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A04873	The popish kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus, and englyshed by Barnabe Googe; Regnum papisticum. English	Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563. Agriculturae sacrae libri quinque. Book 1-2. English. aut	1570 (1570)	STC 15011; ESTC S109280	147,386	198

That of the worde of God the sonnes might euermore remaine And men no l●nger looke to heare the voyce from starry raigne Nor can the eares of man abide the speach of God to heare As once the Hebrues made afrayde good witnesse well may beare Therefore he mortall doctors vnto mortall men did sende As Moyses Aaron and such men as euer did attende About the seruice of the Lorde and Moyses now in graue They read the people still the lawe and laboured them to saue As Prophets priestes Leuits eke who preacht and alwayes taught For to beware of wicked things and to eschue the naught And to conceyue assured hope in Christ the promised séede Whereby the hearts might healed be which griefe had causde to bléede This was the Prophets office than and this their order iust When Moyses here had yéelded vp his carkasse vnto dust Whose wrytings through the gift of God doe hitherto remaine The very doctrine of the holy ghost appearing plaine We must not weigh them as the worke of mortall men that die But take them as the bookes of God sent downe from heauens hie In like sort must the Gospell here of good men honorde bée For both with all the Prophets olde it iustly doth agrée And with the dreadfull voyce of God it hath confirmed béene Nor any thing repugnant here may any where be séene Therefore the Church did iustly giue the chiefe authoritie Vnto the holy bookes that in the Bible written lie Commaunding that they neuer be abusde by any wight But to remaine for euermore in good and perfite plight As knowing well hir husbandes voyce the ender here of strife And these the certaine instruments of euerlasting life Beside we must estéeme them more than all the Sibylles heare Or all the Oken groues that earst to Ioue were counted deare And thinke that vnto men these bookes sufficient light doth giue Whereby they well may know the will of God and how to liue So that we profite much herein in knowing that we neede Not ransacke other volumes great of fayth or hope to réede For miserablie doth he toyle and tosse his troubled minde That séekes his pleasure where it doth not lie or else is blinde Whosoeuer of pure and perfite golde hath founde the fruitfull vaine By which he may to Pelops welth or Craesus state attaine And passe the Arabians riches here and Hermus sandes that shines Will hardly hence be had away to digge in emptie mines And vainely pecke in euery rocke whereas no golde doth lie Where trauaile great must be indurde and nothing got therebie To these therefore let husbandmen their mindes and studie giue Here shall they finde what néedefull is to teach them how to liue No néede is here to vexe the minde with turning many bookes Nor for to gaze on barraine fielde with vaine and ydle lookes Here of the euerlasting worde the knowledge full doth lie That sonne of God and Iesus whome the worlde is saued bie The knowing of whom alonely brings vs to euerlasting blysse And reconciles vs to the father where we did amysse And makes vs heyres of heauen bright this is the treasure which Lay hidden in the ground so déepe and Iewell passing rich For which all worldly substance great is well bestowed here Looke where thou list thou shalt not finde it any other where Leaue searching of the Cesterns and the Fennes and filthie soyles And stinking pondes when as at home the fountaine freshly boyles Here draw of cleare Cristall streames here mayst thou drink thy fill If thirst of euerlasting life and vertue mooue thy will Giue all thy force and minde hereto and all thy wittes applie Moreouer this perswasion doth great profite herein bring When in the scriptures plaine appeares Gods will in euery thing What honor we must giue to him what worship him delightes What maners and what wayes are méete to frame the life arightes Least superstition in our mindes or wicked error spring And least we preach and blase abrode some lewde and hurtfull thing As if the things sufficed not that God himselfe hath tought Or that we thinke by our deuice might better things be wrought Who so beléeues that God hath hid no vertue here nor right Contents himselfe and doth obey the worde with all his might And faynes not any thing himselfe nor followes fancie vaine Nor any gloses blinde of men nor dreames of ydle braine As most men commonly doe vse this madnesse vexeth sore And is a plague that all the worlde doth trouble euermore Without the worde of God eche foole dare frame himselfe away Procuring eke companions to runne with him astray Whom at the first he doth perswade and after doth constraine T' obay his folly as a God that ouer all doth raigne Let not our husbandman be staynde with such vntowarde minde But know the waight of scriptures well where he may easily finde What best is to be done or left least that he wander wide Obaying more the voyce of man than