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A meruailous combat of contrarieties Malignantlie striuing in the me[m]bers of mans bodie, allegoricallie representing vnto vs the enuied state of our florishing common wealth: wherin dialogue-wise by the way, are touched the extreame vices of this present time. VVith an earnest and vehement exhortation to all true English harts, couragiously to be readie prepared against the enemie. by W.A.
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Averell, W. (William)
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their owne wee seeke valiantly to defende our owne Thinke therefore swéete Countrimen vpon true religion your Countrie your wiues and children your landes and riches your friends and kinsfolkes and vpon your owne liues let the cowards buy it dearely and with price of theyr bloud that they get Fall downe vpon your knees before the Lord humble your hearts in his sight come vnto him with fasting and prayer in sackcloth ashes let euerie one turne from his wicked wayes Let our Priests leaue pride couetousnesse and sâ—â—â—nie let Lordes and Magistrates rule by iustice not vsurpe authoritie let stinking pride cease to bee called pretinesse and whoorish lust forsake the name of louingnesse let gréedie auarice be no more tearmed warines let the gluttonous bellie eate but that which sufficeth the dronken throte deuour no more than néedeth pluck from the backe to cloath the naked from the belly to féede the hungry weepe for your sinnes and lament for your misdéedes amend your liues and doe no more amisse flie vnto God in Christ Iesus and stedfastly comfort your selues in his mercie then rise with boldnesse méete your enemies with courage let there come thousands and ten thousands they shall fal vpon your right hand and vpon your left and neuer be able to doe you harme and that this may so come to passe let vs all begge it at the hands of God for Christs sake that hée will forgiue vs our sinnes and giue vs grace to amende our liues that he will defend his little flocke that he will fight our battayles both by sea and lande that neither the fraude nor force of our enemies hurt vs that he will aduaunce his Gospel and giue it the vpper hand that the wild Bore wast not his vineyard nor the bloudie wolfe deuour his flock but that we may stil heare the Trumpet sound in Sion and the goldeÌ„ bels ring in his Sanctuarie that our gracious Quéene may long liue among vs perfectly to restaure his decayed Temple that her aged counsaylours may counsayle wisely to the glorie of God and benefite of our Countrie that the Ministers and Preachers may vtter the worde zealously and performe it in their liuing also effectually that our common people may embrace penitencie and faithfully liue to Gods glorie so that wee may praise him for euer in his congregation to the propagation of his truth and confusion of Antechrist Amen ⧠A MOST NEEDFVLL Praier for this troublesome time HOW are wee able most deare Father to render due thankes vnto thée for thy wonderfull blessings bestowed vppon our sinfull land Our tongues are not able to vtter nay our harts cannot thinke the excéeding mercies whiche thou haste from time to time poured out in full measure vpon vs who by the multitude of our transgressions haue not deserued thy fauor but iustly merited thy wrath and indignation to consume vs vtterly from the face of the earth For albeit in pride we excéede all nations in dronkennesse whooredome and couetousnesse with other vices surpasse all others in our time so that our sinnes may be matched with Sodome and our iniquities with Gomorah for who is it among vs that doth not abuse himselfe in pride abundance yet hast thou not as a rigorous iudge executed thy iustice in our condemnation but as a mercifull Father spared vs when we deserued not an easie rod gently to correct vs but a smarting whip seuerely to scourge vs nay eternal death and hell fire to torment vs with a most iust depriuation of all fatherly benefites Notwithstanding thou hast hetherto blessed vs with the fruition of thy holy word sincerely and cléerly sounded forth as from a siluer trumpet thou hast purged our stinking channels of Popery thou hast taken awaie our stinking waters of Nilus and giuen vs the christal stremes of the cleane water of life The golden bels of thy Gospell ring euerie day in our eares superstition errour are bannished our Churches so that wee may all serue thée in puritie of spirit Thou hast giuen vs a most religious vertuous and gracious Quéene who as she hath till this time bene a mother in England and like a Deborah in Israel so we beséech thée make her a Iael to foyle Sisera a Iudith to vanquish Holophernes and an happie Ester to confound proud traitorous Haman with his posteritie Thou hast bestowed on vs a godly graue wise prudent counsel whoÌ„ we humbly intreate thee to make