lay'd found fault with Others Cures Repining thus at Progresse of the Word Since that no Trickes could stop it by the Sword â—ebedees sonne they caus'd to lose his breath As they by stoning wrought the Deacons death By Caesars Minion King they weav'd their Plot Who would have cast on Peter the like Lot But that an Angel came to free his Chaines To Plague with wormes the Tyrant for his Paines â—His puts my Muse in mind of Phillips Queene â—ho wreakd on Saints her Gall with swelling spleene â—ill with her Gods her States and Calleis Losse â—e felt the weight of a more heavie Crosse â—nd of the Royall Brothers styl'd Valois â—ho di'd in Blood for Blood and Bloody Ioyes â—riaes Rings can testifie likewise â—hat they have got by Belgiaes bloudy Cries MOre mild yet dealt Agrippa with Saint Paul â—ot barring him from Romes Appeale at all â—t would have join'd with Feftus to enlarge â—nd save for his Appeale him to discharge Much lesse would once that sage Praetorian Peere â—or Words Names the Iewes mad Clamours heare HOw many Snares with Tumultes spite and Rage Did they spread forth for Christians in that Age By all the meanes which Satan could devise Men sought to stop the New Mans Sacrifice But all in vaine like trod on Cammomell It grew the more and with a fragrant smell Not Elimas nor Magus with Hell Charmes Nor could Dianaes Smith knock down their Armes Or quench in them the Holy Spirits Flame Which they conferr'd in Jesus Christ his Name That like themselves at first Enthusians rapt For Holy Trances they made others apt VNwearied they in their Vocation went And acted Deedes to Arts astonishment No by-respects to Glory Wealth or Ease No Emulations Sting could make them cease From the Pursuit of the Immortall Prize No servile Feares Detraction nor surmize Could let their maine intent and Ghostly Race From setting forth Gods Charter of free Grace No Choller 's Heate Debate nor Casuall Brawle As fell betwixt Saint Peter and Saint Paule For Iewish Rites as likewise came to passe For Chusing Mark twixt Paule and Barnabas Or as it chanc'd to Abraham and Lot Their Passions sway'd not so that they forgot The Progresse of the Word the worke in hand But that they ranne and toil'd by Sea and Land In Accidentalles though as Men they err'd Yet as Divines the substance they preferr'd Their Elder Man they stoupt in spite of vice And their New-Man went on to Sacrifice Here Paule and Silas Preach Apollos there While Barnabas and Marke doe teach else where Mathias Iude and Simon burn'd alike To execute their Charge Apostolicke With the like zeale all the Apostles rapt Transformed soules for Mysticke Trances apt THey Catechiz'd and sought their Saviours Praise Their Soveraigne Ioyes were to reclaime some Strayt With Constant Faith the Gospel they did blaze And daily wrought great wonders of amaze Till by Romes Mace the Type of Antichrist Which slue their Master Christ they di'd for Christ. In all their Deeds they were so farre from Pride That when some Gentiles would have Deified Good Barnabas and Paul with glorious shout In stead of yeelding thankes they ranne about With cloathes all rent among the wondring throng And beg'd of them the Deity not to wrong Nor by detracting from their Makers Grace With Sacrifice his servants to disgrace They vilified themselves tooke up the Crosse Contemning Pompe and Gold like seumme or drosse They varnish'd not Gods Word with Glosse of schooles But sought the wholsome spring not Muddy Pooles And spar'd their New built Church to interrupt With knotty doubts of Phantasies Corrupt Now for a Type of their essentiall Gare â— will produce this One Example rare When Proselites of Pharisaicall sort Would Gentiles to strict Moses Lawes exhort â—â— Salems Councell the Apostles sate And in few lines resolv'd their Questions state Whereas by some ye were perplext with Feare â—bout Old Rites we warne you to forbeare From Meates Prophane at Idolles Sacrifice From beastly Lust or Wives Pluralities From strangled Flesh and shedding Humane Blood â—f as your owne yee Carke anothers Good And do abstaine from the said sinnes withall Yee shall doe well By Barnabas and Paul And two of the Chiefe Brethren moe they sent These Pithy Actes the Gentiles to Content Whereby I note on Weaklings they impose No heavier Yoake then what the New-man chose They combred not the Church with Needlesse Lawes Nor with Traditions Superstitious Flawes They could not brooke Food drest with Satans 〈◊〉 Nor at Christs Feasts to glut their hungry Mawes Thus we observe how easie is Christs Yoak That to cleare doubts Faith beares the Soveraign 〈◊〉 Faith linkt with Love requires us to forbeare And not for Toyes Christs seamelesse Coate to teare HOw wondrously did the Good Spirit breathe The New-Mans Gifts from darkenesse from death To raise up soules and Heathen Clouds to cleare Dispersing Christs Disciples heere and there By visions He Immediate lighted on Cornelius and Saint Peter both for One â—â—fect to let the wavering Gentiles know â—â—at God tooke care within their Hearts to sow â—s seed of Grace which stubborne Iewes abus'd â—â—d Christ their Head Gods husbandman refus'd â—â—d that without respect of high or low 〈◊〉 loves all them who to his Service bow â—Hat Travels did good Peter undergoe Sea and Land he did undaunted goe â—â—ough wanting meanes unfurnished of Money â—t for himselfe to gaine a Patrimony 〈◊〉 corruptible mould or brittle Masse â—â—ich like fond dreames in time away doe passe 〈◊〉 for his Master Christ soules wrapt with mists 〈◊〉 Ignorance he made good Catechists â—od Catholicks Apostolickes he made â—â—â—tructing them in his Soule-fishing Trade â—â—d as some write when Simon with his Whore â—â—ene brag'd hee like a God would soare Above the Clouds by Peters vowes he fell And brake his Necke left by his Guard of Hell TO Iewes and Gentiles He the Gospel taught But chiefly he the Iewes conversion sought Deputed for the Circumcisions Charge Unto the Elect dispenst hee shew'd at large The Patent of his â—eald Apostleship Yea and if Fame belies him not his Ship And Fishing-nets hee left at Tibers streame Where some then so journ'd of Ierusalem As in the Acts wee read there he baptiz'd If there he was till Nero tyranniz'd Now whether Rome hath cause of him to boast As for his seate more then the Holy Ghost Which living Peter gave to men of Faith Some since have strove not following Peters pathâ— 'T is certaint that he wâ—re no Triple Crowne None kist his Foot nor â—rod he Princes downe 'T is knowne that Gold and silver he hast none A Tanners house was of his Lodgâ—ngs One 'T is credited that to the Crosse he bow'd A kind of Death which onely Rome allow'd Till Constantine in love to Christ for bad This cruell paine and spectacle most sad That being Old against fraile Natures will Others did Peter lead his Bloud to spill As Christ foretold but his
Charles the Name of Great deserves Aswell as Constantine but that he serves Too lavishly in my Conceit to prop Rome with more States when she had need of stop He Desiderius for her sake immur'd And her with him to share the Spoiles endur'd He did to her that Patrimony signe Which since she falsely forg'd from Constantine For which henceforth we must expect but Force Spirituall Rapes and the New-mans Divorce Truth crying out that they the Lumbards wrong'd And that the Fee to Irens Sonne belong'd Great Constantines Successour New Romes Lord. But how should then proud Babel be ador'd ALasse that such Effects from Kings did streame To taint the Springs of New Ierusalem Since what they gave out of their Love and Zeale Redounded to corrupt Christs Common-weale The more Rome had the more she coveted Ambition perkes with reines unlimited And never will the Pope in quiet rest Till he rides on a Scarlet colour'd Beast Till he Crown'd with a Triple Diademe Shall both his Mates and Emperours contemne But the Red Dragon yet workes covertly He spues not all his Drâ—gges but lees them ly At randome whilst this Age amaz'd doth passe Like to a Dreame and that the Next an Asse Shall turne extinct of Light and Learnings Fruit Which Charles had left for Honours faire pursuit Whereby more Roome shall for ambitious Rome Enlarged be for Soules abroad to roame About the Yeare Eight Hundred Sixty Six Romes Church being growne of late a Meretrix Chast Marriage more to bring into Decay And to promote the Antichristian Sway By Sodomes Snares and Brothelries accurst Consented that Pope Nicholas the First With Lucifers and all the Monks applause Should then enact these grosse Tyrannicque Lawes That no Lay-men receive the Sacrament By Married Priests though with devout intent As if Gods Mysticks from John Baptists Sire Or Peter savour'd of Profaner Fire And that thenceforth no Priest should celebrate Within Precincts of all the Christian state Gods Service in the Vulgar Mother Tongue But in the Latine which did all belong As he surmiz'd to Peters Government And so to him by reason consequent Excepting onely the Sclavonian Rout And Polanders whom he of Grace left out Thus hath Romes Lord the Devils Doctrine broacht And falsely on the New-mans Right encroacht Where was Christs Church the while gone from that Elsewhere perhaps a Thousand Yeares to chime That so Rome being for her unthankfulnesse Cut off the Gospels Sound might Others blesse But while this Eighth Centurian Age did last Some Wits barr'd Sinne from spreading too too fast OF these I praise good Bertrams Unity And Haymons Cares because the verity Of our late Doubts about the Sacrament Of the Lords Feast they quote and what is meant By that Divine and Mystick Ordinance Which Carnall Clerkes by Transubstantiate Trance Broacht to confound our Weaklings Apprehension For his true Bodies Forme Site and Dimension Aeâ—â—gera then gloss'd the Sacrament 〈◊〉 them from which our Moderne Popes dissent So learned Raban did and Isidore Who held those Points which Bertram held before NO Clarks then cloy'd Christs Flock with heavy Mast But drest his Feast fit for the New-mans tast They Christ Receiv'd by Intellectuall Trance And upwards taught by Faith Soules to advance They taught their Flocke the Old Man to deface And to embrace the Holy Spirits Grace The Chaine 'twixt Christ and us incorporate Christs Flesh and Bloud with Ours Regenerate The Sacrament not taken in One kinde Who would bar Wine from Guests but men unkind The Reall Forme whereof unspeakable If I describe the