c Luk. 7.44 45. Penitent the fluxe cured d Marke 5.34 Patient Devoute Mary e Ioh. 12.7 cha 20.16 Magdalen patient f Job 1.8 Iob. 42.16.17 Iob meeke g Numb 12.7.8 Iosuah 1.6 Moses publikely before the sonnes of men heraulding their prayses even in the face of their maligning or contesting enemies yea against even Sathan himselfe and his accusing sathanists On the contrarie shaming and dishonouring them that dishonour him as he veryfied as well as threatned against Hophney and h 1. Sam. 2.33 34. Phineas and the house of Israell against the Sodomites burning them with stincking i Gen. 19.24 sulphure as well as fire as their sinnes stuncke against the proud rebelling Nymrodians whose Tower he overthrew and confounded their k Ge. 11.7.8.9 language against wicked Haman all whose honours were in one houre strangled at the l Esth 7.10 Gallowes in his dogge-like death against rebelling m 2. Sam. 18.14.17 Absolon whose name now stinckes as foule as his face was once n 2 Sam. 14 25 faire against proude o Act 12.23 Herod whom the wormes eate proude Nabuchadnezar who usurping more then a man in his imagination for seven yeares was worse then a beast in state and p Dan 4 30 See how this transforming was in D Willes Hexapla in this place fate yea verifying this against his owne Israell who for their owne rebellions though they were the head yet were rhey made the tayle of other people as they were given over to the power of the q Iere. 39.9 Chaldeans r Iudges 6.2 Midianites Å¿ Iudges 3 14 Moabites t Iudg 13.1 Philistines at severall times but chiefly in Iehoiakim who as hee lived wickedly he died wretchedly and dishonourably having the verie buriall of an u Iere. 22.18.19 Asse none lamenting him As it was also with that blasphemous Arrius and other w Of Gods judgements against Arrius Nestorius and other heretickes and apostates See in the end of Zegedines tables in folio heretickes with Iulian and other accursed apostates with Cain x Act. 1.24.25 Iudas and other bloudie murtherers y 2. Sam. 20.22 Shebah z 1. King 2.31.32 Ioab and other Traytors with Iezabell Cleopatra Messalina a 2. King 11.16 Athalia our English Rosamond Iane Shore all other impenitent profane ones who as they lived without grace and holinesse died in disgrace without honour a debaushed life being usually accompanied with a dishonourable death even so that from this circumference I may conclude the point in the right center that soule that is active in truly blessing God is also passive in receiving blessings from God he is that truly blessed man which is described in the b Psal 1. ps 112. psalm 119 1. Math. 5.3.4.5 Psalmes and in other Scriptures all those blessings shall accrew unto him and come upon both him and his seede which Moses both c Deut. 28.1.2.3 Levit. 26.3.4 5. conditionally and d Deut. 33.6.7.8.9 absolutely pronounceth upon the Israell of God even as on the contrary he that loveth cursing the curse shall come upon him even as a stone or pellet of Lead that 's throwne up in the ayre may fall upon the head of the thrower and crush it as did that stone which an Eagle let fall upon the head of Eschylus the Poet or as a ball that 's throwne against an Iron-walle rebounds backe againe on the breast or face of the thrower as the curses of e 2. King 1â— Rabsakah of f 2. Sam. 16.7.8 Semei of Balaake redounded on their owne heads not on the heads of Ezekias of David and of the Israelites as the Popes curses at this g See the book called Brutum â—ulmen day against the Orthodoxe Protestants whom he execrates under the names of Calvinists Lutherans Hugenotes Heretickes fall patt upon himselfe and the declining Sea of the Papall Hierarchie who begins to ebbe by the just revolting of Kings and Christian kingdomes from Babylon as fast as ever by the mysterious working of h Reade that noble French Morney now Englished in folio of the progresse of popery since it was first hatcht Sathan it had a time to flow the causelesse curse as an arrow shot to no purpose in the ayre ever returning in vaine So that to draw this point to a further head as the Lord is Iust lege Talionis by a just i Pana culpa protionata retaliation in other particulars to punish sin so to curse the cursers as most * See Gods hand upoÌ„ those that used to curse and imprecate instanced by Kellay lib. 8. Guicardine lib. 17. in the death of Charles Duke of Burbon by Crantius libr. 6. chap. 45. by Wierus lib. 4. de Magia cap. 10. by Iohn le Gast in his Table-talke volum 2. pag. 131. by Benso in his historie of the new World lib. 2. cap. 17. by Philip Camerarius hist. Med. cap. 86. in the Tragicall ends accustomed cursers accursed according to that of the Psalmist As he loved cursing so let it come unto him as he delighted not in blessing so let it be farre from him as he clothed himselfe with cursing as with a garment so let it come into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones