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A01974	Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. Dignitie of chivalrie.; Gods three arrowes. aut	1631 (1631)	STC 12116; ESTC S103284	362,085	493

and Subjects to Church and Common-wealth then ignominious or any way prejudiciall That there may be better notice taken hereof to enlarge our hearts the more to praise God and to move us the more securely and confidently to cast our care on him I hope it will not be unseasonable here to set down a particular catalogue of such deliverances from the foresaid evils as God hath given us since the beginning of that blessed Queenes raigne §. 93. Of Englands Deliverances since Queene Elizabeth began her Raigne 1. GOD preserved Queene Elizabeth from death in the time of her sister Queene Mary For being charged with conspiracy in the case of S r. Thomas Wyats rising but most unjustly was sent as a prisoner to the Tower An. Dom. 1553. 1. Mar. of London Her death was in those dayes many wayes plotted but by the divine Providence all those plots were disappointed 2. When by the death of Queene Mary the Crowne and Kingdome by just and unquestionable title descended on her the whole Land professed a religion contrary to the Religion 17. Nov. 1558. which she professed and the Peeres and Commons were then assembled in Parliament and that with purpose to settle Popery as it is likely more firmly in this land yet did the Lord move their hearts then and there to acknowledge her title and that by the mouth of Doctor Heath then Arch-Bishop of Yorke and Lord Chancellour of England so as she was forth with openly proclaimed Queen of England and answerably with as great joy and rejoycing as ever Prince was received by her Subjects 3. Being crowned she found a potent Prince namely Henry the second then the French King to endeavour to set An Dom. 1559. Reg. 2. up another title of Mary then Queene of Scots who was maried to Francis his sonne To them they gave this title Francis and Mary by the grace of God of Scotland England Franciscus Maria Dei gratia Scotiae Angliaeo Hiberniae Rex Regina and Ireland King and Queene Answerably they quartered the Armes of England with the Armes of Scotland To settle the said Mary in the roome of Queene Elizabeth an army was sent out of France into Scotland to joyne with the Scots and to invade England and the Pope was dealt withall to declare Elizabeth to be an heretique and illegitimate and Mary to be the true Queene of England But by the Divine Providence all this vanished as smoke into the aire For the Scots refused to joyne with the French against England Yea they desired and obtained aid of Queene Elizabeth to thrust the French out of Scotland 4. Philip King of Spaine earnestly desired mariage with An. Dom. 1559 Reg. 2. Queene Elizabeth notwithstanding his late mariage with Queene Mary sister to Queene Elizabeth Now because Gods Word expresly forbiddeth one man to mary two sisters he pretended to get a dispensation from the Pope But all his endeavours about so impious a matter nought prevailed with so pious a Prince Wherefore he endeavoured to make a mariage betwixt Queene Elizabeth and Charles son of Ferdinand then Emperour and uncle to the said Philip. All was to bring the Kingdome of England to his owne linage and family But neither could this attempt take effect Whereupon Philip King of Spaine became an utter enemy to that royall Queene which enmity thorow the divine providence turned to Queene Elizabeths glory 5. Arthur Poole of the race of George Duke of Clarence An. Dom. 1562 Reg. 4. of the house of Yorke with sundry of his kindred and alliance conspired to set againe on foot the title of Mary Queene of Scots and to bring an army out of France into Wales to make their challenge good but they were before the execution of their plot discovered and themselves condemned 6. After the fore-mentioned emulation yea and enmity betwixt King Philip of Spaine and Queene Elizabeth one Pope after another was much solicited by Spanish and other Papists to excommunicate that pious Prince upon pretence of heresie But till she was made able to stand out against all her enemies God kept away those thunderbolts under Pope An. Dom. 1569 Reg. 11. The forme of this excommunication is in the very words thereof recorded in Camden Annal. rerum Anglic. Hibern Reg. Elizab. part 2. MDLXX Paulus 4. and Pius 4. 