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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

him wa● called faith●ull and true This is the onely and true sonne of God which is called faithfull iust and true bicause h● is founde faithfull and vnfallible in hys promises and woorde for the Lord saith the Psalmist is very righteous in all his wayes true in his sayings p●rfect in all his doings He cannot but teach a right and speake a trouth for he is the truthe him selfe No more cannot those which are indued with his spirite who leadeth and conducteth them in all truthe He hath done according to iustice and equitie in condemning that wicked and abhominable whoore in destroying that filthie sinagoge of Sathan in d●liuering and exalting his poore afflicted Churche First of all he did fight in his owne persone as a worthy Champion against the deuill hel and damnation whom he hath ouercome conquered and vanquished by his owne death and glorious passion And now doth he ouerthrow the Deuill and all his adherēts by the meanes of his faithful seruaunts distributers of his holy woord and mysteries which he nowe graci●usly sendet● vnder the figure of the white horsse For his seruaunts as Abacuck testifieth are lustie and wel animated horsses whom the Lord condu●teth which ar as Ieremie calleth them whiter than snow by the meanes of their vnfained and vndefiled faith And his eyes were like as a flame of fire mightie and cleare Whereby is not only vnderstanded his godly wisdome and knowledge whereby he knoweth and iudgeth al things but also all the heauenly and spirituall giftes of the holy G●ost Behold sayth Zacharie vpon the only stone which S. Paule expoundeth to be Christ shal be .vij. eyes which are the .vij. spirites of god wherwith god doth lig●ten the hearts of his chosen and kindleth the fire of his loue in y e minde of his faithful His word is a lātern to their f●e●e hys law an● testimonies are pure and vndefiled giuing light to the eie And vpon his hea● were many crownes Euen as the same was séene being a figure of Christ vpon the head of Iesus the sonne of Iosedech the high Priest to signi●ie that Iesus Christ is the soueraigne and king aboue al kings which hath power in heauen and earth for euer He ruleth and gouerneth al nations with an ir●n rod. For he is the Lord of hostes the euerlasting king of glory He is a mightie and puissāt gouernoure setting ouer the Mount Sion his holy hil He giueth prosperitie and gouernment to Kings and his elect and chosen are crouned in him with grace and mercie for euermore For he reserueth in heauen for vs an inheritance immortall and vndefiled Againe he hath layed vp for them that keepe the faith a crowne of righteousnesse and wil giue a crowne of life to them that be faithfull vnto the death c. All warrefares and victories of the saincts depend vpon him only And he had a name written to wit almighty maruellous and feareful Adonai Emanuel a name aboue all names euen the holy one of Israell the Lorde of Sabaoth the Lord of hostes our redemer sauiour and righteousnesse No man knewe this name but hym selfe and them whiche he hathe reueled it vnto neither fleshe nor bloude nor Heathen Turke Iew or false Christian is able to cōprehend thys name ●right Albeit they haue good signes and tokens yet no man can say that Iesus is the Lord without the inspiration of the spirite of God who openeth the very truth of God The number of Gods elect are also signified or comprehended vnder this name which the world can not acknowledge nor vnderstand And he was clothed with a garment dipt in bloud His mortall bodie which he tooke vpon him for our redemption was so sore beaten and greuously wounded that from the soule of the féete to the very crowne of the head euen from top to toe nothing was lefte whole or sound This mighty Champion is he which came from Edom and Bos●a whose garmentes were sprinkled with bloud his clothes were rayed euen as of those that tread the wine presse For his manhoode suffred most shameful pain●full death He him selfe alone trode the wine presse of his wrath and had none to helpe him He his owne self was woūded for our sinnes and our infirmities were layd vpon him and by his stripes we are healed And his name was called the word of God Christ Iesu the sonne of god is that eternall and euerlasting word of God which was from the beginning by God by whom also heauen and earth are made and all that in