let it bee unto him as the garment which covereth him and as a girdle wherewith he is girded k Psal 109. ver 17. â—8 continually so why may we not argue that by a retaliating proportionable mercie seeing both in mercie and justice the Lord keepes an Arithmeticall or Geometricall proportion in rewarding as revenging he blesseth those that blesse him and that blesse his for if he told Abraham that those who blessed him he would l Genes 12. v. 3. blesse and hath ever verified this promise in blessing and prospering the friends of the Church the spirituall seede and sonnes of Abraham as some of our m Gorlicius in axiomatibus theologicis ex MelaÌ„cthone Sarigelliâ— alijs Neotoricis Modernes instance in the two Theodosij in Constantine in Gratian in Valentinian and other Christian Emperours who as they were nursing fathers and nursing mothers to the Church the Lord went out and in with
many specialties the Lord hath come neerer unto us then ever to them and hath beene as a kinde father both more liberall in his portion of blessings and more indulgent in sparing pitying our sinnes and delinquences and first for the largenesse of his mercies wee receive as Isaac from t Gen. 25. v. 5.6 Abraham as Ioseph from u Gen. 48.22 Iacob as Benjamin from w Gen. 43.34 Ioseph a double yea a trible portion as it were wee seeme Iacob like even to carrie away the x Gen. 25.32 33 blessing and the y Gen. 27.30 birth-right too from them and that in these specialties both of temporall and spirituall blessings in mercies of adornation and preservation as they come to hand with pretermission of innumerable moe To begin with the best first To them God gave the law in the hand of z Gal. 3.19 a mediator to us he gave the Gospell by the mediation of a Luke 2.9.13.14 Angels now in how many degrees the Sun exceedes the Moone our Messias exceedes their Moses our Iesus their Ioshuah our High Priest their * Heb. 7. Heb. 8. Heb. 9. per totum sic Hebr. 10.10.11 12.13 c. Aron the bloudy one and onely propitiatorie sacrifice of his bodie the Annuall sacrifices of their high Priests the Typicall sacrifices of their beastes and Bullockes our Heaven their Canaan so farre our Gospell which is a quickening spirit exceeds their law which without Christ is but a killing Letter To them indeede saith the Apostle were the holy Oracles committed they had the Law and the Testament Moses and the Prophets but wee have the Gospell more plainely more perspicuously then ever they had I denie not indeede but in their Law there was the Gospell included besides personall Types in their Ceremoniall law Christ was shaddowed b See the liâ—tle Booke called Moses unvailed prefigured and in their severall oblations of all sorts typified and represented as hee was promised to c Genes 3.15 Adam the promise renued to d Gen. 12.3 Abraham and the e Gen. 28.14 Patriarkes and prophecied of by all the Prophets from Moses to f Deut. 18. â—5 Malachy so in their severall ages and generations he was expected to be exhibited by all that looked for the consolation of Israell longed for desired that hee would breake the heavens and come g Esay 44.1 downe as they strongly beleeved that he should come Hence according to Theologie the Patriarkes and Prophets before and under the Law in the Old Testament were saved by beleeving that Iacobs i Gen. 49.10 Shiloh the promised Messias should come as we now in the times of grace are saved by beleeving that hee is come there being but one k Ephes 4 5. Christ but one faith as but one Sunne to the world both to Iew and Gentile one * Acts 4.12 Act. 10.43 Acts 13.39 Rom. 10.4 Gal 3.22 meanes of life and grace to all that are justified sanctified and saved Hence Christ is sayd to be that Agnus occisus in Gods decree and infallible promise that Lambe of l Iohn 1.26 God slaine from the beginning of the world to take away the sinnes of the whole l Iohn 1.26 world of the elect as m Rom. 11.12.15 2. Cor. 5.19 Iohn 1.2 v. 2. Scriptures and n Distinguit Augustinus inter mundum electorum â— damnatorum Tract 87. in Iohannem sic per mundum intelligitur solâ—â— modo mundus credentium per Rupertum in Iohannem lib. 3.5 3. Et CommeÌ„s in 2. Corinth 5. mundus regenerationum pro quibus Christus mortuus per Augustinum serm 20 serm 44. serm 109. de verbis Apostoli per Haimonem in Rom. 5. per Prosperum libr. 1. Reâ—p pro Augustin obqui De quo vide plura apud Augustinum de corrupt gratia cap. 12. Tract in Iohan. 