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A42672	Tears shed in the behalf of his dear mother the Church of England, and her sad distractions gathered and brought into this small paper vessell for the use of the vulgar, and common people, not to play with religion / by her adopted son, Daniel Getsius ...	Getsius, Daniel, 1592-1672.	1658 (1658)	Wing G632; ESTC R31519	48,008	156

TEARS SHED In the behalf of his dear Mother the CHURCH of ENGLAND And her sad Distractions gathered and brought into this small Paper vessell for the Vse of the vulgar and Common people not to play with Religion By her adopted Son DANIEL GETSIUS Minister of the word at Stoke-Gabriell in Devon Ephes 4.14 That we henceforth be no more Children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they ly in wait to deceive OXFORD Printed by A. L. Printer to the University for Tho. Robinson Anno 1658. TO THE Venerable FRANCIS ROUS Esq one of the Honourable Councill of State Provost of Eaton Colledge Also to the Worshipfull ARTHUR UPTON of LUPTON Esq And the Worshipfull JOHN HALE of BOWRINGSLEIGH Esq Justices of the peace in the County of Devon DAyly experience proves that of Seneca too true None is so happy in giving but that sometimes hee is deceived For the greatest part of men are thus affected saith the Comick humble they are and promise much whilst they are suitors for favours but assoon as they have obtained them of all men they are the worst and most deceitfull men even make hast to forget good turn's as God himself complaines by the Psalmist of his Israel a vice of vices Ingratum si dixeris Omnia dixeris Non digni dandis quia ingrati datis unworthy of any favour because unthankfull for the least Invitat ad magna qui gratanter accipit modica spem de futuris recipit qui transacta beneficia recognoscit Many are the favours I have received of your hands Honourable Worshipfull of which I may truly say as Seneca of Furmius to Augustus Lib. 22. de benif c. 25. Hanc unam Caesar habeo injuriam tuam effecisti ut viverem morerer ingratus I well hoped before this time to have freed my self in some sort by a small testimony of my thankfull heart but the multitude of impediments and second thoughts made mee to lay it aside for a while And now at length I humbly present this as a meā innocent monument of my gratitude In magnis voluisse sat est It may proclaim and publish my obligation to you And assure your selves that besides these few lines to the common and vulgar people I shall alwayes contend and strive by my dayly prayers to my good God for you to bee privately thankfull I humbly take my leave and unfainedly remain To you Honourable and Worshipfull in all humility devoted DANIEL GETSIUS To the Christian and Charitable Reader MAny have excellently written of the emendation of time I wish we had such effectuall motives and perswasions to amend ours For in this Crisis of distempered humours such is the condition of most hearers that men of God lovers of God and their neighbours can hardly bespeake the enemies of the Church and consequently State seeing that when the Churches quiet is disturbed the Commonwealth will not long be settled but he shall procure many enemies to himselfe Every one is jealous that somewhat is meant against his Diana or Helena For my part though I am no Native borne yet with a great summe obtained I freedome as he in the Acts. 22.28 Not to interpose my selfe betweene the affaires of the times leaving them to them to whom they belong as a Stranger I am 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 non praescribo sed subscribo yet ad publicum incendium omnes concurrant Therefore I thought it my duty as a son of the Church to endeavour to lessen if I cannot quench the fire Some it may be see smoak in favilla est the fire is covered But I must tell them it is wild-fire The sudden and violent operation former times have discovered in both Germany's High and Lowe Concerning the materialls in this paper I say as I. Lipsius of his Politick Cento nihil meum omne meum regard the end that is all Farewell and pray with me for vnity which is the preserver of Church and State if it be in the truth The Contents 1. GOd wrought all for himself man and to have a Church 2. The Nature and Members of the Church 3. What it is that maketh the Church with her markes 4. The prerogatives of the Church 5. The good things which are afforded to a Nation and place where God gathers a Church 6. Sins exposing a Church and Nation to Gods wrath 7. Signes generall and particular of Gods anger with a Nation and the Church in the same 8. The means to recall God from departing and to keep him with us 9. Of false Prophets or Teachers 10. A brief historicall relation of the reterated troubles in both Germany's by Anabaptists and other Sectaries 11. A short ejaculation to God for the Church Tears shed in behalfe of his Dear Mother the Church of England c. CAP. I. ALmighty and all-sufficient God willing to manifest his glory abroad or without himselfe was pleased to doe it by divers meanes the first is the Creation of all things out of nothing but man especially to his Image that is holy wise and righteous yet mutable by his voluntary fall to mafest his Makers glory The Glory of God is twofold First inward and essentiall which is his Majesty known only to himself Exod. 33.18 Isa 42.8 this Moses out of infirmity desired to see And God will give to no other This glory Christ had with the Father before the world was that is Ioh. 17.5 divine Majesty from all eternity which towards the world was for a time clouded by the vail of his flesh Phil. 2.7 in the forme of a servant Secondly Gods outward or external glory is the index or discoverer of the former shining outwardly in his works which have certain marks and footsteps of the Divine glory imprinted in them Gods inward glory dependeth absolutely from his nature Act. 7.2 by which God cannot but be the God of glory 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But his outward glory depends from his most free will and pleasure working all things after the Counsell of his own Will Eph. 1.11 By outward meanes illustrating his inward glory diversly and sundry wayes the Creation one way the fall of man another way In respect of this as the wisdome of God is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 manyfold Eph. 3.10 or having curious variety in it so may this outward manifestation of Gods glory not unfitly be said to be manifold and full of variety 1. The first way then or mean is creation first in execution and therefore without doubt first also in the Creators intention whereby this infinite wisdome goodnes and power is set forth 2. The next place we assigne to the Creation of man to evidence his goodnes in a more speciall way as having in a manner made all for him making him to have dominion over the works of his hands Psal 8 6. putting all things under

