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B07983	Meditations concerning praiers to almighty God, for the safety of England, when the Spaniards were come into the narrow seas, August 1588. As also other meditations concerning thanksgiuing, for deliuering Englande from the cruelty of the Spaniards, and for their meruailous confusion and ouerthrow. / By O.Pygge. ; With a spirituall song of praises by P. Turner Doctor of Physicke..	Pigg, Oliver, b. ca. 1551.; Turner, Peter, 1542-1614. Spirituall song to the praise of almightie God, for deliuering England from the Spaniards.	1589 (1589)	STC 19916.3; ESTC S94725	23,900	73

and beléeue that in these thinges standeth the blessednes safetie of our state and realme that that nation is onely happy Psa 144.15 whose God is the Lord and that thou art a God and sauior to such onlie as walke in thy waies and with all their hearts séeke to doe thy cōmandements If this course be thought vpon yéelded vnto by vs then we may assure our selues of thy protection for euer Then we shall still to our comfort inioy our gratious Prince and her highnes the comfort of the dutifull seruice and obedience of vs her subiectes Our wise counsailours shall bee able to giue aduise for our good our worthy valiāt countrimen with honour to execute that which is appointed for our safetie Thy Gospell shal shine among vs yet in more excellent beautie we shall haue our peace and our plentie still wée shall prosper in our affaires by sea and by land wée shall sée our desire vpon our bloodie enimies Deut. 26.7 they shall come foorth against vs one way and shal flie seuen waies Leuit. 26.8 One of vs shal chase an hundred of them and an hundred of vs shall put ten thousand to flight Psal 144.12.13 The voice of mirth and gladnesse shal be heard in our stréetes our sonnes shall bée as plants growing vp in their youth and our daughters as the corner stones grauen after the similitude of a pallace Our corners shall be full and abounding with diuers sortes our shéepe shall bring foorth thousandes euen ten thousandes in our stréetes Our oxen shal be strong to labor there shall be no inuasion or going out nor crieng in our Cities the murrain of beasts and the pestilence deuouring men shall not come néere vs. Thus shall wee then bee blessed Psa 144.15 for so is the people blessed whose God is the Lord. O Lord let our nation be thus blessed for euer we do pray thée euen for the honor of thine own name So wee thy peeple and shéepe of thy pasture shall praise thée for euer Psal 79.13 from generation to generation we will set foorth thy praise And for as much as this work of thine is such that it should not onelie mooue vs to whome the comfort thereof doth speciallie appertaine but euen they also should be touched with it that dissent from vs in religion and desired to haue séene our ruine as well the Papistes of our owne nation as those that be in forraigne countries because besides the other miracles recorded in thy woorde wrought by thy sonne Iesus Christ and his holy Apostles for the confirmation of thy truth thou hast also by this our woonderfull deliuerance and confusion of our enimies sealed this to be thy truth which wee haue learned from the same worde and whereof wee make profession We beséech thée euen for these that so manie of them as belong to thée may by this occasion the rather bee brought to sée howe detestable a thing in thy sight Romish and superstitious religion is how thou settest thy selfe against such as would vphold the same that so they may not stand a farre off gazing vpon this thy greate worke Apoc. 18.9.10.11 Apoc. 18 4. 19.20 and bewailing this fall of the whore but that indéede they may come forth of Babylon vtterly renouncing the worshippe of the beast and his image abhorring to carie the least of his markes in their hands or forheads Apoc 17.2 and no longer to bee drunke with the cup of her spirituall fornications Yea wee beséech thée that hauing the mistes and darkenesse of their minds chased away they may at length sée the cleare light of thy gospel so to ioine with vs in one holy profession grounded vpon thy word that together we may be glad of this fall of Babylon and ioyne all forces as it were into one to giue her according as shee hath done to thy Saints Apoc. 18.6 That in the end the may haue the iudgement of an harlot executed vpon her euen to bee rooted out for euer That to their further condemnation they bee not subiect to the reproofe which thy spirit giueth to such as they be that amended not by the vengeance powred vppon others