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A02797	An apologie or defence of the watch-vvord, against the virulent and seditious ward-vvord published by an English-Spaniard, lurking vnder the title of N.D. Devided into eight seuerall resistances according to his so many encounters, written by Sir Francis Hastings Knight	Hastings, Francis, Sir, d. 1610.	1600 (1600)	STC 12928; ESTC S119773	131,190	226

sinfull man equall with God for Gods will is the Rule of Iustice and God doth not commaund things because in themselues they are good but they are therefore good and lawfull because he commaundeth them so that if God commaund Abraham to kill his owne sonne he must yeeld simplie obedience and be content to doe so but it is high sacriledge for any man to vsurpe this piuiledge of God all men may and oftentimes doe erre So that we may not thinke any thing lawfull to be done because our superiours commaund it but we must examine all their commaundements whether they be consonant to the reuealed will of God which is the Rule to trie right and wrong good and euill Cicero an heathen man and ledde onely by the light of nature condemneth as most wicked the resolution of Blasius who professed that he so highly esteemed Gracchus that he held himselfe bound to doe whatsoeuer he badde him who being asked as before is noted whether if he should bidde him set the Capitole on fire answered he would neuer bid me do so but if he would I would haue done it But I say to omit this blasphemie is it obscure by the example set downe in this vow if Iesus Christ should commaund to go kill they must doe so whereto this sect tendeth If Christ commaund to kill we must doe so they must acknowledge Christ to be present in their superiours and yeeld obedience to them as to Christ If then the superiours please for the enlarging of the Spaniards territories or for other reasons pleasing themselues to commaund to kill where is the safetie of Princes liues The Iesuites are sworne men to stirre Rebellion yea and to execute murther vpon Princes if their superiours bid them Is not the Princes safetie made to hang vpon the slender twine-threed of the fauour and good liking of the superiours of this sect And do not the Punies teach to our English Papists for a point of faith in their cases of Conscience that the Queene is no longer to be obeied as our lawfull Soueraigne if the Pope depose her Therefore leauing your Iesuites branded with Cains bloudie worke which is proued not by my words but by their owne out of their speciall vow and by their many bloudie practises I wish that as England breedeth no Wolues and Ireland will beare no Snakes venemous Serpents so these two kingdomes may neuer harbor or foster Iesuites who pretend the sweet name of Iesus and come in sheeps cloathing but inwardlie are rauening wolues and as serpents doe hisse into the eares of Subiectes sedition and rebellion against their lawfull Soueraignes As for Parsons because I obiected not against him any speciall or personall matter but the generall imputation of English Iesuites I will in that generall conclude him without spending any more words about his person Resistance to the sixt Encounter about Recusants TRue is the saying of Tully Qui semel modestiae limites transilijt c. He that hath once broken the bounds of modestie must be lustily and outragiously impudent so fareth it with this masked and disguised companion who being vizoured cannot blush he hath runne a strange veine of immodest and impudent rayling in the whole course of his processe in which praise he passeth all that euer I haue read but in this Encounter he is outragious and doth here ouercome himselfe He hath left no corner of his wit vnsought how he might calumniate and slander me he termeth me an Herodian without conscience and readie to pawne my soule for pleasing the Prince and State He chargeth me with a diuellish and detestable disposition against Catholikes that either I haue plaied the part of Iudas to betray and take them or of Caiphas to condemne and afflict them And not content herewith because happely he knoweth no step of anie bloudy action can be shewed in me that I euer whipped stocked fettered or sought to bring any to death yea when one Hanse a Priest was by authoritie committed to me it is well knowne I vsed him withall humanitie and courtesie letting him fare no worse then my selfe and lodge as might haue seemed a better man then himselfe he chargeth not onely my selfe but also my honourable brother that dead is with a supposall of wishes against her Maiesties safetie hauing perfectlie learned the olde lesson of the schoolemaster of rayling Calumniare audacter c. Rayle and slaunder boldlie for though the wound may be cured yet a blemish or scarre will remain But it is well written of Plinie that the nature of the Loadstone is to draw Iron to it but an Adamant set against it doth withstand it that it cannot draw so though this intemperate vnbridled tongue would draw vpon me ignominie reproach and hatred yet against all his calumniations I will oppose the cleerenes and freedome of a good conscience and that shal be as a fenced