2.77 Kâ—midentium de Râ—demptione Perkinstum de Praedestinatione fathers limit that universall Hence also is the Theologicall axiome that Christ who is the verie end of the Law to which it points as once Iohn the Baptist as the hand in the Dyall pointes to the Sunne and to which as a sharpe Schoole-master it o Gal. 3 24. drives and directs that this Christ is typified in the Old p Christus in Veteri Testamento velatus in Novo revelatus libricus in Clavi script Testament and revealed in the New Hence it is also that Abraham and so consequently all the beleeving Patriarkes the sonnes of Abraham by faith is said to have seene the day of Christ and to have rejoyced But how was Christ seene darkely obscurely as under a vaile as the prisoner sees the Sunne through a little chincke or grate as the Spouse in the Canticles had a glimpse of her beloved through the hole of the q Cant. 5.4 doore So was Christ seene of them but wee now see him plainely perspicuously as walking amidst the Golden r Revel 2. vers 1. Candlestickes as we see the Sunne in his solstitium or at noone-day in the plaine and powerfull preaching of the Gospell wee see him not duly and deadly as the Papist in a stone or a piece of brasse pictured in a Crosse or Crucifixe Idolatrously worshipped but as Paul tels the Corinthians even crucified as it were amongst us in the plaine evidence of the spirit Therefore saith the same Apostle The Grace of God hath Å¿ Tit. 2.11.12 appeared this Gospell of grace hath appeared the phrase is observable even as the Sun that peepes and breakes from under and appeares from the obscuring cloude yea the day Starre from an high hath visited us saith t Luke 1.78 Zachary yea light is come into the u Iohn 3.19 vvorld saith hee that is himselfe the w Iohn 1. v. 4.5 life and the light even to inlighten those that like Zebulon and x Luke 1.79 Nepthaly sate in darkenesse and the shadow of death Here is our priviledge above the Iew. Secondly Besides as a Corolarie to this point God at sundry times and in diverse maners spake in time y Hebr. 1. v. 1. past unto these Iewish Fathers by z Iere. 35. v. 15 the Prophets yea and by a Gen. 18.1.2 Genes 19.1.2 Iudg 13. v. 3. Angels too by Oracles by dreames and b Numb 12 7. visions by Vrim and c Exod. 28. v. 30 Thummim but in these last dayes he hath spoken to us by his d Heb. 1. v. 1. Son whom hee hath appointed e vers 2. c Exod. c. 3. c. 4. cap 13. Heire of all things by whom also he made the worlds Thirdly Moreover to them he stirred up temporarie typicall Saviours and Iudges who delivered them out of the hands of those that spoyled them Iudg. 3. vers 16. e vers 2. c Exod. c. 3. c. 4. cap 13. Moses and f Exod. 34.9 Ioshuah and g Iudg. 1.2 Iudah and
imposition indeede worse then the tribute that p 1. Reg. 12.16 Rehoboam exacted of the Iewes or Augustus taxed from the q Luke 2. v. 1. world They would make hardly such haste as the Beare to the stake as the coward to the battle we should finde few Tribes goe up with joy Nay should none but such as come from farre visite these Temples we should have as in some streetes in some long devouring plague the very grasse to grow in the verie porches for want of trampling And indeede those that are so idle or profane so perverse athisticall irreligious that on Gods owne Sabaoths which they are so strictly injoyned they and theirs to sanctifie by motives from r Esai 58.13 14 rewards and Å¿ Exod. 20.8 Gal. 3.10 threatnings that love God his word his worship and their owne soules so little that having health and limbes and legges and no restraint but the t Act. 13.8.10 Devil and corruption they will not goe twelve score to heare a Sermon though twelve miles perhaps to a wedding u As appeares in the hoppings in Northumberland to which there is such resort everie Sabboth throughout the Summer hopping drinking feasting amongst good fellowes or to make merry with comrades and carnall friends or further even from one Shire to another a set match of bowling shooting hunting mans race horse race dogges race or any such vanitie but for any stirring more then a stock or block to any part of Gods worship in publike or private their feete are goutie as w 2. Chro. 16.21 Asaes lame as x 2. Sam. 9.3 Mephibosheths eyther they keepe home as Droanes in their Hives as Hogges in their Styes or if they finde legges it is to the Taverne not to the Temple to Bethaven not to Bethell the Ale-house sometimes Hel-house not Gods house or else with stragling y Genes 34.1.2 Dinah to walke or wander as wafe or strafe in the fields would such ever travell as farre as Ierusalem to worship were they as neere it perhaps as z Luke 24.13 Emaus or a Iohn 11.18 Bethania a Sabboth dayes journey much lesse would they ever saddle their horses as the Sunammitish b 2. Kings 4.22.23 woman to ride to the Prophet upon the Sabboth or new Moone or if they were great personages they would not use their c Bosquier in his Eâ—cho alledgeth authors affirming that the Magi used Dromedaries Dromedaries to travell halfe so farre as the wife men from the East to Ierusalem to worship Christ or use their Coaches as that noble Aethiopian d Act. 8.27 Eunuch to come out of one coast or countrie to worship in another they would not goe so farre as the Queene of the South to heare the Gospels wisedome greater