wealth of your owne countrie to the vttermost of your powers Much more are you tyed to this duty sith the truth it selfe the bond of al obedience calleth you back from your disloyall thoughts wherein you seem to steale couertly away from the substance of naturall loue to run after the shadow of impious zeale zeale not onely without knowledge but zeale builded vpon meere treason Antichrist himselfe being the head corner stone And therefore doubtlesse your vnderstanding is much obscured how wise soeuer you seeme in your selues and howsoeuer you bee flattered by them that would make vse of your wickednes And you can no more perceiue their cunning as appeareth then Dauid could conceiue of the cause why God prospered the wicked in his daies and punished the godly But as hee found it out by entring into the sāctuary of God so seek you how to apprehend your true duetie by becomming conformable to the true word of God casting away the idle inuentions of the man of sinne And as Aaron might not enter into the sanctuary where God did answer vntill he had sanctified himselfe So sanctifie your obedience and enter into league with Christ by becomming loyall subiects to his annoynted And beleeue them not that giue you counsell to lie as you do lurking to looke for a good houre as you are made to beleeue it beware it will bee a dismall day vnto you that you so greedily gape for by what badge soeuer you seeme to be distinguished you will be vnknowen to the Spaniards your speech will bewray you you will not bee able to pronounce Shibboleth as the Spanish Gilliadices doe but Sibboleth like English Ephramites you will as easilie be discerned as the Guelfes from the Gybelines they are a subtill generation that shall deale with you And therefore gather your selues together and before that daye come ioyne with God against Beliall take parte with Christ against Antichrist receiue light and abandon darknes flie treason and become euery man true vnto Queene Elizabeth your countrie Take counsell not o◠me but of Zephaniah the Prophet Seek righteousnes seeke lowlines Submit your selues to her Maiestie before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you Imitate the counsell of the wise man who willeth you to Put away a froward mouth and let all your waies bee ordered aright And thinke not your owne blind conceits to be the way of life for the way of the foole is right in his owne conceit but he that is guided by counsel is wise And therefore refuse not to knowe this that if the people of Israel were commanded to pray for the peace of Babylon wherein they were held captiues and to pray for him that had dispoyled them of all their goods and possessions how much more ought you not onely not to rebel or wish euil vnto your so gracious a soueraigne but to pray for her and for the peace of your countrie wherein also you may haue peace Learne of Dauid who said God forbid that I should lay hands vpon Gods annoynted for who saith he can lay his handes vpon the Lords annoynted and be guiltlesse It is needlesse to tel you how the pope that lyar doth yet encounter Dauid and saith goe and lay thy handes on the Lordes annointed and thou shalt merit heauen oh impious wretch that commaunds forbidden things and forbids thinges commanded And yet alas wretches how are you blinded that will not see Learne therefore that it is your dutie aboue all things to beware of contemning or violating the authoritie of your prince who is replenished with vertue religion and Maiestie amongst you and all confirmed by God whose ordinance you breake in contemning her much more in your treasons against her Therefore most happie were you if after these your dangerous consultations and rebellious practises you againe would returne and imbrace obedience consecrating your soules to God onelie with vnfained dedication of your bodies liues and goods to the seruice of her that in so doing will louingly imbrace you and God most assuredly will pardon you Come out from among them then and be saued A dutifull admonition not only to all inferiour Magistrates but to all loyall subiects to shew themselues watchfull in these dangers and with carefull diligence to seeke to preuent all occasions which may moue the vnaduised multitude to any sudden and vndiscreet hurly burlies with an exhortation to all men to be valorous HE that seemeth worthie to bee a Magistrate or to bee termed a fit man to gouerne the least charge in a Common wealth not onely a kingdome a prouince a hundred yea a familie must endeuour himselfe to know what dutie is required at his hands and the same to performe with premeditate discretion And for that I wish wisedome to all being able to teach none I will omit the superiour and giue my best aduise to the lower sort He is indeede a sillie man and not worthie to beare the burthen of a Tithingman much lesse of a high Constable least of all of a superiour Magistrate that cannot examine how he standeth in his place whether he bee as a hande an eye a finger or a foote of a Common-wealth knowing that euery Common-wealth is a bodie politique compared to a bodie naturall And as the head is the chiefest part the guide and superiour