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The second part of the theatre of Gods ivdgments collected out of the writings of sundry ancient and moderne authors / by Thomas Taylor.
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Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.; Beard, Thomas, d. 1632. Theatre of Gods judgements.
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1642
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Wing T570; ESTC R23737
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the Garden a Yeoman and two Groomes a Yeoman of his Bardge a Master of his Horse a Clerke of the Stable and a Yeoman a Sadler a Farrier a Yeoman of his Chariot a Sumptur-man a Yeoman of his Stirrop a Muleter and sixteen Groomes of his Stable every one keeping foure Geldings Porters at his Gate two Yeomen and two Groomes in the Almnery a Yeoman and a Groom In his Chappell he had a Dean who was a great Divine and a man of excellent learning a Subdean a Repeater of the Quier a Gospeller an Epistoler ten singing Priests a Master of the Children-quiristers twelve Seculars being singing men of the Chappell ten singing boyes with a servant to attend upon them in the Revestry a Yeoman and two Groomes besides divers retainers who repaired to his Palace at principall feasts The rich Furniture of his Chappell almost exceeded apprehension for jewels and sumptuous ornaments continually there used where have been seene in a Procession about the Hall foure and fourty rich Copes all of one suit with Crosses and Candlestickes and other furniture of great value he had moreover two Crosse-bearers and two Pillar-bearers in his Great-chamber and in his Privy-chamber a Chamberlain and a Vice-chamberlain twelve Gentlemen-ushers besides one continually in his Privy-chamber and six Gentlemen-waiters he had ten Lords to attend him and every one had two Gentlemen to attend upon them onely the Earle of Derby had five allowed him he had of Gentlemen Cup-bearers Carvers Sewers and the like to the number of fourty persons six Yeomenushers eight Groomes and Yeomen that daily waited in his Chamber fourty five Sixteen Doctours and Chaplaines besides those of his Chappell continually waited at his Trencher with the Clerke of the Closet two Secretaries two Clerkes of the Signet and four Counsellours learned in the Lawes and for as much as it was necessary for divers Officers of the Chancery to attend him namely the Clerke of the Crown a riding Clerke a Clerke of the Hamper a Clerke of the Wax and a Clerke of Checke he gave meanes and allowance to them all he had also four Footmen cloathed in rich Coates with his Armes imbroidered upon them an Herald at Armes a Serjeant at Armes a Physitian an Apothecary four chief Musitians with their Consort a Keeper of his Tents an Armourer an Instructer of his Wards two Yeomen of his Wardrobe of Robes and a Keeper of his Chamber continually in the Court he had moreover in his House the Surveyour of Yorke a Clerke of the Green-cloath and all these were with him uprising and down-lying and dieted at his charge he kept in his Great-chamber a continuall Table for the Chamberers and Gentlemen-Officers with a Messe of young Lords and another of young Gentlemen nor was there any Officers Gentlemen or other persons of account but were allowed some one some two some three servants to attend them which no question grew to a mighty number besides Officers extraordinary retainers and sutors who might come freely and dine in the Hall without any to contradict them and thus far out of his Checke role whereby we see his exceeding greatnesse but of which grew such pride that he blushed not to prefer himselfe before his Soveraigne in these words Ego Rex meus I and my King But to conclude with him this potent prelate falling after into a praemunire forfeited his whole estate to the Crown and then though late confessing That if he had sought so much to honour God as he had strived to honour his King he might still have continued in his revenew eminently and being deprived of all his power and pompe riches and substance and brought almost to the extremest indigence and penury being sent for from Yorke to London as some have supposed to answer for his life he fell sicke by the way and in a poor Friery ended his wretched dayes not without suspition of poyson and such have been Gods judgements from the beginning against this first and capital of the seven mortall sinnes called Pride of which I cease to write further and proceed to the second CHAP. II. Of Gods just Judgements inflicted upon envious persons ENvy is defined to be a grievance and sorrow for the thriving and prosperity of others who in his heart would kill the happinesse of his Neighbour and before God is held no better than an Homicide the Hebrews call it Kineah and Kanno which is Emulation or Envy in which we are said four wayes to offend first when we grieve at the good estate or fortune of another man as fearing because of his ability he may be also willing to endamage us or others Secondly when we repine at another mans felicity because we have not what he hath nor abound with the like abundance and riches and this the Philosopher cales Zelus and the first may be in some kinde held laudable If we emulate a man for his vertues and goodnesse seeking by imitating to exceed them but if it be for temporall goods it may be brought within the compasse of sin The third is when we maligne another man because he injoyes these temporall blessings which he doth not deserve and such vexation because it is concerning riches and honour which happen both to the worthy and unworthy alike by the Philosopher it is called Nemesis which though Aristotle approves yet our Christian Religion will not allow The fourth is when we are sad and troubled at our neighbours increase in wealth and substance because he exceedeth us and we are not so rich nor so well possessed as he and this is plain Envy in her own naturall and absolute colours and is alwayes evill and is a mortiferous sin because we grieve at that at which we ought to rejoyce namely the prosperity of our neighbour and this the Schoolmen distinguish into three branches mortall veniall capitall That is called mortall when it is hatched and premeditated nay prosecuted by the consent of reason because it directly opposeth the Charity due from us to our neighbour That which is called veniall is an emulation bred meerly in sensuality or wantonnesse when there was no preceding of the consent of reason and as they are the first motions so they are held to be idle and imperfect The third is called capitall because from it ariseth susurratio that is a muttering or murmuring behinde ones backe striving to darken or ecclypse the reputation or good name of another in secret Next Detraction when openly we scandall or revile any man to lessen his worth or darken his glory Then Exultation when we triumph or rejoyce in the disastre or distresse of our neighbour Next Affliction when we are grieved and discontented at his prosperity And lastly Odâ—um or hate by which we are not onely sadded and molested at his happinesse but withall we insidiate his estate or malevolently desire his ruine Frequent are the Texts in the holy Scripture against this sin of Envy and sundry examples to shew it hath been