Iude calleth such ver 8. dreamers for so indeed they are and their dreame is this that sin is the cause of subjection And although it were ordained and allowed to the Jewes because they were but infants yet fits it not us Christians that are in the state of perfection A meere dotage is it not amongst those blesed Spirits who are free from sinne and still persist in the truth There are Thrones Dominations Powers Principalities Angells and Archangells Coll. 1.16 over whō Christ is far advanced in the heavenly places Eph. 1.20 21. And if man had continuin his integrity yet government should have been Vxor viro liberi utrisque inasmuch as man naturally is sociable and disciplinable The morall law commands to honour Father and mother The end of government is peace with pietie honesty and on man even then should have stood in need of another Finally there is now as great a necessitie of magistracie as was amongst the Jewes and the new Testament would never have commanded subjection to magistrates or to pray for them if it were a sinne for a Christian to be a magistrate A Christian therefore 1. May be a magistrate 2. Is only fit to be a magistrate because no man better knowes the dutie of a magistrate 3ly No man can so compleatly and perfectly performe the office of a magistrate but he because no man understands the true religion which he is to maintaine and by which he is to Governe but he Haveing thus confirmed this truth in opposition to the former error I proceed to the History CHAP. X. The Historie IN the year of Christ Jesus 1422 and and thereabout God was pleased to excite and stirre up many learned and godlie men who as other Moses's should deliver his people out of the Popish more then Egyptian because spirituall servitude These teaching the libertie of the Gospel obtained by Christ only from sinne Satan and consequently eternal fire a spirituall libertie meerly Certaine fanaticall and fantasticall people in Germanie tooke occasion thereby to shake of all subjection corporall or bodily wresting and perverting the former doctrine of grace they utterly refused to be any more subject neither would they pay any tribute Armes were taken up first in Swevia a country bordering on the upper Palatinate where they tooke the field with two armiesone of them was with much slaughter scattered the other about Hall tooke the towne of Weinspurge causing the garrison and Earle of Helfrustein to passe through the points of their pikes thence some marched to Wittenberge others into Franconia The former were overthrowne by Trucheser and with the losse of many thousands fell into the hands of their owne who made them pay with their lives for their rebelliō The other after they had burned 200 castles and noble and gentlemens houses innumerable invaded the citie of Wirthpurge and besieged the Castle Lewes Prince of Palatine overtook them twice at Pfedershrine with singular clemencie calling off his men from slaughtering them But the Bishop of Trevers did not only animate his but also went before them in crueltie Thence this fire crept into Lorraine where Duke Anthony quenched it with the slaughter of 1500 of them the parts of the Rhine being quieted on a sudden all Thuringia and Hassia were in armes one Munzer being the ring-leader who with Enthusiasmes and strange revelations he pretended to receive by night stirred up the multitude to take up Armes against their Prince and Gentrie one Piper furthering his madnes affirming to have received promise divine in a dream which assured him of the victory the beginnings were succesfull and the greatnesse of the prey made them Joyfull When on a sudden the Prince of Hassia Duke of Saxony and Duke of Brunswicke made towards them with their Forces met them on a Mountain neer Frankhaufen where they had fenced themselves with waggons and carts as they conceived sufficiently The Princes pittying the seduced multitude made proclamation of pardon on condition they should lay down their arms and every one repair home delivering up the Authors of this rebellion Munzer was now in danger of life Wherefore in a long oration he confirms his vocation bitterly as it were with great zeal inveighs against the Princes Wherefore these obstinate Rebels were set upon who being terrified with the roaring of the Canons sang that vulgar hymne Come holy Ghost eternall God c. and most of them earnestly waited for helpe from above Which not appearing any where but to the contrary death on all sides then fled Thousands were slain in the pursuit 300 were taken with their Prophet Munser Who being examined and charged with the bloud of so many thousand laught saying they would have it so At his execution he acknowledged his fault exhorted the Princes to clemency and the reading of the Scriptures Especially the books of Kings the rest of the Prisoners received also their punishment Ten years after 1535. the same fire was Kindled again at Munster in Westphalia by Bernhard Rothoman Preacher of the Gospel there who being seduced by Iohn of Leyden a Tayler whom at first he had opposed strongly began to Preach and to presse Anabaptisme a fained sanctity publike repentance together with the tale of Rebaptization begat respect and authority to both whose Complices and followers of the City Countrey about allured with the rich prey took the Town house where the Senators met about matters of their State Depose the Bishop Lord of that City and Country about it turn out the Senate and so were Authors of a Civill warre putting to death all who refused to be Baptized by them Cnipperdolling acted the Prince burn'd and pull'd down Churches to him came Seraphicall or divinely inspired Iohn Mathew who commanded all gold and silver and bookes especially the Bible to be brought forth under pain of death which two young She-prophets discovered The money was put into the treasury but all the books were burnt publikely at which when a Smith laught he was forthwith cruelly put to death by the Prophet who not long after was himself slain making a Sally upon the Bishops forces besieging the City Him succeeded Iohn of Leyden who removed Cnipperdolling from his Office of Magistracy appointing him to be executioner or hangman after this being awaked out of a three dayes sleep he appointed twelve Judges by revelation and polygamy to have as many wives as they pleased These twelve govern'd so long till he had gotten into his hands by his Revelations all Kingly power promising no lesse to himself then the Monarchy of the World Consecrated he was and solemnely inaugurated receiving the imperiall ensignes Crown Scepter Sword and Robe He sate in Judgement under a Tent at certain dayes having his Executioner Cnipperdolling still at his elbow by instinct All this while the Enemies without were not idle wherefore he prepared his forces to sally out inviting them to a Feast and celebrating the Sacrament of the Supper of the Lord himself