gouernour of the bodie and all the members are as officers vnder the same some of a higher qualitie and authoritie then other as the heart the eyes the hands and legges which are principall members seruants in office to the superiour so are the fingers toes c. petie officers vnto the former euery of them being bound to his next superiour and so all by a naturall dutie are seruants to the head and that for the preseruation and supportation of the entrailes and maine bodie which is so much the more safe from daunger by how much euery member hath ablenes and skill to performe his place in true duetie not one part whereof is void of some necessarie function as reason it selfe accompanied with our dailie experience doth plainly witnes vnto vs. So is our superior Magistrate the head and gouernour of vs who being many in number make vp a compleat bodie politique some in Magistracie and superiour authoritie and some in inferiour functions and all in true dutie to one head who being by our negligence or vnaduised proceedings in our seuerall places any way endangered the daunger cannot but descend from it to our owne confusion And therefore doth policie dismember a bodie of a legge an arme a hand or foote desperatly infected to preserue the rest of the bodie So a Common-wealth cutteth off euery euill member thereof as wee see by the lawes of our land lest it should infect the rest and so endaunger the whole state politique And as it fareth with a Common-wealth in generall so it doth with the parts thereof as with a prouince shire and
in generall euery one of vs hath a court in his owne conscience wherinto all our thoughts words and actions must be presently summoned and inquisition must bee strictly made what error is found in himselfe and finding himselfe guiltie of any negligence in performing his dutie to God commaunded or pronenes to offende God in things forbidden he must as a Iudge farre from partialitie giue sentence against himselfe and commit the euils done to true and vnfained repentance bind himselfe by the law of obedience not to sinne agayne Which were it performed of al men in particular there were no neede of the Magistrates sword to compell the same in generall But sith our corrupt inclinations doe fight daily against this godly course the Magistrate who beareth not the sword for nought must now if euer he did shew himselfe zealous in the Lords cause for the good of al the land in general Which as it seemeth much missed with negligence of euery mans particular dutie to God and his Soueraigne whereby God is not honoured of vs as he ought nor the lawes of the land obeyed as they should be there must be a generall care in the Ministrie to teach euery man his duetie for hee is bound to teach to reproue to approue and improue in season and out of season and in the Magistrate an endeuour to see euery man performe it as farre as to his power and authoritie belongeth who must compell theÌ„ by force that will not doe their dueties in loue And if then the vulgar and inferiour sort striue not to amende and to coÌ„forme themselues to the word of truth taught and to the example of the godly Magistrate propounded before them they shall all dye in their sinnes but the Minister and Magistrate shall be excused But if there appeare negligence in the Ministers the watchmen of the whole flocke the people will also bee negligent if they be ignorant the people will be ignorant if they be wicked the people will be wicked as Hosea saith Such priests such people Therefore now call your dueties to minde ye Ministers and speedily with diligence performe the same And thinke it not enough to bee called the messengers of God vnlesse you speake pronounce the will of God truely and disdaine none that shew their good willes to speake as the occasion of this time requireth For they that feare the Lord vnderstand his will The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome And therefore euery one from the highest to the lowest Prince and Ministers Magistrates and subiects must here begin As a Prince coueting to gouerne prudently as Ministers endeuouring to speake truly and boldly as Magistrates desiring to rule in their places righteously and couragiously and as people willing to liue obediently and religiously So shall there bee a most happie concord and pleasant harmonie in al estates There shal be no want of blessings no cause to feare the enemie no cause to complaine one of anothers wrongs in our land Sinne shall beare no sway but godlines shall flourish in all parts of this land and then as we haue alreadie seene how God hath fought for vs so he will giue vs new encouragements And as Christ sayd to Nathaniel we shall see greater things then these not onely in his fighting for vs but in powring out his heart vnto vs causing vs to vnderstand his word Prou. 1. 