of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guilt-less that tak-eth his Name in vain IV. Re-mem-ber the Sab-bath day to keep it holy six days shalt thou la-bour and do all thy work but the se-venth day is the Sab-bath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do a-ny work thou nor thy son nor thy daugh-ter thy man-ser-vant nor thy maid-ser-vant nor thy cat-tle nor the Stran-ger that is within thy Gates For in six days the Lord made Hea-ven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rest-ed the se-venth day wherefore the Lord bles-sed the Sab-bath day and hal-lowed it V. Ho-nour thy Fa-ther and thy Mo-ther that thy days may be long up-on the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt not kill VII Thou shalt not com-mit A-dul-te-ry VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false wit-ness a-gainst thy Neigh-bour X. Thou shalt not co-vet thy Neigh-bours house thou shalt not co-vet thy Neigh-bours wife nor his man-ser-vant nor his maid-ser-vant his Ox nor his Ass nor a-ny-thing that is thy Neigh-bours Vseful Instructions for young Persons Alphabetically in Verse A Verse may find him whom a Sermon flyes And turn delight into a Sacrifice To get and fix these Rules in memory There needs no Art but to mind A B C. A. At Table guard thy Tongue a Civil Guest Will no more talk all than eat all the Feast B. Be well advis'd and wary Council take E're thou dost any Action undertake C. Command thy self in chief He Lifes Wa knows Whom all his Passions follow as he goes D. Dare to be true nothing can need a Lye A fault which needs it must grow two thereby E. Eclips'd the Sun Earthquakes rent Vail dark Sky Nature must needs be sick when God can dye F. First Worship God He that forgets to pray Bids not himself good Morrow nor good Day G. Give to all something but to a good poor man Bestow as liberally as you can H. How dar'st thou sin in secret God doth see And will alone thy Judge and Jury be I. If a Son make his Fathers Heart to bleed He may a Child have to revenge the deed K. Keep thy self humble pride hath ruin'd many The Proud Man's seldom well-belov'd of any L. Live Jesus live and let it ever be Our life to live yea dye for love of thee M. Man's Life 's a flower that fadeth in an hour Who is so vain to doat upon a flower N. Not House nor Land nor measur'd heaps of wealth Can render to a dying man his health O. Oh my Dear God though I am quite forgot Let me not love thee if I love thee not P. Pleasure is fleeting still and makes no stay It lends a smile or two and steals away Q. Quietly learn all Crosses to endure Repining doth more misery procure R. Reach Heaven thou canst not here yet still aspire And climb if not in deed yet in desire S. Swear not an Oath is like a dangerous Dart Which shot rebounds to strike the shooters heart T. To all alike be courteous meek and kind A winning Carriage with indifferent mind U. Use Patience what e're haps though bad it be Take it for good and t' will be so to thee W. Wise Men speak little we scarce know of any Undone by hearing but for speaking many X. Xerxes with tears surveys his Mighty Host Thinking how soon they'd all be dead and lost Y. Youth think old men are Fools but Old men know By dear Experience that Youth are so Z. Zealously practice what is good and then Great will be thy reward in bliss Amen Deuteronomy Chap. 13. IF there a-rise a-mong you a Pro-phet or a Dream-er of Dreams and gi-veth thee a sign or a wonder And the sign or the won-der come to pass where-of he spake to thee say-ing Let us go af-ter o-ther Gods which thou hast not known and let us serve them Thou shalt not heark-en un-to the words of that Prophet or the dream-ex of dreams for the Lord our God proveth you to know whe-ther you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul Ye shall walk af-ter the Lord your God and fear him and keep his Com-man-de-ments and o-bey his voice and you shall serve him and cleave un-to him And that pro-phet or that dream-er of dreams shall be put to death be-cause he hath spo-ken to turn you a-way from the Lord your God which brought you out of the Land of E-gypt and re-deem-ed you out of the House of Bond-age to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God com-mand-ed thee to walk in so shalt thou put the e-vil away from the midst of thee PSALM 97. THE Lord reign-eth let the Earth re-joice let the mul-ti-tude of Is-rael be glad thereof Clouds and Darkness are round a-bout him Righ-te-ous-ness and Iudg-ment are the ha-bi-ta-ti-on of his Throne A Fire go-eth be-fore him end burn-eth up his E-ne-mies round a-bout His Light-nings en-light-en-ed the World the Earth saw and tremb-led The Hills mel-ted like wax at the pre-sence of the Lord at the pre-sence of the Lorn of the whole Earth The Hea-vens de-clare his Righ-te-ous-ness and all the Peo-ple see his Glo-ry Con-found-ed be all they that serve gra-ven I-ma-ges that boast them-selves of I-dols wor-ship him all ye Gods Si-on heard and was glad and the daugh-ters of Ju-dah re-joy-ced be-cause of thy Iudg-ments O Lord. For thou Lord art high a-bove all the Earth thou art ex-alt-ed far a-bove all Gods Ye that love the Lord hate e-vil he pre-ser-veth the souls of his saints he de-li-ve-reth them out of the hand of the wick-ed Light is sown for the Righ-te-ous and glad-ness for the up-right in Heart Re-joice in the Lord ye Righ-te-ous give thanks to the re-mem-brance of his Ho-li-ness PSALM 124. BVt that God for us fought may Israel say But that God for us fought in that sad day When men inflam'd with wrath against us rose We had alive been swallow'd by our Foes Then had we sunk beneath the roaring waves And in their horrid Entrails found our Graves Then had their Violence like Torrents pour'd From melting Hills our wretched lives devour'd O blest be God who hath not given our blood To quench their thirst nor made our flesh their food Our Souls like Birds have scapt the Fowlers Net The snares are broke which for our Lives were set Our only confidence is in his Name Who made the Earth and Heavens Immortal frame Psalm 115. NOT to us O Lord not to us but to thy Name give the glo-ry for thy Mercy and for thy Truths sake Where-fore should the Hea-then say Where is now their God But our God is in the Hea-vens he hath done what-so-e-ver he pleas-ed Their I-dols are sil-ver and gold the work of Mens hands They have mouths but they speak not Eyes have they but they see not They have Ears but they hear
