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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02796	A watch-word to all religious, and true hearted English-men. By Sir Francis Hastings, knight	Hastings, Francis, Sir, d. 1610.	1598 (1598)	STC 12927; ESTC S118429	32,499	130

from remouing if he had gotten it hee layed his plotte to destroye out deare soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth hauing decreed with himselfe that neither shee nor any of that cursed nation so hee tearmed it and yet the Popes holynes had absolued it should gouerne England any more But blessed be God who hath blessed vs with the life and raigne of our blessed Queene who I trust shall liue to giue him such a deadly blowe as neither his cursed selfe nor any of his cursed nation iustly so to bee called because the Pope that cursed man of sinne hath blessed them shall euer see the day to rule in England Whiles this plot was layde and the practise was in hand to set the crowne vpon the Spaniards head the Spaniards them selues did in my authors hearing as he reporteth often curse the time that euer their kinge maryed Queene Marie vnlesse they might get the crowne but if that might bee brought to passe which was ment by making of the marriage they should then do well enough Thus you see y t vnder the colour of this marriage saluation of soules seemed to be sought for but in deede destruction both of our bodies and soules was pursued Loue to the nobles and our whole nation was manifested in shewe but in substance the ruine both of nobles and nation was intended Strength was saide to be added by this match to our kingdome but it is apparant they sought to strengthen them selues by weakening vs and our kingdome For without regarde of sexe age or degree all were destined to slauerie and bondage at the least howsoeuer they escaped with life To knitt vp this If marriage the strongest bonde of amitie to a true religious christian heart could not drawe the least sparke of true loue from him to this noble Queene who so louingly made choice of him to be her husband nor the honorable acceptation of him by the nobles could worke any sound loue in him towardes them nor his comming in tearmes of loue to our countrie coulde yeeld better fruites but to seeke the ruine and destruction thereof what shall our deare soueraigne Queene Elizabeth her nobles and all her people looke for now at his handes cōming in open hostilitie with banner displayed shippes manned swordes drawne ordinance charged myndes fully bent to roote out Queene nobles and people and to make this flourishing kingdome a praie to his ambitious bloudie desire I looke for little soundnes from those that are fugitiues of our nation but I could wish all English home dwellers should be so farre from all sencelesse feeling of their countries miserie wherein their owne share is of what profession so euer they be as to be not onely free from treacherous combining with the enemye but also forward to stretch forth their handes to resist his force I would haue none of Metius Suffetius his mynde amongst vs who beeing required by Tullus Hostilius to ayde him in his warre against his enemies he promised to come because he durst not deny him but he stood a loofe off and beheld the fight forbearing to ioyne to either partie till he might see what waye the victorie would go But Hostilius perceiuing his cunning and falsehood caused him to be drawne in peeces with wylde horses You maie reade also in the booke of Iudges that Meroz was cursed for not helping in the warre against Sisera and Jael for her forwardnes therein was blessed And surely the curse of the Almightie must needs light vpon al such English-men as will either by falsehood betraye their Queene countrie for loue to Rome and Spayne or bee colde in prayer to God or faint in courage against the enemie or pinching in purse to make all requisite prouision for the defence of their Soueraigne and countrie against Rome and Spayne Neutralitie in matters concerning christianitie or loyaltie sauoureth neither of a true hearted christian nor subiect And Solon made a lawe that in any stirre or tumult all the Citizens should stand on one side or other he would haue no neuters amongst them Our Soueraigne and Countrey hath been assaulted many wayes and they both through Gods great goodnes haue escaped many dangers And surely it behoueth vs to know and vnderstand that a danger past requireth hearty and continuall thankes to be giuen to the author thereof and a perill depending exacteth both prayer and prouidence It is true that wee all euery mothers childe of vs are very slacke both in prayer and thankesgiuing Yet we are more ready to beg of God those things we want than to giue him thankes for that we haue already receaued Notwithstanding as Augustine saith Non est dignus dandis qui non est gratus de datis Wee are easilie intreated in sicknes to praye for health in danger to pray for deliuerance and in any aduersitie to cry for helpe but how soone sicknes is forgotten when health is restored How easily dangers fall out of memorie when deliuerance is obtained How little aduersitie is thought of when helpe is once graunted many examples doe proue It is recorded for our learning and warning that tenne Lepars were clensed by our Sauiour Christ but onely one came backe to giue thankes Againe wee