them is the verye ●mage of his substance in whom the father is represented wherby also we vnderstand and know the wil of the father for the word of God is a true guid of the conscience This word was made flesh that is became mā for our sakes sauing ius●ifying and glorifying all those that beleeue on him And the warriers which were in heauen followed him vpō white horses These are the true faithfull ministers which follow their maister and c●ief captain Christ Iesu vpon white horsses that is in innocency of life and godly cōuersatiō which they professe These horsses are nothing else than their mortal bodies redy to battaile For true christiās mortifie their flesh y t concupiscence therof bring their carnal lusts vnder subiectiō their bodies obedient to y e spirit They become seruauntes to righteousnesse and not to sinne they are worthy Souldiers of God for they follow the Lord of ●ostes suche an armie saw the seruaūt of the Prophet Elizeus in Doathim in a vis●on They w●re clothed with fine linnen white and pure signifying the simplicitie and innocēcie which they haue in Christ Iesus their captaine and good and perfect gifts which the Lord giueth them As S. Iohn him selfe expounded them a little before where he sayeth that the fine linnen are the true iustifications which they haue of none other but from theyr head Christ. These are y e spirituall weapons wherof S. Paule speaketh saying Though we walke in the flesh yet we do not war after y e flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through god to cast down holds and out of his mouth wēt a sharp sword which is that wonderful iudgment of his word Through this sharpe sword are the faithful and beleuers saued to ●ife euerlasting and the wicked infidels iudged to euerlasting death and damnation For it is vnto some a sauior of life vnto life and to others a sauior of death vnto death With this sword shall be cut of the dead braunches which in him beare no fruicts and the rotted members from the body In like manner shal be the good from the bad and the Goates from the shéepe with this sword deuided and separated Oh how terrible fearefull and sharpe shal be the iudgement of the

nought but flying vanitie So I knowing the worldes vnstedfastnesse Sith onely God surmountes the forc● of tyme In God alone do stay my confidence ON hill a frame an hundred cubites hie I sawe an hundred pillers eke about All of fine Diamant decking the front And fashiond were they all in Dorike wi●e Of bricke ne yet of marble was the wall But shining Christall which from top to base Out of deepe vaute threw forth a thousand rayes Vpon an hundred steps of purest golde Golde was the parget and the sielyng eke Did shine all scaly with fine golden plates The floore was laspis and of Emeraude O worldes vainenesse A sodein earthquake loe Shaking the hill euen from the bottome deepe Threwe downe this building to the lowest stone THen did appeare to me a sharped spire Of diamant ten feete eche way in square Iustly proportionde vp vnto his height So hie as mought an Archer reache with sight Vpon the top therof was set a pot Made of the mettall that we honour most And in this golden vess●ll couched were The ashes of a mightie Emperour Vpon foure corners of the base there lay To beare the frame foure great Lions of golde● A worthie tombe for such a worthie corps Alas nought in this worlde but griefe endures A sodaine tempest from the heauen I saw With flushe stroke downe this noble monument I Saw raisde vp on pillers of Iuorie Whereof the bases were of richest golde The chapters Alabaster Christall frises The double front of a triumphall arke On eche side portraide was a victorie With golden wings in habite of a Nymph And set on hie vpon triumphing chaire The auncient glorie of the Romane lordes The worke did shewe it selfe not wrought by man But rather made by his owne skilfull hande That forgeth thunder dartes for Ioue his sire Let me no more see faire thing vnder heauen Sith I haue seene so faire a thing as this With sodaine falling broken all to dust THen I behelde the faire Dodonian tree Vpon seuen hilles throw forth his gladsome shad● And Conquer●rs bede●ked with his leaues Along the bankes of the Italian streame There many auncient Trophees were erect Many a spoile and many goodly signes To shewe the greatn●sse of the stately race● That erst descended from the Troian blo●d Rauisht I was to see so rare a thing When barbarous