according as it is saide in the Apocalips Apoc. 9.20.21 The remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues repented not of the works of their hands that they shold not worship deuils Idols of golde and siluer and of brasse and of stone of wood which neither can sée neither can heare nor goe Also they repented not of their murthers and their sorceries neither of their fornication nor of their theft For their obstinacie shall be greater and their sinne the more hainous in thy sight if so sensible a iudgement as this is prouoke them not to giue thée glorie and to séeke after thy trueth If there be anie of them so desperatlie hardened that in stéed of repenting they shall presume more more to set themselues against thy holie ones and to blaspheme thy name Apoc. 16.9 which hast power ouer these plagues We beséech thée goe forwarde with this thy excellent worke persecute them so continually that they may know thēselues to be but men and the Idols whom they serue not to be God Turne all their deuises vpon their owne heads and bring them to such miseble confusion that they may for sorrowe gnash their téeth and at last be inforced to acknowledge thy power and iustice in their ruine to whome they will not now stoope to serue thée according to thy word that they might be saued Yea we beséech thee that all the nations of the heathen to whom the reportes of these thy great acts shall come may by this meanes bee mooued to inquire after thee and to seeke to knowe thee and thy good pleasure in Christ Iesus whome thou hast sent to their saluation if they beleeue That so departing from their superstitions and Idolatries wherein they doe dishonour thee they may honor thy name in the knowledge of thy trueth That wee our selues beholding these thinges and the vtter confusion of all such as rise vp against thee and thy Christ Apoc. 20.10 may be assured that that time approcheth apace when the deuill by whom they are led the beast whome his fauourers haue worshipped and the false Prophetes by whome they haue bene seduced not being able to hurte anie more because their time is expired shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone Apoc. 10.10.15 where also they shall bee tormented day and night world without end and with them euerie one not found in the booke of life When likewise the Church being fréed from all their tyranny shall come forth as a bride prepared for her husband Apoc. 21.2 to be ioined with the lambe Iesus Christ for euer Where shee shall hunger thirst nor sorrow any more but hauing all teares wiped from her eies Apoc. 7.16 shee shall enioy

songs of praises vnto thée Exo. 15. Moses Miriam and the children of Israel hauing passed through the red sea and séene the destruction of their enimies presentlie doe acknowledge thy mercie and sing to the honor of thy name Deborah and Barach doe the like Iudg. 5 the selfe same day that thou gauest thy people that notable victorie ouer Sisera Iehoshaphat séeing the confusion 2. Cro. 20.26 which thou broughtest vpon the Moabites the Ammonites them of mount Seir whom before he feared after that hee his companie had pursued them the spoile three daies the fourth daie they giue thankes with such feruencie and zeale that the place it selfe hath a name of their blessing God there as it may appeare by the historie Hester Mordecay other of the Iewes in token of thankfulnesse and ioy Heb. 9. kéepe a feast the next day after the kings decrée was frustrated which Haman had procured for their destruction Yea they take order to haue that their deliuerance solemnlie remembred euerie yéere Did their deliuerance from mighty and cruel enimies prouoke them to this Did the escaping of present daungers drawe frō them these praises of thy name Did the ouerthrow of such as rose vp against them moue them thus to honour thée O then wee haue cause to doe the like Our enemies which thus thought in their hearts Wee will pursue wee will diuide the spoile our lust shall be satisfied vppon them we will draw out our swordes our hands shall destroie them according as it is recorded that Pharao spake in his pride Exo. 15.9 euen these with him are sunke in the déepe seas like lead Iudg. 4.21 Iael a woman hath striken a naile into Siseraes head Iudg. 5.28.29 euen then when his mother and hir wise Ladies persuaded themselues that he had gotten the victorie and was diuiding the spoiles The subiects of thy seruant Elizabeth a woman by thy good blessing haue striken a terror into the harts of the mightie yea partlie by their meanes as thine instruments partlie by