Tower and wall of Brasse to breake and blunt the forces of all the sharpe arrowes that this vnrulie tongue hath or shall shoote against me And so bequeathing all his rayling in his whole libell to the diuell from whence it proceeded as Saint Iames teacheth vs speaking of such a tongue as his that it setteth on fire the whole course of nature and is set on fire of hell and commending his person to the Lords mercie if it may please him at anie time to indue him with a better spirit to the substance and matter of his exceptions against mee I will shape a short yet I hope a sufficient answere The first exception or rather meere cauill is against these my words that I direct to the common sort That though some Papistes doe shew a good outward ciuill carriage in ciuill matters yet let not that possesse you with too great a regard of them tearming it afterward a deceitfull bayte Whence you gather or rather wring out two things first that I make little account of good life in Catholikes secondly that I leaue good-workes to Catholikes and reserue onely threed-bare faith to our selues But good Sir there is no such matter you misse your ayme verie much as I know grant that not the hearers of the law but the doers shal be iustified and that if we be not doers of the word but hearers onely we deceiue our owne selues hauing no interest in those three benefits specified in our Creed by Christ purchased to the faithfull Forgiuenes of sinnes Glorious resurrection of our bodies Eternall life so I did neuer so much as by dreame imagine any the least forwardnes to good workes in Papistes aboue vs to whom God forbid that herein we should be inferiour It seemeth you are possessed with Narcissus folly to fall in loue with your owne shadowe take heede of his end But I pray you are not the vulgar and common sort easilie deceiued by and outward ciuill carriage of men Who when they see a man keepe good hospitalitie giue almes to the poore

AN APOLOGIE OR DEFENCE OF THE WATCH-VVORD AGAINST THE VIRVLENT AND SEDITIOVS WARD-VVORD published by an English-Spaniard lurking vnder the title of N.D. DEVIDED INTO EIGHT SEVERALL Resistances according to his so many Encounters written by Sir FRANCIS HASTINGS Knight PSALM 122. O pray for the peace of Ierusalem let them prosper that loue thee PSALM 109. Though they curse yet thou wilt blesse they shall rise vp and be confounded but thy seruant shall reioyce LONDON Imprinted by FELIX KYNGSTON for Ralph Iacson 1600. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER I Haue obserued gentle Reader from the words and writings of the learned that it is a Maxime or Rule in Philosophie Finis est primus in intentione The end aymed at is first setled in the intention of man And finding this Romanist to boast and brag much of his learning it is not vnlike that like a cunning Clerke whatsoeuer his learning be the ende of this his worke was the first ground of his writing He proclaimeth Temperance in his title he pursueth the Art of Rayling in the whole processe following and in the end of all he perswadeth ruine both to Church and Common-wealth In the first dissimulation in the second scurrilitie and the third trecherie is contained for he shakes handes with Temperance at the verie first and leaueth her to rest and remaine with his title and the leafe being turned he plungeth presently into his vaine of rayling which if he had affected Temperance he would neuer haue done and the end sheweth his intention to be to bring in either a tolleration or flat alteration of Religion But wilt thou know Christian Reader what forced this fellow to become so suddenly distempred My Watch-word presented vnto thee to prepare thee with a couragious heart and readie hand to resist forraine malice and home treason plotted and purposed by Rome and Spayne against our Soueraigne and Countrie hath wakened him before his time and out of the lightnesse of his braine through ouer-watching of himselfe to deuise and worke mischiefe he tearmeth this my booke in the beginning of his Preface an iniurious Pamphlet and a biting Libell my labours therein he calleth a base exercise of calumniation and rayling and in the matter thereof it pleaseth him to say I spare neither God nor man So farre forth as they concerne the Catholike cause or the cause of them and for this I must receiue my checke and refutation at his pleasure The iniurie he chargeth me to haue done is to his Catholikes of whose doctrine and dealing I confesse in my former booke I warne thee to beware as for the tearme of a byting Libell thou wilt say gentle Reader when thou hast perused him and me both ouer that it is a more fit addition to the title of his temperate Ward-word which is byting because it is full of rayling and is a Libell because it is slaunderous against her Maiestie and the seat of her Iustice and is thrust out without name as for the basenes of the exercise imputed to me for writing and publishing that booke and the cause thereof indeed it is a verie base thing to calumniate and rayle as he doth but to lay before Subiects the doctrine and deeds of disloyaltie and to warne them to take heed thereof