villaines in disordred heape Outraged the honour of these noble bowes I hearde the tronke to grone vnder the wedge And since I saw the roote in hie disdaine Sende forth againe a twinne of forked trees I Saw the bird● that dares beholde the Sunne With feeble flight venture to mount to heauen By more and more she gan to trust hir wings Still folowing th' example of hir damme I saw hir rise and with a larger flight Surmount the toppes euen of the hiest hilles And pierce the cloudes and with hir wings to reache The place where is the temple of the Gods There was she lost and sodenly I saw Where tombling through the aire in lompe of fire All flaming downe she fell vpon the plaine I saw hir bodie turned all to dust And saw the foule that shunnes the cherefull light Out of hir ashes as a worme arise THen all astonned with this nightly ghost I saw an hideous body big and strong Long was his beard and side did hang his hair● A grisly forehed and Saturnelike face Leaning against the belly of a pot He shed a water whose outgushing streame Ran flowing all along the creekie sh●are Where once the Troyan Duke with Turnus fought And at his f●ete a bitch Wol●e did giue sucke To two yong babes In his right hand he bare The tree of peace in left the conquering Palme● His head was garnisht with the Laurel bow Then sodenly the Palm● and Oliue fell And faire greene Laurel witherd vp and did● HA●d by a riuers side a wailing Nimph● Folding hir armes with thousand sighs to heauē Did tune hir plaint to falling riuers sound Renting hir faire visage and golden haire Where is quod she this whilome honored face Where is thy glory and the auncient praise Where all worldes hap was reposed When erst of Gods and man I worshipt was Alas suffisde it not that ciuile bate Made me the spoile and bootie of the world But this new Hydra mete to be assailde Euen by an hundred such as Hercules With seuen springing heds of monstrous crimes So many Neroes and Caligula●s Must still bring ●orth to rule this croked shore VPon a hill I saw a kindled flame Mounting like waues with triple point to heauen Which of incense of precious Ceder tree With Balm●like odor did perfume the aire A bird all white well fetherd on hir winges Hereout did slie vp to the throne of Gods And singing with most plesant melodi● She climbed vp to heauen in the smoke Of this faire fire the faire di●persed rayes Threw forth abrode a thousand shining leames When sodain dropping of a golden shoure Gan quench the glystering flame O greuous chaunge That which erstwhile so pleasaunt scent did ●elde Of Sulphure now did breathe corrupted smel I Saw a fresh spring rise out of a rocke Clere as Christall against the Sunny beames The bottome yellow like the sh●ning land That golden Pactol driues vpon the plaine It seemed that arte and nature striued to ioyne There in one place all pleasures of the eye There was to heare a noise alluring slepe Of many accordes more swete than Mermaids song The seates and benches shone as Iuorie An hundred Nymphes sate side by side about When from nie hilles a naked rout of Faunes With hideous cry assembled on the place Which with their feete vncleane the water fouled Threw down the seats droue the Nimphs to flight● AT length euen at the time when Morpheu● Most truely doth appeare vnto our eyes Wearie to see th'inconstance of the heauens I saw the great Typhaeus sister come Hir head full brauely with a morian armed In maiestie she seemde to matche the Gods And on the shore harde by a violent streame She raisde a Trophee ouer all the worlde An hundred vanquisht kings gronde at hir feete Their armes in shamefull wise bounde at their backes While I was with so dreadfull sight afrayde I saw the heauens warre against hir tho And seing hir striken fall with clap of thunder With so great noyse I start in sodaine wonder I Saw an vgly beast come from the sea That seuen heads ten crounes ten hornes did beare● Hauing theron the vile blaspheming name The cruell Leopard she resembled much Feete of a beare a Lions throte she had The mightie Dragon gaue to hir his power One of hir heads yet there I did espie Still freshly bleeding of a grieuous wounde One cride aloude What one is like quod he This honoured Dragon or may him withstande And then came from the sea a sauage beast With Dragons speche and shewde his force by fire● With wondrous signes to make all wights adore The

