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A19589	The sermon preached at the Crosse, Feb. xiiii. 1607. By W. Crashawe, Batchelour of Diuinitie, and preacher at the temple; iustified by the authour, both against Papist, and Brownist, to be the truth: wherein, this point is principally intended; that the religion of Rome, as now it stands established, is still as bad as euer it was	Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.	1609 (1609)	STC 6028; ESTC S118191	115,004	191

and his land to bee giuen to Papists to whom the Papes gift shall be good and effectuall This Church and Palace besides many of inferior note stands to this day on the hil Coelius and though now the Pope for his pleasure hath remoued himselfe ●uer the Riuer to the Vaticane yet in former times for many hundred yeares as Blondus himself confesseth it was the principall seate of the Popes which appeareth also by the verses written vp and down the Church especially those that are grauē ouer the marble chaire which is hard by the high altar where the Pope sitteth at masse Haec est Papalis sedes pontificalis Praesidet Christi de iure vicarius isti Et quia iure datur sedes Romana vocatur Nec debet verè nisi solus Papa sedere Et quia sublimis alij subduntur in imis Thus its apparant his chief throne is vpō one of the 7. hils And it is very obseruable that howsoeuer they make their succession frō Peter and that therfore in reasō his Church should have bin chief yet that God may shew to the world that their Citie is the Whore that sitteth on 7. hils therfore by Gods iust iudgemēt they are so blinded that they haue made a Church Palace that is on one of the hils superior to that they cal S. Peters which is not on any of the hils and haue giuen it not only priority and precedence but euen priueledge preheminence aboue S. Peters Another vnanswerable reason out of the Text is That Citie sayth the Text is Babylon which reigneth ouer the kingdoms of the earth * Reu. 17. 18. but Rome no other City at that day long after reigned ouer the world Therfore Rome is that Babylon Seeing then the holy Text cleers it the Fathers approue it Bellarmine himselfe grants it and the Rhemists also vpon condition we will yeelde that Peter was at Rome doe willingly yeelde it * Rhemist in 1. Pet. cap. 5. therefore wee will not stand vppon further proofe And as for their distinction that Rome heathen is Babylon but not Rome Christian I answere briefly that if heathenish Rome bee Babylon in regard of her sinnefulnesse and persecution of the Saints then this Rome is Babylon also seeing in her sinnefull abhominations and cruell persecutions shee is nothing inferiour to olde heathenish Rome as may be easily proued and shewed at large if this time and place required it and as hath been alreadie shewed in diuers learned writers and in good part confessed by many of their owne Now then to goe forward touching this mysticall Babell I propound these foure points to bee considered 1. That we would haue healed her 2. That she will not be cured 3. That therefore we ought to forsake her 4. That God will take iust vengeance on her The 1. and 2. is past the 3. is in hand the fourth is sure to come its true we would haue healed her it s most true She is past cure I hope it shal be as true that we shall quite forsake her and the last hastens fast on Her destruction is at hand and sleeps not For the first That we would haue cured the Papists we dare call the world to witnesse and appeale euen to God himselfe and this not onely desired but endeuoured it by all good meanes both in the dayes of that renowned Q. Elizabeth of happie memorie and in the present gouernment of our Souereigne that now is The meanes we haue vsed for their healing be diuerse 1. By instructing and informing them in the truth and discouering their errours both by holy Scriptures and by the ancient Fathers of the best and purest times Iewel Fulk Whitakers Rainolds Perkins and manie other who now sleep in Christ haue left behinde them such testimonies of this truth as shall liue whilst the world lasteth and neuer can be confuted as appeares in that they haue not dared to answer most of their books to this day Secondly our continuall prayers for them both publick and priuate in performance of which duty both our Church in generall and all amongst vs that vse to pray for themselues haue the testimony of a good conscience that they haue not failed to indeuour their healing by this means This our diligence in this duty so shamed them for their negligence in the same for vs that iiij yeares ago they published at Rome a forme of Litanie and publicke praier for the peruerting of the Realms of England and Scotland to Popery But by the way let it be obserued that as when Cain left his frowning at his brother and began to make shew of friendship with him entised him by fair words into the fields thē he harbored the heauiest malice in his heart and there slewe him * Gen. 4. 