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A10561	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.	Reeve, Tho. (Thomas), 1583 or 4-1651.	1632 (1632)	STC 20832; ESTC S118921	34,072	42

would leaue his supernall mansion now to dwell in boxes and pixes and wafer-cakes and that hee which hath incorruptible glory would now come and roost vnder elements that are apt to foist and m●u d and bee poisoned and eaten of vermi●● a Breaden god indeed that suffer such deperitions And wee should haue had Inuocation of Saints Inuocation of Saints what is it but indignity to Saints For doe the Saints in h●auen thinke God so mere lesse now that hee must be mediated to by them to shew mercy doe these men thinke Christ not a sufficient Medi●●ou for why ●lse doe they fly to others or doe they thinke these as sufficient as Christ for else how dare they call vpon them Rom. 10. How shall they call vpon them in whom they haue not beleeued Besid●s it would doe a man good to thinke of their Inuocation of Saints when Longesse that thrust the speare into the sides of Christ and St. Chappelet a notorious vsurer and cheater and many others that were monsters both in life and death are put into the n●mber of Saints B sides we sh●● d haue had Holy water fa●●e water I should haue said ●o● why Holy water because it can driu● away Deuils strange it is that those Deuils that can scarce bee driuen away by all kind of watchfulnesse prayers teares vowes that they should bee driuen away with the sprinkling of a ●ew drops of Holy water Rome hath an excellent fountaine what should I speake of their Indulgences Purgatory Cruci●●xes and the like yet this was the Dagon they fought for to aduance superstition againe to bring in thei● Worke and to cause our worke to cease Our Aduersaries said they shall neith r know nor see till wee come into the midst of them and slay them and cause the worke ●o cease Thus beloued at last haue I shewne you the swart face of this detestable treason the Monster of all cunning inuentions and cruell conspiracies yea n Quae inferna tantum scelus vomuerunt Amb. what mouth of hell euer vomited ●ut such a mischiefe What now remaines but that wee should first C●mmemorate And our best commemoration is to make application to God to acknowledge admire magnifie this worke For whom should wee magnifie if not God And for what should wee magnifie God if not for this First whom should wee magnifie if not God This great deliuerance was o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer Odyss 1. Eurymachus ad Telemacham in the knees of God as the Poets phrase is In the knees of God and not in the braines of men In the knees of God and not in the armes of men For it was neither our fore-sight nor force that could haue deliuered vs 1. not our fore-sight for all the state-policy in the world could not h●ue helped vs. 2. Not our force for all our bands of armed souldiers could not haue rescued vs p K Iames in his speech to the Parliament as that King prudently and piously confessed if the Lord had not put into the heart of that noble Lord Mount-eagle to communicate the Letter and into the heart of the King to interpret the abstruse intricate meaning of the Letter contrary to all Grammaticall sense it had beene impossible for vs to have beene delivered therefore q Psal 64.9 All men shall see and say this is the Lords doing for they shall perceiue that it is his worke therefore Non nobis Domine non nobis Not vnto vs oh Lord not vnto vs not vnto our wisedome or valour Sed nomini tuo Vnto thy name thy might and mercy let all the praise be given And praise let it be For for what wil we magnifie God if not for this r Quisquis non videt coe●us est quisquis videt non laudat ingratus est Aug lib. 1. de civit Dei c. 1. Whosoever doth not see this to be Gods work is blind whosoever seeth it and doth not magnifie him for it is vnthankfull Oh that there should be faint ecchoes of our praises in Gods Courts as this day that the roofes of Gods Temples should not shake with our gratulatory sounds Oh bring forth the Lute and the Harpe the well-tuned Cymballs and the loude-sounding Cymballs praise God in the highest for this highest favour which is the most matchlesse temporall deliverance that ever the finger of God wrought vpon earth the people of Rome had so good