as are not afrayde of this worde but obstinatly cleaue faste to their false doctrine and ordinaunces also those whiche beyng striken of this sworde and beléeue not nor repentyng them of their misdedes frame their lyfe accordyngly shall perishe without doubt with this sword for euermore And all the foules are folkes whiche God of hys mercie hathe chosen and plucked from these worldly pleasures and naughtie desires shall be howesouer the matter goeth filled with their fleshe whether they be saued or damned For if they be saued these shall be gladde bycause that theyr numbre is increased Againe on the other syde shall they reioyce when that they sée the wicked and obstinate through th● iuste iudgement of God punished The righteous sayeth Dauid séeing the vengeaunce of God shall reioyce and shall washe their féete in the bloud of the wicked Euen so shal the vngodly which resist God and his holy worde with al their vainglorie and pompe sodainly and with a greate noyse perishe The Lorde shall destroy them for euer The wicked doers sayeth Dauid fall they are cast downe and are not able to stande Agayne he sayeth As for the vngodly they shal perishe and come to naught and when the enimies of the Lorde are in theyr floures they shall vanishe yea euen as the smoke shall they consume away They shall perishe in their wickednesse like a shadow and wither away as the thistle and lyke the chaffe and dust which the winde scattereth away from the grounde so lykewise the way of the vngodly shall perish This wyll su●ely come vpon the wicked as it hath done in al ages and as we haue séene it with our eyes and dayly shall ●ée it more and more But they which feare God and loue hym shall obtayne hys grace and mercy and shal enioy his faith●ful promises the inheritance of his euerlasting kyngdome as ye may heare nexte folowing I saw● sayth S. Iohn a newe heauen● and a new earth S. Peter sayth also that euery thing going before the iudge shal be clensed and purified and not consumed for al things must be changed and made cleane of all corruptiblenesse He meaneth not sayeth Aretes that the creatures shoulde consume away and be no more but onely y t they seruing to a better vse shoulde be renued so the godly and chosen shall be deliuered two maner of wayes that is to say Here in this worlde from sin hereafter of death damnation so shall be led conducted vnto the true libertie ioyfull inheritance of y e children of God The first heauen defiled with the pryde of the angels and the fyrst earth corrupted with the manyfolde wyckednesses of man were passed away altogether and shall be no more not that the veritie of them shall vanishe but the nature complection and qualitie of them shal change and turne into sinceritie and perfection And there was no more sea● y t is y ● vaine inconstāt people were no more for al prickings remorse of conscience al desperation mistrustfulnesse doubt shall be taken quite from y ● godly chosen All kind of anger sorow aduersity shal be turned into ioye and peace of the holy Ghost all hindrance feare persecution tyrannie violence and aduersitie whyche we endure héere in the troublous sea of thys worlde shal ceasse at the day of the lord when we shall sée hym face to face And the sea shall be no longer subiect to vanitie than all other creatures but shall be purified from all corruption and shall henceforth be so cleare as any christall although it remaineth the same substāce And I Iohn sawe by reuelation and permission of God the holy Citie new Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen By good reason is this holy Citie the congregation and churche of God called newe Ierusalem come downe from God hir Creatour and maker for she is holy not of hir self but of him that made hir and chose hir to be his welbeloued spouse prepared lyke a bride ●●immed for hir husbande for she is purified and made newe againe as the well trimmed bride for hir husband the lambe Christ Iesus This bride shall hereafter through regeneration and renuing of the holy Ghost shew glorious perfect holy so long as she cōtinueth here she maketh no accompt of any thing in this worlde but doth gouerne hir selfe accordyng to that rule which he hir husband hath lefte hir namely his holy woord But héerafter shall she being deliuered frō sinne wretchednesse and all kinde of corruptions more perfectly follow his steppes She is called new héere on earth for so much as she hath laide off and put away throughe the vertue of Gods