Saints will say I babble For Carnall Reason knowes not to define How Christ descends at our Great Feast Divine Upon our Faith the Holy Ghost alights And He with Christ our rapt-up Soules unites Makes us in Minde and Body Sympathize With Christ his Humane Nature Mystick-wise BUt then before this Century expir'd The Romish Church two Monstruous Meteours fn'd And by their Dampe gave warning to those Times That Vengeance was at hand unlesse betimes They would New Babel shun with her false charmes And damned Plots poâ—tencing after-harmes The One fell out when the Whore Moguntine In a Mans habit plaid the false Divine So blear'd the Romaines Eyes that they for Pope Elected her to shew how they did grope And stumble in re-building Babels Walls Which they should let lest they become her Thralls A reall Signe that Rome then turned Whore With Carnall soil'd with Ghostly Traffick more THe Other Prodigy Pope Sergius spred When he the Corps of Pope Formosus dead Dig'd from his Grave beheaded him with shame And into Tybers Streame then flung the same How well Romes Head deserves the Name by John Fore-told of Old The Whore of Babylon BY these two Flaming Brands and Papall Jarres Good Watch-men may dissever Fiends from Starres And by the Fruit proud Antichrist discerne If foggy Mists impeacht them not to learne His Empires wound which long since Goths had made By Constantines Remove had for his Trade Of Soules beene soone recur'd yea Antichrist Been sooner knowne But God that Cloudy Mist Permitted by degrees the West to blinde Which grew of wild degenerated kinde Untill Romes Cup of Fornications full Were mounted to the height the World to gull That so his Word fulfill'd her fearefull Fall Amaze them more who her a Queen install While she deferres her Coronâ—tion Day The Next farre duller Age prepares her way To climbe above all Christian States and Kings And to invert for Gold Gods sacred things Marke Reader but with Feare and Glory not In that Old Churches Fall lest that thy Lot For thy proud Peacocks vaunt of thine Owne Worth May hap like her from Grace to be cast forth While thus the Popes their Monarchy contrive Within the Yeare Eight Hundred Ninety Five In imitation of brave Charlemaine Who founded Schooles poore Students to maintaine And likewise of the Saxon Sigebert Who rear'd the like in Cambridge to convert Two Ages past rude Wits from Ignorance King Alfred built for Schollers Maintenance An Academe or Universitie At Oxford which with Men of Pietie Men skilfull in the Tongues and Arts he stor'd Such as could well expound Gods Sacred Word Whereof himselfe a present Patterne was And might be stil'd true Vertues Looking-glassâ— Ev'n as our Iames was Learnings Oracle Styl'd Faiths Defender Brittaines Miracle For as the One clad Part of Davids Hâ—mnes In Saxon Garbe wrote Bookes and Carechismes So did Our King of Famous Memory New-clothe those Psalmes in Verse and Popery Convince with sundry Bookes and Babylon For which Our Age inscribes him Salomon IN Turne of Time as Faith did ebbe and flow Or as the Moone eclips'd or Winds did blow Religion wav'd sprung up another Fry Which grounding Faith on vaine Imagery And their owne Merits puffe for Penance sake Or with Great Rome to part Vaine-glories stake Took up Good Alfreds Taske to build more Roomes In the Oxonian Towne upon whose Tombes Faire Violets and Roses sithence grew Because they
by Nero Martyrdome SO to the Glory of the English Race Who with the First withstood the Papall Mace He whom the Godly for his Learned Workes Then styl'd The Hammer of the Romish Church On Grosted I reflect Grave Lincolnes Sire He stoutly wrot against his Forged Fire Which netled him so much that out of hand He would have cited him before his Band Of Pharisees at Tiber to appeare But that admonish'd by his Councell there Sage Cardinalls he was content to passe Him over lest the Bishop might surpasse Them by his rare incomparable Lore And winde them in more Mazes then before Two Ages past had Abbot Ioachim Against Romes Gaine a Prophet been to grim O Glorious Ile most happy is thy Fate Which hadst the Luck first to descry thy State Thy Churches dolefull state by Babel torne And with the First to be in Christ New-borne To shake her Yoak quite off and to flye out From her Dark Jaile mauger her Guardians stour FRom time to time we read in Antiquartes God rais'd up some to sound forth Romes Vagaries Before that Wickliffe stretcht his Lions Paw One Robert Gall Soule-rapt in Paris saw The Romish Church by Name with Head like Death And with a Body leane and scant of Breath An Angel then while this sight did appeare Bad him the Romish Church mark standing there SHe in our West was then of small extent Perhaps retir'd else-where like Abrams Tent Or She far'd in that Antichristian Age Like Babels Jewes or Saints through Neroes Rage Heav'ns Path is Narrow Stiep Hells Broad down hill Good men but Few the Greatest part are Ill Yet of those Few 't is hard to know their Scope Some sicke some weake or of Potentiall Hope Yet of those Few the True Church is compos'd And of those Few some were like Starres dispos'd By our Good God of Dangers to fore-tell Whereby the Rest might save themselves from Hell So Petrarch sung in two-fold Latian Style And others did in Learned Workes compile Glauncing nay Striking at Romes Antichrist And drawing Soules from darke Cimmerian Mist. So Boccace had although with Tales disguiz'd The Friers wanton Thefts Epitomiz'd As likewise those Three Nunnes Canoniz'd Saints Like Babels Iewes or Sybills made Complaints Good Katharine Bridget and Hildegard Fore-told our New-mans Armes of safest ward And that a New Reform'd Presbytery Their Liturgy should quash and Popery THus by Records the Churches Race I try And by Faiths Light her Orient Face descry Like the New Moone approaching from the Wane And shine more bright in Consciences Humane By which and by Romes owne Historian Platine I finde how liv'd the Head of the Church Latine By Simony and lewd Magicians Spells By Murthers Fraud and Coining of New Hells By setting all our Christ endome at ods Because they kneel'd not to his Maumet Gods With Factious Guelphes his hurliburles Assignes He warr'd against the Imperiall Gibellines Amidst these Broiles and Crimes exorbitant Christ whistled home his Flock extravagant Some knew his Sound and to his Fold return'd Some staid behinde and Refractaries turn'd The First he linkt with his Church Catholick But left the Latter of the Staggers Sick And for a Prey to Fiends because his Call They flighted and his Cures Angelicall Such to be gull'd he left by Aiery Elves But his True Ark he steered free from Shelves Now with faire Light from famous Oxford rose Our Wicklisse Romes Foundations to oppose By certaine Lords and Londoners Support Which though some crost yet gave a lowd Report So lowd that Husse and Icrome heard from Prague The Noise and learn'd to flye from Babels Plague And left to After-times such Fruitfull Seed That the True Church now glories in the Breed THen Chaucer by the Freedome of his Rimes Unsilenc'd scan'd the Darknesse of those Times Of such strange Force are Tunes of Raptur'd Wits That they have charm'd and still'd wild Tyrants Fits He plainely pointed at Romes Antichrist Admiring at the Clergies stormy Mist Which did so long our West exagitate Like them in Zeale though with unequall Fate Did the Lord Cobham since the Bohemes Husse And those Good Soules in Brittaines I le discusse Religions state those whom the Papists then Nick-named for their Faith Just and Fast Men. Whose Manner neere was such as Pliny writ To Trajan earst They as did Saints befit Assembled in the Night sung Psalmes Receiv'd The Holy Food and with sweet Trance conceiv'd Christs Mystick Gifts the New-mans Sacrifice The Spirits Flame which Carnallists despise They liv'd as Brethren leagu'd in Unity With mutuall Love and Goods Community Relieving One anothers Need alwayes Their owne Iust Fast Mens Need without delayes For Pauls Epistles or th' Apocalipse In English pen'd because there Babels slips Were prophesied they grudg'd not to defray Five Sterling Marks a Scriveners Royall Pay If we regard the scarcenesse then of Coine Before Castile did Perues Oare purloine And which is strange they seldome mixt their Seed But with their Mates lest they might taint their Breed Fooles styl'd them then as they now Lutherans The Knowne Men or Wicklevian Puritans The Iust and Fast or with a Brow more sowre Them Lollards markt froÌ„ whence came Lollaras Towre IN Wales About this Ages latter end Did Blasts from Hell to Friers Braine ascend False Miracles these Merit-â—onging Crew Pretended done by Winifride did brew Neere to a Well deriv'd from Rocky Lime Which Holy they enstyld in that Dark Time Because the Bloud of that good Virgin there As they surmizd was shed and not else-where Lord how they roamd like wild Geese on the Fame And unto Baal with fat Oblations came All to enrich the Forgers of the Bruit With what they never toyld for Strangers Fruit Before which Feat for their Monastick Weale Their Beggars Wants they knew not how to heale 'T is strange to see how soon the World turn'd Whore When Girald past Two Hundred Yeares before That very Place with an exact Survay Yet could not learne what men did since display THE OCCVRRENCES OF THE FIFTEENTH AGE From the yeere of our Lord 1400. untill the yeere 1500 At which Time Henry the Seventh raigned King in England The Argument Our Churches slighted state Bizantium lost The Papacie in strife The Hussites crost For Husse raise War with Ziscaes Conquests crown'd Strange Lands by Gama and Columbus found AS I of late Old Rubbage diggd I felt With Flaming Force my Perturbations melt My Passions curbd my Outward Man of Might Deprivd And then I had a Ghostly Sight Of Robert Galls Parisian Iack-a-Lent Whereof the Pope by Carnall Mindes Consent Is Supreme Head on Earth But soone I saw Both Head and Body burne away like straw For Both indeed wore brittle Ornaments And so dissolvd to the First Elements His Soule descending into Lower Spheares Then those of Purging which he farm'd for Yeares Anon I saw with Intellectuall Eyes From a Dark Iaile a comely Dame arise When seeing me She stopt her Modest Pace And like my Saviours
