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nation_n	abraham_n	bless_v	faithful_a	1,321	5	8.6752	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01023	Britaines glorie, or An allegoricall dreame: with the exposition thereof. Containing [brace]the heathens infidelitie, the Turkes blasphemie, the popes hypocrisie, Amsterdams varietie, the Church of Englands veritie [brace] in religion. And in our Church of England, [brace] the kings excellency. His issues integritie. The nobles and gentries constancie. The councels and iudges fidelitie. The preachers puritie. The bishops sinceritie. / Conceiued and written by Robert Carlyle gent. for the loue and honour of his king and country.	Carliell, Robert, d. 1622?	1618 (1618)	STC 4650; ESTC S91360	33,166	58

all these Vines which heere you planted see Are of that sort which I from thence did bring The Pope and his Ministers in the manner of their worship in many things doe much derogate from Gods glory insolently attributing their praiers either to dumbe Idols or to Saints or Angels which can doe them no more good then the golden Calfe that the Israelites worshipped Exod. 22.4 Which afterwards Moses abolished Exod. 32.20 Such was the Religion of the Romish Catholike when that Religion was heere professed and such or rather worse is it now at Rome And I haue caused other Weedes to bee Set with them that they may together spring And both at one time put into the Presse The Grapes and Weedes to make a mingled messe By these Weedes is meant the worshipping of Idols inuocation of Saints their rabling repetitions of Pater-Nosters Aue-Maries and Creedes their superfluous Sacraments Transubstantiation their obits lights and prayers for the dead the Popes Buls and Pardons and many other such vaine inuentions which were neuer heard of in the time of the Apostles nor since vsed in any Church but in theirs neither indeed ought any such to be vsed seeing the Lord hath forbidden it with his owne mouth as it is in Deut. 22.9 Thou shalt not sowe thy Vineyard with diuers kindes of seedes least thou defile the increase of the seede which thou hast sowed and the fruit of the Vineyard By this is meant we should walke in simplicitie and not to be curious of new inuentions But by this meanes it is true of them that was spoken by the Prophet Isa to the Iewes Isa 1.22 Thy siluer is become drosse thy wine is mixt with water that is whatsoeuer was pure in thee before is now corrupt though thou haue an outward shew 21. And to keepe well those Weedes I haue ordain'd They be continually vnderpropt with stakes By such as I haue purposely retain'd Who in like case for their owne lucre sakes Ten times more curious are to trimme and prime Their branches than the branches of the Vine By this is perceiued that Birdes of a feather will hold together The Pope and his Prelates to make their Doctrine more probable haue conspired together like the false Prophets and Priests of Ierusalem Ezechiel 22.25.26 There is a conspiracie of her Prophets in the mids thereof like a Roaring Lyon rauening the prey they haue deuoured soules they haue taken the Riches and pretious things they haue made her many widowes in the midst thereof her Priests haue broken my law and haue defiled mine holy things they haue put no difference betweene the holy and prophane neither discerned betweene the vncleane and the cleane and haue hid their eies from my Sabbaths that is they haue neglected my seruice and I am prophaned amongst them And these are such as the Apostle Paul told Titus of Tit. 1.10 saying there are many disobedient and vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes whose mouthes must be stopped which subuert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for lucres sake 2 Tim. 3.6 Of this sort are they which creepe into houses and leade captiue simple women laden with sinnes and led with diuers lusts And in the margent of that text they are expounded to be Monkes Friars and such hypocrites which I also meane to be those whom the Pope hath retained and appointed in his Church to vphold his heresies 22. This mingle mangle composition Hath much besotted all the Peoples braines The Prophet Isa speaking against the Israelites to wit of the hypocrites which were among them who were altogether corrupt in life and doctrine cryeth out against them Isa 28.7.8 They haue erred because of wine and are out of the way by strong drinke the Priest and the Prophet haue erred by strong drinke they are swallowed vp with wine they haue gone astray through strong drinke they faile in vision they stumble in in iudgement for all their tables are full of filthy vomiting no place is cleane And as naturall wine immoderately taken besotteth the braines of the outward man and causeth drunkennesse so the superfluitie and dregs of the Romish heresies filleth the inward mans vnderstanding with spirituall drunkennesse a beastly kinde of life vomiting their vncleane errors out of their foule gorges And such is their fond supposition They hold him curst that from this drinke refraines It is not vnknowne to any that know any thing at all of the Popes malitious disposition how he and his Prelates curse the children of God that follow not his vilde traditions with Bell Booke and Candle as they say Witnesse his Buls which very often haue beene sent out against the Lords annointed Kings and Princes and their People and Nations and also his excommunications But as we are the children of Abraham the father of the faithfull through Christ Iesus elected and called to our profession so let vs stand fast in our faith and then the Lord will turne their curse vpon their owne heads as he promised Abraham saying I will blesse them that blesse thee and I will curse them that curse thee Gen. 12.3 The gaines being great for selling of this Ale Hath lift my head as high as Dragons taile 23. And all the Countrie call me Demy-god Bending their knees to me with great deuotion And offer Gold Iewels and Emmerods And all they haue for this my potion The yearely profit which comes into the Popes treasurie for pardons and redemption of Soules out of Purgatorie amounteth to a great sum The Peter-pence spoken of in the booke of Martyrs paid quarterly to the Friars came to aboue 500000 li. yearely alone Their mortuaries gifts and legacies for Requiems obits and lights is an vnknowne value The peoples offerings at the Altar and to Images which come to the Priests vse is a secret gaine But if we reckon all the tricks which they haue to get money and adde the profit together it will arise vnto an vnspeakeable masse of wealth The Booke of Martyrs in the time of King Henry the eight demonstrateth many worthy memorials heereof and other the deuises of the Pope and his Prelates to which I also refer the Reader But by this means we see the Pope is growne mightie in riches and power And as the Apostle Paul saith 2. Thes 2.4 speaking of Antichrist he exalteth himselfe against all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he doth sit as God in the Temple of God shewing himselfe that he is God But out alas their blind inchaunted sight Sees not the Adder me that doth them bite The Apostle Paul to the Eph. 4.18 as before is said exhorteth the Ephesians not to walke as other Gentiles in vanitie of their minde hauing their cogitations darkened and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardnesse of their hearts Which example is very good for vs to follow Let vs not walke as the Romish Catholikes for it is with them