not No-ses have they but smell not They have hands but they han-dle not Feet have they but they walk not nei-ther speak they through their throat They that make them are like un-to them so is e-ve-ry one that trust-eth in them O Is-ra-el trust thou in the Lord for he is their help and their shield O house of A-ron trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield Ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield He will bless them that fear the Lord both small and great The Lord shall in-crease you more and more both you and your Chil-dren You are bles-sed of the Lord which made Hea-ven and Earth The Hea-ven e-ven the Hea-vens are the Lords but the Earth hath he gi-ven to the Chil-dren of Men. The dead praise not the Lord nei-ther a-ny that go down in-to si-lence But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for e-ver-more Praise the Lord. DANIEL Chap. 3. NEbuchadnezzar ehe King made an Image of Gold whose height was Three-score Cubits and the breadth thereof six Cubits he set it up in the plain of Dura in the Province of Babylon Then an Herald cryed aloud To you it is commanded O People Nations and Languages That at what time ye hear the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sackbut Psaltery Dulcimer and all kinds of Musick ye fall down and worship the Golden Image that Nebuchadnezzar the King hath set up And who so falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into a burning fiery Furnace Therefore at that time when all the People heard the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sack-but Psaltery and all kinds of Musick all the People the Nations and the Languages fell down and Worshipped the Golden Image that Nebuchadnezar the King had set up Wherefore at that time certain Caldeans came near and Accused the Jews They spake and said to the King Nebuchadnezar O King live for ever Thou O King hast made a Decree that every Man that shall hear the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sackbut Psaltery and Dulcimer and all kinds of Musick shall fall down and Worship the Golden Image And who so falleth not down and Worshippeth that he should be cast into the midst of a Burning Fiery Furnace There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the Affairs of the Province of Babylon Shadrach Meshach and Abednego These Men O King have not regarded thee they serve not thy Gods nor Worship the Golden Image that thou hast set up Daniel Chap. 3. Ver. 13. THEN Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar in his Rage and Fu-ry com-mand-ed to bring Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go then they brought these Men be-fore the King Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar Spake and said Is it true O Sha-drach Me-shack and A-bed-ne-go do not ye serve my Gods nor Wor-ship the Gol-den I-mage that I have set up Now if ye be rea-dy that at what time ye hear the Sound of the Cor-net Flute Harp Sack-but Psal-te-ry and Dul-cimer and all kinds of Mu-sick ye fall down and Wor-ship the I-mage which I have made well but if ye Wor-ship not ye shall be cast the same Hour in-to the midst of a Burn-ing Fi-e-ry Fur-nace and who is that God that shall de-li-ver you out of my hands Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go an-swe-red and said un-to the King O Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar we are not care-full to an-swer thee in this matter If it be so our God whom we serve is a-ble to de-li-ver us from the Burn-ing Fi-e-ry Fur-nace and he will de-li-ver us out of thy hand O King But if not be it known un-to thee O King we will not serve thy Gods nor Wor-ship thy Gol-den I-mage which thou hast set up Daniel Chap. 3. Ver. 19. THEN was Nebuchadnezzar full of Fury and the form of his Visage was changed against Shadrach Meshack and Abednego therefore he spake and Commanded that they should heat the Furnace one seven times more then it was wont to be heat And he Commanded the most Mighty Men that were in his Army to bind Shadrach Meshack and Abednego and to cast them into the Burning fiery Furnace Then these Men were bound in their Coats and Hosen and their Hats and their other Garments and were cast into the midst of the Burning Fiery Furnace Therefore because the Kings Commandment was urgent and the Furnace exceeding hot the Flame of the Fire slew those Men that took up Shadrach Meshach and Abednego And these three Men fell down bound into the burning fiery Furnace Then Nebuchadnezzar the King was Astonished and rose up in hast and spake and said unto his Councellors did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the Fire they answered and said unto the King True O King He answered and said Lo I see four men loose walking in the midst of the Fire and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the Mouth of the Burning Fiery Furnace and spake and said Shadrach Meshach and Abednego the Servants of the most High God come forth and come hither then Shadrach Meshach and Abednego came forth of the midst of the Fire And the Princes and Governors and Captains and the Kings Councellors being gathered together saw these Men upon whose Bodies the Fire had no Power nor was an hair of their head Singed neither were their Coats changed nor the smell of Fire had passed on them Daniel 3. Ver. 28. Then Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar spake and said Bles-sed be the God of Sha-drach Me-shech and A-bed-ne go who hath sent his An-gel and de-li-ve-red his Ser-vants that trust-ed in him and have chang-ed the Kings Word and yield-ed their bo-dys that they might not serve nor Wor-ship any God ex-cept their own God There-fore I make a De-cree that e-ve-ry peo-ple Na-ti-on and Language which speak a-ny thing a-miss a-gainst the God of Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go shall be cut in Pie-ces and their Hou-ses shall be made a Dung-hill be-cause there is no o-ther God that can de-li-ver af-ter this sort Then the King pro-mo-ted Sha-drach Mashach and A-bed-ne-go in the Pro-vince of Ba-by-lon Some Verses Written by Mr. John Careless Martyr in Queen Maries Reign and presented to a Gentlewoman who came to Visit him in Prison My Sister Dear God give you Grace With stedfast Faith in Jesus name His Gospel always to Imbrace And live according to the same To Dye for Christ think it no Shame But hope in God and in him trust And you shall have Eternal Joy When you shall rise out of the Dust For which most sweet and blessed Day To God with Faith your Prayer make And in your Prayers pray that I May of that Heavenly Joy partake And thus to God I you Commend Who is your Castle and Defence Let him protect you from all ill Until to Heaven you go from hence Amen 1. Hast Lord from such as would devour Defend by thy Almighty Power Delay not in so
