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Errour on the left hand, through a frozen securitie Howsoeuer hot in opposition, when Satan so hears them. Acted by way of dialogue. Betw. 1 Malcontent and Romanista. 2 Mal-content Romanista & Libertinus. 3 Malcontent and Libertinus. 4 Malcontent and Atheos. 5 Malcontent and Atheoi. 6 Malcontent & the good & bad spirit. 7 Malcontent and Mediocrity. By Henoch Clapham.
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Clapham, Henoch.
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not will reward you for your labour Medioc If wée wil be zealously painful let these litle bees teach vs to be painful in vnity against the common aduersary painfull in shewing loue bearing one anothers burden painfull in preparing hony not in building of cobwebs painful for the cōmon good no one séeking alone his owne particular So the aduersaries mouth shal be stopped the church be cōforted all our soules shalbesatisfied with good we in all burli-burlies of the world may hold vp our head in the assurednes of our redemption As for them that hate Zion they shall be ashamed and turned backward as Apostates they shal be as the grasse on the house tops which withereth ere it commeth forth to any goodnes whereof the mower filleth not his hand neither the gleamer his lap for indeed they be tée hie spirited to be dealt withall neither they which go by say vnto them The blessing of the Lord bee vpon you we blesse you in the name of the Lord. And if they be once past the Churches Benedicitie how shall they come out of Satans snares vnto amendment of life Malcon O how the Lords loue hath abounded towards me thus timelily to to deliuer me what shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefites vnto me I will out of my heart as out of a sauing cup poure forth praises vnto the Lord yea by his grace in the presence of his people I will pay my vowes of thankfulnes vnto him Medioc Pray for the peace of Ierusalem let them prosper that loue thee O Zion peace within thy walles deare mother prosperity be within thy pallaces For my brethren and neighbors sakes I wil wish thee now prosperity because of the house of our Lord God it being the place of publique worship I will procure thy wealth Malcon And Lord for thy sons sake giue me grace to be as painful for her peace as I haue beene for the breach of her peace That so thy blessing by her mouth may come vpō me thy bles sing againe by my ministry may bee doubled vpon her Medioc Now my Bées begin to gather themselues to their rest and we will retire into the house to refect nature The questions already propounded and resolued although they haue beene but few yet adding discretion vnto iudgement you may refer all other scruples to the same heads of doctrine at least for setling your owne soule in a peaceable progresse Come friend let vs walke in but by the way sée you this plant Colutea breake a branch off disorderly and plant it in the earth carelesly yet it will prosper Sée you this Anthora plant it neere to the poisonfull Aconitum and it attracts the poysoned nature Againe here is the herbe Arum of the root therof starch is made but let the Laundres prouide wel for her hands for it will chop chinke and blister them exceedingly From these and the like many excellent meditations may arise and such if we marke the scriptures well was the practise of y◠holy Prophets But as a bow continually bent doth lose his strength so Salomon wisheth that in hauing found hony we should but eate that is sufficient lest other wise it fall out we vomit it vp Ac modus sēper adhibēdus est appetitui Malcon And all I can say is * Wisedome wil be iustified of her Children when * Follie will not depart from a foole though he were brayed in a morterwith a pestell PROV 13. 20. He that walketh with the wise shall be wise but a companion of fooles shall be afflicted A Pastorall Epilogue betweene Hobbinoll and Collin Clout Collin GOod Hobbinoll why hangs thou so thy head hast lost some sheep or be some lābkins dead Thou Whilome sung vnto thy oten pipe as Fary queen could not but loue and like What meane these dumps Hobb Oh Collin-clout ays me Some of my Lambs that erst were full of glee Now droope amaine and squat aside the hill As hauing suckt from Dams some fatall ill Or frō the grasse haue lickt the venomd web Which hath them brought vnto so low an ebbe Black Will that vsde to lead them with his Bell His heart is broke to see they be not well And that is worse the cause is yet vnknowne Frō whēce these euils vntimely euils be growne Collin And what shall Collin haue if he can tell From whence it comes and how it shal be well Hobb O Collin there 's a kisse and it shall binde Me to performe the promise is behinde Speak louing Boy I long to heare thee