his that all doth guide Thus boldned let him duely reade the scriptures euermore From top to toe and oft reherse that he hath read before And print it déepely in his minde layde vp in safetie there None otherwise than golde or pearles or such like precious gere From whence he largely may disburse to men as cause requires The maner how to please the Lorde and leaue their fonde desires And if perhaps he vnoerstand not all things perfitely Or reade some things that doe declare a great simplicitie Let him beware that tediousnesse nor lothsomnesse him take And force him so the sacred worde of God for to forsake In prophane wryters many things at first doe not appeare But hidden lie and doe deceyue the readers looking neare No maruell then if that the holy ghost declare not all In easie phrase but sometime teach with senses mysticall Accept the plaine and easie wordes and those that from thée flie With haste pursue and drawe them from the darknesse where they lie He blessed is that profiteth both with the hard and plaine And is not feared with the tone nor countes the other vaine But markes the order and the guise of Gods most holy spright And beares with that in euery case and takes his meaning right First shall he knowe the causes true and father of eche thing From whose commaundment and whose worde all kind of things doe spring Created of no substance here the stately framed skies The breathing ayre and weightie earth that in the middle lies The monstrous waues of raging seas that here and there doe flowe And what in sixe dayes worke was wrought for garnishing or showe The wondrous sort of creatures straunge in ayre in seas or landes That haue bene made committed to the powre of Adams handes By this he also well shall learne that in the worlde there is But one all onely Lorde and king whose powre almightie is Who doth of persons thrée consist coequall in degrée In nature Godhed

all other to excell To sée the poore and fatherlesse and Widowes ordred well Lyke as the steppes of olde declare and late decrées haue tought But all things otherwise thou séest and topsie turuie brought Of Princes here the name they take and dreadfull titles hye They looke aloft and vnto worldly things themselues applye Regarding not the worde of Paule who byddes them this beware Great townes they haue and castles placed on Rockes that stately are And Lordships riche in hande they holde reuenewes great beside Which with the sworde they safely kéepe with the sworde they guide Himselfe vpon some loftie hill in Castle strong doth lye Farre of from preaching of the worde of God or peoples eye Whereas he lists he leades his lyfe and lyke a Prince doth raigne Appoynting for his deputies vnlearned men and vaine And graunting powre to bussardes blinde who spredde in euery place The counsels and decrées of Popes and with ill fauoured grace They bawle against all such as put their trust in Christ alone And thinke themselues redéemed by his death and others none While as this Prince and Bishop here all drownde in vaine delight And ouerwhelmde in worldly cares cannot regarde aright Th' affaires of Christ nor if he woulde he dares not busie bée Lest that he shoulde be periurde ralde and staynde with heresie And from his stately seate be cast with great reproch and shame By force of dreadfull oth constrainde in all things here to frame Himselfe according to the Pope and to defende his hedde His stately seate his lawes his fayth and orders publishedde And not a hearebred for to passe the steppes of custome olde By which the holyest father hie doth maintaine here and holde His supersticious vanities his mockries and deceat His foolysh fayth and beastly lyfe of shauen slouens great And all his other gewgawes here and trumpries on a heape Of which within my other bookes hereafter will I speake He knowes that lyes doth him sustaine and all his family And nothing gainefuller vnto the oyled company Then people kept in blindenesse still not knowing good nor right But ready alwayes to beléeue whatsoeuer they resight No Bishop therefore sworne vnto the Pope dare once apply Himselfe to preache the worde of Christ and doctrine perfitely Nor for to shew the people plaine the true vndoubted waye Nor alter supersticions nor take some parte awaye Although he know that many things are horrible and naught Ne will he suffer such as woulde the people well haue taught As late a reuerende Bishop olde began with vertuous minde To breake the darckned mistes of men and path of Christ to finde And saw what mischiefe vnder face of holynesse was wrought Wherefore disordred things to bring to better state he thought And diuers matters to amende that cleane contrarie were To God as worships orders and the guise of teaching here This matter was no sooner knowne but strayte the Monkish route Their lying dartes began to throwe and all the clargie stoute Put pen to booke the schoolemen eke a pace did sharpe their stings The Lawyers also sought to knowe the state of diuers things At length the matter came to Rome before the Popish seat Who seeing the harme might come thereby and what destruction great Vnto his kingdome