feele endlesse Paine â—â—u shall with Christ in Peace for ever Raigne â—â—ch blisse pursues a Pious-minded Peere And such I hope attends you there and heere Which to seale up and to set forth Your Traine â—eere take your Choise of Posies various Straine Without the New-mans Robes none are indeed True Noble-men but borne of Mongrell Seed To be borne Great great Honour some esteeme it But to doe Good I greater Honour deeme it Vertue so farre excells Sires Heraldry As doth Day-light the Darke the Sap the Dry. A Noble Minde surmounts a Noble Birth But who hath Both-shines like Sunne on Earth Magnus honor nasci praelustri stemmate Major Stemma Piis Factis nobilitare suum Quantò Lux Tenebras Siccum vel Succidus Humâ— Tanto depictos Mens Pia vincit Avos Virtus Naturam superat sed amictus utrisque Dotibus ut Lumen Solis in orbe nitet THE CHVRCH MILITANT HERE ON EARTH FOVNDED AND RENEWED BY OVR SAVIOVR CHRIST Who is this that comes from Edom with red Garments from Bozrah Esay 63. The Argument The Church is built on Christ who under-went The Curse Rose up and then to Heaven went This wonder-rapt some Angels of that Spheare That they with Ioyes speake of his comming there IN Paradise the Church of Christ began WheÌ„ after Breach God opened unto Man The hopefull meanes whereby he might deface The Sting of Sinne and bee restor'd to Grace If on the promise of the Womans Seed Man would rely he might redeme his Deed. But Bloody Cain with his accursed Race Went Whoring after Satan sleighting Grace And then the Church in Seth Methusalem In Noe and his Arke in Godly Sem And Iaphet fix't from whence no liking Cham She downeward past to Iob and Abraham And settled in the Circumcized Ligne Vntill the Promis'd Seed with Light Divine And Gospels Sound arriu'd graft things anew And by his Crosse our Charter did renew The Gentiles then by his Apostles blest From Heaven gain'd the Holy Ghost for Guest To cheere their Church within her to reside And evermore her Christian Broode to guide As long as they Him for their Rock protest Whome Peter thrice for all his Mates Confest So Thousands did with Angels Gifts encrease From Age to Age and found in Conscience Ease As testify the Pulpet and the Presse Which holp our Church to bloome with good successe Others since the Word late came in vse â—pir'd have wrot and Preacht of Faiths Abuse 〈◊〉 so likewise we see that in our Dayes 〈◊〉 feele the Heate of that bright Spirits Rayes 〈◊〉 them our New man reapes the Fruits of Truth â—â—â—nsformes Old wily Age to Saintlike Youth â—â—y for Eve for Adam Christ he sings â—â—ose Blood then Abels speakes forth better things â—â—rancing Soules with Gifts Propheticall â—â—d otherwhiles with Numbers Sphericall â—â—at by those Meanes and sweet enchanting Layes â—â—ey might confirme themselves as call home strayes â—irst like Babes with Bells smiles mixt with threats â—weanes the weake before their Sence he beaâ—es â—â—th Zealous Charmes from worldly vanities â—â—apting them for purer Qualities â—hich our Good Sire with Metaplastick Mould â—â—nds ready to infuse more fine then Gold THis Prudent course Some take in Verse as Prose For stilling Swarming Bees or Stubborne Foes To winne Applause to their more waighty work Which in their Braine like ember'd Fire did Lork They tickle first with smooth Conceptions Youth Laurell their Name and then gaine Roome for Truâ—â— To spread without Repulse or sowre Distast Before they dresse rare Manna for their Tast Clozing their Feast with Healths from Sions Fount Like Petrarch Beza and Mâ—randols Count Who with ripe Fruite by good mens Suffrages Ransom'd their Froth and greener passages Such Wits I wish with Lines of Sacred Truth From Carnall Dreames to scare our Straggling Youth And such I hope by Grace here to produce As Types of Vertue drawne for Holy use â—N the Lords Day though not with full content â—ate sung Christs from Olives Mount ascnt 〈◊〉 to that Orbe whose height no Earthly Scribe 〈◊〉 by the Booke or Astrolabe describe Though Galilees new Glasse a World espies Within the Moone yet Moone-sick are the Spies While clog'd with flesh not Spirit-rapt they pry â—o Gods Thrones Transcendent Mystery 〈◊〉 Heav'n I glaunc'd wherein his Man-hood rests â—â—eparing Roome for his Beleeving Guests Who su'd to Christ Mens Advocate alone â—ot parcelling his Worship into halves 〈◊〉 Iewes for Moloch Baal and Golden Calves â—hat so the Sabaoths change at Pentecost â—ucceede with Gifts sign'd by the Holy Ghost The Comforter which should the Church renew And grace thenceforth the Gentile and the Jew Till the Returnes as Man-Emanuell Within the Cloudes to Iudge the World and Hell HEre now againe with Fiery Flights I horer And his Ascent more spaciously runne over Then I did late because our Church hath drest And cookt upon another Day this Feast The way of Christs up to Gods Orbe Ascention Transcends above fraile Natures Apprehention I dare not wrest Christs Body nor confine His God-head There He Raignes a Man-Divine As Man He sâ—es for Men. As God he sends The Holy Ghost to gratifie his Friends And by Infusion heere his Church to grace If we Beleeve and Love and Pray for Grace Although as God his Presence never â—ayles us His Bodies Absence heere yet more availes us As he is Man or else his Bodiâ—s Sight Had made us Carelesse of the Spirits Light His Manhood by his owne Experience saw Our Natures weakenesse how Fiends would draw Vs from Gods will and from true Innocence Whereby none could avoid Hells Pestilence Unlesse himselfe did stand within the Gap â—etwixt our Sinnes and Wraths fierce Thunderclap â—nd that made him remove his Person hence â—o Heaven there to ease our Punishments â—y suing to Gods Grace as Advocate â—hat for his sake he would repayre our State GReat were the Angels Ioyes when Iesus came â—n humane shape with such Imperiall Fame Vp to th' Empyrean Sphere where none before Of that New Forme could like a Phaenix soare â—s by his Crosse lay husht Hells damned Crowd So wondring heere Some Angels sung alowd What 's He that mounts and sits on Gods right hand With Bozraes Robes come from red Edoms Land Clad like to One who hath the Winepresse trod Yet looking like unto the Sonne of God Who did ride on the Cherubins and fly Yea fly upon the wings of winds most High Perhaps He is a New Melchisedeck Gods Spouse to grace or her with Gemmes to deck Or else the Cause of this New Mans Ascent Might be her Vowes and Offrings to presert Or for her Strayes to sue as Advocate Those whom the Gospels Light reclaimes of late His comming here with such Triumphant Port Doubtlesse to Men Salvation doth import This Mystery and Ioyfull Spectacle Above all Wonders prove a Miracle Vnparalell'd that by Divinity Infus'd in Flesh men gaine Eternity And that the Gentiles as the Iewish Tribes In Truths rare Secrets grow most learned
Men that learnd no language save their owne Amid ' strange Folkes rung foâ—th the Lords Renowne And blaz'd his deedes in every Forraigne Tongue Like Angels Quire with sweet harmonious song As perfectly as they their Natives were So that those Aliens stood entranc'd with Feare For how could they but be agast to heare Iewes speake with Tongs peculiar to their Eare. Some Others deem'd them Mad or Drunk with Winâ— Till Peter prov'd them rapt with Joyes Divine He prov'd them rapt by Gods immediate Rayes With Ectasies above all Humane wayes And not alone the gifts of Tongues but Zeale To Preach they had and without Drugs to heale Some Prophesiâ—d some Sung whil'st others told What wondrous Acts the Lord performd of Old Those Mystick sparkes which by Degrees we learne God then infus'd as of more Blessings Earne To paralell Iob Abraham Salomon For Patience Faith and Wisedome thereupon 〈◊〉 who can blaze the Wonders of that Day â—e more I muse on them the more Dismay 〈◊〉 spend my Sence Lord rayse up my desires â— sing th' Event of that Dayes Glorious Fires â—hich comforted the Gentile as the Iew â—rich'd the Barren Will made Old things New 〈◊〉 such rare Signes came first the Mystèry Three in One the sacred Trinity 〈◊〉 be more knowne unto the Church on Earth â—â—d since Old Rites were past at our New Birth â—at she might name at her solemnities â—e Holy Ghost Colleaged to Baptize â— working we agnize feele and admire 〈◊〉 who but He could stony Hearts inspire Done as with Gifts this Holy Flame appear'd â—uls Chaos melt and their dull wits had clear'd â—ds Word then from Melchisedechs choice Towne â— from the Earths fixt Meditullium blowne Pierst Egypt Greece Damascus Babilon The Temperate yea and the Torrid Zone Where Negroes though of Circumcised Race Converted by an Eunuch looke for Grace The Gospell pierc'd each Countrey and each Towne Truths Sound went forth to all the world then know Whereby no Nation might excuses pleade But that they might be linkt with Christ their Head WIth like successe the Christian Faith did bloome And flourish there where brave Triumphant Rome Prepard the way by Morall Arts and Aw That Grace Mens Hearts might so the sooner draw While tatling Newes fond Athens itch'd to tell The Romans dri'd her Aristotles Well These Second Meanes for Planting Christian Rites In those dayes much avayld Romes Proselites Arts usher Faith Faith quick by Hearing growes But most of all when the Good Spirit blowes There wanted none of these in Ancient Rome Where vowes teares for Grace had purchaâ—'d roome Rome was the Empires Head Great Caesars Seat The Westernes Mother Church where then complete From Salem sâ—one the Crosses radiant Starre Which in Pauls time enlightning neere and farre Transferr'd on Linus Clemens Anaclete The Martyrs Crowne with Flaming stones beset And thence bespred Truthes universall Course â—or then all Men to Tiber had recourse â—ut though I much commend Old Christian Rome 〈◊〉 should forget my selfe and Christendome 〈◊〉 that faire Towne of memorized Fame Which first profest to beare the Christian Name 〈◊〉 chance to passe by vnsaluted now Not doing Homage which all Christians ow. Had I rich Tassoes veine to set her forth Or Godfreyes strength to vindicate heâ—worth 〈◊〉 would possesse all Christians Catholicke That Antioch was S Peters Bishopricke And that it well becomes a Christian Knight Who first bore Christian Badge to doe her Right I would redeeme her from proud Ottoman From Mufftie 's sway and Mechaes Alcoran In Iowry Land arose the Gentiles Light From Antioch came the Name which Fiends doth frigâ—â— And shall out last all Names untill our Head As God and Man shall judge both Quick and Dead Till Christ resignes to the Supremest Mace To All in All his Intercessors Place THis