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A02833	An aduertiseme[nt] to the subjects of Scotland of the fearfull dangers threatned to Christian states; and namely, to Great Britane, by the ambition of Spayne: with a contemplation, of the truest meanes, to oppose it. Also, diverse other treatises, touching the present estate of the kingdome of Scotland; verie necessarie to bee knowne, and considered, in this tyme: called, The first blast of the trumpet. Written by Peter Hay, of Naughton, in North-Britane.	Hay, Peter, gentleman of North-Britaine.	1627 (1627)	STC 12971; ESTC S118431	133,365	164

that the Lyne of the Circumference goe about to cloze at the Point where-at it did begin this also is sensible true The beginning of Things was the Incarnate Word as sayeth Sainct Iohn In principi● erat verbum not the beginning Mosaicke which was but Principium principiatum the beginning of Tyme but Principium principiaus the beginnining that did begin all things Ex quo iu quo per quam omnia So CHRIST being the Beginning and as we know Man the last created of all things and hindmost made of GOD the Circular Lyne of Nature could never bee concluded vntill the First Point was joyned with the Last that the Beginning should be the Ende and the Ende the Beginning one Point both Alpha and Omega the Sonne of GOD who was the First conjoyned with Man who was the Last GOD becomming Man and Man becomming GOD did in the fulnesse of Tyme cloze this Circle in beeing the Holie and Perfect second Tenth of all th● Creatures now renewed and by descending and returning through these Ten Degrees which made Rabb Mos. Hardasan in mysterious Words to say of CHRIST whilst hee wryteth vpon Genesis and citeth this Text of David Psal. 50 Ostendam tibi salutare DEI. This is a Scripture sayeth hee of great weight and importance that the Salvation of Israel is the Salvation of GOD that is to say The preservation and perfection of His Works for GOD Himselfe shall bee the pryce and payment of His owne Redemption Vt qui non nihil frumenti ex se●onda decima reliquum habet id redemit as hee who had resting some Corne of his second Tythe hee did redeeme it This First and Second Tythe are even as that beginning Mosaicke and that of Sainct Iohn Principians principiatum CHRIST being the First Tythe predestinate in the Eternall Counsell of GOD and Man the second began with the beginning of Tyme where-of CHRIST issuing of Man according to His Humanitie is sayde by him to bee that Rest of that Second Tythe reserved by GOD for the Perfection and Glorification of whole Nature by the Pryce of his Precious Blood By those it seemeth that GOD who as the Scripture sayeth Omnia suaviter disponit Hee disposeth all things sweethe And as another sayeth Et mirabilite● disponit adeo ut aliquid semper nisit humano captu majus Hee also disposeth them miraculouslie that still there is somewhat beyonde the Horiz●n of humane sight It seemeth I say that GOD hath chozen that Portion of ou● Goods due to His Worship and Service to bee of that Perfect Number of the Perfect and Consummated Sacrifice of CHRIST into the full Quotient and Continent of Nature and that withall Hee hath respected the Number of People who were to liue vpon the Tenthes as Bellarmine doeth reason to prooue Tythes not Ceremoniall but Iudiciall De Clericis Lib. 1. Cap. 25. Nam non ordinantur immediate ad colendum DEVM sed ad aequitatem inter homines Hee sayeth That Tythes were commanded to bee payed to Levie because hee was about the tenth part of the People that there might bee a Proportion betweene his Estate and the rest Thus haue I broght in a ●iversitie of Opinions cōcerning Tythes some holding thē onlie Iudiciall to the Iewes others that they belong to GOD by way of Alms but not to the Church Others that they appertaine to the Church but by Positiue Lawes of Princes others that they are so by the Law of Nature finallie some inclined to follow this Remote Naturall Theologie affirme that by all these Titles they are to the Church as Franciscus Iunius 〈◊〉 omni jure post omnem hominum memoriam DEO fuerunt sacrae For what lesse can omni jure import than a Law as well stamped naturallie in the Consciences of Men as approoved by Positiue Lawes of Princes and warranded by the Written Word of GOD But hitherto can I finde none to say that Tythes are Temporall or Civill Goods scarcelie wee who doe possesse them for why wee holde that whatsoever wee bestow to Mendicant poore People to necessitous Friends or Neighbours for Mayutaynance of the Ministrie or Schooles of Learning all that hath allowance for Tythes in the sight of GOD neither are wee oblished nor can bee to sustaine the Poore by anie Law other than by that of Tenthes this I doe hold albeit Ambitious Men to abuse the World with