then e 1. King 10. Salomons nor travell so farre for divine Plato and Pythagoras for humane learning CHAP. XIII The Iewes and we Brittaines in other blessings poyzed and compared TO paralell us againe with them in blessings of a mixt nature partly temporall partly spirituall First as they were brought out of the land of f Exod 20.2 Egypt with a mightie hand and stretched out-arme by the meanes of Moses whom God stirred g Exod. 3. Exod. 4. up and sent as the instrument So are not we reduced brought out of that spirituall Egypt that mysticall h Reve. 14.8.16 9. cha 18.10 Babylon that uncleane i Revel 11.8 Sodom the seate and nest of k Revel 18.9.9 19.2 fornications spirituall and corporeall by the meanes of that worthie and zealous instrument Martine Luther that l So called oftentimes by Eccardus Huberus in his Theses Hunnius and other rigged Lutherans Melander that Belgicke Elias as some call him whose eyes being first opened to see cleerely into the mysterie of justificatioÌ„ by faith which he so perspicuously cleeres in his Comment chiefly upon the Galatians he being converted like m Luke 22.32 Peter coÌ„verting his brethren as the Sun breaking through the overshadowing cloude hee being himselfe inlightned inlightens others and as another n Act. 26.18 Paul is made the meanes to open their eyes to bring collyrium and eye salve to Saxonie Germanie Denmarke us in England yea to Belgia and whole Christendome which was in a manner inveloped and covered with the fogges and mistes and cloudes of Popish ignorance yea wholy overspread with darkenesse more then Egyptian or Chymerian so grosse and palpable that it might be felt Onely herein further is the proportion Moses a weake olde man arm'd onely with his o Exod. 4.17 rod and staffe against all the repugnance and resistance of Pharaoh the juglings and Magicall practises of Iannes and * Exod. 7.11 Iambres the might and malignitie power and pollicie of Egypt brings the thousands of Israell out of the house of bondage Luther arm'd onely with power from above with his tongue and penne brings as many by degrees though not all at once by preaching writing and disputing out of the tyranizing slavish subjection of that man of sinne that Antichristian Pharaoh that Babylonian p See the Sermon called Nabuchadnezzar of Rome As once the Dâ—iâ—iâ—â— and Rebeca with the Idols of Michay and Laban Iudg. 18.24 Genes 31.34 Nabuchadnezzer the Pope notwithstanding all the ragings of that Romish Lion the juglings and colouring plots and traynes of his foxes the Fryers and Iesuites the props of his Hierarchie as the Ianisaries to the Turkes together with the disputes of Ecchius the invectives Philipicks and libells of Monckes with whose bellies hee too much intermedled as Erasmus once scoft yea against all the powers and pollicies of Cesar the Romane Emperour with the confederate Princes affected to the whore yea against not onely the might of man but the malice of devils the very gates of hell the powers of darkenesse which did as much resist him as these badd Angels the Prince of q Dan. 10. vers 13. vers 20. Persia and Prince of Grecia resisted that Angell which by the helpe of Michaell the great Archangel the Angel of the covenant brought the children of Israell out of their Chaldean and Babylonian captivitie Secondly as when Moses was tooke away by death and gathered to his fathers the Lord stirred up a r Iosh 1. ve 1.2 Ioshuah to succeede him in some maner to exceede him in bringing the Israelites into Å¿ Iosh 4.19.20 Canaan which he did not So when Luther concluded his holy life with a happie and blessed death notwithstanding the calumnies of all Romish t Cocleus Bolsecuâ— de vita Luthert Simeis and reviling Rabsakeis to the contrarie God multiplied his spirit as the spirit of u 2. King 2.15 Elias upon Elisha upon other successours Melancthon Iustus Ionas Capito Oecolampadius Calvine Bullinger c. and other worthie and renowned instruments according to his owne prophesie to finish and perfect that which he had begun even as he finished
was to farre occasioned and provoked both by forreine warres a broad with the Iebusites Ammonites Philistines and domesticke broyles at home wee having not heard Bellonas Drumme except in a prudent provident Martiall trayning in our Cities as l Genes 14.14 Abraham once in his familie but for these manie yeares chiefly since his Majesties Raigne seene Noahs m Genes 7.11 Dove flying amongst us with the Olive branch of peace so for that greater and better blessing the Sunne of Religion in our Hemispheare hath shin'd more comfortably more constantly then in the dayes of Salomon neyther hath it beene nor I hope ever shall be clouded and eclypsed by Idolatrie as it was in his dayes till it did reshine againe upon his certaine and assured though needlessely questioned r He that questions Salomons repentance let him reade Sâ—to