23. when yet â—ee will hold our aduersaries still blind that seeing they shall not see in hearing they shall not heare and nothing that they imagine against vs shall prospet but all shall turne to their owne confusion Therefore let the eyes of vs all be towards the Lord and with Dauid let vs all the day stretch out our hands to him that is one and the same for euer louing and powerfull And forasmuch as Princes and Magistrates must in this necessary reformation giue such examples as may tend to the amendment of the inferiour sort it behoueth that they be learned and wise vertuous and valorous so shall the people follow their steppes as it were a light in the darke And therefore the Magistrate must pray for wisedome not to seeme singular in policie but religious in zeale applying the same to the glorie of God to discerne betwixt good and euill that by them sinne the cause of our daunger may bee remoued and faith and religion the strength of our land may bee increased that the vngodly bee not more set by then the righteous that vice be not more aduanced then vertue so shall euery Magistrate be able to say freely Be thou my Iudge O Lord for I haue walked innocently Surely as the Israelites thought themselues happie when they had gotten Debora to gouerne them so most happie are wee that haue Queene Elizabeth to gouerne vs. For as Debora seemed so much the more to be a carefull mother of Israel by how much she liked those gouernours which were likest her selfe which appeareth by that she sayed My heart is set vpon the gouernours of Israell so doubtles the godly care of our gracious Debora to haue all the causes of Gods displeasure to bee taken away appeareth in coueting as much as in her lieth to place godly Magistrates vnder her God make them apt to answer it She matcheth Moses the Magistrate with Aaron the Minister the Word and the Sword which both truely executed must needes make due obedience in the people to the Magistrate and like in the Magistrate to the law and consequently in all to God And then as the Magistrates are placed aboue other men in authoritie so they will goe before the rest in pietie and then no doubt but our Common-wealth shall be secure and bee in the protection of the King inuincible who iudgeth them that iudge vnder him and he will subdue the disobedient hearts to loue and reuerence rulers and to fight couragiously against the enemies of our state as he subdued the people vnto Dauid and made them all incline to his will That whatsoeuer the King did pleased his people Wee see then that wee neede not feare this vaine hoobub of the Spanyard if euery one would forsake sinne and conforme himselfe truly to seek after God And to the end that God may blesse the hearts of all it behoueth all to pray which shall bee considered in the end of this sillie labour CAP. 3. That all men ought to yeeld their vttermost power to resist the pursuers of this blasphemous Hoobub by experience of the power of God shewed vnto our fathers of old HAuing as it is before sayd taken away the causes why God hath intended to moue this fierce nation against vs by a general reformatioÌ„ of our liues which if it appeare by the fruites of our regenerate mindes let vs rest resolued that God the God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob the God of Israel the God of the faithfull will bee assuredly on our side The Lord our God as saith
Philistines amongst the children of Israel to whom they were as prickes in their eyes and thornes in their sides because they preferred humane policie in preseruing them to Gods commandements in extirping them They argue against our trust in God euen to our faces affirming vs to haue no such cause of hope of our deliuerie as Israel had and yet say they and it is true Israel was plagued with sword and captiuitie for their sinnes being the peculiar people of God and how can we escape that are as they say fallen from the Catholike Church Which is false but from Rome which is Babell from papistrie which is bondage and from the traditions of men meere idolatrie and idolatrie worshipping strange gods was the cause why Israel was within the space of 339. yeares six times oppressed by their enemies when they went a whoring after straunge gods then and not else were they oppressed And although no doubt wee cannot excuse vs of offending our good God by our manifolde sins which doth deserue correction yet assuredly God is amongst vs and by many true Christians of England sincerely honoured his Gospell truly preached his word freely imbraced and thereunto the liues of many truely conformed And on the contrary let these Locusts that are flowen abroad out of the bottomles pit into this land not onely the wicked Iesuits but also obdurate papists who so much obrayd vs with our euill liuing learne this that they only in their idolatrie blasphemie spiritual whoredome are aptly compared to Israel in their falling from God and not in the weakenes of flesh only falling as did Dauid Salomon and many other whose kingdomes in the best seruice of the liuing God were not free from sinne wherein no flesh can be cleered But holding the maine point the Christian and true Catholike religion sincerely preached amonst vs and generally imbraced of the most vnles it bee of such as like subtile serpents stoppe their eates confirmeth strongly that the presence of God himselfe is still with vs assuring vs also that his hand for their rebellion against his trueth is turned against them And therefore