as I haue endeuoured therein to doe will proue neither calumniation nor rayling If any simple seduced Catholike stand free from subscribing to the disloyal doctrine of Rome from doing that it directeth and teacheth he is not touched by me therefore this Champion that draweth all Catholikes within the compasse of my words wrongeth them more then I doe but he might haue spared to name the God of heauen as a partie in his Catholike cause till he can proue the cause warranted from God and his truth which he shall neuer do yet I must receiue this worthie Gentlemans checke for my labour but he shall find it is farre from a mate and that his Bishops are too weake to bring it to that The Gentleman saith he is verie loath to be ouer eager and sharpe with me in his Encounters not onely in his owne worshipfull disposition but also for the reuerent respect he carrieth to the house and family I come of and the particuler affection he feeleth towards some of my name and linage but this is no sooner vttered then that he breaketh out presently into these words Who will not confesse but that lying forging and falsifying ignorant vaunting odious scoffing malicious calumniations seditious interpretations bloudie exaggerations barbarous insultations ouer them that alreadie are in affliction and calamitie ought to be farre from the nature pen and tongue of a Knight or Gentleman And who would haue thought that so temperate a title could haue afforded so vntemperate a stile Againe who would haue expected such raging and rayling Rhetoricke against me from one of so milde a disposition as he professeth to be of and that caried so reuerend a respect to the family whereof I am a braunch and such a feeling affection to some of my name as he would perswade But he hath cut the throate of his temperate title and procl●imeth intemperance in his whole booke and I doubt 〈◊〉 breake the strength of his chiefe wards for all his fencing skill if he meane to play the fencer and to leaue him altogether to his hanging-ward which proueth alwaies a dangerous ward if it be sharpely followed by the assaylant but for his reuerent respect to my family and his affection to some of them which surely I thinke it verie slender and scunt sounde to any of them I would aduise him not to lie so open but to betake him to a stronger and sounder ward least be catch a double venue for his labour But he is prouoked by me to breake out into choler for that I not onely saith he Touch the honours states and liuings of home-borne subiects and bring them into question vniustly being no waie tollerable but rush further to the open assault of forraine Monarchies also their honours fame and reputations which is lesse tollerable and consequently hath neede of some more sharpe and forcible reiection The former persons meant by him are made apparant before and therefore of them I onely say this in this place I wish them all from my heart that as they are home-borne so they may be home-hearted Subiects that their Soueraigne and countrie may enioye them sound English Subiects indeed as for his Monarches of Rome and Spayne hee hath no cause to carpe at me but to blame themselues for it is they and not I that haue teinted their honours fame and reputations the first of them hauing long sought to depose her Maiestie from her regall and supreame right within her owne Dominions the other hauing made attempts to inuade and make a conquest of her land and both of them hauing conspired the death of her Maiestie by setting on both bastard borne English and b●●●h strangers to depriue her of life this I confesse

as children nourisheth vs with the knowledge of the Rudiments and principles of Religion the foode of the soule which doth farther strengthen vs with increase of deeper knowledge is no longer as of late times like a sealed booke which being deliuered to one that can reade and he willed to reade it he answereth he cannot because it is sealed but we haue it in our owne mother language permitted vnto vs that euery one may priuately exercise himselfe in the reading thereof and for the confirmation of his faith in the points that he is taught publikely by the mouth of the Preacher may with the men of Berrhea daily search the Scriptures to see whether those things be so or not which triall the doctrine of Rome will hardly submit it selfe to And this dutie of searching the Scriptures at home priuatly Chrisostome requireth at the hands of his Auditors Idque semper hortor c. and this I alwaies exhort and will not cease to exhort that you be not onely attentiue here to those things which are taught but that when you are at home you daily intend the reading of the holy Scriptures and so I take it that Saint Iohn setteth down three steps or degrees whereby we are to climbe vp to blessednes first priuat reading secondly publike hearing thirdly fruitfull practising of those things which by reading and hearing we learne Blessed is he that readeth and they that heare the words of this prophesie and keepeth those things that are written therein Thirdly this is also a great blessing that we haue our publike prayers in the Church in our