7. Pope Pius 5. a man of a fierce and fiery disposition was so farre wrought upon as in the most solemne manner that he could excommunicated and anathematized blessed Queene Elizabeth and caused a briefe thereof with his leaden bull annexed thereto to be fastned to the gate of the Bishop of Londons pallace neare Pauls Church by one Iohn Felton who being apprehended confessed the fact and received condigne punishment on a gibbet before the said gate This excommunication caused many troubles on mans part but withall as many preservations and deliverances on Gods part 8. The Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland thorow An. Dom. 1570 Reg. 12. promises of aid from the Pope and Spaniard raised up a rebellion against Queene and State in the North-parts but were soone discomfited The Earle of Northumberland was taken and beheaded The other Earle fled beyond sea and ended his daies in a poore and meane estate 9. Iohn Story Doctor of Law a spie to the Duke of Alva An Dom. 1570. Reg. 12. conspired with one Prestol a man much addicted to magick and a subject to the King of Spaine against the life of Queene Elizabeth He sent advertisement to the Duke of Alva how he might invade England and make Ireland revolt God bringing this treason to light both Story and Prestol were by a Parliament adjudged guilty of high treason Thereupon they received their just demerit 10. The Bishop of Rosse practiced with sundry English An. Dom. 1571. Reg. 13. men to intercept Queene Elizabeth and to trouble the Parliament then sitting that so another Queene might be set up instead of Elizabeth But there fell out such mutuall mistrust among the Conspirators as their plots turned to their owne damage 11. Iohn Duke of Austria ambitiously affecting the kingdomes of England and Scotland dealt with the Pope and An. Dom. 1576. Reg 18. King of Spaine for aid against England For a pretence of title thereto he sought mariage with the next heire But in the middest of his ambitious projects he suddenly died 12. Thomas Stukely an English fugitive plotted with two Popes Pius 5. and Gregorius 13. to lead forces into Ireland An. Dom. 1578. Reg 20. there to joyne with the Rebells and to conquer it for Pope Gregories bastard sonne For this purpose he was made Generall of 8000 Italian souldiers But by the perswasion of Sebastian King of Portugal he went with his troupes into Mauritania and was there slaine 13. Nicolas Sanders an English Priest went further for he with a banner consecrated by the Pope and an army of An. Dom. 1580. Reg 22. Spaniards

entred into Ireland joyned with the Rebels caused a great insurrection but to the overthrow of himselfe and all that tooke part with him 14. Robert Parsons Edmund Campion and other Seminaries An. Dom. 1581. Reg. 23. and Incendiaries were sent by the Pope from Rome into England to draw the Queenes subjects from their allegiance to prepare them to a change and to take part with forraigne powers when they should be sent into England Campion Sherwin Kirly and Briant were convicted and condemned of high treason and answerably executed But their divelish attempts turned to a greater restraint of Papists in England and a greater security of the Queenes Majesty and her State 15. Iohn Somervill was apprehended as he was comming An. Dom. 1583. Reg. 26. in a desperate manner to kill the Queene being moved thereto as he himselfe confessed by reading certaine popish bookes written against the Queene by Seminaries Being condemned in New gate he strangled himselfe 16. William Parry Doctor of Law made promise and An. Dom. 1585 Reg. 27. vow to kill the Queenes Majesty and for that end obtained of the Pope an absolution for the fact before it was committed But God strucke his heart with such terrour as though he had opportunity yet he put it off so long as at length his purpose was discovered and he received the just reward of a traitor 17. Iohn Ballard a Romish Priest stirred up the fiery spirits An. Dom. 1586 Reg. 27. of certaine Popish Gentlemen to undertake to kill the Queene as she should go abroad to take the aire which though they had vowed to do yet was their unnaturall treason discovered before they had the opportunity to do it At their arraignment they were found guilty of high treason against the Queenes person of stirring civill warres in the Realme and of practicing to bring in forraigne power Foureteene of them were as traitors executed 17. William Stafford a young Gentleman and one Moody An. Dom. 1587. Reg. 29. a desperate man were by a forraigne Ambassadour lying in England perswaded to kill the Queene But the plot was discovered before it was effected 19. The inveterate hatred of Philip King of Spaine An. Dom. 1588. Reg. 30. against Queene Elizabeth and his unsatiable ambition and desire of enjoying England as his owne was at length openly manifested by an huge navy supposed and thereupon intituled invincible set to sea against England But the Lord of sea and land soone disappointed their hopes The navy was dissipated on the sea and England secured 20. Rodericke Lopez a Iew Physitian in ordinary to her An. Dom. 1593. Reg. 35. Majesty upon promise of 50000 crownes to be sent him out of Spaine undertooke to poyson the Queene But before the hire came the treason was discovered and the traitor executed 21. Patrick Cullin an Irish Fencer was hired by English An. Dom. 1594. Reg. 36. runagates in the Low Countries to kill the Queene and with that purpose came over but intelligence being given thereof he was apprehended and executed 22. Edmond York and Richard Williams hired in like An. eodem manner to the like namely to kill her Majesty and to set on fire her navy with balls of wild-fire were prevented and executed 23. Edward Squire being in a ship on sea taken by the An. Dom. 1598. Reg. 40. Spaniards and brought into Spaine was there