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The churches hazard deliuered in a sermon in the cathedrall church in Norvvich, vpon the fifth of Nouember. 1629. By Tho. Reeve, Minister of Gods Word at Coleby in Norfolke.
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Reeve, Tho. (Thomas), 1583 or 4-1651.
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a stratagem an abrupt manner of breaking vp they would have dissolved it with Gunpowder broken vp blowne vp England gave the summons and Rome would have given the writ of departure Could this plot have beene so layd that it might have come from above a man would have thought it had beene Heavens-blow the stroke of God but the Papists have no power above all their strength lies beneath it had come but â—rom Hâ—ll it had beene but the veâ—y of the Devill The Papists say they would faine bring vs to Heaven but then the force of their courtesie lies in pulling of vs vp thither with Gunpowder as for all their Eâ—gines of Doctrines they doe but push â—owne strike to hell I have read that in Rome there was once via sacra a Holy way shall I thinke that stiâ—l remaining no I rather beleeve there is Via sanguinea a bloody way They say their Images have sweat blood and that they have found blood in the Sacrament let them talke of those miracles as long as they will so long as they worke not this miracle to make a Kingdome sweat blood But this they would doe yea this they had done if God had not wrought a Miracle to make Tiburne sweat blood in stead of the Parliament wee lay at the point of death and the Papists were comming with this plot as extreame vnction to send vs out of the world with For for the State to have received the stab and Religion the stifle was as this day determined decreed Our Adversaries had said they shall neither know nor see till we come into the midst of them and slay them and cause the worke to cease Give me leave to runne short descant vpon my Text and to fit every parcell according to the present occasion Our Were wee not at this time gathered together into companies was there not the face of a Holy Congregation a Church visible amongst vs Yeâ— Babylons yoake not long before had beene vpon our neckes since the dayes of Queene Mary the grasse was scarce growne where their flames had beene they needed then no barrels of Gun-powder their pitch-barrels and faggots served the turne yet I say at this time our captivity was ended and our Church come to a most fulged estate for by the comming of that famous Queene Elizabeth to her Throne Elizabeth indeede the oath of God or the fulnesse of God sworne to his cause replenished with his heavenly endowments shee who was as a polished corner in Gods Temple as a golden pot of Mannah in his Sanctuary the Orient pearle of the Christian world yea the Bright starre of the Earth in her dayes Oh whom should I recount thee to be Oh quam 〈◊〉 memorem as incomparable as invincible not greater in the conquest of her enemies then the peerelesnesse of her vertues the Queene of England by her title of the world by her desert g Heb. 11. Who being dead yet speaketh whoâ—e memory is written in the hearts of her subjects the best Chronicle a virgin and yet the Gandame of Honour a Woman and yet a h Terror Achivis Terrour of Terâ—magaunts which paid hâ—r soul â—â—rs with the gold of India and mâ—de Cadiz the tiring roome of her Captaines which turned an invincible Armado into a Sea-bonfire and made 88 like a Climâ—ct ricall yeare to the state of Spaine which in her dayes for her Princely deportment seemed the Master peece of Royall perfections and for her manifold preservations the Miracle of Gods providence whose governmâ—nt was throughout glorious not like the Reignes oâ— some Princes that wee read of in other Histories whose governments hâ—ve prâ—ved to their suâ—jects like the seasons of the yeare a cheerefull spring at first comforâ—able Summer afterwards but at last â—â—arâ—full â—â—â—fâ—-â—â—ll and a nipping Winter or 〈◊〉 i Dan. 3. Nâ—bucâ—â—dnezzâ—â—s Image the heaâ— of gold the breast of silv r bâ—t 〈◊〉 wâ—rds nothing but brasse iron and câ—ay as Neâ—o wiâ— fâ—r k Ad quinque nuâ—m Suâ—t five yeares was nâ—table in his government and Caligula â—f whom Suetonius thus râ—port l Hâ—nus quâ—si de Principe reliqua vt de mâ—niâ—ro nâ—rra◠〈…〉 Hitherto haue written as â—f a Prince but afterwards I must write as of a Mâ—â—ster But as for her the sâ—epter fell out of her 〈…〉 with honour hâ— last yeares beâ—nâ— as famous as h r first her people blessing their selv s that they dyed before 〈◊〉 â—cause the 〈…〉 a Prince behind them aâ— it was said of the Subiects in the dayes of Augustine wh ch lived with more Mâ—jâ—stie and dyed with more â—eareâ— then any of her Predecâ—ss uâ—s in a thousand yeares before h r which deserved a tombe of gold at her death as Constantine the Great hâ—d and to haue had Statues set vpon her honour in every house as Marcus Aurelius had after his departure whose Sepulcher and ah that I should speake off her Sepulcher is the monument of euerlasting renowne more to bee regarded with all due respect then any of the Paynims vrnes or the Popish shrines whose name is the joy of our hearts the Triumph of our tongues which can scarse to this day bee pronounced without panting brests and dropping eyes whose body is gone to sleepe in a bed of safe repose whose soule is in the Chauntry of Heauen for m Gaudet vnus â—uisâ—ue Angel 〈◊〉 tantum 〈◊〉 tangere Chry. hom 15. de diuit paupere Euery one of the Angels desired to catch to carry such a burthen to God Shee I say for Faemineo generi tribuuntur All these blessings of the Church are to bee attributed to her as the happy restorer of them Illa Ecclesiae scintilla shee the bright Sparke of the Church warmed vs when wee were almost frozen to death in that brumall season of Popery and like a good Surgeon stâ—nched our dropping veines when they were almost lâ—ft empty of blood shee brake the yoke of Egyptian bondage led us through the red Sea of prepared dangers seated vs in the land of promise fed us with the honey and milke of Evangelicall truth brought home the Arke of God with Triumph and set our Church like a Citie upon a hill as Aniâ—lasinutha that renowned Queene who followed Theodoricus that vessell of blood n Vas sanguinis decreta mala emendavit Platina mended all the cruell decrees So this renowned Princesse remoued all the sharpe statutes and the shadow of her Throne proued a shadow of refreshing to the Professours of Religion o Iudg. 5.7 Surrexi ego Deborah Surrexi ego mater in Israele I Deborah arose I arose a mother in Israel A step-mother wee seemed to haue before a naturall mother now fourtie fower yeares nourcing up her subjects with the brests of sincere profession And her successour prouing a successour of her faith as well as her Throne King Iames memorable for his wisedome and graces confirmed this happinesse vnto vs in so much that Paradice