owne tongue that the people may vnderstand what the Minister prayeth and keeping silence while he is speaking may still haue their minds and vnderstandings accompanie the voice of the Minister and in the end may ioyntly answere Amen Euen as not a Clerke alone for the people as New Rome hath taught but the whole people for themselues were accustomed in Saint Ieromes time as he witnesseth Tota Ecclesia instar tonitrui reboat Amen The whole Church like a mightie thunder doth sound out Amen This also Augustine acknowledged to be a great blessing Beatus populus qui intelligit Iubilationem c. Blessed is the people that vnderstandeth the ioyfull song let vs runne to this blessednes let vs vnderstand the song let vs not sing it without vnderstanding Of this the Apostle most diuinely treateth in the 1. Cor. 14. which though the Rhemists doe miserablie striue to shake off as Master Whitakers learnedly sheweth yet Cardinall Caietan ouercome with the euidence of truth plainely confesseth as in the end of that Controuersie Doctor Whitakers alleageth him Exhac Pauli doctrina c. By this doctrine of the Apostle we haue to vnderstand that it is better for the edification of the Church that the publike praiers which are made in the hearing of the people should be vttered in a tongue common both to the Clerkes and people then to be vttered in Latine Hence it followeth that we learne to exercise our selues in workes of true pietie such as by the word of God we are assured are acceptable with him not putting holines in workes of mens deuising as superstitious obseruation of daies with like difference of meates in gadding on pilgrimage and such like of which may be said that which the Lord spake in Esay Who hath required these things at your hands Whence it hath come to passe that many liuely members of Christ Iesus being colde naked and hungrie haue been neglected while it was thought an holier worke to shrine in gold and siluer the bones of dead men as Erasmus in his Colloquie or dialogue of peregrination for Religion sake doth note That the golden shrine of Thomas Becket was beset with Diamonds Carbuncles with pearles and rare precious stones Vilissima pars erat aurum the basest part was gold But we blessed be God haue learned to make the will of God reuealed in his word the Rule and Squire of our obedience studying to walke in his waies and to keepe his commaundements both of the first and second table according to that of our Sauiour If you know these things happie are ye if you doe them wherein we are taught to striue against two extremities First proud presumption before God that we put no opinion of merit in our workes but referre them partly to the glorifying of our good God according to that Let your light so shine before men c. partly to the assuring our selues of our election by the fruits thereof as Peter exhorteth Make your election sure by good works acknowledging that of Bernard Bona opera sunt via regni non causa regnandi Good workes are the way wherein we must walke to the kingdom of Heauen but not the cause wherefore we shall obtaine the kingdome Secondly before men we must auoide hypocriticall ostentation that we vaunt not of our vertues as the Pharisee O God I thanke thee I am not as other men extortioners vniust or euen as this Publican c. But according to the rule of the Apostle in meekenes of minde euery man to esteeme other better then himselfe we must turne our eyes inward looking vpon and censuring our owne imperfections and indeuoring to practise that good lesson Nosceteipsum For very true it is that Chrisostome hath speaking of Christian humility Esto multum adifices habeas elecmosynas preces ieiunia c. Be it you build much you vse almes fasting and prayer and all other vertues without this foundation of humilitie they are all in vaine yea adde continence virginitie contempt of riches Omnia prophana sunt impura abominabilia absque humilitate They are all prophane impure and abominable without humilitie Father the entrance of our peaceable Salome to the Crowne what Halcyon daies hath it brought to the poore afflicted Church of Christ ● The little barke of Christ Iesus before tossed with the waues and stormes of furious and bloodie persecution hath now found some repose and rest vnder her gracious and benigne protection so mercifully hath Christ rebuked the stormes and windes when the shippe was in danger of drowning and there is followed a great calme Not onely they that were openly knowne to abhor the Romish Idolatrie refusing to bowe the knee to their blocke-almightie as some then called them and to honor a peece of a Cake as their Creator were by heapes brought to the fire but so violent was the furie of that Wooluish Sinagogue against the poore Lambes of Christs fold that through inforcement and by vertue of their oath were compelled to accuse against the law of nature the wife the husband one brother another c. as in a table of persecution vnder Bishop Longland of Lincolne doth appeare the bloody rage of this persecution sparing neither man woman nor child wife nor maide lame blinde nor creeple But of this what should I say more of which