Light and Name the Sire of Antichrist In Envie unto Man and spite to Christ With his Blacke-Guard that were depriv'd of Light And for their Pride enwrapt in Errours Night They all conspir'd and strove to prejudice With all their Might the New-mans Sacrifice For this designe their Malice to effect They seiz'd the wits of Annas and his sect They first plaid on the soules of Saducees â—nd gull'd such Braines as idolld Golden Fees â—hrist in his Limmes to Crucifie againe And all for Pomps support and worldly Gaine THe Creeple rais'd in Iesus Christ his Name â—y Fishermen that wonder put to shame The Iewish Scribes so that they burn'd for Ire And fear'd least Christ might diâ—â— their Levites Fire Or quite abate their Old Traditions Gaine Which holpe their present Glory to maintaine At first they silenc'd them and then with Gall They thundred out big words sesâ—uipedall That if thenceforth they acted Miracles In Iesus Name they would as Spectacles Of Infamy their Bodies publickely Afflict or make them in Iaile-Shackles ly But since th' Apostles them regarded not Nor car'd for Threats nor scourging then they shot Their Church-Darts out of Excommunications Till a Law Doctour calm'd their Combinations By this Advice that no Devise of Man Might stop the Will of God do what they can ON this the Levites rested for a while And ceas'd their hande with Murther to defile The which Advise if Romes late Catholikes Had â—aigh'd for them whom they call'd Here tickes Rome might have held a Reverend Mothers Sway She had ere this turn'd Easterne Nights to Day Where ministring now scandall to the Turkes Both they and we detest their Bloudy workes For Ten Yeares space till Claudius Casar raignd The Scribes lay still their spleene a while restrain'd And seem'd to winke at the Apostles Fame Whilst in that breathing Truce the Christian Name The Church encreas'd had all her wants reliev'd Antioch receiv'd Sâ—maritans Believ'd Ioppa â—rejoyc'd Caesare a gained Grace â—â—d many Iewes joyd of the Christian Race â—well the Gentiles as the Circumtiz'd â—n'd in One League for Christ to be Baptiz'd â—hat Good Time Saints gaped not for Gold â—liv'd in Common their Possessions sold â—â—d without Guile the Price did distribute â—hereby they barr'd the Cause of wrangling suite â— Mine and Thine Their Care was Bread and Wine 〈◊〉 sacred use and for the Heavenly Vine 〈◊〉 build Christs Church upon the New-Mans Rock 〈◊〉 on the Sand False Keyes or stumbling Block â—â—at Wonders wrought they of stupendious sort â—â—ove fraile Sence Or Carnall wits Report 〈◊〉 Words they made the Cripled wight to walke â—he Dead to Rise Blinde see the Dumbe to talke 〈◊〉 Words they strooke a Lying Couple Dead â—nd Blinded One who men by Charmes misseled Through Iesus Name they wrought such Miracles And freed themselves from Tyrants Manacles The Fame of such faire deedes in Salem rung As Nettle prickes the Envious Clergy stung That Gentiles should partake with Israels Tribes Of Gods good Grace they brookt not without â—iâ—es They flouted that the New-mans Troupes aswell As their Old Scribes should â—ame the Fiends of Hell And the most part like unto snarling Curres In Manger
Church recalled home Those whom late Tyrants had proscrib'd from Rome SUch Grace she found But soone her Sonnes forgot To thanks our God the Author of their Lot Who had inspir'd th' Imperiall Majesty With Zeale to serve One God in Trinity And at the Nicâ—ne Councell to restore By Publick Acts what prostrate lay before To build up Temples with large Liberties There to serve God with Vowes and Sacrifice To chuse Grave Mitred Sires to over-see Least Christ his Flocke by Wolves should scared â—e And by Decree to quashall Idolls downe At Synod held in Eliberiâ— Towne This Course he tooke by his Good Mothers Lore Whose Birth much Fame to Brittains did restore And Helens Name deserves to be engilt For finding Christ his Crosse for Temples built Five Bishopricks he rais'd to mighty Height Whereof each One possest a Severall Right And None of these in one anothers Charge To meddle but their owne Taske to discharge O're-seeing their Proper Flockes The Chiefest Roome He gave the Popes of New and Ancient Rome The Third he granted to Jerusalem Then Antiochs fell and Alexandriaes stem This stinted Course they long observ'd and None Swarv'd from the Stem at Nice agreed upon But Brethren-like liv'd in true Amity Not striving for more Seates Priority Then Constantine out of his bounteous Grace Allotted them in their distinguish'd Place The First that sithence kickt was He of Rome Who at Bizantiums Councell would become The Chiefest Priest as of Old Rome the Pope Sometime the Empires Head of spatious scope The which the Pope of New-built Rome gaine-sayd And there to hold the Prime Place he assayd At which Vigilius did so powte and frowne He would not meet with them though then in Town Thus they who should a Lowly Minde possesse Began to climbe to Lordly Loftinesse Perverting to wrong Sence the Living Rocke Gods Word the Keyes and Feeding of Christs Flocke That they might raigne here in this World a while For a few yeares pufft with a Princely Stile When they know in their Consciences they Erre That after Death they fall like Lucifer But they for Faith lean'd unto Humane worth And scatt'red Doubts against Gods Spirit forth They mutined against the Holy Ghost Apostate Arrians raung'd through every Coast. They soone forgot the Mysticke Crosses sence The New-mans Vewes and the Words Excellence Their Plenty pufft them up and the Sunnes Light Bedazzeled them like Gazing Birds of Night For the True Substante Shadowes they ador'd For the Creator Creatures they implor'd The late Baptiz'd enur'd to Pagan Rites To Saturnalian Feasts and Idoll sights Could not away with that Religions Forme Which typing Christs their Lives ought to reforme Their Flamiues grudg'd that the New-â—lergy held The Conquest over Soules themselves expelld The Lay-men wav'd betwixt the Old and New Like Aethiops loath to change their pristine Hew To punish these when Constantine was urg'd Not so said he Mad men should rather purgd By Physicke be We must though Curres do bark With Gentle Gales to Port bring Christ his Ark. This Prince when he Paphnutius saw at Niâ—e His Hollowes kist whom Focs depriv'd of Eyes The Roman Empire was most fortunate Under his Sway. He rais'd Romes falling state To such a Height that never Kingdome since His Paralell enjoy'd nor any Prince Succeeded like to him in Pieties True Practice farre exempt from Avarice And Crying sinnes His Palace with the Poore Then with Praetorian Bands abounded more He was not serv'd in Gold or Silver Plate Though he might set on all the World a rate But Earthen Vessels or of Wood he chose He curbd himselfe because he would not lose His wavering Subjects hearts And what he spar'd Above the Pensions of his Souldiers Guard The Publike Troup and his owne Private Charge He yeerely did conferre the same at large To Pious use and Temples up to build But more Christs Living Temple to rebuild Blest was the Church while his good Monarch raignâ— Having Peace Freedome Wealth and Honour gain'd But after his decease by Arrians vext She like a Widow stood long time perplext But not with Open Force for Satan then Was for a Thousand Yeares from Murthering Men For the Faiths sake begun to be restrain'd Yet so that Saints for Tryall might be Pain'd SInce I my Taske for Constantine have spun I must not leave Constantiaes Web unspun This zealous Princesse whether Fancies Flame Or to become Cortivall of her Fame Who late had found the Crosse in Calvary Or Satans Plot into her Creed to pry Whether these Tempting Baites wrought on her Will To shake her Faith and her Best Part to spill She sought the Picture of our Saviour Christ As if her Creed did on the same consist To bring to passe her Project frivolous She wrote unto Euscbius Pamphilus Requiring him to send it her to Greece To make her happy in that Graven Peece The Holy Father with disdainefull Eye Perus'd her Lines he feard Idolatry Lest the Connivence at such Passages Might blurre the New-mans Ghostly Images He therefore answer'd her with Piety In Zealous Lines not without Majesty Your Grace desires Christs Portraiture to have But which of his Two Persons would you crave Which doe you meane quoth he His Shape Divine That beares the â—â—kenesse of the First in Trine Or else the Image of a Servants Forme To which for us he did himselfe transforme If you aspire his God-heads Shape to see Take heed you touch not on Old Adams Tree None knowes the Father but the Sonne alone And none but by the Father knowes the Sonne But if that Persons-Picture you demand Borne of our Flesh you must then understand That none by Art and Oily Colours di'd Can limne His Bodies Frame now Glorifi'd For since that his Disciples could not see His shining Face at Tabor how shall wee View his bright Face and Persons Lineaments Which till Doomes-day he hath removed hence On this Monition the Good Empresse staid And of such Carnall Types became afraid WHile Luke-warme Thoughts contended much with Zeale False Arrius crept into Christs Common-weale Where Six score yeares his Sect Good Men so griev'd That in those dayes the Most part mis-believ'd Two Councels then the Arrian side preferr'd The Millaine stray'd the Ariminian err'd Yea Bishops both of New and Ancient Rome Subscribed and to Hereticks gave roome Against them all did Athanafius warre And therefore may be stil'd That Ages Starre By his true Zeale and Pen the Arrians quail'd And Truth at last with Victory prevail'd During Soules Time of Blindnesse Satans Warre Began againe both neere at hand and farre Against false Hearts not by Blouds violence But by fly Arts to try Saints Innocence To dim the Churches Splendour he sent out His slyest Fiends to compasse them about Mad Iulian he stirr'd up till he perforce Did yeeld unto the Galileans Force Where Magick Spells nor his Deare â—orphiry Could stop Gods Doome due for his Trechery Which unto Christians interdicting Schooles Made Wits more hoâ—