calleth strayte a councell to him néere And cites the féeble aged man from countrie farre to appéere Whose cruell drift perceyuing hée and knowing well beside Their lewde demeanours and deceytes that earst he oft had tride And how they neuer coulde be brought to good or sober minde His Bishopricke he giueth vp and honours all resinde This thing woulde no man here haue done that had regarded more This worldly pompe and pleasures vaine then Christ and christian lore For eche man feares the Popish force and iudgement aye seuere And most of all applies himselfe with care and trauaile here In worde and déede to shew themselues good seruaunts for to be Vnto the Pope and furtherers of his supremacie And he that giues his minde to this how should he any wayes Assone deserue the truth or séeke of Christ the onely prayse When as he thinkes himselfe not bounde to God nor to his sonne For vnto them he hath not sworne as he before hath donne Vnto the Pope nor thinkes to haue by them commoditie What good vnto the people then or where in profits he That for to please doth teache vntruth and still defendeth it And townes and Cities onely guides and preacheth not a whit Nor suffers others truth to teache nor any thing at all That to a Bishop doth belong but in his princely hall Doth leade a slouthfull easie lyfe we know not perfectly But wonderfull it seemeth sure that holynesse should lye Within such ydle drowsie showes for thus for to excell In pleasures Cities fayre to builde defende and furnish well Great horse to kéepe and many men in liuerie riche arayde To hunt and hawke and looke aloft and make poore men afrayde The Turke and euery worldly Prince as well as they doe this Dost thou suppose that this will serue or else sufficient is That on some Holy dayes they serue the Lord in solemne guise Therein doth passing pompe appeare and hurlyburly rise And for the people goodly game th'unskilfull youth resortes And fast with mazed mindes they runne to sée such goodly sportes The Bishop in the meane time is apparelde gorgiously And fouretéene sundrie garments doth he herein occupy Without the which he cannot doe his sacrifice at all Yea some must fiftéene on them haue beside their costly Pall. His Sandals first he putteth on of silke or veluet new And then his Amias and his Albe that hangeth to his shew Which doth in whitenesse passe the Swan that in the riuer fléetes A slender Gyrdle rounde about his loynes embracing méetes And eke about his necke a ●●oale doth rounde in compasse sit The greatest part is wrought of silke of length and largenesse fit Which when vpon his blessed brest a crosse is ouerlayde It passeth downe and vnderneath his girdle fast is stayde Then puttes he on his Tunicle of purple colour bright And ouer that his Dalmatik a short sléeude garment light And then vpon his tender handes his Gloues he draweth on And many a costly stone in Kinges he weareth therevpon Then ouer all he puttes his Cope a garment straunge in sight Which lyke vnto the lothsome Tode behinde is shaped right With crosse depainted braue vpon his backe and eke his brest And after this his napkins white he ioyneth with the rest And rounde about his porkish necke his Pall of passing price He casteth on with hanging whoode and knot of fine deuice His forked Myter then he takes with golde and stones arayde From whence two labels hanging out behinde are ouerlayde Now last of all his Crostar staffe in hande he holdes vpright Whose crooked vpper part is deckt with golde and Iewels bright The rest with siluer garnisht is and plaited fine and neat

powre and euerlasting dignitée Who doth regarde the déedes and actes that here on earth are done And suffers nothing in the worlde at random here to runne But holdes the helme of all himselfe and sterne doth onely guide Though diuers Ministers he hath for euery thing beside He well shall also vnderstande the great affection deare That God doth alwayes beare to man who made his subiectes heare Both birdes and beastes and skalie fishe that in the seas doe swim And gaue him from the skies a minde that most resembled him Nor left him when he wickedly vpon the ●●ende did waight But threatning Sathan and his traine to mercie tooke him straight Moreouer he shall learne from whence the spring of death and sinne And wretched ignorance of truth did in the worlde beginne And what great force of ours remaynes to deale in vertuous déedes And whence the safe assured hope of righteousnesse procéedes And whence remission of our sinnes Besides he plaine shall sée Examples store of Gods great wrath for such as wicked bée And eke againe the mercy great of God omnipotent Towards them that vertuous are and such as earnestly repent There plainely also shall he sée what things the law doth tell How it condemneth euery man and driueth downe to hell That sinne deserueth dreadfull death and eke the certaine way To please the euerlasting Lorde and him for to obay Moreouer that there are good sprites and aungels faire aboue Sent out from God for mans defence and for their great behoue As vnto them the wicked sprites are deadly enimies There shall he learne that soule of man