fear'd an Hour 2. But let Confusion seize on those Who would destroy to Shame expose Be suddain in their overthrows 3. Let those with Infamy return Dejected and unpitied Mourn Who would thy Gospel overturn 4. Who love thy name with Joy Invest Let them in Shades of safety Feast And ever say The Lord be Blest 5. But we are poor and full of need Hast Lord deliver us with Speed Our strength our help from thee proceed Jeremiah Chap. 10. HEar the word of the Lord which speaketh to you O House of Israel Thus saith the Lord Learn not the way of the Heathen and be not dismayed at the Signs of Heaven for the Heathens are dismayed at them For the Customs of the people are vain for one Cutteth a Tree out of the Forest the work of the hands of the Workman with the Axe They deck it with Silver and with Gold they fasten it with Nails and with Hammers that it move not They are upright as the Palm Tree but speak not they must needs be born because they cannot go be not afraid of them for they cannot do evil neither also is it in them to do good For as much as there is none like to thee O Lord Thou art great and thy name is great in Might who would not fear thee O King of Nations for to thee doth it appertain for as much as among all the Wise Men of the Nations and in all the Kingdoms there is none like unto thee But they are altogether Brutish and Foolish the Stock is a Doctrine of Vanities Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish and Gold from Vphaz the work of the Workman and of the hands of the Founder Blew and Purple is their Cloathing they are all the work of Cunning Men. But the Lord is the True God he is the Living God and an Everlasting King at his Wrath the Earth shall tremble and the Nations shall not be able to abide his Indignation Jeremiah Chap. 10. Ver. 11. THus shall ye say un-to them The Gods that have not made the Hea-vens and the Earth even they shall pe-rish from the Earth and from un-der these Hea-vens He hath made the Earth by his Pow-er he hath E-sta-blish-ed the World by his Wise-dom and hath stretch-ed out the Hea-vens by his dis-cre-ti-on When he ut-te-reth his Voice there is a Mul-ti-tude of Wa-ters in the Hea-vens and he cau-seth the Va-pours to As-cend from the ends of the Earth he mak-eth Light-nings with Rain and bring-eth forth the Winds out of his Trea-sures E-ve-ry Man is Bru-tish in his Know-ledge e-ve-ry Found-er is Con-found-ed by the Gra-ven I-mage for his Mol-ten I-mage is fals-hood and there is no Breath in them They are Va-ni-ty and the Work of er-rors in the time of their Vi-si-ta-ti-on they shall Pe-rish Those helpless Gods Ador'd in popish Lands Are Gold and Silver wrought by Humane Hands Blind eyes have they Deaf Ears still silent Tongues They draw no Breath from their Unactive Lungs Who make them are like to them such are those Who in these Senseless Stocks their hopes Repose O praise the Lord you who from Israel Spring His praises O you Sons of Aaron Sing You of the house of Levi praise his Name All you who God Adore his praise proclaim From Sion praise God only Good and Great Who in Jerusalem hath fixt his Seat I. Kings 18.21 ANd E-li-jah came un-to all the Peo-ple and sayd How long halt ye be-tween two O-pi-ni-ons 2. If the Lord be God fol-low him but if Ba-al then fol-low him and the Peo-ple an-swer-ed him not a Word Then said E-li-jah un-to the Peo-ple I e-ven I on-ly re-main a Pro-phet of the Lord but Ba-al's Pro-phets are four Hun-dred and Fif-ty Men. Let them there-fore give us two Bul-locks and let them chuse one Bul-lock for them-selves and cut it in pie-ces and lay it on Wood and put no Fire un-der and call ye on the Name of your Gods and I will call on the Name of the Lord and the God that an-swe-reth by Fire let him be God and all the Peo-ple an-swer-ed and said It is well spo-ken And E-li-jah said un-to the Pro-phets of Ba-al Chuse you one Bul-lock for your selves and dress it first for ye are ma-ny and call up-on the Name of your Gods but put no Fire un-der And they took the Bul-lock which was gi-ven them and they dres-sed it and cal-led on the Name of Ba-al from Mor-ning un-til Noon say-ing O Ba-al hear us but there was no Voice nor any that answered and they leapt up-on the Al-tar which was made And it came to pass that at Noon E-li-jah Mock-ed them and said Cry a-loud for he is a God ei-ther he is talk-ing or he is per-su-ing or he is in ajour-ney or per-ad-ven-ture he sleep-eth and must be a-wa-ked And they cry-ed a-loud and cut them-selves af-ter their man-ner with Knives and Lan-ces till the Blood Gush-ed out up-on them And it came to pass when Mid-day was past and they Pro-phe-sy-ed un-till the time of the Of-fering of the E-ve-ning Sa-cri-fice that there was nei-ther Voice nor a-ny to an-swer nor a-ny that re-gard-ed 1 Kings 18.30 ANd Elijah said unto all the People come neer unto me and all the People came neer unto him and he repaired the Altar of the Lord that was broken down and Elijah took Twelve Stones according to the Number of the Sons of Jacob unto whom the Word of the Lord came saying Israel shall be thy Name And with the Stones he Built an Altar in the Name of the Lord and he made a Trench about the Altar as great as would contain two Measures of Seed and he put the Wood in order and cut the Bullock into Pieces and laid him on the Wood and said Fill four Barrels with Water and pour it on the burnt Sacrifice and the Wood. And he said do it the second time and they did it the second time and he said Do it the third time and they did it the third time And the Water ran round the Altar and he filled the Trench also with Water And it came to pass at the time of the Offering of the Evening Sacrifice that Elijah the Prophet came near and said Lord God of Abraham Isaac and of Israel let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I am thy Servant and that I have done all these things at thy Word Hear me O Lord hear me that this People may know thou art the Lord God and that thou hast turned their heart back again Then the Fire of the Lord fell and Consumed the burnt Sacrifice and the Wood and the Stones and the Dust and licked up the Water that was in the Trench And when all the People saw it they fell on their Faces and they said The Lord he is the God the Lord he is the God And Elijah said unto them Take the Prophets of Ba-al let not one of them escape and they took them