speake Collin Ey ey but you your promise once did breake Giue me your hand that you will pitch and pay Now what 's your promise Hobb Hearken what I say I haue a nest of Turtles flidgd well ny Hearke hearken Clout one of them now did cry Tell me good newes thou shall haue thē both Collin But fetch them first Hobb Clout Clout thou' rt very loth To giue me credence 'fore thou haue thy pay Well well I le fet them Collin See you doe not stay I trust him no gainst Christmas he did say He would me giue a dozen points to play But whē yoo le came he dodgd me off with twaine And said he should but sin play to maintaine Come set them downe Now hearken forth Seest Hobbinoll on th'outside of that dale my tale In shadowie plots the Vipers Monks-cowle groes Which with his yellowe flower full trickly shoes His leaues but darker snipt like to the vine But trust me Hobbinoll too bad for swine Some of thy flock too greedy of that shade There lickt and cropt till they were sickly made And to say sooth with such a trick as that Pers lost ten Ewes and Lambkins that is flat Hobb Aes me but what will help them to recouer Collin Giue me my doues This vale now walke we ouer Seest thou that Hill seest thou that helmet flower Whose stalke is hollow as a kex In it is power T' expell the venom of the others bane If now in time it off the sheepe be tane Hobb How how good Clout Collin Dig it vp Hobbinole That double-root now stamp thou in a bole And put the iuyce to milk made somwhat warme Then geet them with an horne feare no harme Hobb For euerie sore no doubt a salue there is But sin blindes sheepherds that they doe amisse But well I wot hereafter I shall watch If in such shades my sheep doe poison catch Collin farewell I must about this geare Till they haue drunk this draught I liue in feare But proue all well that sheepe and I may ioy I better while I liue will loue my Boy An Epilogue to such Scholars amongst vs who by their places in our Church and in respect of the treasure they receiue out of her dowry ought to defend our writings against Schisme Heresie and not vnder-hand and in corners to suggest euill against vs for strengthning the hands of the Factious their priuate Fauourites In Segnior-ambo SIr Ambo takes a Pension of his Mother But fees the Fugitiue that calles her whore To vs one hand to him he giues the other A Proditor behind a Friend before But marke whilst he thus doth himselfe delite Both sides do damne him for an Hypocrite In Segnior-drypate Sir Dry pate reads and carps and hems spits No maruaile though he haue purg'd out his wits For little 't was when wit was at the full And yet 't is true he has no little skull But let him bite no warriour of our Kirke For feare my purposd Satyres do him Iirke In quendam Fig-fag Se see how Figfag stirs and moues and strouts Heark heark the silly Syre how trim he flouts Boys girles fooles applaud him for some body And yet his carps do proue him but a Nody But say not so lest that when he shall read Iambick girdes he swound and fall downe dead In homunculum Snuffe Sniffesnuff must iudge not knowing what it ment For Barly broth is Snuffes chief element Put him besides the cushion of his cup. And all his liquid sense is dried vp But launce no further Busie bodies Tumour For euery foole must needs be in his humour To the louing Reader BEloued if GOD grant meanes I am purposed to draw into forme a description of the true Church and false of the true Christ and Antichrist according to that modell and measure of grace which of God shall be administred vnto me Meane time the peruersnes of time hath forced me to write as already in these two books I haue Accept my labours with as right a hand as I giue them and then I doubt not of thy louing acceptance at least of thy readines to help me in my weaknes by publishing thy better meanes for publike vtility If thou canst bring Algummim trees to the worke of the Temple I pray thee do it my Firre shall giue place and how canst thou require more of me Farewell FINIS Ezec. 1◠5. 16. 17. 5 16. 17. 25. 26. 23. 3. 8. c. Reu. 17. 4 Iudg. 9. 8. c. So Mr. More in his tables doth record one Arrian Anabaptist ano ther a luish Arrian both burnt at Norwich a Ioue the short of Iehoue b Pro. 26. 4. a Geo. Io. b Mr. Sm. c Him and his words I haue alledged in my preface to my Manuall This caused the Author to cast Popery on the left hand as begetting Libertinisme 1 Cor. 9. 1. c. 2 Cor. 8. 20. 21. 2 Cor. 11. 28. 1 Tim. 1. 3. Tit. 1. 5. Acts. 1◠6 Act. 5. ◠Cor. 10. 23. Colos. 2. 20. I meane the septuagint for the old Testamēt 1. Cor. 14. 38. Act. 7. 14 Genes 45. Master Broughton standeth stifly for this Rom. 12. 3 Deut. 32 25 Psal. 129. 5. c. Psalm 122. 6. c. * Prou. 25. 26. Math. 11. 19. Pro. 27. 22. * Deadly vvolfesbane or Aconite Anthora the antidote