with bodie neuer dies Nor that the bodie euermore shall kepe the stinking graue But sound and safe at th' ende of the worlde their olde estate shall haue And come to euerlasting life where of the Iudge seuere The fearefull sentence shall they sée and righteous iudgement here There shall the wicked sort receyue theyr iust deserued hire Cast downe into the smokie pitte of dreadfull flaming fire The good exalted to the ioyes of heauen shining bright Shall sée the face of God and liue in passing great delight And more he well shall vnderstande that will of God aboue What honor here he best estéemes and what he most doth loue What orders he accepteth here what dutie eke we owe Vnto the Magistrate the whole estate of mariage shall he knowe But of this worthie treasure●great why call I all to minde As if I would the surges tell of seas in raging winde Or number all the glistring starres that in the skies appeare And cast abrode their golden beames when as the night is cleare Or tell howe many thousand leaues in wooddie groues doe lie While as in Autumne Saturne throwes his frostie flakes from hie Or count the number of the eares that through the worlde are séene While as approching Haruest néere the corne forsakes his gréene There shall he finde whatsoeuer doth to husbandmen belong Wherewith to ouerthrow the foe and to instruct the yong Therefore let him at first the bookes of Moyses well applie And all the other Prophetes else in order héedilie And from the fountaynes draw the worde and fetch it from the spring That perfitely he know the minde of God in euery thing But chiefly in the scriptures written by the holy ghost These two the law and Gospell let him alwayes thinke on most Discerning well betwixt them both what doth to eche belong The propertie of euery one their force and vertue strong Least that he hap to deale therein as most men doe this day To make them both agrée in one that differ farre away The lawe destroyes condemnes worketh wrath and vengeance due And showth vs what we ought to doe and what we must eschue Augmenteth sinne and driues men downe into the pit of hell That doe not heare in euery poynt obserue and kéepe it well On the other side the Gospell doth bring euerlasting life And doth appease the wrath of God for sinne and ceaseth strife And thorow Christ forgiueth all that hath bene done amisse And drawth vs from the depth of hell and placeth vs in blisse In giuing ioyes that neuer endes ne shewes how we should liue So much as it the déedes of Christ to vs doth wholy giue And maketh righteous euery one and doth our sinnes deface Restoring vnto sauing health all such as séekes his grace Lo here thou séest a diffrence great that will no vnitée No more than fowle deformed death with life will here agrée Therefore herein our husbandman must seuer them aright Not mingling them togither thus as iust in egall plight Not making Moyses here of Christ or olde Licurgus sowre Nor yet ascribing that to Christ that longs to Moyses powre Let eche of them their office kéepe their time and eke their place Sometime t' is méete the stonie hearts with deadly lawe to chase And to declare the dreadfull plagues that no excuse remaine To wretched men that all their life in wickednesse doe traine A time againe when méete it is of nothing else to speake But graciousnesse and to relieue and comfort vp the weake With swéetenesse great of Iesus milde both necke and hands vnbound From dolefull chaynes of miserie that weyes them to the ground What can be worse than for to kill such as deserue to liue And vnto such as death deserue eternall life to giue Which thing doth alwayes come to passe when all things are not well Discerned as they ought to be and as I earst did tell And though the face of Moyses and our Sauiours countnance bright Must both be bare and open showde and furnisht out with light Yet most of all we ought the name of Christ to magnifie And séeke t' aduaunce aboue the rest his prayse and dignitie For he of euery other thing is finall ende and summe And all things both in heauen and earth by meanes of him are donne And euery thing committed here vnto his holy hande Wherein both health and righteousnesse and death and life doth stande With fauour grace and punishment and whatsoeuer doth lie Created heare vpon the earth or in the heauens hie He is the soueraigne king and guide of chosen people pure The happie priest chiefe head and Lorde and Sanctuarie sure The stedfast stone to cleaue vnto and strongest towre of might The glorious Bridegrome garnished most bewtifull in sight That with his owne most precious bloud did washe and purifie His spouse from euery spot and staine that might offend the eie The onely shepheard bread and light and chiefest maister here In fine the large and welthie horne where all things doth appere Him from the first beginning God did promise for to giue To Adam and his children all that after him should liue A gift that well should pacifie his iust conceyued yre And eke redéeme the damned soules from neuer ceassing fyre Thus taught the holy ghost abrode and Moyses did the same And all the Prophets after him did blase abrode