let no man beleeue them howsoeuer they dispute to defend their owne holines which is onely outward their hearts being inwarldly seared with the yron of obstinacie the marke of the beast of Rome deprauing vs by reason of our frailtie But it is necessarie such prickes should be amongst vs to the ende our liues but especially our religion should bee the better approued for trueth appeareth then most plaine when it is opposed by error How is the Romish religion discouered by the sincere writings of sundrie learned and deuout men to bee a spirituall bondage who seeking the sincere trueth in the light of the sacred word haue left testimonie vnto all posterities thereof which the most learned of the aduersarie can neuer confute but in striuing to maintaine their darknes they haue vndermined themselues are readie to fal by their wonderful stumble at the view of the heauenly light which glimmereth in their eyes as a candle farre off in the darke How many sillie men whose hearts haue been inwardly taught by the holie Ghost without learning haue stopt the mouthes of these Catholike Doctors approuing their faith by the fire which they haue imbraced without feare or fainting not as desperate Seminaries suffering as Iudas did for treason but as patient Christians testifying their faith builded vpon the vnresistable trueth by martyrdome as Stephen did This truth hath broken the neck of Papisme and this trueth will put him from his glorie and his glorie from him that seeketh to depriue vs of this trueth Why then should wee distrust God and thinke that hee will deliuer vs into the hands of this Romish nation Admit our sinnes do deserue puhishment and surely we cannot nor dare iustifie our selues as they that haue nothing but meere deseruings in them can of themselues atchieue hauen by their own works we only rely vpon Christs merits and disclaime our owne worthines wee stand to bee defended by the power of God and not by our owne strength like this inuincible nation whose trust is in themselues wee trust in God they stand dissolute by the delusions of Antichrist who pretendeth to coniure the seas to be calme the winds to be prosperous vnto his Catholike armie and we rely vpon the meere blessing of God that by the breath of his mouth did lately blow them from our coasts as hee did the swarmes of lice from the Egyptians at the praier of Moses and Aaron hee cast them into the sea as Christ did the swine And let vs assure vs that in the same his mercies hee will performe it in a greater measure that his glorie may more appeare in being the protector of his owne But what if wee please our aduersaries in his vaine hope a little confesse our weaknes as they pretend it saying our gouernour is a woman and therefore weake and the people in her not strong our Nobilitie are not many and our Martiall men fewe and therefore the kingdome weake But let them know withall that wee haue in her Maiestie vnder GOD whom she serueth absolute hope that she is the Iudith that GOD hath ordayned of cut off the head namely to dispoyle the man of sinne of all his glorie she is the Iael that shall pearce his stemples with the naile of consufion if at last he refuse to haue his hart pearced with the trueth of Christ whō now now he persecuteth And if weak Debora got such honor in deliuering Israel from Iabyn king of Canaan by Barake notwithstanding his 900. chariots of Iron will it not bee honourable to Queene Elizabeth to breake the force of the inuincible nauie of Spaine and if it pleased the mighty of mighties to assiste Deborah beeing a woman of no such reckoning for the shewe of her outwarde glorie dwelling but vnder a palme tree yet fearing God shall hee not assiste Queene Elizabeth his annoynted his chosen and her that hee of meere prouidence preserued and aduanced to that high calling the gouernour of his people of England whom by her as by the hands of Moses he brought out of most cruell bondage vnder that purple harlot of Rome and vnder her hath this 37. yeares preserued vs from all forraine inuasion affoording vs peace in his apparant truth But these Romists degenerate not from the ground of their religion which is al outward they relie only vpō flesh bloud arguing therein that God is exempted out of their companie that is full alreadie they are mighty enough and strong enough and need not his helpe They reason as Senacherib did that because he was strong God could not resist him and therefore shall they receiue as Senacherib did They forget how God chose Gideon a poore labourer to be a captaine of his people who also at the first began to reason with flesh and bloud as they do saying
