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The consolations of David, breefly applied to Queene Elizabeth in a sermon preached in Oxford the 17. of Nouember. By Iohn Prime, 1588.
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Prime, John, 1550-1596.
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all these tempests and then the plat-forme was broken vp and the snare taken away and a daughter of Dauid had as great deliueraunces as euer Dauid had and so her owne confession both then an since is a duefull and true confession That neuer Prince no neuer creature had euer greater Yet because this world is not the land of entire blessednes euerlastingly to endure sundry vncleane beasts haue entered with ful entendment to staine the greene and fertle pastures wherein God hath placed her and had done so so it might haue beene if God and his Christ the great sheepehearde of our soules had not exerted his arme and shewed himselfe and stoode in the gap and driuen away the Lion and the Beare and the Popes sundry Bulles Verily as Elias his seruaunt sawe a small cloud by little and litle growing to a greater matter so good countrimen the cheefe seruauntes of God in the honorable seruice of the realme and her Maiesty by that prudency which God hath lent them haue a long time since looking for such extremities as the wicked world offereth espied the rising and proceedinge of a cloude to come sometimes thickning in the North sometimes threatning in the West and of late time all the waters of the salt Ocean and brinish natures ascendinge and leaguinge themselues together to haue ouerwhelmed vs all but the ground and subiect of theyr practises and complots failing them and that onely or cheefe Pole-starre of these home-conspiracies and forraine drifts and troubles euen against her own onely sonne being taken away they haue missed theyr aime Her will and testament mencined in her letters to Mendoza to giue away the realme to the King of Spaine could not be prooued nor that Tragical execution be executed performed And all these waues breaking in the fale haue swallowed vp many of them who would haue deuoured vs by the prouidence of him that keepeth Israell the strong horse the proud rider those tale ships and furniture in them lie floting in the waters and sincke in the sea for since we desisted to chase and persue them most of this is come to passe to the ende cheeflie to shewe and declare that this was not the worke of man but the hand of God At theyr comming wee had warning of theÌ„ at their entry we had a good beginning in their passage we gained the winde or rather God gaue it vs when they were rooted ouer-right vs they were displanted againe In these things in whatsoeuer else either going before or passed since hee that seeth not the finger of God to haue bene and to be with Queen Elizabeth seeth nothing and the brightnes of God shining vpon her and by her vpon vs dooth dazell his sight that he cannot see Wherin the care of her maiesty the vigilancy of her honorable councel the faithfulnes of nobles courage in Captains souldiers with ioynt willingnes of all Englishe harts in the realme were merueilous vaileable commendable but except God keepe al in order except he had vnited vs in true wisedome to forsee and in harty repâ—ntance to fly vnto him in his strength boldly and happily to withstand these titulary conquerers their pride might haue made theÌ„ more foolish and most wicked to venter vppon other mens dominions without end Plus vltra More stil More was his fathers posie Charls the. 5. But bee it that they haue receiued no harme by our resistaunce as their louers faine bee it that our weapons haue stunge them like Plinies flies and that for the present they doo not feele what we haue don by Our peccatores by our little poor sinners For so at first they could terme our Nauy imagine of our ships bee it that God by vs was not against them yet certainely they cannot deny and wee must confesse to the worlds end that The Lord was with vs herein we reioice praise his name for euer more the more we giue to God it is most true that the great benefit of the sea about vs wtin our Queene her Councel nobles peoples abrod her Admiral Viseadmirals and skilful Sea-men or any where else her forces polisies and helpes whatsoeuer shal haue neuer a whit the lesse as the widdowe had neuer the lesse 1. King 17 the more shee gaue to Gods Prophet Wherfore my good brethren and deere countrimen lift vp your harts lift them vp vnto the Lord and praise his holy name He that offereth praise honoureth him with an acceptable sacrifice Consider then all his benefites his olde late and his present benefites euen heaped vpon our Queene and vpon vs her subiects and lay them all as diuers sweetes togeather to make a Leuits fier of perfit thankefulnes that shall neuer out When a Spanish Prince and an Italian Priest ruled England when superstition humane deuises will-worshippinges and grosse idolatrie in a strange toung ouerruled al then were our goods spoiled our flesh martyred our bodies burnt and our ashes scattered and our very soules sterued A slight remembraunce of this good deliuerie from these calamities is little worth and as fier of brush soone extinct lay altogeather which hath followed since conspiracies detected rebellions repressed and preuented inuasions diuerted euer