err'd yet Saints by Union Calm'd their stings While Arrians Rage Chiefe Rulers of the Rost The Orthodox proclaime the Holy Ghost While Capernaites Christs Flesh most grossely take True Saints by Faith that Mystick Food partake Where Ebionites and Manichees taxe Marriage There Gods Elect dissolves so strict a Carriage Where Montanists for Merit Fasts erect At Times prefixt there Saints a snake suspect Priscillians teach men to Equivocate But Christian Saints all Double-dealing hate Caianes Sect did Angels Help implore And with fond Vowes their mystick Shapes adore As likewise did those doating Heretickes Whom some in Austines Time term'd Angellicks But Saints Christs Father serve that Mighty One In Persons Three and three in One alone Not Creatures nor the Members but the Head Of Creatures Life the Iudge of Quick and Dead All others Help they utterly disclaime Save that which they through Christ his Merits claime Some to Our Lady offer'd Sacrifice But Epiphane blames them of Heath'nish vice Suites Womens Cakes for her Idolatriz'd With Trash which to Heav'ns Queen were sacrifie'd Equalls their Deed to that which snared Eve Yea to the Serpents which did Eve deceave And likewise teares the Vaile where Christ was painted Forbidding Dead Mens Pictures to be Sainted Wherewith by Letter he upon this Theame Acquaints the Bishop of Ierusalem Advising him not to endure the like Scandall or Crime within his Bishopricke This of the Veile at Anablata hung Was then from Greek turn'd to the Latin Tongue Novatus damn'd men after Baptismes Breach But no Despairing Fate Mild Christians teach They rather will raise up the Brâ—ized Reed Then Thunder out what is not in their Creed SUch Lamps this Holy Worke of Ancient Date Exemplifies for us to imitate Such Damps likewise expressed in that Work May warne th' Elect where doth the Dragon lurk There Heretickes in sundry Formes appeare There Christ his Church you may discerne most cleare And how good Christians liv'd in Dayes of Yore With what they taught before that Rome turn'd whore Or which of Either Church are growne of late In Faith or Manners more Adulterate There with some Paines we might gaine knowledge more Which Worke I wish but want the Lydian Lore To touch to try the Spirits and apply The Extracts to the Moderne Policy Let some Grave Elder with Seraphick Love Indifferent Just and Mild the Spirits prove Let Usher Hall or Learned Montague My Mate sometimes in Eaton those renew Which if my Mindes presaging Augury Faile not will yet to us more Newes discry Or if Affaires afford them not the leasure To levy rate and draw the hidden Treasure Some Good Professour of Judicious Braine Which wants a Flocke may undergoe the straine Orsome brave Spirit of our Academes Start up blaze those sacred Theoremes Which adding wings to our Reformed Flights Would serve to guard our New-born Lambs from Kites And shew them Gentle Bathes when to the Brim Old Tiber fill'd cause Elephants to swim While Honest Swains them greet God blesse the weak And grant they not their Christian vowes do breake While Saints doe Saints salute God speed the Plow And make us all content with what we sow So that their Seed be pure full well we know They with Increase and Peace shall reap and Mow. The Harvest great no doubt but Christ enow Of Workemen will provide though I be slow I now review another Century About the Sev'nth of Christ the Mystery Of Ghostly Sinne began to domineere And here-hence-out a Pilot false will steere The Churches Ship exalted by his Mace Who durst usurpe his Lords Imperiall Place Bereaving Him his Wife and Babes of Life An Omen sure portending future Strife From Phocas first receiv'd Pope Boniface Investiture of his Supremest Place And to be styl'd The Churches Soveraigne Lord Which some have wrested since to Peters Sword Which smote off Malchus Eare. In the meane while Hypocrisie did all the World beguile For from the Yeare since Boniface began The Dragon wrought upon the Braine of Man With more sly Trickes then in the Times before On Hereticks or Wits of weaker Lore Pope Gregory fore-saw this Mystick Cloud And New Romes Patriarch therefore warn'd aloud That who aspir'd to be the Soveraigne Priest He was fore-runner of False Antichrist THis Gregory fore-told although himselfe Had left his Ship on a suspected Shelfe When here in England he gave Austine leave To winke at Heathen Feasts to interweave Their Stuffe with Faith which some resemblance had With Christian Formes to weane them form their Bad And damned Garbes that so by Easie steps They might ascend and not by sodaine Leapes These Pagan Rites by Saints conniv'd at first Like tainted Vessels savour'd of the Worst And long retain'd their mixt Religions Taint Till the Last Age on the New mans Complaint Had purifi'd what the Good Spirit knew Expedient in the Church Christ to renew THat Monster which since the Apostles Age Crept Mysticke-wise grew big began to rage And Raigne soone after Gregories Decease Under the Keyes pretence disturbing Peace And shall for Gold assume Iehovahes Might To Thunder Blesse or Curse each Mortall wight For now henceforth a Mixt Religion flowes To marre Good Seed the Tempter Darnell sowes With Dreggish Dreames which here Pelagians first And Monkish Braines had brew'd they quench their Thirst. With Reliques Shrines and Lies Monastick Cells Abound and Darknesse now the Light expells Foule Sodomy instead of Lawfull Flames And now our West Blacke Superstition shames As Mungrells of Samaria Sacrific'd Some unto God some Creatures Idoliz'd Some this besaint that Image they observe But really the Most Part Mauzzim serve On Creatures they the God-heads Right conferre And while they kneele to Shrines most grossely erre The Sunne 's Eclips'd The Gospel they misprise And slight the Crosse the New-mans Sacrifice The Fiery Crosse they slight and hope by Deedes And Humane Craft to blot out all Mis-deedes BOth East and West since Mahomeâ— began Since Mecha roar'd the Moorish Alcoran Find much adoe their Credit to excuse But must confesse the New-man they abuse While the Old Man with his Voluptuous store Traditions and his Trident they adore While Dust and Ashes they extoll too much Gods Word concealing where they inly grutch At Him who did Poore Fishermen inspire With sundry Tongues appearing then like Fire Unlesse they will mad Iulians cause support Restraining Light from all the Vulgar Sort Who burnt the Scriptures interdicted Zeale And forbad Schooles to Christians Common-weale As from the Yeare Six Hundred Sixty Sixe Rome did obscure Gods Word to raise her Pixe And what more Signe of a Tyrannick Sway Could be then with One Tongue to oversway The Christian Church compos'd of many Sounds The Catholick of unrestrained Bounds Within this Age likewise the Agarens By changing of their Names to Saracens Intruded on the Right of Abrams Heire On Christs as Moses Lawes and on the Faire Possessions of the Church in Siriaes Land With Aegypt which to his Arabian strand Now Mahomet
living strove Arts to renew This moved Wainflet Wickam Chichesâ—ey And Others with more Fabrickes to supply That Nursery Some brought in Wood some Clay Some Stone aswell the Clergy as the Lay. Hence as from Sinons Horse Minervaes Knights Came forth well skill'd in Fences and in Fights Hence as from Saplings shot up Goodly Trees Hence as from Hives came up Industrious Bees Whereof some did the Conscience edifie The Common-wealth some Others beautifie Hence Wickliâ—se rose Bale and laborious Foxe Who holp to build Our Temple Orthodoxe Though not in Zeale to match the Primitive thrive Yet by such Good Mens Cares through Grace wee By Martyrs Acts fetcht from Old Registers To stop the Mouthes of false Interpreters As by those Wits nurst up with Food Divine On Oxfords Paps which now in London shine And likewise by a Thousand Other Starres Whose Radiant Rayes excell the Sunny Carres At whose rare Gifts and Voyce our Brittains wonder When they strike Sinne like to the Sonnes of Thunder THE OCCVRRENCES OF THE TENTH AGE From the yeere of our Lord 900. untill the yeere 1000. At which Time raigned Emperour Otho the Third whom the Almaines call the Worlds Wonder About which Time King Et heldred Raigned in England The Argument The Dulnesse of this Age. The Pope Supreme In Rule unto the Latine Tongue binds them Who are his Thâ—alles Yet to the Truth some stand Most firme Th' Electours now grace Teutons Land O Who can count the Churches dolefull Teareâ— Her Woes Her Fits and Manifolded Feareâ— By Saraceâ—s the Popes and Heatâ—nish Bands Who forraged and rackt all Christian Lands No sooner had Victorious Charlemaine Parted with Popes the Scepter Soveraigne Adding unto the Keyes a Diademe But Rome grew proud of that brave State Supreme Although as then it was a single Crownc And not as since like Gerions Triple growne So seem'd to have her former wound heal'd up Which Caesars gave by their Remove her Cup O're-flow'd her Macâ— renewe'd which Gorhes had rent She frolicks now forgets her Banishment She hopes that the like Blow shall never light Upon her Limbs nor work her more despight She stands secure and builds up Babels Walls And by New Kings her Tributary Thralls Whom she hath train'd with Fetches into serve Her Turne and as their God her to observe She stores her Palace with the price of Bloud With Sinnefull Spoiles vail'd with an Angels Hood While thus she vaunts of Carnall Dignities And slights the Serpent which concealed lies Religion goes to wrack and few there be Which will or dare the Gospels Splendour see Dumbe are her Priests and muâ—fled are the Flock Both Honour Stocks more then the Living Rocke Instead of Scriptures now Traditions strange The Divels Huskes disperst Lord how those range Which thâ—ugh but light at first in Wise mens Eyes None fannes them lest they might disgrace the Keyes Usurping Lord who whilst he grac'd those Toyes Stopt Strangers murmure at the Latine Noise O Tyranny worse than Our Norman Kings Such was Great Henries Spleen and such his stings Towards the Welsh or Brittish Nation bent Because they had by their Troupes Ambushment Neere Snowdon Hills defeated in their Woods And Straights his Forces in his angry Moods He meant if hesped in a Victours way Old Cambers Tone quite to exile away And force the Vanquisht from their Native Tongue To learne the English Tone But of this wrong Consulting with an Hermite when he heard How hard that Plot would prove he seem'd afear'd That though their Persons he might subjugate Yet he could not that Tongue obliterate Which was so Ancient but it should endure Till Doomesday came the Pure from the Impure To separate and that this Sound among The Chiefe should vent Allelujaes Song MUch then hath Rome to answer for this wrong And they have Cause to waile who were so long