victorious vertue a hidden power whereby God himselfe is as it were ouercome yea when he hath determined the destruction of a rebellious people he is wonne by praier to repent him as it were of his decree as appeareth by Nineueh who ioyning repentance with prayer appeased God And because praier in faith is of such a force with him he saith vnto Ieremie Pray not for this people as though hee should haue said though I haue decreed to destroy thē yet I may bee ouercome by prayer to spare them and therefore pray not for them that will not pray for themselues It appeareth then that the prayer of one preuaileth with God to preserue a multitude as amonge many other examples is seene by Iudith who praied for the deliuerance of the people of Bethuliah and obtained not that alone but a mighty destruction of the enemie Hereby was the counsell of Achitophel made void and tooke no effect against Dauid and if we therein repare vnto our God all these threats great prouision and huge hoast of Antichrist shall be made likewise frustrate as it hath beene once fresh in our memories whē he fought for vs by his windes and brake their power by his prouidence Therefore let vs set not onely this his late mercie before our eies wherein hee defended vs and confounded them but applie the example of Hezekiah who prayed against the inuasion of his enemies with their inuincible armies at whose petition GOD slue of the Assyrians 185000. men 2. Chron. 32. 25. So did Iehosaphat obtaine against his enemies a mightie and memorable victorie how shall we then dismay at this foolish Hoobub whereby onley the weake are daunted such as know not the power of the highest are afraide But let vs aboue the multitude of our men the furniture of our munition take holde of this assured anchor and pray to God who will heare euen before we speake he considereth the thoughts and will giue eare to our sighes And let vs thinke that if one haue preuailed for many surely he will heare many for England wherein there are many godly that pray continually for the preseruation thereof not vnto the helples Saints but to the helping God to the God alsufficient To whom let vs onely runne in a liuely confidence not omitting the necessary implements of warre which by faith God will so blesse in euery mans hand that we shall haue the victorie and God the glorie Let vs begin to hate sinne and continue constant in righteousnesse and let vs not doubt but that he which hath freely imbraced vs with so great fauour alreadie will defend vs also most mightilie and to our great comfort deliuer vs from the wicked Now my louing countrimen why should wee feare the force and threatnings of these men seeing wee haue the Lord himselfe to be our king Let vs not be afrayd but trust vpon the sure protection of this our alsufficient God Let vs magnifie his mightie name which is most terrible to our aduersaries it is holie and therefore all honour power mercie praise and thankes bee giuen to him by whom we are onely saued An humble petition to God for the preseruation of Queene Elizabeth and the protection of the Church of Christ not vnfit to be daily vsed of euery Christian but also in euery Christian familie OH most high mightie and inuincible God king of all the kings kingdomes of the earth wee fall downe before thy maiestie not as though wee would dispute with thee why the heathen doe rage against vs and why the Antichristian crue do mutter within themselues as if we were ready to become a pray vnto them we come not to charge thee with iniustice in that thou sufferest the kings of the earth and the multitudes of malitious men to band themselues against vs the sheepe of thy pasture and against our Queene thine annoynted No father mercifull and louing we come vnto thee as wretches deseruing thy heauie displeasure wherin thou maist without doing vs any iniurie bring vpon vs this vnciuill people by whom if thou wilt thou maist iustly punish vs for our sinnes yea thou maist doe with vs what thou wilt who haue not done in our callings to thee as thou hast commanded Yet Lord for thine owne names sake cast not out of thy mercifull remembrance thy sweete promises annexed vnto thy Gospell which thou hast giuen vs long time to enjoy The fruits wherof we doe acknowledge haue not so fully appeared in vs as is required at our hands and therefore are we the lesse assured of thy protection But Lord sith thy mercie exceedeth thy iustice consider that we are but flesh and therefore prone to fall as were our fathers Looke not so narrowly oh Lord into our corruptions neither take thou such vengeance against vs as that wee should become captiues to such as seeke to persecute vs not for our faults but euen thy Sonne in the truth of his sacred Gospell in vs although thou only knowest vs them Thou searchest aswell their imaginations as our sinnes wherein as we haue offended thee so Lord let vs by thy mercie reforme vs or at least receiue punishment from thee in loue and not in their futies whose harts are bent against thy true Catholike Church and who couet to bereaue vs of our Queene whom thou hast in meere loue to thy chosen children placed as a mother in thy Church of England whose life they haue by many wicked and rebellious practises sought to take away shewing thereby oh Lord that there is no true religion in their proceedings no true faith in their workes nor true zeale in their desires but all that they doe is by the power of sinne as if they should openly vow to preuent thy prouidence by their power to pull downe and set vp whom they list when they list and inioyne them to doe what they list pretending in all their deuises be they neuer so bloudie and sterched with open massacres with