holy spirite the olde man with all his lustes and hath no fellowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse But heereafter shal she be new by his fauoure and grace for so muche as she shall be deliuered from sinne deathe and all manner of corruption She is called the new Ierusal●m both héere and hereafter bicause that all their Citizens are of one beliefe yet shall they be heereafter of like glorie and vnitie Héere hir Citezens are among the Sainctes and the familie of God and there shall they be both children and inheritors with Christ she came downe from god out of heauen hir Christian faith is neither of fleshe nor bloud but by the gratious Reuelation of the heauenly father But Ierusalem sayth S. Paul which is aboue is frée and mother ●uer vs all She is that Citie which God hath builded She is furnished with the gift of faith and w t the fountaine of life prepared and trimmed to be a faire and glorious churche without any spotte or wrinckle She is clensed from hir sinnes through his bloud she is very costly and wel fauoredly adorned beautified with ioy peace long suffering pacience and other more vertues of the spirit euen as an honest and true Bride is dressed and trimmed for hir louing deare husband The bride sayth Dauid standeth on thy right hand in a vesture of fine gold But hir raiments so long as she is on earthe are inuisible they are spiritual iewels of the soule and m●nde and not of the body And I heard sayth S. Iohn in the midst of this last vision a mightie voice out of the heauen the euerlasting and onely throne of GOD a voyce saying after this sort ●nto me Loke vp and beholde for your owne and al other belé●uers cōmoditie and instruction the holy Tab●rnacle of the Lord which shall be with the chosen for euer is also héere wyth the Militant Church vpon earth Moreouer consider that euery beleeuing soule is a Temple of the holy Ghost As Christ him selfe testifieth He that loueth me and keepeth my word I and my father will come to him and dwell with him In like manner speaketh God

loued most of al y ● did write the Reuelation in Pathmos 10 The tenth of a Chrisophrasius whose nature is to shine like gold and yet greenish in the sight Such are those who hauing receiued good knowledge perfecte wisdom of God distribute vnto others according vnto the talent which god hath deliuered vnto thē Therby to awake the sluggish and dreaming people and bring to heauenly meditations Amongst those may Ezechiel wel be coūted which in his time did sée maruellous things and wonderful straunge Reuelations 11 The eleuenth of a Iacinct the colour of which stone is like vnto water hauyng stripes glistering like the bright shining beames of the Sunne By this stone are represented suche as doe séeme to be ignorant and are counted noddies fooles before the world which notwithstāding haue heauenly wisdom inough although in sight very ideots voyde of all knowledge yet neuerthelesse are they instructed and taught of God to reueale hidden and secrete mysteries of the numbre Of those are Ozee Ioel Amos whiche was but a poore shephierd with the rest of the small prophets Such were also Andrew Peter Philip Thomas and the rest of the Apostles of Christ. 12 The twelfth an Ametist this is of a violet or purpure and roste colour and this signifieth them which abide zelous meke and stedfast in the knowne truthe of the Lorde whiche also are ready at all times to die and shed their bloude euen for the same suche were the seuen brethren of the Machabees with their mother Such were also Iames the greater and Antipas that faithfull witnesse with many more disciples and martirs No man can shew any greater loue than this when any mā bestoweth hys lyfe for hys friendes All these sayth our Sauiour are blessed and the kyngdome of heauen doth belong vnto them On this maner then is notified by these fundations the same which the true and faithfull ministers and pastors of the churche of Christ according to the diuersitie of gifts giuen vnto them haue buylded vpon some gold siluer or precious stones but such as haue added to this buildyng any wood hay or stubble which are customes traditions and other dūbe Ceremonies or else vayneglorie worldly honoure riches and pleasures shall neuer be accompted among thys heauenly companie These fundations haue ben prefigured by the precious stones which were in the stomacher of Aaron the high Priest and in the costely and royall garmentes