Maior his preface before his Comment on the Canticles and Lorinus his Comment on ch 1. of Eccles as also a booke in quarto called Salomons solace in mediâ— libri repentance But in one particular purposely to avoyde feared prolixitie to instance how we doe agree and s meete as in one Center of blessing as their Princes have beene mervailously preserved in immediate and immanent perils so the preservation of ours and of us in them since the bodie Politicall and Ecclesiasticall is safe in the safetie of the head hath even in our memories and the memories of our fathers beene marveilous if not miraculous For as Davids life as before hath beene fully specified and now shall be but epitomized was hunted after by Saul and such as hee set a worke the t 1. Sam 23.19 Ziphins u 1. Sam. 22.9 Doeg and such bloudie dogges emulating courtiers yea Wolves and Foxes in sheepes cloathing his pretended friendes as hee complaines making Nets and Gunnes to intrapp him by fraude when they could not prevaile by force using with it polliticke w Apud Brusonium titul de Astutia Lysimachus the Foxes craft when the Lions courage fayled So to reflect a little upon Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie and as I promised and purposed to paralell that Deborah with their David besides what wee have in Chronicles in Master Foxe his Martyrologie Are there not some yet living that can relate how the life of that famous virgin Queene was persecuted and prosecuted by the bloudie Romish Saulites from the first houre of her Crowning to the last of her death For besides the plots and projects layd against her innocent life by sanguinolent Wolves in the Raigne of her unsisterly Sister Queene Mary her unjust taxations about the businesse of Sir Peter Carew in the West but chiefly about her confederacie with Courtney in Wiatts conspiracie The second her inhumane apprehension when shee was x Shee was taken sicke out of her bed at her house at Ashredge by the Lord Taâ—ne Sir Iohn Williams and other two Lords sicke in her bed The third her transportation in that case from place to place The fourth her uncivill usage by her churlish Taylor Beinfield The fift her guarding as a Traytor by a y The retinue of these Lordes were two hundred and fiftie of which there was a troupe of horsemen after a hundred northern souldiers added in white Coates yet as her blacke guarde After at Woodstocke threescore souldiers marcht everyday with in the walles and without band of Souldiers The sixt her hurrying to the Tower without permission eyther to speake or write to the Queene The seventh her landing at the verie traytors stayres The eight her strict usage in the Tower worse then some ordinarie prisoners The ninth The restraint of her men the imprisoning of her Ladies her tossing from poast to piller as from Scilla to Caribdis from danger to danger when in her owne apprehension and preparation as her Motto was shee was tanquam Ovis as a sheepe to the slaughter The tenth the examinations of Sir Iames Acroft and the rackings of many poore men to finde out the knife to cut her throate The eleventh the gapings of the Lords of the Cleargie chiefly Steven Gardner Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor after the day in which they might wash their white Rochets in her innocent bloud as much as ever Saul gaped after the bloud of David After all which stormes and tempests lightnings and thunders her Sunne from under all these cloudes gloriously reshined in her triumphall Crowning with such celebritie prayers wishes welcommings cryes acclamations shoutes verses pageants enterludes as symptomes of affections together with such gratulations from forreine z As from Zuricke Geneva Basil Berne Wertenbridge Argentine Franckford places as the like hath not beene seene Her enemies by a As Poole Hopton Bishop of Norwich Christopher of Chester Westonâ— the chiefe disputer against Cranmer Latimer and Ridley as also Bonner and Gardiner death together with their plots as mistes being suddenly dispersed leaving these dangerous accidents and occurrents these complotments with many moe To cut off that head which after as gloriously as ever any of her sexe wore a Crowne How hath shee sympathized with David in these her marveilous and miraculous preservations after shee came to the Crowne from both publicke rebellions and private treasons that were comploted against her and so consequently against us and our safetie both by ambitious and factious spirits as in the Norfolke and Kentish b See Anglorum praelia extant in octavo rebellions insurrection of the Commons under the conductes of their turbulent leaders which had not Gods providence and mans prudence and prowesse prevented might have proved as fatall as that rusticke c De quo bello rusticano more dialogi multa habes erudite explicata per Simonem Maieâ—lum de diebus Canicul volum 2. in fine