and profess the Christian Religion and have no Communion with Rome than there are Papists 4. It is the prerogative of Jesus Christ alone to be Head of his Church for as there is one Faith and one Lord Jesus Christ so there is but one body which is his Church united to him as her head Eph. 4.3 4. Psalm 2.6 Quest What are some of those Errors brought in by the Pope and his Clergy which occasioned the Protestants departure from their Communion Answ There were several Errors and Extravagancies Introduced both in Doctrine and Discipline one of their Doctrines was that of Purgatory which they affirm is a place next door to Hell where the Torments are as extream as those of Hell it self but not eternal in this place they say the Souls of the Faithful are purged some for a hundred some for five hundred or a Thousand years till they are delivered by the Prayers Masses Popes Pardons but especially by the Money of their Friends or Relations Quest What say the Protestants to this Answ They say it is Blasphemy to believe that Men are purged from sins in this place since the bloud of Christ is the only purgatory for our Sins Besides there is no ground in Scripture for any such belief St. Luke 16.23 In Hell he lift up his Eyes being in Torment c. St. Matt. 28.12 They shall sit down with Abraham c. in the Kingdom of Heaven but the other shall be cast into utter Darkness where shall be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth Mark 26.16 He that believeth shall be Saved and he that believeth not shall be Damned Quest What other Errors do they maintain Answ The Doctrine of Transubstantiation for they say that in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Jesus Christ is corporally present and that there is a change of the Substance of the bread and wine into the natural body and blood of Christ Quest What answer the Protestants Answ That this Doctrine is contrary to many plain Testimonies of Scripture it overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament and hath given occasion to very gross Idolatry and great Superstition and besides it contains a multitude of absurdities and contradictions For 1. Then must our blessed Saviour hold himself in his own hands yea devour and eat up himself and yet still sit whole and entire at the Table with his Disciples 2. The body of Jesus Christ must be in a Thousand places at the same time 3. His whole body must be in the mouth of every Communicant at once 4. His whole body must be less in quantity than the least Limb of his body 5. His body must at the same time be broken and unbroken and must at the same time ascend and descend and lastly must be subject to putrefaction and many other Absurdities And therefore those words This is my Body are to be understood that this doth signify and represent my body and upon the same account Christ is called a Rock a Door a Vine and yet none can be so sensless to think that Jesus Christ was turned into any of these Quest VVhat other Errors are they charged with Ans That the Scripture ought not to be set forth in the Common Tongue but that it is dangerous for the people to read the Bible lest they fall into Heresie Qu. What do the Protestants answer to this Answ That the true Reason of this is because if they suffer the People to read the Scripture it would make them abhor the Popish Religion as being absolutely contrary thereunto For the Scriptures exhort all to be diligent Readers thereof and our Saviour saith vvhat say the Prophets and Apostles concerning this Search the Scriptures Joh. 5.39 Seek ye the Book of the Lord and read Isa 34.16 They were more noble in that they searched the Scriptures dayly Acts 17.11 They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them Luke 16.29 Let the word of God dwell richly in you Col. 3.16 Take the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God Eph. 6.17 From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures 2 Tim. 3.15 Except you utter Words easy to be understood how shall it be known what is spoken 1 Cor. 14.9 16. Qu. What other erroneous Doctrines do the Papists hold Answ The praying to Angels to the Virgin Mary and the Apostles and Saints departed Quest VVhat say the Protestants to it Answ They say That the Papists by praying in that manner do give to the Angels and Saints departed the highest religious Worship and Adoration that is possible and so are guilty of fearful Idolatry and that we ought to go to God in the mediation of Christ alone neither have we any ground to believe that the Saints in Heaven know our particular Persons wants necessities or desires and the Scripture seems contrary to all this Call upon me in the day of trouble Psal 50.15 Say Our Father which art in Heaven Luke 11.2 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only Mat. 4.10 Let no man beguile you into a voluntary humility and worshipping of Angels Col. 2.18 There is one Mediator between God and Man the Man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2.5 Through him we have access unto the Father Eph. 2.18 Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Col. 3.17 VVhatsoever you shall ask in my name I will do it John 14 3. Doubtless thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel know us not Is 63.13 Thou sendest man away his Sons come to Honour and he knows it not they are brought low but he perceives it not Job 14.21 St. John fell down to worship before the Feet of the Angel then saith he see thou do it not for I am thy Fellow Servant worship God Rev. 22.8 9. Cornelius fell down at St. Peter 's feet and worshipped him and Peter said stand up I my self am also a man Act. 10.25 Quest Do not the Papists affirm that we ought to pray for the dead Answ Yes but the Protestants answer They that dye in the Lord need not our prayers and they that dye in their sins can have no benefit by them and that the reason why the Popish Priests uphold this Error is because they get so much money by it Lastly we have no Command from God no promise to be heard no Example in Scripture for praying for the dead or praying to Saints Read 2 Sam. 12.21 Now the Child is dead why should I fast and pray Blessed are they that dye in the Lord Rev. 14.13 Qu. Do the Papists hold that all that dye without Baptism are undoubtedly damned and shut out of Heaven Answ Yes But Protestants say that is false for then 1. The Penitent Thief could not be saved contrary to that of St. Luke 23.43 2. A multitude of Infants must be damned for the neglect of their Parents which is a cruel and uncharitable censure contrary to Gen. 17.7 1 Cor. 7.14 Rom. 4.11 Mat. 19.14 Quest Is water the only visible