to her Maiestie as Nathan to Dauid in counsell or Ionathas in comfort and loue Thou hast endued vs with faithfull zealous Ministers that rightly diuide vnto vs the worde of truth who as they are to vs the messeÌ„gers of light so we beseech thée their light of good life may shine in such sorte vnto others that they séeing their good workes may glorifie thée our Father which art in heauen We haue had a long and prosperous peace wherein euerie man hath eaten of his owne vine drunke the water of his owne well wee haue had no warre in our gates nor danger in our houses but that we might each man sit vnder his vine and vnder his figge tree and eate the labours of his hands in peace And when thou scourgedst other nations about vs thou fatherly sparedst and mercifullie with-heldest from vs thy rod. These thy blessings deare Father we haue not regarded nor thought vpon the afflictions of our brethen and now for our vnthankfulnesse thou shakest thy rodde against vs and shewest vs the signes of thy displeasure thou hast brought against vs the Moabites Ammorites Agarims they haue consulted together and made a league against thée and vs they haue gaped on vs with theyr mouthes they haue sharpned their tongues like a serpent they haue laied a snare for vs and spread a net with cordes in our waie they haue bent their bowes whet their swords and go barking at vs like dogges they haue laide waite euen for our soules but Lord how long wilt thou be angrie O let not thy iealousie burne like fire let our sighings come before thee and according to thy mercy and mightie power preserue vs that are but children of death O giue vs helpe in these our troubles for vaine is the helpe of man remember not our sinnes and our iniquities but let thy mercie preuent vs O let not our enemies saie where is their God saue vs from the hands of bloudie Papists and from Spanish enemies that rise vp against vs for we put not our trust in the bow neither can our swordes saue vs but saue thou vs from our aduersaries and put them to confusion that hate vs suffer not the wicked to haue their desire but keepe vs from theyr snares and from the grinnes of these workers of iniquitie make them to fall into their owne nettes while wee escape their bloudie deceits so will wee praise thy name for euer and laude thy mercies in thy congregations so shall they see it and be ashamed that go about to ouerthrow thy truth so shall they confesse thy power and stand in feare to rise against vs we thy seruants will neuer forget thy mercies but sound forth dayly new songs of thanksgiuing graunt O deare Father these our petitions not for our merits but for thy mercies in Christ Iesus To whome with thee and the holie Ghost be al honor glory world without ende Amen FINIS Ezech 16 Exod 32 Gene 25 Philip. 3 Psal 7. 8 Iohn 6. 1. Cor. 10. 2 Chr. 32. 1. Sam. 17. Gen 19. Esay 3. Iere 1. Iohn 7 Apo. 21. Exod. 28. Iudg 4. Iudg. 5 Iudith 13. â—â—t 7. 2 Sam 7. 1. Sam. 18. 1. Sam. 20. 2. Tim. 2 Mat. 5 Esay 36. Mich. 4. Psal 128. 2 Chr 20. Psal 83 Psal 140. Psal 59 Psal 79. Psal 108 Psal 79. Psal 44. Psal 141.
friendship Consider the auncient fame you haue often won in the field when your Kings haue bene crowned in foraine lands and you renowmed for your martiall prowesse where are nowe the noble heartes that haue so much honoured your English land Shall the enemie thinke they are gone and chaunged from their wonted nature No no they shall I hope finde them redoubled in increase of their former déeds to their ignomie and your continuall glory You are called Angli quasi Angeli and in déede you are as it were Angels for the Lord hath fed you with Angels food he hath giuen you Christ the pure knowledge of his word euen the true bread that came downe from heauen long haue you had it and inioyed it among you which is a singular token of Gods mercie wherefore take vnto you the faith of Angels as you retayne the hearts of men stedfastly trust in the Lord and stoutly fight for the defence of his worde The Almond trée the older it is the more fruitfull so the longer you haue had the word bee you the more faithfull If you die in the defence of this you shall liue for euer if you liue without this you die euer Strangers haue written in the description of your countrie that you are in bello intrepidi vnfearefull in warre that you will dimicare ad internitionem alterius partis fight it out to the last man and that you only séeke after victorie then adde your valour to their censure and let your courage shew your Countrie Plinius writeth that the noblenesse of the Lion is best séene in daungers for being persued of the hunters and hard folowed by the hounds he hides not his head in holes nor shroudes himselfe among bushes but gets him into the open fields there most noblie expecteth his enemies Louing Countrimen you know the princely lion is the armes of your famous Countrie