colloq 3. pag. 466. warre to our neighbor Germanie both to this land in generall and to her Royall person in particular But especially by spirits that were Iesuited and leavened from Rome from whence as arm'd Greekes out of the Troyan horse and as diseases out of Pandoras boxe have issued all these treasons and rebellions publicke and private that as Cocatrice egges have by mans malice beene hatched and by Gods mercie crushed amongst us To reflexe upon some of them as a man may looke upon a dangerous Serpent or vast monster or his malignant enemie when hee is flaine as the Israelites upon Goliah and the Greekes upon Hector with gratulation and admiration How dangerous was that conspiracie in the North by the Earles of Northumberland and d In the conspiracie were Dacred Digby Hulthorp Penyman Bishop and many moe great Esquiers and gentlemen Westmerland kindled by the Bull of Pope Pius or rather impius the Fift in the yeare 1569. and blowne by Doctor Nicholas Morton Story Felton the Nortons Plumtree hang'd justly at Durham on a crosse-tree and other dangerous spirits justified by that boysterous e In his sixt motive fol. 31. and in his forty
the earth as Paulus Emilius that died in Cynna Titus Gracchus in Lucania Augustus Caesar in Nola Traian the good Emperour in the East part of the d De istis omnibus vide apud Fulgosum Brusonium Lycosthenem Textorem Zwingerum in Theatro world Secondly when I consider how many renowned yong Princes beauteous blossoms of excellent luster have been in their verdant spring as a tryall or punishment to their subjects cut off from the Tree of life cropt by that blatrant beast death their Sun setting on a suddaine even in the first rising or in their height solstitiü going backe againe by degrees as the Sun in Ahaz e 2. King 20.11 Diall 1. Sometimes eclypsed by the immediate hand of God as that zealous yong Prince Edward the VI. and the staffe of our hopes our so lamented Iosiah that so faire promising Heroes whom as one cals Iulius Scaliger Picus Mirandula we may truly call worthy wonderful spirit now translated to the God of spirits 2. some made away by the malice of man by treasonable plots and conspiracies as Britanicus the sonne of Claudius slain by Nero in the 14 yere of his age the nephews of Richard the 3 the Duke of Clarence his mate rooted out by the bloudy Celidonian Bore in their springing buddes 3. yea some exposed to death in their very infancie as Romulus Renus that Lamusius that was cast into a ditch young Cyrus by his grandsire Astyages c. Some by this meanes perishing though some againe as these nominated marvailously preserved 4. some cut off by the sword of the enemie as Iosiah by Pharaoh f 2. Chro. 35.23.24 Necho that loving Ionathan by the sword of the g 1. Sam. 31.2 Philistines Ladyslaus the yong King of Bohemia slaine by the Turke in a fatall battle together with Hippolitus h This Iulius perswaded the young king to breake his league and sworn truce with the Turke by which he perished Iulius Cardinals that held themselves in their pride as good as Princes in the 21. yeare of his age 5. others cut off by sicknesses incurable diseases or other dismall accidents from which the Diadems of Emperors the k Mors sceptra ligonibus aequaÌ„s Crownes of Kings the Myters of Popes are not exempted as Hierome Vrsmus who died of a wound which hee received in Rome Henry Rauzovius crushed to death by a fall in the waters Medices the father to the great Duke of Hetruria slaine by the breach of a Gun as also Heraclas Constantine with moe that might be named all these yeelding the dew to death their debts to nature in the 28. yeare of their age some by one meanes some by another together with Lodowicke the yong king of Hungary that as he was eagerly pursuing the Turks was found dead in a quagmire in the 20 yeare of his age But in the third place when I seriously ponder paralelling histories with our present times not onely the perils and pikes that great Princes have past in their expeditions by land as many Princes and noble Peeres of Christendome cut off in their severall unwarrantable voyages which in their blinde zeale devious devotion they unitedly undertooke for the recoverie of Ierusalem the holy land from the Turke But horresco referens when I deepely ponder the perils by Sea so many so dangerous as the Psalmist l Psalm 65.7 reveales as experience knowes as holy Saints even m Act 27.14 15 Paul himselfe and the disciples of our n Math. 28. â—4 Saviour have tried from which even Kings and Princes have not beene exempted the pietie of that Troyan o Pius Aentas á pietate in Patrem in patriam Aeneas the greatnesse and power of Zerxes or Artaxerxes the felicitie and fortunes of p Caesarem vehaâ— fortunas c. Caesar as hee cald them being but meane Orators and unprevailing pleaders to stay the rage of angrie Neptune when blustring Aeolus hath stird and