France and that the Signal for the General Massacre would be the ringing of the Bell in the Kings Pallace which would be about break of day and that the Murderers should have a white handkerchief tyed about their Arms and a white Cross in their hats and Candles to be lighted in every house At the time appointed the Bell rung and the Duke of Guise hasted to the Admirals Lodgings with his Cut-throats and knocking at the Door he that opened it was murdered the Admiral hearing the noise got out of his Bed and there being a Minister in the Room they both went to Prayers and the Admiral fervently commended his Soul to God and then said to those about him It is long since I disposed my self to dye save your selves if it be possible for you cannot save my life I commit my soul into the hands and mercy of God The Minister and the rest of his attendants got up to the top of the house and crept out of the Windows to save themselves yet most of them were slain in the next House Presently seven or eight men broke into the Admirals Lodgings and one of them set his Naked Sword to his Breast saying Art thou the Admiral To whom with a Christian Constancy he answered I am called so and withal said young man thou oughtest to consider my Age and the weak condition I am now in but do what thou wilt for thou canst not shorten my life but a very little But the Wretch blaspheming God thrust him through the Breast and afterward strook him on the head another shot him with a Pistol and a third wounded him in the Thigh so that he lay gasping for life the Duke of Guise was below and with a lowd voice cryed Have you done It was answered Yes the Duke replyed Our Chevalier which was the Kings Bastard Brother will not believe it unless he see it which being done his Face was all bloody which the Duke of Guise wiping said Now I know it is he and then kicked him on the Face with his Foot whom all the Murtherers of France feared so much when he was alive Then the Duke and his bloody Train went into the Streets crying Arm Arm we have had good success and a happy beginning Let us now proceed to the rest for it is the Kings Command which words he repeated often This is the Kings Commandment this is his Will this is his express pleasure therefore courage my Fellows Then the great Bell of the Pallace which was the bloody token of the General Alarm began to ring out alowd and presently a Report was spread That the Protestants had conspired against the King Queen and Court and were just going to Execute their Design After this the Admirals head was cut off and sent to the King and Queen Mother and being by them preserved with Spices it was sent to the Pope and the Cardinal of Lorrain at Rome as a very grateful present The Pope when he first heard the News of the Massacre appointed a day of Publick Thanksgiving to God where Te Deum was sung for joy in the Church of St. Lewes He likewise Published a Bull of Pardons and extraordinary Indulgence to such as should pray for the Heavenly assistance to the King and Kingdom of France for rooting out of Hereticks The Rascally Rabble cut off the Hands and Privy Members of the Admiral dragging his mangled body besmeared with blood and filth through the Streets three days together and then hanged it by the Feet upon the Gallows All the Attendants of the King of Navar and Prince of Conde which lay in the Kings Pallace were murdered and likewise all the Lords and Gentlemen about the Admiral 's Lodgings and among the rest his Son Teligny and then through all the City and Suburbs were the poor Protestants Massacred with all manner of Cruelties Nothing was then to be heard but the Terrible noise of Horses and Arms Guns and Pistols mingled with the doleful sad and woful Schreeches and miserable complaints of Men VVomen and Children Rich and Poor crying for mercy to these bloody Hell-hounds howling and lamenting at their miserable Condition to bet hus wretchedly murdered for they knew not what And all this intermixt with the groans of the dying and the merciless shouts of the Cruel Murtherers continually crying kill kill for the King commands it that it seemed as if Heaven and Earth had met together or as if the Heavens had rent with Thunder So that in that night and the Two next days there was slain in Paris above Ten Thousand Persons of both Sexes and all Ranks and Ages the bloody Papists not sparing the Children in the Cradle nor the Infants in their Mothers wombs insomuch that the Streets Market-place and Rivers were dyed with Blood and the Murtherers boasted that they had in a few days put an end to that Quarrel that neither Pen Paper decrees of Justice nor open VVar could accomplish in Twelve years This horrid Massacre was committed on St. Bartholomews day being the 24. of August 1571. which was the Sabbath day and is made famous for ever by the Effusion of so much precious Innocent blood as no Age nor time can parallel for there were at this time in Paris Threescore Thousand men with Pistols Poinards Swords Knives and such other Bloody Instruments who ran up and down swearing and blaspheming the Sacred Majesty of God cruelly massacring all they met so that the Streets were covered with mangled Bodies and the Gates and Doors defiled with blood the Lords and Gentlemen were Inhumanely murdered some in their Beds others on the top of their Houses and in all other places where they were found and such a multitude of dead Bodies were thrown into the River Se-Sin that the water was dyed Red with