hopes of Caligula at the first that that day wherein he beg●n his Reign● by decree of Senate was called ſ Palilia Su●t The Day wherein Rome was new built So we may c●ll this day as the day wherein England was new borne And shall wee not honour our Birth-day thay day wherein God hath granted breath and ●ife to state and Church yes consider the streames of that River that still make glad the Citie of the Lord amongst vs and honour the Fountaine from whence they fl●w for for what will we magnifie God if not for this blessing To detest the Church of Rome for how damnable is that Religion that hath beene the fosterer and producer of such a devillish designe Oh let vs abhorre that Church where Murtherers and Traytors are tolerated yea Canonized these are t ●lores non pl●nè fructuum se● pinarum Aug. fruits not of figge-trees but of brambles Oh that ever Treason should be so deepely rooted in the Popes heart that hee should not bee ashamed in the sight of the whole world to mingle the blood of Garne● with the blood of Christ Oh Holy Father Oh pure Religion Well let these practises ex●crab●e horrid make vs tremble at their religion and with constancie cleave to our owne religion Yea seeing God so miraculously as this day defended our c●use let vs neither he doubtfull to embrace this faith nor bashfull to professe it To live like a hallowed and consecrated people vnto God for oh that God should be dishonored h●re where he hath opened his bosome spread out his wings revealed his arme that his mercies should be fresh before our eyes and our sinnes stinke vpon earth cry to heaven Oh sacrifice your sinnes before God that this day did not deliver you over as a sacrifice to the rage of your Adversaries vowe your selves to his service that kept you from them that had vowed your slaughter let not your devotions cease seeing the worke does not cease seeke Gods face that hee may ever seeke your blisse keepe you from outward invasion inward conspiracy protect your bodies preserve your soules deliver you from the malice of men and the fury of Devils give you the happinesse of a Church visible vpon earth and the glory of a Church triumphant in heaven Which that he may do God graunt for his mercies sake Amen

the next by th●ir owne masterlesse Ambition your owne writers will testifie as much Your Ceremoni●ry saith that d Hoc affi●mamus ante Carolum magnum nem●nem Imperii Romani coronam ex manu Pontificis Romani s●●cepisse Cer. lib. 1. sect 5. c. 7. before Charles the great no man euer tooke t●e Crowne of the Empire of the Pope Boniface the eighth was the first that euer inuested himselfe in this supremacie and yet Major saith e Bonifacius 8. multum apparenter definivit qu●d Rom. Ponti ex est supra ●●ges in temporali●us quod tamen o●ulatissin ● Theologi dicunt esse f●lsum Io. maior a●sent distinc 20. q. 2. the Iudicious Diuines of those times held it but a corrupt i●●e f Mea potestas non p nd●t a Papa 〈◊〉 a Deo immediate va●um est quod di●i solet Papam habere superiorē Part. vrsp i● Ludou 4. Ludovicus the fourth was wont to say that it was a meere vanitie to hold that the Pope had a Superiour to him vpon earth g Potest●s saecu ar● maior est spi●ituali nec quod illa e● est subiecta in aliquo Ioh. de Paris de par Reg. papi●● c 5. Iohannes de Parisijs concludeth absolutely that the secular power is supreame h Non Apostolico iure N●c enim illud tibi da●e quod non habuit Petrus potuit Bern. de Consid ad Eng. lib. 2. Fides temporum non Evangeliorum Hilar. Bernard himselfe avoucheth to the Pope that his power is not by Apolicall right Why then fight ye thus for a new inuention which if it be come to bee a point of faith yet it is not the faith of the Gospell but of the times and that not of the purer Primitiue times will yee bee the defenders of an vsurpation and venter your liues and soules for a fancy of power Oh that euer men of your acutenesse and acrimony should be thus infatuated to bee instruments of such fl●gitous execrable practises for an arrogant person who sees not that since the Pope came to this power he ha h giuen himselfe to nothing but to haugten●sse and slothfulnesse he is too great now to open his mouth in a pulpit or to busie his penne to discusse Controuersies of Diuinity the zealous and laborious Bishops of Rome are vanished th●y prea●h only