exasperated him that he roars and fomes insomuch that the wise Byas held Sea-men to be neyther amongst the q Nec inter vivos nec inter mortuos living nor amongst the dead it 's fathered of Cato that he resolved amongst other things never to goe by sea when hee might goe by land to which perils if we credit r A little book newly extant of the Prince his returne Mendoza which now speakes English even his Highnesse was subjected in two or three particulars from which the divine providence mercifully preserved him Yea when I consider how many Princes Peeres great personages have perished in by the Sea in which they have bin intombed in their watry graves as the Egyptian Pharaoh Aegeus of Athens Aiax of Greece Leander of Abaddon yea in our owne Realmes a King a Queene that as that Å¿ Icarus icarijâ— nomina feciâ— aquis Ovid. Icarus before them from being drowned in the waters gave denomination to the waters commenting these many moe examples with that proverbiall adage verified daily by experience that quod cuiquam id cuivis what happens to any one may happen to every one and notwithstanding as I said before all these justly feared stormes which might have befalne us in the leaving or losing of our Prince at home or abroad by sea or by land laying to heart the perils that Kings t As Humber deviding Yorkshire and Lincolneshire and Queene Hive princes are subjected unto even wheÌ„ they are at home amongst their friends favorites as they thinke even in their Castles their Courts their Pallaces secured by their guard as Eglon slaine by Ehud even in his owne parlour Iudg. 3. vers 22 23. Ishboseth murthered by Baanah and u 2. Sam. 4. vers 5.6 Rehab even in his own bedchamber as Plautinus in the like case thought to have dispatched Alexander Severus by the meanes of w The history is at large in Guevara in the life of Severus Secundus as Iudith dealt with Hollosernes in the w Iudith 13.7.8 Apocrypha as the two sonnes of Senacharib with their father whom they slaughtered as he was at his Idolatrous sacrifice much more subjected to more eminent immanent dangers abroad where they know not their friends from their foes yet notwithstanding all these doubts dangers these perils occasioning our perplexitie that good Angell that went out with him as with x Chap. 48 16. Iacob to Padam Aram with Abrahams servant to y Gen. 24.7 Mesopotamia and with that Tobiah in the Apocrypha being his fidus Achates by land his Palinurus best Pilot by Sea his bonus Genius if everie man as everie province much more every a This question Iustine Martyr expounded q. 30. and later our Master Calvine lib. 1. Instit cap. 14.7 The mayor part of all the Fathers the schoolemen affirme it as Clemens Alexandrinus lib. 6. stromat Orig hom 8. in Gen.
Basil in Psal 33. Epiphan Mer. 51. Chrys ho. 3. ad c. 1. ad Coloss Cyril lib. 4. contra Iul. Procopius cum cateris grounding on Gen. 48.16 on Math. 18. vers 10. and on Act. 12.11.15 Prince have his bonus Genius his protecting Angel both by land and sea in every coast countrey where he came having reduced brought him backe again after this large circumference to the English Court his own center in health honour prosperitie and safetie both in bodie and soule not somuch as the least infected dust cleaving to his feete much lesse any corrupted Popish ayre infect his royall bloud such was the antydote preservative of grace of which his highnesse hath given more then Mathematicall demonstration even since his comming home Oh this is a mercie to his highnesse in particular to the land realme all us in generall interested in him past expression Chiefly wheÌ„ I consider how unworthy we have walked of former mercies how like these nine clensed lepers we have beene b Luk. 17.16.17 unthankefull how there is at this day a controversie whether God is more mercifull to us or wee more sinfull against him we wounding the Lord with his own weapons abusing our peace plentie all other Tallents as Bawdes Panders to uncleanesse as fuell to the fire of our licentiousnesse as if a whorish woman should with these Iewels love tokens she receives from her husband mantaines an adulterous lover or a favorite with these lands revenues he hath received from his Prince assist animate a professed rebell wee imploying still Gods favours in the service of sinne sathan our sinnes like Ierusalems yea like c Ezeth 16.49 Sodoms pride idlenesse fulnesse of bread yea fulnesse foulnesse of drinke too extortion oppression increasing and springing with our blessings the sins of every countrey the German drunknesse Asian luxurie Cretian lying Carthaginian perfidiousnesse Italian wantonnesse Iewish usurie Turkish crueltie the French complementall formality with the vices vanities of every other Nation meeting in our land as in their Center entertained retained as Lawyers their Clients Physitians their Patients Noble-men their jeasters