their Blood In the Hellish Assembly wherein this bloody Massacre was concluded on it was debated whether the King of Navar and Prince of Conde should not be destroyed with the rest the Duke of Guise pleaded for it but others were against it and argued how abominable it would be to destroy two young Princes of the Blood in the Flower of their Age and one of them in the imbraces of his young Bride and the Kings own Sister and therefore it was concluded That they should be threatned violently with death and all manner of Torments if they would not turn Papists And thereupon the King commanded them to be brought into his presence and told them That now he had cut off all the Instruments of the late Civil Wars which he hoped would prevent future troubles for by his Command the Admiral was slain and all the rest of the Hereticks and that the like should be Executed in all other places throughout the Kingdom and that if they would now save their Lives they must turn Catholicks for he was resolved to have but one Religion in his Kingdom The King of Navar and the Prince of Conde humbly beseeched his Majesty
the Stake and having earnestly prayed and Exhorted the People and forgiven his Enemies and persecutors he said thus I Beseech you Brethren Exhort your Prelates to learn the Word of God that they may be ashamed to do evil and learn to do good or else there shall come upon them the Wrath of God which they shall not eschew Then the Hangman upon his knees said Sr I pray forgive me for I am not the cause of your Death Mr. Wischard called him to him and kissing his Cheek said Lo here is a token that I forgive thee My Heart do thing Office and so he was tyed to the Stake and the fire kindled The Captain of the Castle came to him and bid him be of good Courage to whom Mr. Wischard said This fire Torments my Body but no whit abates my Spirits then looking towards the Cardinal he said He who in such State from that high place feeds his eyes with my Torments within few dayes shall be hanged out at the same Window with as much shame and Ignominy as he there leans with Pride then his Breath being stopt with the Flames he gave up the Ghost This Prophecy was fulfilled in a short time after for the people being generally discontented at the Cruelty used against Mr. Whischard several persons conspired against him and killed him in the Castle and the Provost raising the Town came to the Castle Gates crying What have you done with my Lord Cardinal where is he To whom they answered from within Return to your Houses for he hath received his reward and will trouble the World no more But they cryed We will never depart till we see him Then was he hanged out at that very window to satisfie them he was dead and so the people departed Shortly after one Adam Wallace was Burned likewise and Henry Forest suffered the same Cruel Death upon Account of Heresie One Walter Mill was accused for Heresie and being bid to recant he said I am Corn and not Chaff I will not recant the Truth and being thereupon condemned to the Fire and all things made ready to that purpose they commanded him to go to the Stake No said he by the Laws of God I am forbidden to lay hands on my self therefore do you put me in the Fire and you shall see my resolution Having then made his Prayer unto God he spake thus to the people Although I have been a Great Sinner yet it is not for that but for Gods Truth contained in his Word of the Old and New Testament that I now suffer and God out of his abundant Mercy doth honour me so far as to make me among other of his Servants to seal his Truth with my Blood Dear Friends as you would escape Eternal Death be no more seduced with the Lyes of Arch-bishops Bishops Abbots Priors c. but trust only in God After he had thus spoke he was tyed to the Stake and the Fire being kindled he quietly slept in the Lord and was the last person that dyed for the Protestant Religion in Scotland In the year of our Lord 1641. there brake forth a most horrid and Bloody Rebellion and Massacre of the Irish Papists committed on the English in Ireland a Nation famous for the Birth of divers worthy persons therein but none more renowned than that Excellent Learned and Religious Person James Vsher late Lord Arch-bishop of Armagh and Lord Primate of Ireland who amongst many other extraordinary Gifts and Graces which it pleased the Almighty to bestow upon him was wonderfully endued with a Spirit of Prophecy from which among many other things he foretold this bloody Rebellion forty years before it came to pass in a Sermon which he preached at Dublin in the Year 1601. where from Ezekiel 4.6 discoursing concerning the Prophets bearing the Iniquity of Judah forty dayes the Lord therein appointing a day for a Year he made this direct application in relation to the Connivance at Popery at that time From this Year says he will I reckon the sin of Ireland that those whom you now embrace shall be your Ruin and you shall bear your Iniquity which Prediction proved exactly true for from that time 1601. to the Year 1641. was just forty years in which it is notoriously known that the Rebellion and destruction of Ireland happened and which was acted by those Popish Priests Jesuits and other Papists which were then connived at For the Jesuits Priests and Friars were the chief Instigators to this horrid Massacre by continual incensing and stirring up the Popish Gentry and Commonalty to shew the utmost of their Zeal therein and this without any provocation given by the English for it was observed that they had all the Liberty they could reasonably desire and that there was not any reason for such Cruel Proceedings against the English but only for that damnable and unpardonable sin of being Protestants And the Popish Clergy the more to engage the deluded Papists to murther them every where loudly declaimed That they were Hereticks and not fit to be suffered any longer amongst them that it was no more sin to kill one of them than to kill a Dog and that it was a mortal and unpardonable sin to relieve or protect any of them And when their business was so fixt that they did not fear any miscarriage the success of this Great Design was recommended in their publick Prayers as tending very much to the advancement of the Catholick cause and they likewise maliciously represented to the People the severe proceedings