retaine then his nature and kéepe his courage faint not nor flie from your enemies but most valiantly beard them to their faces that they may knowe the Lion will not shrinke in daungers nor English hartes faint in troubles Againe there is this Antipathia betwéene the Lion and the Wolfe that the Lion is an enemie vnto him by nature will soonest of al others teare him in péeces according to y e verse Torua leaena lupum sequitur c. You haue now rightly to deale with wolues couered humana specie they seeke your bloud and not yours alone but of your wiues and children wherefore like Lions encounter them and as like wolues they thirst for bloud so let them iustly wallow in their own Doubt not of victorie it is Gods quarrell the Lion of Iuda will be your helper you shall but holde the weapon hée will giue the stroke you shall but giue the onset he will prosper the end onely be faithfull and doubt not You haue had a long peace God will try you nowe with warre you haue had much pleasure he will proue you nowe with paine you haue had the swéete now taste some sower Dulcia non meruit qui non gustauit amara He not deserues the swéete that will not taste the sower The great long prosperitie you haue inioyed hath ben vnworthily bestowed vppon you if now you cannot be content with a little aduersitie The Eagle tryeth her birdes by opposing them agaynst the Sunne open eyed so God trieth his children by the eyes of their faith firmely set vppon Christ wherefore like noble Eagles fasten the eyes of your soule vpon this true Sonne of righteousnesse and first with repentant heartes for your sinnes and then with assured hope of the promises of God in Christ perswade your selues of most happie victory Defend your most gracious and soueraigne Quéene by whose meanes you haue happily inioyed a long and flourishing peace vnto whome in respect of naturall clemencie and passing motherly loue you owe your selues your liues and all you haue Let no traitour nor enemie either forraine or domesticall doe her wrong or but goe about to thinke her il whose bloud you would not be willing to shed though with losse of your own liues she is your most lawfull Quéene and therefore lawfully to be defeÌ„ded not vnlawfully to be wronged by anie traitors or their complices whether forraine or domesticall She is your true and naturall Quéene bred borne and brought vp amongst you and as shee hath naturally loued you euen from the beginning of her raigne so doe you most naturally like English men lyke true harted English men like couragious English men defende her fight for her and not onely gard her with daunger of your liues but also aide her with your landes and liuinges and as God hath blessed you by her meanes with gold and siluer which are but a red and white earth and nothing in comparison of a gracious vertuous Quéene so willingly not constraynedly fréely not whiningly liberally not niggardly open your purses and bestowe largely vpon her nowe in time of warre by whome you haue filled your cofers richly in time of peace Consider to what end God hath inriched you and wherefore you haue more lent you than other meÌ„ If you hoord it vp now in time néede you shal haue not onely your consciences to accuse you of vnthankfulnesse and vnworthinesse of so good a Quéene but Gods iudgements one day to light vpon your selues and your riches so that it shall not foyson with your heires that was so vniustly detayned from your natural and most louing Soueraigne through whom you haue receiued so many and infinite benefites Remember howe many daungers her sacred person hath sustayned and often endured for defending both you yours from Popery and kéeping you stil in peace and tranquilitie What forcible inuasions haue bene proued What secrete treasons attempted not onely to diuest her Maiestie from crowne dignitie but to bereaue her Highnesse also of life wherefore as she hath ventured her life crowne and honor in defence of you and that you haue so bountifully kindly and thankfully doe you agayne naturally requite her and manfully defend her with liues landes and goods that shee may thinke her selfe happie of so good subiectes and you not vnworthie of so gracious a Quéene that hath béene a louing mother vnto you in her carefulnesse and a diligent nurse in continuall painfulnesse You are not ignorant Neruos et robur belli omnes pecuâ—â—â—â— esse That money is the sinowes and strength of warre and as Demosthenes that famous Oratour and wise Captaine sayd to the Athenians Pecunia certe opus est nec quicquam siâ—e ea in bello perfici potest Certainly money is néedfull neyther may anie thing be done in warre without it Wherefore as you sée the necessitie thereof in this action and the opportunitie of the time so be not slacke to bestow that which may be not alone the defence of her roiall person but the ordinarie meane also for safegard of your owne