fooles because they bring sackes to our Milnes pleasures to our mindes or profites to our purse c. Yea withall when I ponder too how little use we have made of the Lords judgements plagues pestilence dearths inundations of waters sicknesses diseases deaths of the Honourable of the Martiall of the Senatour of the d Esai 3.1.2.3 Counsellour that have beene taken from us but chiefly the eclypsing of that bright sun that once shined so gloriously in our hemispher th' death of that our Illustrious farre famoused Prince Henry as greivous to our hearts as the death of that worthie e By the malice of Roxama cut off by his bloudy father Solyman in any great thing that happens the proverbe is Mustapha is dead Mustapha was once to his Martiall Ienisaries or the death of that noble Zisca to his zealous valerous Bohemians of whose death in not dying since to any sinne as humbled by this judgement we have made so little use that by our greivous provocations and as a just punishment of our former ungratious ingratitudes in the absence of our Prince the Lord having lately the Ball at his foote as hee hath ever to goale it to our griefe whereas hee might have brought on us now stouping plague indeede and have payed us home once for all by many meanes which I leave to all Christian hearts to excogitate yet when wee experimentally see that as in the first creation hee hath brought light out of darkenesse good out of our feared evill glory to himselfe prayses to his Majestie as before prayers for the preservation of our thrice honoured Prince Is not all this the Lords doings and it is marvailous in our eyes Oh if David and his Nobles were thankefull for the mercies towards their Salomon the instrumentall builder of their materiall let us be thankefull for our Salomon the builder of the spirituall Temple the propagator and continuer of true Religion the planter of Gods true worship the supplanter of Idolatrie If Cain bee avenged seven times then Lamech seventie times said that f Genes 4.24 Polygamist If the Iewes have cause of gratulation seaven times for Gods mercies towards their Church and Common-wealth Kings and people wee have occasion seventie times seven times If the undersong of Davids Psalmes much more of our spirituall Hymnes may well runne in this torrent to the God of mercies for his mercie endureth for g Psal 136. per totum ever Oh then let all of us this day this houre with our mother great Britaine by all meanes expresse our thankfulnesse by our rejoycings in the outward and inward man Blow with your Trumpets as in the new Moone strike your Drummes advance your pikes I wish I could say as in England ring your Bells make your bonfires sound your Cornets display your Banners charge and discharge your Guns apply your powder make good use of Match or as more certaine use your fire lockes march like Martialists daunce your measures as David did before the Arke Let the day of our preservation from the powder treason of the Coronation of our King the reduction of the Prince be to us as the Iewes h â—â—â—h 9.26 Purim let them be writ in red Letters inserted in our Calender but for ever these mercies with their memorials let them be as Moses commands i Deut. 6.6.7.8 Israell be ingraven better then in Brasse and Marble in the Tablets of our gratefull hearts perpetuated traditionarily to our Children children Let our Hearts Lives Loves Votes Voyces Tongues Soules Spirits joyne with all the blessed Quyre of Angels in Heaven and Saints in Earth for all his mercies to praise the father of mercies the God of spirits To whom bee honour and glorie of us and in all Churches for ever and ever Amen FINIS ERRATA Sic Correcta 1. Iaunnus for Janus pag. 9. post literam f. 2. optative for operative p. 12. initio pagina 3. God for good ibid. 4. Denuntion for denuntiation initio pag 20.5 Farnestius for Farâ—â—sius initio pag. 24. 6. of for oft pag. 43. Sect. 6. lit c pag. 46. in fine sect 6. those words must headded post verbum Queene Mary with many moe doe sympathâ—â—e one with another and hang together like burres 7. Zinick for Zurick p. 51. post lit y 8. wafted for wafted p. 53 post lit b 9. Menius for Mevius p. 59 post q 10 pag. â—6 in fine pawne they for they pawne 11 p. 97. prolonging for prolonging post f 12 p. 99 priâ—â—aces for privaces linea prima 13. p. 104. post u bewitching for butchering 14. p. 106. Zapirus for Zopirâ—s post f 15. p. 110. mike for milke post w pag. 111. in lit m it is for is it 16 pag. 136. chippe for chirpe post lit z 17 p. 138. initiation for imitation post lit p In the Margino also there be some maine defects which yet with your pen may be cured pag. 25. lit x Bolsâ—ecus for Bolsecus p. 33. lit q Magnetis nigra for Mira pag. 120. lit f adde to intolerable pride deleatur where Caesar make it as Pelargus of the p. 9â— lit s Hexapla in Lucadum for in Exodum with sodoe other of lesse moment