of the Kyng of Tyrus He whiche is desirous to know more of the nature condition and propretie of these precious stones may reade Plinie his .xxxvij. booke of naturall Histories or Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum and concerning the mysterie and allegorie reade Saint Hierome vpon the .54 Chapiter of Esaye or Beda Haymo Costasius Bacōthorp Eleyne Tilney and dyuers more other whiche haue written vppon the Reuelation It suffiseth vs to haue shewed thée according to the meanyng of Saint Austen that these stones doe signifie the manyfolde gyftes and diuers grac●s of the holy Ghost for the onely spirite of the lord worketh all these thyngs dyuersly Hée measureth hys gyftes vnto euery one according to hys good will and pleasure th● whiche altogether are singular preciou● and moste excellente as it shall well a●peare in that great and ioyous day of the chyldren of God And the Angell sayeth Sainct Iohn whiche dydde shewe all those foresayde thyngs moued me in spirite to take the more heede to the gracious and mercifull purpose of the Lorde and to bryng me to a more déeper knowledge of his misteries shewed me a pure Riuer of water of life whiche is therefore called the Water of Lyfe bycause it maketh whole and gyueth saluation to oure soules Thys Ryuer is nothyng else but the fl●wing veritie and the worde of Saluation or the myghtie doctrine of Christe Thys is that swéete Ryuer whyche proce●deth of Edom to refresh Paradise which diuiding it selfe in foure watereth the foure parts of the earthe This runnyng water maketh the Citie of God very pleasant and delectable This riuer is maruelous comfortable springyng into eternall lyfe it is here a spirituall comfort for the childrē of God and shal be hereafter that incomprehensible glory of the Sainctes in heauen To whome shal we go sayth Peter but to thée for thou hast the worde of eternall life The vertue and nature of this water is to satisfie purge and cl●̄se to comfort to make whole and healthful for it procéedeth and floweth frō the maiestie of God it commeth from that eternal and excellent schoole of the father and thence procéedeth forwarde to the ouer-fulnesse of the lambe Christ Iesu and his diuine spirite I will poure cleane water sayth the Lorde vpon you and ye shall be frée from all your filth vncleannesse I will also gyue you a newe hearte and plant in you a new spirite In the middes of the strete of it and of either side of the riuer was the tree of life This riuer signifieth the two testamentes of the Lorde wherby stode that moste pleasant trée of lyfe namely Christ Iesus the mediatour and pastour the sauiour and redéemer of the worlde Out of the roote and progenie of Dauid spryngeth thys tree according to the fleshe conceyued of the holye Ghost borne of the virgin Marie As the tree of life in the beginnyng was planted in the middest of Paradise euen so is hée spiritually in the middest of his Churche whiche is his moste pleasaunt garden if that grounde or earth which maketh the trées twice fruitefull in the yeare be called happy so may this garden by good rereason well be called happy and blessed Where this trée standeth whiche neuer is without frute nor drieth vp or withereth which dothe not onely beare twyce a yeare fruite signifiyng all the vnspeakable giftes of the holy Ghoste but rendreth his frutes euery month of the yere that is continually bothe Sommer and winter All they which are thys Congregation people haue continually so long as they lyue greate Consolation in all theyr assaultes and trialles and in all kinde of aduersitie bothe spirituall and temporall And the leaues of the trees serued to heale the nations with The promises and the worde of GOD are spirite and lyfe the nature propretie and vertue of them are blessednesse and eternal saluation These leaues can not by any meanes wyther awaye When Gods worde is sincerely preached and taughte then we remember the benefites of oure deliueraunce then is oure conscience appeased and satisfied and the minde mery and gladde then dothe the soule of man reioyce and rendreth therfore to GOD the Father moste heartie thanckes worthie prayses syngyng and magnifiyng hym for his eternall goodnesse and mer●ie So then the Nations are quite healed and made healthfull thorough beléefe and cleauing faste vnto the woorde acknowledgyng and confessyng Christe Iesu to be their onely Sauiour righteousnesse and true holynesse The woorde of GOD