suborned and directed by Richard Walpoole an English fugitive and a Iesuite to poison the Queene by laying a strong poison which the Iesuite there gave him on the pommell of the saddle whereon the Queene should ride that she laying her hand thereon might cary the sent thereof to her nose and thereby receive it into her body which if she had done it had beene her death Never any treason came so neare to the execution as this For the traitor Squire observed his direction did the deed and that immediately before the Queene rid forth But the divine providence kept her from touching the pommell with her hand Yet the treason was discovered and the traitor received condigne punishment 24. The Earle of Tyrone an Irish man having beene some while in Spaine returned from thence An. Dom. 1599 Reg. 41. with a rebellious mind and raised by the assistance of the Spaniard and popish faction in Ireland a rebellion More damage accrued to Queene and State by this rebellion then any other way all her dayes Yet thorow the constant providence of God this rebell also was brought under and that land secured 25. There was a plot for removing some of the Queenes An. Dom. 1600 Reg. 42. chief Officers and Counsellors from her which if it had not beene prevented might have proved dangerous to her Person and State and so much the rather because there were Papists which had a great hand in that conspiracy Therein therefore was the divine Providence manifested by preserving her Majesty in safety 26. Henry Garnet Superiour of the Iesuites in England Robert Tresmond Iesuite Robert Catesby Francis Tresham An. Dom. 1602 Reg. 44 45. and others in the name of all the Romish Catholiques in England imploy Thomas Winter into Spaine to obtaine an army from Spaine to joyne with the forces of Papists in England to change the government and religion thereof There being then hostility betweene Spaine and England the motion was readily embraced by the Spaniard and 100000 crownes promised to helpe forward the businesse But before any thing could be effected Queene Elizabeth full of Queene Elizabeth was borne at Greenwich 7. Sept. 1533. and died at Richmond 24. Mar 1602. She began her raigne 17. Nov 1558 and ended her raigne with her life 24. Mar. 1602. yeares in peace on her bed ended her dayes being 69 yeares 6 moneths and 17 dayes old a greater age then any other King or Queene of England from the Conquest attained to She was about the age of David King of Israel when he died who lived the longest of all the Kings of Israel and Iudah She raigned 44 yeares 4 moneths and 7 daies Doubtlesse many more treasons were intended and plotted against her then are recorded but she was kept so sure and secure under the wings of the Almighty whose truth she constantly maintained herein especially shewing her selfe to be SEMPER EADEM alwaies the same as no open hostility no privy conspiracy ever prevailed against her Her preservation much made to our security The remembrance therefore thereof ought ever to be fresh among us that so long as the benefit thereof continueth which will be so long as true Religion continueth among us due praises may be yeelded to her and our Protectour §. 94. Of Gods Providence to England in King Iames his time 1. THe day of Queene Elizabeths departure out of this life was the day long expected by Papists as a day 24. Mar 1602. for rooting out our Religion and altering our government For Pope Clement 8. had sent the yeare before

two Bulls to interdict all claime or title to the Crown of England though never so directly and nearly interessed by discent to all such as would not by their best endeavours promote the Catholique cause and by solemne and sacred oath religiously subscribe thereto But God who approveth our Religion and detesteth their superstition or rather idolatry made all their hopes utterly frustrate For in the setting of one Sun immediately arose another and that in full brightnesse to the unspeakable Occubult sol nox nulla secuta est comfort of all true hearted Englishmen and to the utter astonishment of all popish enemies of this flourishing State In the same morning wherein Queene Elizabeth died Queene Elizabeth died about two in the morning About eight King Iumes was proclaimed at Court about eleven in Cheape-side An Dom. 1603 Reg. 1. was King Iames first at the Court gate and then at the Crosse in Cheape side with wonderfull great acclamations and all manner of manifestations of joy proclaimed King An especiall evidence of the divine providence 2. In the first yeare of his Majesties raigne before he was solemnly annointed and crowned Watson and Cleark two Romish Priests conspired with others some noble men some Knights and some Gentlemen to surprize King Iames and Prince Henry presuming on forraigne forces for aid and assistance thereby to alter religion and to set up such Officers of State as they thought best But their plot before it came to execution was discovered they condemned some of them executed others spared thorow the Kings clemency 3. Garnet and Tresmond Iesuites with Catesby and Tresham before mentioned notwithstanding