by the Lords owne doing stil blessing embrodered infolded powred down blessing vpon blessing with a full horne Truely the deliueraunces of Dauid were but a cast of those which we feede on Papists the peeuishe and worst sorte of them bite the lippe hereat and hang downe head not knowing God knoweth that their heads should be hanged vp soonest specially the heades of the richest for Lutherans and Caluinests as well as other Alas Cardinall Allen C. Allen. who euer standeth aloofe as Pirrhus post principia cannot be alwaies at hand with euery barberous souldier to say This man forsooth is a Catholique Well for this time hether to God bee thanked Iacobs hand hath beene stronge enough to hold Esau by the heel and if some Midwiues helpe out blooddy Esaus forces once againe God that hath preserued vs so long will not we hope forsake vs now Yet sweete wordes lull men a sleepe the best Remora and stay to keepe them of is an vnfayned repentaunce and a generall conuersion and certaine determination of the whole laÌ„d to serue him better theÌ„ in former time in all these victories or happie successes to prescribe al to the cheefe directer The Flye in the Beasts eare or the Emmite on his horne caÌ„not say they were they who plowed the land and brought aboute these matters If we haue done great thinges hee hath don them by vs as one said to his souldiers if I be an Egle you be my feathers so if Captaines or Souldiers haue done any thing the Lord of hoasts hath beene with vs all in al. And as he is a foolish Inne-keeper that keepeth not a perfect remembraunce of his cheefest geastes by whom he gaineth so vnwyse are we
if we forget by whom we haue profited and by whome wee haue so greatly and so often gained Leah beareth one sonne and calleth hys name Reuben Gen. 29. a second sonne and calleth him Simeon and a third and calleth hym Leui. But when aboue expectation she conceiueth and bareth the fourth time she purposely calleth his name Iudah and expresly protesteth that She will praise the Lord. If one benefit moue thee not O England many should if many haue not done it yet this late deliueraunce passeth all others O call it Iudah and let vs prayse the Lord. For any comfort saue in the Lorde is like Agars water that is soone dryed vp but that sweete acclamation in the Prophet Zacherie Grace Grace Zach. 4. is the euerlasting duetie of our Churche and common weale and the fatnesse of his Oliues and the consolations of his spirite and his beeing with our Candle-stick is our onlie comfort Legendary news in Spaine 1569. Others imagine fabulous tales and wicked hopes feare them not About the yeere of our Lord 1569. or some-what after I reade of false newes spread in Spaine of a supposed great battaile betwixte the Papists and Christians wherein an Angell with a Challice in his hand was reported to haue discomfited manie thousands of our Queenes subiectes for the which putatiue victorie there were in Spaine gratulations and triumphes in the biest degree with concourse of nobles ringings and singings and much mad mirth for the fortunate successe against the heretiques according to the meaning of the Pope-holy league and charitable conspiracy of the couent of Trent Belike some Mēdoza sent these news they were so true Sence the Spaniards themselues haue had a long thirst to drink of the same cup and out of the Challice which the Angell held then forth And this fatall yere 88 they haue sought for it in England and they haue tasted thereof in Ireland wee know and I think al Spaine would ring if not therefore yet thereof by this time if the king or rather if the holy house would suffer them A little thing would make fooles fayne now they were so a gogge at nothing then But proud Bennadab must not bost when he girdeth his harnesse as when he putteth it of But O foolish fugitiues and Englishe Seminaries seedemen of these tumults what meane you why seeke yee amity with euery straunger Euen therefore God hath demonstratiuely taught you that your trecheries are wicked Why goe you abroade what want you at home Because our Queene trusteth in the Lord in the mercy of the most high she and we haue not miscaried and God hath beene with vs and though we be not as we should be yet good God make vs better They are thine open enimies To make an ende for this time tyl on Tuesday next when God willing accordinge to our bounden duetie we meete againe and then we shall ring for them and sing for our selues and professe in a most certaine veritie that not an Angell but God himselfe had a fauourable eye towarde vs an holy hand ouer vs and that hee was as much with vs as euer with any Nation when notwithstanding all their crakes and famous Dons and doutie Aduenteres huge shippes all to be-swathed with gables and printed vauntes we lost by them who are now sent home a wrong way neither man nor ship nor boat nor mast of ship O Grace Grace Thanckfulnes Thankfulnes call it Iudah and praise the Lord the King of Kings the God of armies and the Lord of hosts and mighty Iehoua for euer more Amen FINIS 2. KINGS 6. 15 Elizeus seruaunt seeing a great Hoast compassing the Cittie Saieth to his maister Alas maister what shall we doo 16 The Prophet answereth FEARE NOT For they which be WITH VS to witte God and his strength are moe then they which bee with them And God opened the mans eies who looked and sawe that it was so