faire Colours will perhaps holde the contrarie But I doe not doubt but this New Reason which I doe put in from the Mysterie of the Number will bee thought of manie a ●aprit●h or Raveri● of a Phantasticke Braine In the meane time if wee would possesse them still wee haue neede of some New Doctrine vnheard of for to qualifie our Possession and purge it from the Sacriledge seeing our owne Teachers whose other Opinions in everie thing numbers of vs do superstitiouslie follow and adore they doe affirme vs to bee Sacrilegious in this Point I meane Puritane Preachers and their Sectators It is of notable Observation to consider howe throughout this whole Yle there haue ever beene Opponents to Episcopall Governament and Rents two sorts I may say of Factious Men The Clergie factious and the Laicie factious The Clergie Factious haue striven for it That all the Church Patrimonie appertayneth vnto them their Presbyteries and Disposition And this Ground they haue so hardlie mayntayned that in a Supplication given in to a Parliament in England in Name of the Commonnalitie Anno 1585 they set it downe for an Article of Doctrine That all Abbay Lands once dedicated for sacred vses should by the Word of GOD remayne in that Condition for ever and may not bee taken backe Their Disciples agayne the Laycie Factious say That their Preachers ought to conforme themselues to the Mayntaynance of the Apostles who had no Silver nor Gold● nor Possessions nor Tythes nor Rents Wherevnto their Teachers doe aunswere That that is as much as who would say to the base popular That Noble-men haue more than their part in the World which they spend vpon Horses Halks Dogs Ryot of Lyfe whiles their T●nnands doe sterue for Famine That in the Apostles tymes Men had all things in common Moneyes and Meanes were layde at their Feet and equallie distributed by them and that such Insolence and Wealth of Noble-men vvill but spoyle Pietie and Zeale if they be not reformed according to the Apostolicke tymes no Man can deny But this Proposition is as resonable as the other albeit both should bee but an Anabaptisticall Practise Alwayes out of a Treatise written by English Arch-Puritanes of Discipline Ecclesiasticke these haue I extracted ad verbum Whyles they meaning their owne Disciples beare vs speake agaynst Bishops and Cathedrall Churches it tickleth their Ears looking for the lyke Prey as they had before of Monasteries yea they haue alreadie devoured the Church Inheritance they care not for Religion they would crucifie CHRIST to haue His Garmentes they

their hunting of Buls their personall March their austere Phisnomie obscure Colour vnpopular presentation where-of everie thing is disgustfull to M●n of other Nations Melancholie is a tenacious and vis●uous humor where-from proceedeth their slowe and lingering Deliberations the longsomnesse of their Actions their constant Prosecution of their Enterpryses their obstinate adhering to auncient Customes abhorring imitation of Forraigne Manners their Superstition in Religion their silence from Discourse and reservednesse from Conversation which indeede doe make them being contemplatiue more capable of solide Knowledge They goe heere and there through Neighbour-Countreyes but never procure familiaritie of friendship with anie Man yea there is small interchange of Kindnesse or Courtesie amongst them-selues because attour beeing thus concentricke and contracted with-in them-selues they doe make profession of Punctualitie which is contrarie to Friendship that in its owne nature is open and communicable liberall of Discourse and Complements and of steadable Actions thinges opposed to those who stand vpon pointes measure their Paces and number their Wordes fearing to perill their Reputation for a Syllabe more or lesse as if they durst not adventure to goe without the Confines of their Melanch●lie where-as by anie experience one would thinke that Punctualitie is not onelie Enemie to Friendship but contrarie to great Actions because what convenience can bee betwixt Greatnesse and that which is small a point as everie Man knoweth doeth verie nearlie approach to nothing and Punctualitie to Nullitie Therefore is it that hee who standeth vpon points in Businesses often-times attaineth nothing which men say was the chiefe reason of their bad Successes against England and Algiers where the Designes of their Enterpryses were founded vpon such Subtilties Moments and points of time as was not possible for anie Generall to obserue except him who could controll Tyme and make the Sunne fixed as to Ioshua or retrograde as it was vnto Ezechias Lastlie to come without the Confines of Spaine to consider what trust they haue with their next Neighboures if men of experience should enter to dispute on what side it were most