against the Papists in England All things being in a readiness they proceeded to the Execution of this Damnable Contrivance but their proceeding therein was various some of the Irish only stripping the English Protestants and turning them out a Doors naked in the cold and snow others cruelly Murdering man woman and child without the least compassion but they all resolved upon this point that by all manner of ways and means they would universally destroy and root the English out of Ireland Nay the Irish were so inveterately malicious against them that they would not endure the very sound of their Language but punished those that spake English and the names of English places they changed into Old Irish In some places they killed the Cows and Sheep meerly because they were English and sometimes they cut off their Legs or a piece out of their Buttocks and so left them to live in pain and in other places those English Cattel that they could not devour they kill'd them and left them in great multitudes stinking upon the Ground The Popish Priests gave the Sacrament to divers of the Irish upon Condition that they should neither spare Man Woman nor Child of the Protestants saying That it did them a great deal of good to wash their hands in their Blood Some of their Priests Excommunicated all that should from thenceforth relieve or harbour any English Scotch or Welshman or give them Alms at their Doors whereby
the Pope could give her therein yet she was utterly crost also in that Design Then she lost Calice in France which had been in the possession of the English during the Reign of eleven Kings that is from the Reign of King Edward the third with which loss she was so afflicted that she told some of her Courtiers If they opened her body when she was dead they would find Calice written in her heart She was reported to be with Child but it came to nothing Her beloved Husband left her in whom she placed her greatest felicity and content So that now she could neither enjoy him nor marry another About the same time the Land was grieviously afflicted with horrible Tempests Famines Plagues mortal Diseases and burning Agues so that between October and December there dyed seven Aldermen in London that had been Lord Maiors and the mortality was so great that much Corn was lost in the Fields for want of men to gather it whereby great scarcity ensued and many poor people lived upon Acorns And lastly she was struck with a lingring and pining sickness whereof she dyed having only reigned Five years and Five months a shorter time than any of the Kings of England enjoyed since the Conquest Richard the Third only excepted 2. In the next place let us consider Gods Judgments upon some other Instruments of Cruelty and among the rest Stephen Gardiner who was a most Cruel Persecutor of the Protestants In King Henry the Eighths time he was a great stickler for the divorce from the Lady Katherine of Spain and was therefore made Bishop of Winchester In King Edward the sixths time he seemed a Friend to the Gospel and preached it up but in Queen Marys days he was the greatest and most inveterate enemy against it and the professors thereof and continued so to his dying day For the same day that Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer were burnt at Oxford the old Duke of Norfolk came to dine with Gardiner The Bishop deferred his dinner till about four a Clock in the Afternoon at which time came one of his Servants posting to tell him that fire was put to these Servants of God which when he was certified of he came out rejoyceing to the Duke and said Now let us go to dinner The Table was presently set and the Bishop began to eat merrily but as soon as he had eaten a few bits he was on a sudden struck very sick and being carryed from the Table to bed he there continued in such intolerable Anguish and Torment that he could void nothing either by stool or urine His Tongue was black and swoln so big that his mouth could not contain it and his body violently Inflamed In this sad condition he lay fifteen days and then ended his miserable life In the beginning of his sickness Dr. Day Bishop of Chichester coming to see him began to speak to him about the merciful Promises of God and free Justification by the blood of Christ To whom he answered What my Lord will you open that gap now then farewell all together Open this window to the People and farewell all together And being by another Person put in mind of St. Peters denying his Master and that he ought not to despair He answered I have denied Christ with Peter but I never repented with Peter 3. Bloody Bonner though he dyed in his bed yet lay under the Spiritual Judgment of Impenitency and as he had been a Persecutor of the Light and a Child of Darkness so in darkness and at midnight his Carkass was tumbled into the Earth And as himself had been a Murderer so was he layd among Thieves and Murderers a place by Gods Judgment fitly appointed for him 4. Dr. Whittington Chancellor having condemned a Godly Religous woman to be Burnt at Chipping Sadbury a multitude of People came to see her Suffer and among the rest Whittington himself At the same time there was a Butcher in another place of the Town killing a Bull who was fast bound with a Rope ready to be knockt on the head the Butcher missing his stroke the Bull broke loose just as the people were coming from the Execution of this Holy Martyr the people seeing him coming severed themselves and made a Lane for him the Bull passed through them without hurting man woman or child till he came to the place where Whittington was against whom he ran very furiously and thrusting his Horns into his belly ran him quite through and tearing out his Guts with his horns he trayl'd them about the streets to the great astonishment of those that saw his wretched end 5. One Burton Bayliff of Crowland in Lincolnshire seemed in King Edward the Sixths days to be a zealous Protestant but as soon as Queen Mary came to the Crown he turned Papist and being forward to set up the Mass he went to Church and the Curate being then reading the English Service he went to him and said Sirrah will you not say Mass buckle your self to it you knave or by Gods Blood I 'le sheath my dagger in your shoulder The poor Curate being affrighted betook himself to the Mass Shortly after this Burton and a