Barr'd from Soules-Comfort in the Mother-Tongue By Rapsodies unknowne or Parrats Song Before this Ninth Centurian Age began Although the Head turn'd giddy the New-man Forsooke not to reclaime the Chiefest Parts Of the Church-Body from the Serpents Arts. In all the Course of the Church-Pilgrimage From the Apostles Time untill this Age I apprehend no Pleas in that long Tract Of Time nor reall Motives to substract Some Schismaticques excepted and some Few Who seiz'd on Rights to their Creator due From her Essentiall Worth and Purityâ— But that Romes Church leagu'd in Integrity With Cyprian Ambrose Ierome Augustine For the Resolve of Mysteries Divine And that with those whom I have named last We hold True Faith in spight of Babels Blast The Faith which they did Catholicke professe Yea and the very same untowardnesse Of Factious Spirits which they scorn'd we scorne Hating to see our Masters Rayment torne DId any Farnous Writers from Christs Age Or in Eight Hundred Yeares since Christ engage Their Auditors to credit those lewd Points Which with lewd threats Trents Councel late appoints Did either Popes or Councels then ordaine From Wedlock Bonds the Clergy to refraine Did they compell their Flockes Gods Word to heare In a strange Tongue as if they sencelesse were Did they without their Troupe Communicate Or let them without Wine participate The Holy Bread alone with curst intent So maiming halfe our Christian Sacrament Did they kneele downe to Images or Shrines Or offer Bribing Gifts Or pay them Fines Did they believe the Pope dispenc'd with Oathes Or could dispose of Realmes to Franks or Gothes Did Popes within sev'n Hundred Yeares exempt States from their Kings or Kings hold in contempt Did they beleeve that Popes could Pardons sell And ransome Soules from Purgings Flames of Hell Or do the Greeks the East or Abissine Hold to this day like Rome their Rites Divine But rather joyne with us in most of these Holding her Sick of Schismaticques Disease Did they before the Councell Popes preferre As though like Other Men they could not erre No Romainist although he loves the Pope Unlesse he rackes too much will prove I hope That any Doctours broacht that Dostrine out Untill the Sunne the Ninth Age brought about Or till indeed long after by degrees Popes thundring Spells forc'd Monarques on their knees Against Christs Rule who never grudâ—'d to pay Caesarean Toll nor Pilate did gaine-say And if they should by Romes Type patronize Those Errours which the True Church doth despise Let them looke backe upon the Word Divine And see if there they can such Points define Or if before or after Constantine Till this Tenth Age from Purenesse did decline They apprehend that Saints did Sympathize With those grosse dreams which now they dearly prize ONely some Shrines in Austins Time began To be in some request by their Old Man Devis'd to soile the New but not as since That they might from Gods Adoration flinch With an All Haile to the Triumphall Wood To Martyrs Ashes or Saint Benets Hood Though in our West Some us'd thus to comply The East remembred yet Saint Anthony Who at his
and her Lights excellence Her Catholick and her Subordinate Commanion which false Rome would faine perswade That she alone doth owne without respect Unto her Matâ—s or Betters growne by Grace Where none can see her Universall Face Save God himselfe The World is large our skill At stint How then know we her Spatious Hill The Waldo is and th' Albigians in our West The Aâ—issines and Others doe suggest That they partake her Influence and her Head Ev'n Him that shall dispose of Quicke and Dead Peter and Paul we know But who are yee Who Meere the Church of Nembrods proud degree POpe Innocent in the last puddled Age By Canons strict but neither wise nor sage Our English Clergy now did here so gore As Hildebrand and Lanfrank did before That they without more Shifts Delayes Dispence Or hopes to calme Romes Spleen through bribing peÌ„ce Must turne away their Plighted Mates to grasse Or be Accurst and to refraine from Masse A heavy Doome and not to be recall'd This made our Clergy winch when they were gall'd And causelesly thus curb'd without remorce Of that which Christ condemned the Divorce Against this Flash Walter de Mapes wrot Oxfords Archdeacon stout he tax'd the Blot And Scandall which the Romaine Church encurr'd He shew'd the Flames which her poore Guard endur'd By such unlawfull Acts those very Flames Which Popes themselves not without branded Names Could well avoid in their more youthfull Yeares Nor Cardinalls nor any of their Peeres They did enjoyne for tolerable Paine This moved Mapes in Old Romaine Straine To gird and nip the Popes usurp'd Decree And to prove Marriage for the Clergy free But now my Muse more Bloudy Deedes must tell Which then the Church endur'd from Fiends of Hell About the Yeare Twelve Hundred Thirty One The Greek and Latine Church could not attone Their Diff'rence new sprung up for Christian Rites But a sore Schisme then chanc't for Romish Kites Would rake ev'n to the bone all Churches else They would yoake to Romes Soveraignty excelse The Easterne Church and force investiture Of all their Bishops and their Ghostly Cure Under the Keyes pretence to Romes proud Mace But they would not subject nor so abase Their Pastours Staffe alleadging Old Decrees Of Synods made for ordring of their Fleece And Liberties in their prefixed Spheare At Chalcedon at Nice and other where That every Patriarch in their proper Charge Should onely deale and their owne Place discharge Not medling with Anothers stinted Cure But watching still their owne Flocks to secure Not striving for high Seates of Prelacie As Gregory then did for Primacie To this Effect Bizantiums Patriarch wrot To Gregory the Ninth that he could not Consent to thrall his Church unto his Will Which as a Tyrants Law might spill or kill At which Resolve Romes Lofty Prelate frown'd And by his lowing Bulls accursed Sound Anathemated him and all the East Because they would not bow to his behest And there withall proclaim'd the Crosse to fight And to deprive them of Gods Blessings quite According to his Will false Christians went And Martyrs did with Cypriots Bloud augment Before this Rupture both the East and West Till then agreed on Union fixt their Rest And though for Clericks Wives and Masses Rites They varied yet Romes Popes play'd not the Kites Till then on them as in our Westerne Spheare From whence they rak'd much Treasure every yeare They Both agreed acknowledging One Head One Christ One Faith One Iudge of Quick and Dead One Universall Church One Bond of Love And that One Spirit ought them all to move All Patriarchs linkt in mutuall Amity Coequalls grac't with Honours Parity But through this Rent by Babels Whore begun A Bloudy Flag was for Both Churches spun THis Schisme 'twixt East West obscur'd the Crosse And to them both fore-doom'd a two-fold Losse Of Worldly States to Greece in time to come But Losse of Ghostly Gifts to haughty Rome Together with the Losse of Both the Swords As Bernard to Eugenius well records When she shall see how many Potentates Will flinch from her and free themselves and States When she shall heare One with a Dreadfull Tone Proclaime the Fall of Whorâ—sh Babylon WHen Babel saw that her Croisadoes mist Ierusalem to win againe for Christ As she but in Disguise suggested then Now she proclaimes them against Christian Men The Waldois and Alb gians feele her Spite For against them she is resolv'd to fight Some yeeld unto the Fiery Crosse. Some stay Some stray recant and Others fly away With all their Kinne into Calabriaes Soile Where till of late they liv'd safe from Romes Broile Nor could that Age nor yet the Ages since Extirpe their Seed nor cause their Faith to flâ—nch Yee Darkned Ghosts of those inveagled Times Who merit well Damnation for your Crimes Doe what yee can these New-sprung Waldois shall With their good Mates Albigians you appall And shall out-last your Cursing Thunder-blasts Till Luther comes and gives you more distasts At which appointed Time with lowder Crack Your Camerades shall tremble or fall back From Ralaams League unto a Nobler Head Whose Spirit them will into Sion lead WEll neere 300. Yeares the Popes have fought With Emperours and Kings their downefall sought Depos'd the Sire and rais'd a Rebell Sonne Unnaturall the Father to dethrone They poyson'd some and Others by degrees They forc'd to cry Peccavi on their knees And all for worldly Rule Nay Kings durst not Curbe Homiâ—ides such was the Clergies Loâ— In those Dayes that if they to Rome appeal'd They were exempt and had their Pardons seal'd While Rebell Beâ—ket for poore things withstood His King the Pope his Shield most firmely stood And Others of his Ranke hal'd to their Nets Two English Kings of our Plantagenets WHen Milan rose against the Emperour With other Townes though not to Babels Towre Subject at all yet did Pope Gregory Because the Rebels sought his Amity Accurse the Third Time Caesars Majesty And though some pleaded then a Nullity Yet no submission served Frederick But he stands barr'd from the Church Catholick About the Yeare Two Hundred Thirty Eight With the one Thousand past for his owne Right The Emperour was then compell'd to Fight The while the Pope all Caesars League did smite With Thundring Darts pretended from Saint Paul And from Saint Peter to affright them all But seeing that such Blasts small terrour strooke He then proclaim'd the Crosse and thereby shooke Th' Imperiall League yet not so fatally But that his Gibellines stood really As with the Pope remain'd the Guelphian Side Which Two did long all Italy divide HEere ends not all this Centuries Complaint With farre more dismall Stirres the Pope did taint Those Cloudy Times The Father dead he shootes Upon the Sonne his Bolts It little bootes Him to submit The Sonne alike must beare His Fathers Curse and so to Sway forbeare Conradus dead he doth for Conradine As much and more for him he doth confine Not onely