7. So when these men had conceiued and hatcht at Rome the pouder treason then to make vs secure and beleeue they loued vs they framed prayers for vs as tho the worst thing they wisht vs were our conuersion when as indeede they plotted the subuersion of vs all Hee that sitteth in heauen and laughed both them and hell to scorn for that their deuise knoweth wee haue not dealt so with them Well if their Prayers hereafter come so attended let vs haue their curses and let their prayers turne into their owne bosomes Thirdly wee haue endeuoured to heale them by our example professing and practicing our owne religion daily in their sight and many of our Fathers professed it openly euen in the times when they preuailed gaue their liues in the fire for it And heerin the example of noble Q. Elizabeth is worthy of eternall memorie whose constant zeale to the truth was such as that al her daies they could not by their brags and treasons curses cause her once to fear thē nor by all their sleights could euer win the least estimation with her nor gain an inch of ground in her hart nay her last Proclamation not two moneths afore her death wounded them as deepely or rather more then euer any one before * See the Proclamatiō published in Feb. before h●● death Fourthly and lastly we endeuoured their healing by deuising and enacting good and wholsome lawes against their errours superstitions impieties seditious courses sometime in iustice executing them oftentimes in great mercie suspending them thus trying all meanes that might possibly perswade or work vpon them and in this course our State by wise foresight and discreete managing the lawes our Ministerie by instruction and confutation and all by their prayers and example did we continue to endeuour hir healing all the happie dayes of Q. Elizabeth But especially dare wee call the Lord to witnesse that we haue endeuoured hir healing since the happy comming of his Maiestie to this Crowne wherein all the forenamed meanes haue beene vsed and one more their errours haue beene most learnedly discouered and confuted their bookes and libells aunswered if I may

State honoured shall bee by these miser●ants thus dishonoured and that not on the stage ●nely but euen in print Oh what times are wee east into that such a wickednesse should passe vnpunished● I speake nothing of their continuall profanenesse in their phrases and sometime Atheisme and blasphemie no● of their continuall profaning of the Sabbath which generally in the country is their play day and oftentimes Gods diuine seruice hindred or cut shorter to make roome and giue time for the diuels seruice Are they thus incurable then happy hee that puts to his hand to pull downe this tower of Babell this daughter of confusion happy he that helpes to heale this wound in our State but most happy that Magistrate who like zealous Phin●hes takes some iust vengeance on that publike dishonor laid vpon our Churches But if wee bee negligent in this cause of God then he himselfe will take the matter into his owne hand whose Church whose religion whose holy ordinances and most holy name are dayly profaned by them for as their iniquities are hainous and their blasphemies against heauen so doubtlesse their iudgement is gone vp vnto heauen and lifted vp vnto the cloudes So wishing their repentance I proceed 3. The horrible abuse of the Sabbath day in this citie and ouer this kingdome in some places by Faires and Markets by May-games and Moricedancers by Wakes and Feasts in all places almost by buying and selling and bargaining in this citie by cariages in and out by selling betimes in the morning and after dinner by playing in the streetes and in the fields Oft hath this bin complained of and some haue endeuoured to heale it but it is an Impe of Babylon that will not be healed but rather it creepes as a canker thorow our whole State from the foote to the head But let vs take heed for it will eare out the heart and life of a State Ierem. 17. euen this one sinne Did not our Fathers thus saith noble Nehemiah and therfore God brought all this euill vpon vs Nehem. vlt. See captiuity destruction and desolation of a goodly and flourishing setled kingdome for the publike profaning of the Sabbath O therefore happy hee that puts to his helping hands to heale this wound which yet is cureable enough if wee would doe our duties for the Commandement is thou and all within thy gates The fourth Commandement Keepe my Sabbath Now who is there within this Realme but is within the gates of the Kings house who within this Citie but within the gates of the Lord Maior who any where but is of some mans family within some mans gates If then Fathers and Magistrates would looke to all within their gates this sinne could not bee so grieuous this wound not so wide and desperate as it is Therefore you my Lord Maior bee exhorted to attempt the healing of this wound in your yeare set before your eyes the noble example of worthy Nehemiah Nehem. vlt. it will excite you to this holy dutie and then at the end of your yeare you may with the comfort of a good conscience say with him Remember mee O my God in goodnesse Nehem. vlt. 1● according to all that I haue done for this people But if we still neglect this cause of God and suffer his Sabbath daily thus to bee profaned then let vs looke for nothing but continuance and increase of these grieuous plagues that haue so long lien vppon vs and let vs be assured God will take the matter into his owne hands and some way or other get himselfe glorie vpon vs. For hee will lose his honour at no mans hand but whosoeuer will not glorifie him in his conuersion hee will glorifie his owne name vpon him in his confusion Which heauie iudgement that God may turne from vs let vs turne to him c. FINIS