the death of Queene Elizabeth when they saw that King Iames defended the same faith continued to solicite the King of Spaine to send an army into England to joyne with the forces of Papists here for extirpation of Religion But the King of Spaine being then in treaty with the King of England about peace refused to hearken to any such motion Thereupon they together with other unnaturall and traiterous subjects plotted the matchlesse mercilesse devilish and damnable gun-powder-treason whereof before § 67. If ever the The day appointed to blow up the Parliament with gun powder was 5. Nov. 1605. Reg. Iacobi 3. eye of the divine providence did shew it selfe watchfull for the safety of England it was in the discovery of this plot before it came to execution Wherefore among other deliverances this is to be had in perpetuall remembrance 4. If we consider the great hazard wherin blessed Charles then Prince now our royall Soveraigne was in going to Spaine and returning from Spaine on land and sea and withall if we well weigh the admirable and unutterable benefits which we enjoy by his happy raigne over us we shall find just cause to put the day of his safe arrivall to England 6. Octob. 1623 Reg. Iacobi 20. into the catalogue of daies of memorials of Gods mercifull Providence over this Kingdome From that day the crests of Papists fell downe especially after the downfall of many An Dom. 1623 26. Oct. stilo vet 5. Nov. stilo novo of them at a Romish Priests sermon in Blacke-Friers London Of the forementioned deliverances much more is recorded in Camdens Annales Bishop Carltons Collections Speeds History and other Chronicles of England For my purpose it is enough to have pointed at the heads of them Yet because contraries laid together do more lively set out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dixit Arist Rhet. 3. 2 each other in their owne proper colours Hereunto shal be annexed another briefe catalogue of such troubles as in former Princes times from the Conquest for to go higher is not much requisite have fallen out to the great prejudice of Kings and Kingdome that thus Gods blessing on us under the raignes of Queene Elizabeth King Iames and King Charles by whom our light and life the Gospell is still continued among us may be the better discerned §. 95. Of the troubles of England from the Conquest to Queene Elizabeths time 1. WIlliam Duke of Normandie surnamed The Conquerour 1066. Oct. 14 got the crowne with much bloud having slaine Harold the King immediately before him two of his brothers and 67974 English men He changed many of the lawes and customes of England He defaced many Churches and depopulated sundry townes to make a forrest for beasts where two of his owne sonnes were strangely slaine The Danes to recover the Crowne in his dayes invaded the land burnt Yorke and slew 3000 men The Scots likewise about the same time made great spoile in England and spared nor sex nor age Much trouble was in the land all his time Being in France and there setting a towne on fire he rode so neare the fire as his horse with the heat therof gave such a leap as it brake the rimme of his belly whereof he died in the 21. yeare of his raigne and 64 of his age Being dead he was denied buriall till much mediation was made and a great composition paid 2. William Rusus son to the Conquerour having an elder 1087. Sep. 9. brother then living came not without difficulty to the crowne He had much warre both with his elder brother Robert and also with his younger brother Henry In his time were many warres with the Scots and Welch much English bloud spilt and himselfe casually slaine by one of his subjects with an arrow shot at a stag in the 13. yeare of his raigne and 43 of his age His corps were caried towards Winchester in a colliers cart 3. Henry 1. youngest sonne of William the Conquerour 1100. Aug. 1. put Robert his elder brother by the crowne whence arose many broiles He getting the mastery over his brother imprisoned him and cruelly put out his eyes He had much warre with the Welch All his children but Mawde his daughter with 160 persons were drowned together He died of a surfeit in the 36. yeare of his raigne and 65. of his age 4. Stephen with perjury usurped the kingdome from the 1135. Dec. 2. fore-said Mawde Besides some warres abroad he had continuall civill jarres at home by reason whereof he was taken prisoner and forced in the end to leave the heire of his opposite to be his successour He died of an Iliacke passion mixed with the Emeroids in the 19. yeare of his raigne His body after it was interred was taken out of the lead and cast into a river 5. Henry 2. sonne of the foresaid Mawd thorow his incontinency 1154. Oct. 25. with Rosamond set his owne wife and children against him which caused perpetuall unquietnesse in his kingdome In one battell at Edmondbury 20000 were taken and slaine He adopted his sonne who laboured to disthrone him in the government and having much embroiled the kingdome he grew so discontented as he curst his children and the day of his birth and in much perplexity ended his daies in the 35. yeare of his