Discover'd shew great Doomes-dayes signs neer gone From which Extreames Lord save our Church as well As thou Elias didst from Iezabel That with the Spirits streame she quench her Thirst Untill that Day while Babel lies accurst As long as Sun and Moone or Raine-bowes signe Shall last preserve our King like Constantine Assigning us from Stewarts Regall Ligne Good Stwards still to over-see what 's Thine Remove not hence our Churches Candlestick While firmely we to Thy Sonnes Pledges stick But for his Sake who paid the Costly Price In Judgement due for our Enormities Whereas some led by Fiends as yet do stray If they Repent reduce them to thy way That Ismaels Brood henceforth no Christians flout For Lutherans or the Wicklevian Rout For Huguenots Novatians Schismaticks For Puritans or Mungrell Catholicks When these with Peter vouch Gods Living Sonne With Paul One God One Advocate alone Exploding School-mens Dreames Hypocrisies Soules-Marchandize and winding Fallacies We then shall soone for Other Points agree Without recourse to Edens curious Tree This Fruit the Church reapes by her Childrens Peace When they from jarres then Foes from jeering cease THE PICTVRE OF THE TRVE CATHOLICK AND APOSTOLICK CHURCH Represented in English and Latine Numbers The Argument The Authour last this Corollary knits To help Our Church against mad wrangling Wits Till the Sixth Age the Spouse of Christ 〈◊〉 Pure So doth our Church And here 's her Portraiture THe Spouse of Christ shone in her Prime 〈…〉 liv'd neere th' Apostles Time But afterwards Ecclips'd of Light She lay Obscure from most mens Sight For while her Watch hugg'd Carnall Ease And loath'd the Crosse she felt Disease Because they did Gods Rayes contemne And Maumets serv'd Grace fled from them Then Starres fell downe Fiends blackt the Aire And Mungrells held the Churches Chaire But now dispelling Errours Night By Christ his Might our New-mans Light She may compare for Faith alike With famous Romes first Catholick And Paragons for Vertue bright The Royall Scribes sweet Sulamite Who train'd to Zeale yet without Traps Her poore Young Sister wanting Paps Without Traditions she train'd her Or Quillets which make Soules to Erre SO feedes our Church her Tender Brood With Milk the Strong with stronger Food She doth contend in Grace to thrive Reformed like the Primitive She hates the Darke yet walkes the Round And joyes to heare the Gospels Sound She hates their Mind in Judgement blind Who swell with Merits out of kind In Christ alone lies all her Hope Not craving Help of Saint or Pope Poore Saints to shew her Faith by Deedes She fills their Soules their Bodies feedes She grants no Weapons for Offence Save Vowes and Fasting for Defence And yet she strikes But with what Sword The Spirits Sword Gods Lightning Word Indiff'rent Toyes and Childish Slips She slights but checks grosse Sinnes with stripes Yet soone the Strayes her Favour winne When they Repent them of the Sinne. So mild is she still loathing Ill And yet most loath the Soule to kill SUch is the Lady whom I serve Her Goodnesse such whom I observe And for whosee Love I beg'd these Layes Borne from the Spheares with Flaming Rayes But who can paint the Dowries forth Of this New Mary to the Worth O let us for her Gifts restor'd Then Sacrifice to Heavens Lord Our Hearts with Psalmes like Trumpets lowd For sending her to curbe the Proud And to beare downe Romes Antichrist As she types her that brought forth Christ The Object of our Second Birth And the Prime cause of all our Mirth Thus is Our Church in Essence like The Ancient True Apostolick GOD grant this Dame our Brittaines long to sway Whereby they may to Christ new Vowes repay And blesse thee Reader with like Happinesse To hold his pledges firme with Godlinesse CAndidore Fides lustrabat Lumine Mundâ—m 〈◊〉 propiâ—s tetigit Saecula Prima 〈◊〉 Lumen at Ecclipsin 〈◊〉 labentiâ—â—◠〈◊〉 Reddidit obscuram quae fuit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nec mirum Turbans tantas senfisse 〈◊〉 Carnem plus Vigiles quam sapâ—ere 〈◊〉 Seria cum nugis miscentes Sacra profâ—â—â— Idolis Flameâ— post posuere Dei Stellarum Lapsâ—s 〈◊〉 Fraâ—â— Nubilâ—◠〈◊〉 Haec tâ—ia Corrupti Causa fuers Throâ—i Sedâ—â—dâ— dispersâ—â— Teneâ—â— is Noâ—â— Deâ—â—uit Aâ—â—â— Spoâ—saâ—â—dit Christi Crâ—scit Altar Home Crescit sponsaredux Hominis fulgore Novati Dum legitur Christi Pagina Sacra Choro Nec minùs est sponsa Salomonis Nostra pudica Vel Grege Primaevo quem pia Roma tulit Uberibus vacuam Parvam Prior illa Sororem Allexit zeli Lacte sed absque dolo Absque venenaâ—is Prudens allexit Elenchis Gentes quae tenebris delituere diu Quin Nostra Greges solet enutrire tenellos Lacte magis Fortes sed refovere Cibo Odit Nostra nigrà Mentis Caligine Captos Coetus qui Meritis intumuere suis Non Carnale sapit nec Papae Numen adorat Horret enim Christi commaculare Thorum Pectora Conâ—iâ—â—is Sanctorum Corpora victa Pascit ne fieret Fabula vana Fides Armâ— virago gerit sed Qualia Flaminis Arma Enthea nempe Dei Mystica Metra Preces Condonat facili leviuscula Crimina vâ—ltu Fâ—eda sed Orbilii vindicat Acta Minis Non animam jugulat tanta est Clementia Divae Sed resipiscentes Laeta reducit Oves Talis Imago Dei sponsae nostraeque Magistrae In cujus Laudes Aetheris igne feror Tanta Novae fulget virtus Divina Mariae Sed sua quis Calamo pingere Dona potest Sat â—ihi pro Donis tantum si Psalmata dentur Dum placet Aethereo Cor Holocauma Patri Qui nuper sponsam naevis maculisque solutam Transtulit ut Fidei Roma nitore ruat Utque Novi Dotes Hominis Caeloque renati Liberiore canam Pectore voce Tubâ Sic Nostra viget similis jam Sponsa Priori Quae visit quondam Tempora prisca Patrum Det Deus ut longum regat haec Sulamitha Britannos Que possint alacres nova vota rependere Christe Concedat que purem ribi Lector Candide Sortem Ut piâ— Christigene conserves Pignora Sponse Another Hymne to the same Effect as how to discerne the True Catholick Church THe Crosse on which our Saviour di'd For many Yeares lay undiscri'd With Rubbage soil'd in Calvary Till to renew Christs Memory The Mother of Great Constantine Searcht found and left it for a Signe That Converts then might understand Christ di'd for them in Jewries Land In the like sort the Church of Christ Lay long Eclips'd through Carnall Mist Resembling Gold obscur'd with drosse As was with Earth that Woodden Crosse. And though some wisht to find her out They could not bring their wish about So strong of Might so full of sleight Was Babels Whore to bleare their Sight Untill Gods Word perform'd the Deed With Martyrs Bloud the Churches Seed Till Wicklâ—â—â—e first and Luther next Stept up her Babes stood sore perplext NOw O looke up this Gracious Queene On Sions Hill is to
supprest VVith Romulâ—â— Saint Peter doth contest Nay Peters Keyes the Eagle bruiz'd out mist Ianâ—â— his Peacefull Do ores to shut for Christ. BUt we which are of Gods Spirit borne Lament to see Christs seamelesse Rayment torne Or parted from the Fashion Primitive But joine like Saints in Sacred Love to thrive We fly vaiâ—e Dreames which oft enchant the Sence From worshipping the God-heads Excellence We slight the Tales of Poets ranke Vagaâ—ies As Vowes to Saints with needlesse Ave-Maties While Others steale to Paths unknowne or â—â—ay To Stranger Coasts we goe the surest way For feare of Wolues or what may else â—â—tide A man that loseth Christ his Chiefest Guide While some in Tongue unknowne like 〈◊〉 â—hâ—â— And aske of God by â—oat they know nor what Our Churches Baâ—â—s doe pray in Christ his Name For what they want 〈◊〉 He doth grant the same For his deare sake who pleades for Humane Race While they with understanding crave his Grace And having gain'd their Suit they sing his Praise With cheerfull hearts new Tongues thankful Layes Not grounding Faith on Saints Pluralities On Angels Pow'res or Principalities AS for the Garbes of Poets Antick Fables They are but vaine though Moralized Bables Vaine like themselves who pip'd for Hire or Fame While Saints of Zeale set out their 〈◊〉 Name So David rapâ— with Bliffe compos'd his Layes But Horace broacht for need Mâ—cenâ—â—s Praise So Ieremy Ierusalems Annoy Bewail'd of Zeale when Homer beg'd for Trâ—y Our Straines therefore sprung from Celestiall Light Shal Scurâ—ile Songs scourge hence like works of night Our Truth shall soile their Dreames our 〈◊〉 Their Apâ—s our Faith their Heatâ—â—ish Consciences And in their stead to help Devotions Heat Our New man here cookes various sorts of Meaâ— VVith Musick apt thy Spirits to refresh If thou suppresse the Motions of the Flesh. Our Adam first shall hurle Prometheus downe Then Noes Floud shall their Deucalions drowne With Titans Brood whom they for Giants hatch And Babels Towre will Pelions Mount o're-match By Hemors Sonne our gadding Dinaes Rape Doth unto Sires a faire Example shape What foule Effects by Cock'ring Love ensue Since Indulgence both Parties then did rue More true then Helens Rape by Theseus first And last by Paris of old Trojans curst Our Moses shall convince their faign'd mistakes As did his Rod th' Aegyptians charmed Snakes For Niobe into a Stone estrang'd We sounds Lots Wife to a Salt-Pillar chang'd For Ioves descent to be Philemons Guest Our Abram for Three Angels made a Feast And for the Formers Gift from Iupiter Our Salomon did Wisdomes choise preferre Our Sampson with the Jaw-bone of an Asse Doth Hercules and his Twelve Labours passe Our Iepthes vow for his Maid-Child too grim Doth the Grek Prince his Iphigenia dim Our zealous Davids Sling doth farre exceed Their Persem Shield and Ariadnes Threed If Hylas they and Hercules object Or Theseus and Pirithous Loves select Our David lov'd his Ionathan more deare As may yet by his Epitaph appeare If they fetch Rites from Babel Rome or Creet Gods Lawes from Sinai we and Salem greet If Midas they with Asses Eares bewray We Humane Speech in Balaams Asse display If they gaze on the Coach of Phaebus Sonne We Iosuah sing Commander of the Sunne Ot else we can the Sunnes Degrees produce Backward to goe for Hezechiâ—es use But while they lift the Creatures Excellence We glory bring to our Creatour thence Thence we derive a Subject to commend Gods Friendship showne â—o Man as to his Friend If they â—â—ne Odes in Aesâ—â—lapius praise Because from Death He Theseâ—s Sonne did raise From Holy Writ we many can transferre Who really to Life restored were If they insist on Delphick Oraâ—les True Prophesiâ—s confirm'd with Miracles We can from Gods choise Servants more rehearse Then may be coucht or sâ—ng in stinted Verse And if they chaunt Loves Rapes by Carnall Jave We Canticles sing of Divinest Love And with our Vowes prevent Asmodeâ—s Craft Mauger Loves Golden Wings and Poisned Shaft Let Halcion grieve for Câ—ix her Husbands death Till fabled for a Bird Sobs stop her Breath We for slaine Bethlems Babes