neighbour riding together a Crow flew over his head and voided her Excrements upon his Nose which ran down his beard and yielded such an horrible stink that it caused him to vomit in a most violent manner whereupon he got home to bed but could eat nothing the stink and vomiting still continuing which made him with dreadful Oaths and Execrations curse the Crow that had poisoned him and so he continued in extream pain till he dyed A Prayer of King Edward the Sixth a while before his Death LOrd God deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life and take me among thy chosen howbeit not my Will but thy Will be done Lord I commit my Spirit to thee O Lord thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee yet for thy chosens sake send me that in Life or Death I may serve thee O my Lord God Bless thy People and save thine Inheritance O Lord God save thy chosen People of England O my Lord God defend this Land from Papistry and maintain the True Religion that I and my People may Praise thy Holy name for thy Son Jesus Christ his sake A Speech of Queen Elizabeth to her Army at Tilbury Camp in the time of the Spanish Invasion in the year 1588 MY Loving People we have been perswaded by some that are carefull of our safety to take heed how we commit our selves to armed Multitudes for fear of Treachery but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithfull and loving People Let Tyrants fear I have alwayes so behaved my self that under God I have alwayes placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the Loyal Hearts and good will of my Subjects and therefore I am come amongst you as you see at this time not for my Recreation
and Disport but being resolved in the midst and heat of the Battel to live and dye amongst you all to lay down for my God and for my Kingdom and for my People my Honour and my Blood even in the dust I know I have the Body but of a weak and feeble Woman yet I have the Heart and Courage of a King and of a King of England too and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the Borders of my Kingdom to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me I my self will take up Arms I my self will be your General Judg and Rewarder of every one of your Virtues in the Field I know that already for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and Crowns and we do assure you in the Word of a Prince they shall be duly paid you In the mean time my Lievtenant General Leicester shall be in my stead than whom never Prince commanded a more Noble or worthy Subject not doubting but by your obedience to your General by your concord in the Camp and Valour in the Field we shall shortly obtain a Famous Victory over these Enemies of my God of my Kingdom and of my People A Prayer for the Morning BLessed and Glorious Lord God thy Mercies are Infinite and thy long suff ring and patience is exc eding great else had not I poor wretched miserable sinner been spared so long considering my manifold provocations a-against thee Blessed be thy Name that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve me the night past and that thou hast once more vouchsafed me the Light of the morning O Lord preserve me this day and keep me in all my ways give unto me the repose of a quiet Conscience and the clear Light of the Gospel Turn mine eyes away from Vanity and strengthen me in thy ways Protect and defend our Soveraign Lord the King Bind up his soul in the bundle of Life and let no weapon form'd against him prosper Preserve thy Church and the True Protestant Religion and discover more and more the snares of death and Popish Treachery and let us never fall into the hands of those men whose mercyes are cruel Bless my Relations kindred and friends and all others whom I am bound to pray for All which I humbly beg in the Name and through the Mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our Saviour Amen A Prayer for the Evening MOst Gracious God and merciful Father I wretched sinner do beseech thee to look upon me with the eyes of thy mercy and let thy Holy Spirit work in me such a serious Repentance as that I may with Tears lament my sins past with grief of heart be humbled for my sins present and with all my endeavours resist them for the time to come And now O Lord I bless thee for my health food and raiment and that thou hast defended me this day now past from all dangers and Perils and as thou hast ordained the day for man to Travel in and the night for him to take his rest so I beseech thee sanctify unto me this Nights rest that being refreshed with moderate sleep I may be the better enabled to serve thee and 〈…〉 in the profession of thy True Religion and 〈…〉 Gracious Soveraign preserve him as the Apple 〈…〉 hide him under the sha low of thy wings 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 with shame and let them never prevail against him Protect thy Church and these Kingdom from Popery Superstition and Idolatry and unite our hearts in the profession of the True Religon which thine own right hand hath planted amongst us Bless the whole People of this Land and be merciful to all our Kinsfolks Families and Neighbours These and all other blessings we beg of thee for the sake of Jesus Christ in whose blessed Name and words we further pray Our Father c. Grace before meat LOrd lift up our hearts to look unto thee for a blessing upon our meats that we may comfortably use thy Creatures as pledges of thy Favour through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen After meat AS thou hast filled our Bodies O Lord with thy good Creatures far above our desert so be pleased to endue our Souls with all Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly things through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Before meat MOst gracious God and Loving Father we humbly beseech thee to forgive us all our Sins and Bless thy good Creatures provided for us and give us Grace to receive them as from thine hand and to use them soberly as in thy sight to thy Glory and our Comfort through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen After meat ETernal Thanks and Praise be ascribed unto thee O Blessed Lord who hast opened thy hand at this time and made us partakers of thy Benefits Lord let us never cease to Offer unto thee the Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen FINIS