thine own immediate power the stars in their course the seas in their order fighting against them they haue then fearefully perished Iudg. 5.20 when there was not onlie an assured persuasion in themselues not to be ouercome as may appeare in that they called their Nauie inuincible but also a certaine expectation of the victorie yea reportes giuen written as if they had preuailed Thou turnedst the swordes of such as came foorth on their side as they thought Jn one of their gallies against themselues The ship fired by one of their Gonners And the fire which was kindled to send their shotte against vs was a mean of deliuering one of their ships and some of their company into our hands euen as thou armedst Moab 2. Cro. 20.22 23. Ammon and them of mount Seir one against another in Iehoshaphats time The cursed agréement so many yéeres agoe at the councell of Trent for rooting out the professors of thy trueth whereof this attempt of the Spaniardes may séeme to be intended as an execution in respect of vs is now turned to the destruction of these that fauoured it so as we may not vnfitly say that Haman and his be hanged vpon the gallows which he caused to be set vp for Mordecay the Iew. That is thou hast rewarded these proud men that which they thought to haue done to others Thou onely indéede we must say For notwithstanding thou wentest forth with our ships prospering them so long as they incountred wherein sensiblie it appeared to bee thy worke in the great losses of the aduersaries both of men and Shippes and so little of ours as it may worthily be reckoned among thy merueilous workes yet séeing so great wrackes followed them when we had left them how els can we thinke it but thine owne hand Therefore not withstanding wée haue much cause to reioice in the wise care foresight prouision of our Prince the honourable counsell and the state as also in the faithfulnes of our countrimen so willingly couragiously offring themselues to spend their goods and to hazard their liues by sea and land in this case Jude 5.2 so as we curse such euen by the sentence of thine owne Angell which were not willing to helpe Chap. 5.23 as it is in the Iudges Yet O Lord our God forasmuch as the one were giftes of thine giuen to such as gouerne vs and the other were but thy instruments to worke by To thee yea to thee alone O Father Sonne and holie spirit three persons and one God do we ascribe all the glorie honour praise and thankes for euer For thou onelie hast done this Exod. 15.2 thou indeede hast shewed thy selfe to be a man of war that saluation is from thee and that there is no trust in horses and chariots Pro. 21.31 For the horse and the rider hast thou ouerthrowen the Spaniards ships hast thou cast into the seas Exo. 15.21 his chosen captaines also bee drowned in the sea the depthes haue couered them Exo. 15.6.7 they bée sunke to the bottome as a stone Thy right hād O Lord is glorious in power thy right hand O Lord hath brused the enimie And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowne them that rose vp against thée thou sentest foorth thy wrath which consumed them as stubble Who can expresse these thy noble actes who can shew foorth all thy praise Psal 106. ● 2. If we had the tongs of al men and Angels we could not sufficiently doe it such praises as by thy grace we be able to offer we pray thee in Christ to accept O our soules praise ye the Lord whatsoeuer is within vs praise yee his holie name sée that ye neuer forget this his benefit praise the Lord ye his angels Psal 103.12 that excel in strength that doe his cōmandement in obeieng the voice of his word Praise the Lord all ye his hostes Psal 103.20.22.23 yée his seruants that doe his pleasure praise the Lord all ye his works in all places of his dominion Yea we beséech thée that not onely we but the whole land also may giue thy maiestie the whole glory of this so as it may neuer come into any of our mindes to thinke that by our worthinesse or by our own strength this is come to passe Grant that it be not onelie once euerie yéere publikely and sollemnlie remembred after the worthie example of that which was appointed to be done of the Iewes for their deliuerance from the crueltie of Haman Hest 9. But that also daylie and continuallie wee may stirre vp our selues to thankfulnesse and to speake of it to our children and they to their childrens children that so the memory of this thy glorious fact may be continued from generation to generation euen for euer But aboue all thinges be herein mercifull vnto vs that this marueilous benefite powred