count Rachels Teares Or the sad Badge we sing which Salem weares Or else our Churches Threnes for her late Losse Of Christian Bloud spilt causelesse at the Crosse. Whilst that they bath in Aganippes Spring Of Jordan we and of Bethesda sing And while they climbe Parnassus forked Hill On Sions Mount we shew our sacred skill Instead of Pagan Baites with Calvary And Olives Fruit we sauce our Poetry According to Christs Gifts infused new We leave those Dregges which the Old man did brew As Oracles ceas'd after Christ his Death Among the Gentiles by the Apostles Breath So faile those Lees which Satan since did brew By our Religion of some termed New So that for their false Metamorphosis Of men to Earthly Formes our Purpose is Soules to convert into Immortall shapes By our New man that foiles their Apes and Rapes And for that Dame Ephesian Idoliz'd We Christ his Mother-Maid Evangeliâ—'d Doe blâ—sse and praise but worship not of latâ— As Goddesse least from God we derogate For Hermes Pallâ—s or Apâ—lloâ—â— Lore We crave the Holy Ghost to blesse our store For Tantalus in Hell or lxions Wheele We Dives Preach their racking aine to feele Soules Iudges they serv'd Minos Râ—adamant And Aeacus But Christ our Iudge we chant Christ we looke for to Doome both Dead and Quick The Dead in Faith and the Church Catholick Meane while his Spirit raignes in every Place Yet craves as Man for men his Fathers Grace With this Prime Saint we satisfie our selves And for him scorne all Shrines and Labans Elves Whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost One God in Three we found through Brittains Coast As we were bound at our New Second Birth Gods Angels all applanding us with Mirth NOw Eies pack hence whether Elizian Greece Th' Hesperides yee faigâ—e or Colches Flecce Whether yee gull weake Soules or them controule With Benets Hood or the Franciscans Cowle Whether yee â—low spring Pooles Poeticull From Tophets Lake or Streames Papisticall And Farewell Dreames whether from Châ—llers steaâ—â— From Dragons Gull yee â—low or Bloud and Fleame And in their stead come Truth thy Name we blaâ—e For thy Bright Lampe doth Men and Fiends amaâ—e Thou art the Life of a True Prophets Song And they who slight thy Sound Gods Spirit wrong Then come O Blessed Truth Correct our Ods As thou long since hast quail'd the Pagans Gods And suffer not the Dragons Sorteries To be commixt with Christian Mysteries Nor Legends of vaine Men to prejudice The Gospels Light or Our New Sacrifice On thee I built the Churches History By thee I found that Babels Mystery Eclips'd the Church from the seventh Century Till Wickliffe did into Romes Whoredomes pry And by his Pen that Subject more dilate Which Thousands now as copiously relate Which I among the rest as they began Have warbled forth to daunt the Outward man Who by Nick-names doth taxe Our Church for New And to her Spouse out-face to be untrue Now to wind up my Task I adde this Ode In hope no Saint will my intent explode Lest I the Doome of Wrath encurre Which Slugges doth for bad Stewards blurre I looke about with watchfull Cares To see who wants some Holy Wares My Talents use I freely give To cloath some Soules whilst yet I live Divide the Web Friends as yee please The Weare is light producing Ease The Hew not gaâ—dy nor yet base But like White Robes which Temples grace From Our New man I fetcht the Stuffe Let none then take the Gift in Snuffe Or taxe the Matter for the Forme Since what I could I did performe They came from Love the Spirits Dove Let that suffice Good Mindes to move FINIS Imprimatur Tho. Wykes Decemb. 20. 1639.
worth be what I heard Nor mention I Borrachoes Spanish Case Which Pilgrims vow with Healths to Baccâ—us Grace Nor yet their Flesh which Portingalls do dresse And lay with Salt for Indiaes Voyages So usefull are these Goats that none for want Of them in wild and New-found Lands can plant Which is the Cause that Brittaines Colonies Thrive not there like the Spaniards Progenies Now for my Vote or Cloze particulare Which I submit to your more Silver Haire It is not safe the moody to constraine Tread on a Worme and it will turne againe The Fits o're-past we may cull out the Bad Divide their Troupes and Cure in time the Mad. If we permit the Weanelings of their Flocks Their tender Kiddes which cannot shift on Rocks For stronger Food to champ on weaker Boughes And their Moone-sick on Plants sometimes to brouze Both these will when their Constitution growes To abler Nerves eat Hay in time of Snowes And be right glad to taste of stronger Food Aswell to our Content as for their Good And let the rest live in their Craggy Soile In hope they will no more keepe revell Coile Lest if we thence provoke their Wilder Whelpes They may turne mad with Tupping and with Yelpes Unlesse in the Mid-Summers Moone we chaine Those whom we finde most Crazed in the Braine 'T were well we could their Teeth with safety file And not our hands with Streames of Bloud defile If they disband and of their Crimes repent And will with Griefe redeeme their Punishment Let 's suffer them to spend their windy Breath Upon the Rocky Hills and Barren Heath That it may be ingross'd in After-Rowles We left them there where bustling Boreas cooles The hottest Spleen in hope that they would grow More usefull farre then we doe finde them now When Riper Time shall Humours purifie They will conforme themselves at least their Fry Since Forraigne Coasts to Beares Wolves submit I thinke we may lesse harmefull Goats admit To their Old Haunts our Daiâ—es to encrease So that henceforth their Buckes from Tupping cease Let us not then root out these Beasts with Beards Weakning our Stock an Honour to our Heards Lest we give Cause of Jeering to our Foes Who if our Stock decayes may worke us woes They pill our Barke that 's it you now will says So did our Iron-men and Tanners play So Others have by causelesse Brawles and Fees And Hâ—athnish Spoiles forc'd men to sell good Trees But here one whisperd him Touch not that Noat Lest you be term'd a rash-promoting Goat Incurring Scorne with hoobubsand out-cries For glancing at our Modernes Robberies The Swaine sbash'd his Face to Crimson di'd And the Goats Cause lies in suspense untriâ—â— Where though Great Pan an Higher skill relies Yet scornes he not a Rusticks poorâ— Supplies In all Extreames on this I set my Rest. Of Ills to â—â—use the Least of Good the Best And if I misse the Latter to attaine Yet I will hope the Golden Meâ—ne to gaine COncerning other Points of Faiths abuse As Purgatories Paine false Idolls use Courting of Saints to Christs apparant wrong Gods Sacred Word kept from the Vulgar Tongue Additions to the Masse the Papall Keyes And Priests debarr'd of Wives Let him that waightâ— The Dreames of Balaams Priests this Passage know Pride made the Pope a Simon Magus grow And then he chang'd the Spirits Gifts for Gaine For after the Decease of Charlemaine Who Sceptred Popes in the ensuing Yeares They to maintaine their Pomp the Christian Meereâ— Of Modesty transcended got elbow roome To spread the Divels Huskes in rampant Rome Which to reforme as we of late have done In Brittaines Orbe by Wickliffs Cares begun About three Ages past so let all them Who hope to see the New Ierusalem Looke backe upon the first Sixe Centuries Or if that seeme too tedious to revise Let them the next Sixe Ages well review And they shall finde Romes Faith then patcht anew That by Degrees the Popes by Phocas first And by Great Charles since rais'd became accurst And that Our Church the very same of Old Which was at Nice and Chalcedon enroll'd For Orthodoxe is Catholick and True Onely because new-scour'd enstiled New LOhere Deare Countrey-men in Pithy Phraze What some have whirl'd about with winding Maze And some I hope these short Analyses Will rellish more then long Remonstrances Since Substances yee like I simply shew Where lay our Church Pure Catholick and True Before we tooke the Name of Protestants At Auspurg late which Our Extravagants By Transmarine and false exotick Gloâ—â—e Would soile like Pitch with Appellations grosse Of Huguenoâ—s or Luthers Hereticks While they usurpe the Name of Catholicks Like Hagars Brood which Moores terme Saracen Like Hypocrites who passe for Godly Men. For why should they alone be in our West Call'd Catholicks when Thousands in the East The Abissines and Others doe contend For the like Name in Substance Use and End Why should the Parts above the Whole presume One Sister Church the Mothers Stile assume The Catholick which spreads in every Coast With Mutuall Gifts powr'd by the Holy Ghost Why should the Beames against the Sunne compact The Branches from the Oakes Good Name detract Our Churches are waigh the Comparison As Boughes or Beames Christs Spouse the Oak or Sun And for Our Church more yet I could relate To manifest her Wane Eclipse and Fate In Popish Times but that each Novice knowes What meanes the Desert where she powr'd her vowes During the Raigne of that great Mystick Whore Which preacht False Christs by the red Dragons Lore But mauger Constance Trent and Lateran The Night is past of Skreeching Ignorance And we embrace the Spirits Countenance Which at this day shines bright in Brittaines Ile And may doe long if we shun Hate and Guile Not Ecchius Moore Poole Fisher Posstvine Not Dowayes Fry nor Copious Bellarmine Can match our Calvin Zanchius Bullinger Frith Jewell Foxe Fulkes Raynolds Whitaker Andrewes Usher and those whose Melodies Mount up to Christ like a New Sacrifice With many moe in our Great Brittaines Orbe Surviving yet and able them to curbe Whose Praises Web more Curious if I spun I should then light a Candle in the Sunne Or undertake Saint Michaels Warre to pen A Taske more fit for Angels then for Men. Yet by that Mystick Type Saints may discry The Battels Issue and our Victory For such a Palme the Fiery Crosses Signe Hath gain'd as in the Dayes of Constantine But now in Embers clozing up my Fire I silently into my Thoughts retire Oft looking backe to Babels Mystery Oft musing on Faire Stons Victory Where first Six Hundred Sixty Six I fixe One Thousand then Six Hundred Fifty Sixe Times Pedegree from Mans Creation cast Till Fatall Showres for Sinne the Earth defac't I ruminate in Mind least sodainly While I deferre my Duty to supply The last great Trumpets Sound concludes the Day To Worldlings woe and Sinners sore Dismay Warres in Faiths House proclaim'd and Babylon