reade that the Israelites were in miserable bondage vnder cruel Pharaoh and whilest the crosse was vpon them they cryed hard for help and deliuerance but being released of their miserie and deliuered from the intolerable burdens of Egypt they are so farre from being thankfull to God that they fall to murmur against God and in steede of seruing him that had saued them they fall to Idolatrie and false worship Let this warne vs to beware we be not slacke in thankfulnes to our God who hath bestowed so many blessings and benefits vpon vs and hath freed vs from many perils by so many strange deliuerances For thankefulnes for a benefite receiued draweth on a new blessing And if euer this thankfulnes were needfull to appeare in vs it is now when beyond the policie and wit of man the life of our gracious Queene hath been sundrie times preserued and in her Gods true religion our owne liues and our countries liberty both in soule and bodie prolonged Let vs know for truth that our God hath not boūd himselfe to continue a God of fauour and defence to vs vnles wee continue thankfull to him Therefore with the holy Prophet Dauid let vs say Benedictus Dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum But is this enough surely no. For if our thankfulnes come from a feeling heart as it ought it will not onely sound in words but will also shew it self in action and that in our continuall care and endeuour both by practise paines to seeke the glorie of God and the good of his Church The prosperitie and welfare thereof ought to be more deare vnto vs than our own liues For no Common-wealth hath promise from God of peace and tranquilitie but in the flourishing of religion and

their euill waies they haste hartely to call vpon the Lord both king and people turne both king and people pray and they all ioyne in offering the sacrifices allowed and looked for in those times and make a couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soule and a law is set that whosoeuer will not seeke the Lord of Israel shal be slaine whether he were small or great man or woman and they take a solemne oth to performe this to the Lord with a lowd voyce with showting with trumpets and with cornets and it is sayd in the text following that all Iudah reioyced at the oth For they had sworne to the Lord with all their heart and sought him with a whole desire The blessing also that followed this harkening to the Prophet bringing foorth so religious an obedience to his words is set downe For it is sayd The Lorde was found of them and gaue them rest round about Here is a blessed watch-word word from the Prophet a blessed obedience both from king people a blessed comfort sent from God this happie issue followed namely the ouerthrow giuen by Asah to the Ethiopians who was set vpon by Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoast of ten hundred thousand three hundred chariots as it is recorded in the former chapter and it is there said that Asah did goe out before him and set his battaile and Asah lift vp his voyce vnto the Lord his God and sayd O Lord it is nothing with thee to helpe with many or with no power helpe vs ô Lord our God for we rest on thee and in thy name are we come against this multitude O Lord thou art our God let not man preuaile against thee And the text sayth that The Lord smote the Egyptians before Asah and before Iudah and the Ethiopians fled Here is a liuely paterne of our state and cause Asah destroyeth Idolatrie and banisheth false worship he is maligned by the Idolatrous Ethiopians who send out forces against him he prepareth and setteth out against them he putteth his whole and onely trust in the Lord he prayeth vnto him the Lord heareth him the Lord scattereth his enemies and giueth him the victorie Is not this the very cause of our liege and Soueraigne who hath banished Popish Idolatrie and hath established the true and sincere worship of God and for this is maligned by the Anti-christian Pope by the ambitious King of Spayne and by al the popish confederates of Christendome And did not Spayne man out a huge Nauie by sea vpon England as the Ethiopian did send out an armie by land to set vpon Iudah They prayed and we prayed the Lord heard them and the Lord heard vs the Ethiopian armie the Lord of hoasts discomforted and the Spanish Nauie the Lord of hoasts did disperse and ouerthrow Vpon this victorie the Prophet Azariah warned Asah and all Judah and both king and people hearkened and obeyed and since our victorie the Prophets and preachers of our time haue often warned vs and it becommeth vs to hearken and obey which if we do then must we make the like couenant with our God that they did ioyne in the like oth that they did and ioy when wee haue done it as they did Then shall the same blessing bee promised and performed vnto vs that was vnto them The Lord will be found of vs and will giue vs rest round about vs. And if the Lord for his owne glorie and our triall giue a way to Rome and Spayne to set vpon vs againe as they bragge and threaten that they will let vs beleeue with Asah that the Lord is of power sufficient to ouerthrowe great and huge armies with a smal number and let vs pray to him with Asah that he will stand with vs and for vs in the day of battaile and then no doubt neither Spayne Pope nor Diuell shall haue power to preuaile against vs. I finde it recorded