by your lips and write onely by your hands their chi● f study is now to inuent mischiefe and to in ite you to attempt them Oh therfore go open your closed eyelids and rubbe vpon your consciences to take notice of the palbable grafts of the Popes and to beware th●m fight not for Tyranny dye not for Pride shew not lesse mercy to Christians then you doe to Iewes and Tu●kes embrew not your hands in the blood of Princes with shame blush ouer that which is past with horror preuent all such future practises get your Pope to giue satisfaction to all the World for all former Treasons to burne all sed●tious bookes or else assure your selves whatsoeuer ye can colourably pretend to the world an infamy sticks vpon your Church and your religion will be held as dangerous as corrupt Thus out of ardent desire to procure safety to my Country and to get such blacke deformities wiped from the browes of all them that professe Christianitie doe I offer these wholesome aduertisements to your duest and deepest considerations beseeching God that your pistols poisons powders may now be laid aside and that ye may fall to workes answerable to true prof ssion Yours so fa●re as ●●ue Christian Reli●●on wil s●ffer THO REEVE THE CHVRCHES HAZARD NEHEM 4.11 And our adversaries said they shall neither know nor see till wee come into the midst of them and slay them and cause the worke to cease THe Church is a Particle of Heauen a quint-esse●ce I am sure from this earth Hortus inclusus a Garden enclosed Cant. 4.12 seuered like Paradice from all the world Gods Suburbs below the Royall Citie aboue the Suburbs below that Sedes Beatorum this Renatorum that the Seate of the Glorified this of the Sanctified a Constitu●● sibi locum vnum aus condidis vniuersum He which made the whole world reserved this one place to himselfe Whether God dwell not here let the shaking of his Scepter manifest Iudicia indicia His iudge menti are testimonies I can read God present amongst his people aswell in the patent of his workes as in the charter of his Scriptures for b Pagina authorem suum nunquam tacentes Amb. ep lib. 10. ep 84. These are volumes that neuer conceale their authour How comes it that the Church hath stood all this while against the formidable rage of the world but that it is a fenced Citie It had long since beene made a ruinous heape but that it is the Pallace of the great King c Extingere voluit sed Deo gratias non valuit Bern. ep 2. The enemy of Sion would haue extinguished it but God bee praised hee could not d Ramos confregit radici non nocuit Chrys hom 10. de diuite paupere Hee brake of some of the branches but hee could not hurt the roote From the mouthes of our aduersaries let vs bee resolued whether this be not the Great Gods Station for the deuises designes haue beene many mischieuous against it yea e Innumerae pestes Ereb● infinite Fiends of Hell haue beene busie boysterous for the demolishing of it why preuailed they not why were they defeated Oh they fought stoutly but God had the vpper ground of them their swords were too short and blunt to fight with the Almighty they felt heere Digitum a Finger more weighty and mighty then mans to oppose them Euery succour then to the Church is a Charactar and euery deliuerance an Oracle to euidence Gods presence amongst his people How wonderfully did God here preserue Iudah when danger was imminent God I say and not f Relliquia Danaum atque immitis Achildes the Reliques of Ba●ylons oppression the strength of the captiuity returned no God to shew the preheminence of his power the perogatiue of his Church Let Iudah goe on to build the wall to repaire the breaches of Ierusalem their zeale is commendable their paines acceptable all awfull and laudable yea the Deed is Gods and the Defence shall bee Gods Iudah is Gods Promoter and hee will bee her Protectour g Iupiter al●itonans That great God that can make the battlements of heauen to cracke and the Axel-tree of the world to fall in pieces with his thunderbolts takes vpon him the Patronage of Iudah Let Sanballat h v. 1.2 scorn● and Tobiah i v. 3. deride yea a Senate of wits meet together euen k v. 7.8 Arabians Ammonites Asbdodites to consult conspire about a worke of ruth and ruine yet God will be a tutelar safegarding power For that is the purport of this sentence it is rehearsed as a