seeing him run they ran after him all not knowing the originall of this uprore they stop him and demand the cause of his flight who in his great affright and terrour of conscience said He was the man They asked what man he answered the same man that committed such a bloody murder so many yeares since upon which he was apprehended and committed to Newgate arraigned by his own confession condemned and hanged first on a gibbet and after at Mile-end in chaines Thus we see how the devill never leaves his ministers and servants especially in this horrid case of murder without shame and judgement Another strange but most true story I shall relate of a young Gentleman of good meanes and parentage brought up in Cambridge whose name for his worshipfull kinreds sake I am desirous to conceal he being of a bould spirit and very able body and much given unto riot and expence could not containe himselfe within his exhibition but being a fellow-commoner lavisht much beyond his allowance to helpe which and to keepe his credit in the Towne he kept a good horse in the stable and oftentimes would flie out and take a purse by the high-way and thus he continued a yeare or thereabouts without the jealousie or suspition of any At length his quarterly meanes not being come up from his father and hee wanting money to supply his ordinary riots hee put himselfe into a disguise tooke horse and crossing New-market Heath he discovered a purchase a serving-man with a cloak-bag behinde him and spying him to travell singly and alone he made towards him and bid him stand and deliver the other unacquainted with that language answered him that he had but little money and what he had he was loath to part with Then said the Gentleman thiefe thou must fight for it Content saith the other and withall both alight and drew and fell stoutly to their businesse in this conflict the honest serving-man was infortunately slain which done the other but sleightly wounded tooke away his cloak-bagge and binding it behinde his owne horse up and fled towards the University and having set up his horse in the Town and carried the cloak-bagge or Portmantuan to his chamber he no sooner opened it but he found a Letter directed to him from his father the contents whereof were That hee had sent him his quarterly or halfe-yeares allowance by his owne man a faithfull servant commended unto him by a deare friend whom he had lately entertained willing his sonne to use the man kindly for his sake which Letter when he had read and found the money told to a penny and considering he had kil'd his owne fathers man whom he had intreated to be used curteously at his hands and onely to take away his owne by force abroad which hee might have had peaceably and quietly brought home to his chamber he grew to be strangely alter'd changing all his former mirth into a deepe melancholy In briefe the robbery and murder were found and known and the Lord chiefe Justice Popham then riding that Circuit whose neare kinsman hee was he was arraigned and condemned at Cambridge Assises though great meanes were made for his pardon yet none could prevaile the Judge forgetting all alliance would neither commiserate his youth nor want of discretion but caused him without respect of person to be hanged up amongst the ordinary and common malefactors Doctor Otho Melander reports this horrible parricide to be committed in the yeare of Grace 1568. within the Saxon confines At a place called Albidos neare unto the Lyon Tower which hath beene an ancient seat of the Dukes of that Countrey There saith he lived a father who had two sonnes the one hee brought up to husbandry the other in merchandise both very obedient and dutifull and given to thrift and good husbandry the Merchant traded in Lubeck where in few yeares hee got a very faire estate and falling sicke even in his prime trading he made his Will in which hee bequeathed to his brother about the summe of five hundred pounds and his father ten and died some few houres after he had setled his estate But before his death he sent to his brother to come in person and receive those Legacies the father not knowing how he had disposed of his meanes dispatcht his other sonne with all speed possible to Lubeck more avaritious after what his sonne the Merchant had left him then sorrowing for his death though hee were a young man of great expectation and of a most hopefull fortune The surviving sonne who was the younger arriveth at the Citie and having first deplored the death of his brother as nature bound him and glad to heare of him so great and good a report he takes out a copie of the Will and after receiveth his money to a farthing and with this new stock seeing what was past hee joyfully returnes into his owne Countrey who at his first arrivall was as gladly welcommed by his father and mother who were over-joyed to looke upon the bagges that hee had brought but when by reading of the Will they saw how partially the money was disposed in that so little fell to their share they first began bitterly to curse the dead sonne and after barbarously to raile on the living out-facing him that he had changed the Will by altering the old and forging a new which the innocent youth denying and excusing himselfe by telling them that the originall was upon record and by that they might be fully satisfied yet all would give them no satisfaction till very wearinesse made them give over their heavy execrations then the sonne offered them whatsoever was his to dispose of at their pleasure which they very churlishly refused and bad him take all and the Devill give him good with it which drew teares from the sonnes passionate eyes who after his blessing craved but denyed very dolefully left them and was no sooner departed from them but to compasse this money they began to devise and consult about his death which they concluded to be performed that night and when hee was sleeping in his bed they both set violently and tygerly upon him forcing daggers into his breast so that inforced with the agony of the wounds he opened his eyes and spying both his parents with their hands imbrued in his bloud he with a loud ejaculation clamour'd out these words or to the same sence Quae non Aurum hominem cogis quae non mala suades In Natos etiam stringere ferra Iubes That is O Gold to what dost thou not compell man to what evils dost thou not perswade are not these sufficient but must thou cause parents to sheath their weapons in their owne bowels their children which words were uttered with such a loud and shrill shreeke that it was heard by the neighbours who starting out of their beds and breaking open the doores found them in the very act before the body was cold for which they were apprehended