advantagious for Enemie-Forces to enter vpon Spaine one might ●ay that even Navarre were not vnfit al-be-it it bee vnlawfullie possessed by them yet those are the naturall Subjects of the French King and there should bee found at this day the Grand-Children of them who did lose their Lyues and Goods in the service of his Predecessours against the tyrannie of Spaine and who them-selues would vnder-goe willinglie the like to haue him restored to bee their King Adjacent to Navarre are the Countreyes of France whose bravest Men doe even now carrie into their Faces the honourable Seat and Marks of the bloodie Woundes which they did couragiouslie sustaine when the Spanyard did employ all his Forces to extinguish the glorie of that Nation Wee neede goe no farther for if wee should travell to the Worlds ende wee shall never arryue there where they are not either feared or hated or both Now since so it is that this Catholicke Ambition aimeth over all everie Man seeth that it doeth require a strong Opposition the Meanes where-of and easiest Possibilities is not an vnfit Contemplation for vs of this Yle who for the present seeme to bee most threatned by the same It cannot bee opposed but by Warres and these are not to bee wished Al-be-it GOD and Nature haue their good endes in Warres as GOD to purge the Sinnes where-with a Land is defiled and chieflie of the Gentrie by Pryde Oppression and Lust and Nature againe to cut as it were and crop the over-grouth of the Civill State when People doe multiplie aboue the proportiō of the Countreys means yet wee are not to desire Warres but rather wish the sending out of Multitudes to Neighbour-Warres or by transportation of Colonies where wee can finde anie possibilitie to plant them vvhich is the most laudable and lawfull Meanes of the two for the disburdening of populous Countreys because Warres are never without too much Crueltie and effusion of innocent Blood yea even where the Pretences and Claymes of Princes and States seeme to bee most just the grosse of their Armies are brought to the Shambles and innocentlie murdered at least they are guiltlesse of the Ambition which did moue the Warre al-be-it it pleased GOD to punish them that way for other Sinnes and to purge the Land there-from But by transportation of Colonies GOD did people the Earth as the sacred Historie showeth Nature doeth the same for are wee not all of this Occidentall Worlde descended of the Trojan Aegyptian or other Forraigne Colontes Nature hath imprinted this Politicke Instinct into Beastes when the Eagle hath taught her young ones to flye and catch their Prey shee doeth no more admit them to her Nest but dryveth them away and if shee finde anie one laysie and vnwilling to labour for it selfe shee killeth it The Bees constraine their brood when they once can flie abroad to seeke new Habitationes All well-governed States haue followed the same there being no surer Rule in Policie than the imitation of Nature which things I neede not heere to discourse being of daylie practise in the World so notorious in Histories and latelie so well set downe by a vertuous and worthie Gentle-man of our Countrey Sir William Al●xander now Secretarie for Scotland in his Treatise for Plantation of Nova Scotia of which Enterpryze and of all such like I must say thus farre that they are not onlie vertuous and noble but in a degree heroicke aboue ordinarie Vertue and Nobilitie and for this Assertion I giue my reason thus GOD did frame the World to the ende that by length of time it might bee peopled and that no corner there-of might bee emptie of holie Altars Priests and People to celebrate His Worship So that hee that putteth his Handes to such Workes for plantation of Countreyes disinhabited or desarted hee doeth second the first Intentions of GOD toward the World and doth puisse the course of Nature so farre as in him lyeth to her destinate perfection and al-be-it this braue Enterpryze of the fore-saide Gentle-man bee some-what with-stood by that vnluckie Genius of our Nation ever esteemed to bee averse from such publicke Vertues witnessed by manie particulars in our Dayes namelie by the bad successe of the late Yron Works long gone about by inexhaustable paines of another great spirit amongst vs and falling in the ende for want of concurrance Not-the-lesse let not Vertue want her due to bee honoured of Men Sat magnum est voluisse magna and seeing no Nation hath greater cause than wee to try the Fortune of Transplantation let vs bee a little ashamed to bee so contrarie to this Designe of Nova Scotia that wee doe not onelie refuse to embarke our selues into it but wee seeme to haue an heart-sore that His Majestie should conferre the marks of Honour on such as doe joyne therevnto while as wee cannot deny him