that King Henrie the 8. her Maiesties most noble father in the 19. yeare of his raigne before the Lorde had touched the eyes of his heart and pulled away the scales that darkened his spirituall sight shewed such zeale to that superstitious religion of Rome which in the time of his blindnes he professed that vpon warre threatned and pursued by the Emperour against Rome for the sacking thereof he suffered the Cardinall to inioyne his whole land and kingdome that solemne Processions and fasts should bee solemnelie helde after their blind maner for the deliuerance of Rome from his ruine intended towards it in so much as this one Article specially is added to their Letanie Sancta Maria c. ora pro Clemente Papa Verily I could wish that not onely commandements and examples Canonicall out of the book of God whereof we haue plentie should of conscience moue vs to such holy exercises in these times because our sins haue prouoked the iudgement of God but also that this zeale without knowledge in a false religion should euen for shame incite and stir vs vp with seruent zeale to seeke the glorie of our God and by such godly religious necessarie exercises to humble our selues before y e throne of his maiestie to beg either release of these troubles threatned against vs and hastening vpon vs or his arme of assistance to defend vs from the furie and deliuer vs from the danger For if they could be drawne in a superstitious blinde zeale to fall to their superstitious praiers for a priest I see not how with a good conscience we can be slacke to fall to religious and harty prayers to our God for our Christian religious Prince If they could be so forward in England to fall to prayers for an Italian stranger much more ought wee in England for our naturally borne Soueraigne If they were so readie to pray to God for him to whom they could not subiect themselues and continue in a true and holie obedience to their God much more should wee haste to runne to powre forth our prayers to the Almightie for her to whom wee ought to performe all obedience vnlesse we will shew our selues to rebell and wage warre against God himselfe I will enlarge this no further but leaue it to y e religious care of such as carrie the chief place in our Church who I doubt not will play Azarias part in warning our Asah and I assure my selfe our Asah will hearken to it and her whole people will follow with willing and most ioyfull hearts which God grant that so this extraordinarie attempt threatned may haue such extraordinarie exercises of fasting and prayer as were with the fruite of a blessed successe vsed in the yeare 1588. when the Spanyards last attempted inuasion and those not formall but zealous euen such as may instruct the conscience to humble the heart to acknowledge the sinnes committed to meete the Lord by repentance and then no doubt the Lorde will heare vs and our victorie will follow God giue vs repentant hearts for our sinnes carefull and sincere hearts to our Soueraigne louing hearts to our country and charitable harts one towardes an other No doubt then out religion shal flourish our Soueraigne shall liue long and our countrie shall euer prosper maugre the malice and practises of all Tyrants and Traytors For this ought wee all to pray and for this all that truly feare the Lorde and sincerely affect his truth and gospell will daylie and hartely pray But for this the superstitious papist hath no will to pray and the scorning Atheist knoweth not how to pray From the malice and madnes of both these God almightie deliuer her Maiestie and this flourishing kingdome that God and his truth may be wholly and only reuerenced and regarded and such as oppose them selues against him either by corrupting his religion or flatly denying him and al religion may either by seueritie of lawe be corrected and reformed or else by christian iustice be remoued from amōgst Gods people that our English soyle may not be stayned with blasphemous Papists or prophane Atheists Thus hauing aduentured to make this rude collection of a matter most necessarie to be vnderstoode and thought of by al true christian harted English-men I will knit it vp with this earnest request to al my countrimen that my endeuour may be accepted beause I haue vndertaken it of loue that my defects may be borne withall because my heart carrieth a good meaning and that the truth of the matters herein cōteyned may receaue no discredit through my particular rudenes in the collecting nor the cause it selfe requiring a speciall and great regarde stand subiect to any disgrace by want of good methode in mee to dispose it This obtayned I desire no more but wish the growing of Gods truth and religion amongst vs by mightie increases the prolonging of our deare Soueraignes dayes with bodily health and home quiet and the preseruation of this little Iland of England from Popish ignorance forraine inuasion and home treason God onely can worke this and to God onely I pray for this and vnto God alone I commend his owne cause which is religion the safetie of his annoynted by whome as the meane Religion standeah with vs and the defence of our Countrie which without religion and her Maiesties safetie cannot long prosper August in Serm. 210. de tempore Non quisquam tibi potest nocere si damnato scelere diuinus in te germinauerit cultus FINIS 2. Chro. 15. 1. Chro. 14.11