dispoyling of thy people eating vp euen innocents as if they did eate bread to doe thee great seruice Oh high and louing father consider this and look into their thirstines wherein they will neuer be satisfied with bloud if thou giue them scope yea but a little to preuaile And therefore giue them not the power to worke what they haue imagined least that thine elect bee turned through the bitternes of their tyrannies to doubt of thy mercies But for asmuch as thou broughtest vs out of that cruell bondage wherein wee were tyed and fettered with humane precepts which are contrary to thy word by the hands of our Queene Elizabeth thine annointed as were thy children of Israel from Egypt by the hands of Moses and Aaron so Lord giue her long life to gouerne vs and power vnder thee to protect vs from these cruell men whose hearts are hardened and whose consciences are seared as appeareth that they wil not be pacified but if thou preuent not will seeke to
swallow vs vp We acknowledge oh Lord our weakenes and appeale to thee for strength we confesse our sinnes and fall downe to thee for pardon heare vs and deliuer vs. Let thy Gospell deere father for thy Sonnes sake not onely continue amongst vs but let the fruits of our true zeale bee so watered with thy holy spirit that they may become acceptable vnto thee that thou maist be vnto our Queene an high tower and a safe refuge to vs that are afflicted Rise vp rise vp oh God inuincible list vp thine hand in our behalfe against the power of this mightie Senacherib who in his vaunts declareth that there is no helpe for vs in thee But thou canst smite them oh Lord smite them vpon the cheeke bones breake their hairie scalpes and make their deuises vaine Our fathers trusted in thee oh Lord they trusted in thee and thou didst deliuer them Strengthen our faith deare Father that we may likewise trust in thee and be deliuered So shall not the praise redound vnto our selues but vnto thy glory And all the worlde seeing how thou protectest vs shall likewise come vnto thee seeke thee honor thee and as thou hast beene art and shalt bee vnto vs all in all so all nations frame their obedience to thy will as vnto the al-sufficientito whom be immortal praise as thou only deseruest oh Lord increase our faith A priuate Prayer to be sayd of Magistrates that they may be fit to performe in these dangerous daies what their seuerall places shall require OH Father full of wisedome power and Maiestie for as much as euery man in himselfe and of himselfe is so far from all ablenes to performe what is required of him to the discharge of his dutie not only to thee in regard of his seruice due vnto thee but also to his countrie in regard of his place wherein he is to liue in the common-wealth as that he can performe nothing aright and therefore I do come vnto thee beseeching that as thou hast found mee out howsoeuer vnfit of my selfe to discharge it and hast laid vpon me the function of a Magistrate to rule thy people in the place whereunto thou hast appointed me Let me now be shaped and framed anew let my thoughts my heart soule and bodie be changed from vanitie to truth from sin to repentance from weaknes to strength from ignorance to knowledge from pride to humilitie froÌ„ all things that I ought not to be to that I ought to be That as mine eies are to bee set on all to the ende I might see al approue or reproue al and punish or defend all within my charge and as euery mans eies are on me to note my steps how I walk in my function so I may conforme my selfe not only to the precepts of superiour powers in performing theÌ„ to the publike example of others but also in true zeale to thy word I may be a laÌ„tern of light vnto them not by my slacknes in my calling in breach of any duetie giue example to any to followe that is euill Therefore teach me thy statutes oh Lorde that I may walke in thy waies guide me in my pathes that I may practise righteousnes and execute iustice truly That I may appeare to be as I ought to be and not to followe mine owne will which is prone to euill euermore supply all my wants oh Lord in giuing me an vnderstanding heart a mercifull heart a contrite heart and an humble spirite the spirite of meeknes the spirite of knowledge the spirit of loue the spirit of faith and the spirit of true fortitude That as now the man of sinne is busie his ministers diligent and his most dangerous practises readie to bee put in execution to subuert iustice equitie truth religion and to suppresse thy word by violence So make euery man but especially such as thou hast made rulers ouer any to bee vigilant and full of true wisedome and courage all which as they are thy giftes so graunt vnto me oh Lord and to all other in authoritie that we may not beare the name only of Magistrates but may bee endued with all vertues requisite for Magistrates That by our negligence nothing may be done to thy dishonour or dangerous to thy Church and that nothing may be omitted which may aduance the same And as religion is the best and most glorious robe and ornament that a Magistrate ought to bee decked with for that out of it as out of a pure fountaine thou causest to flowe wisedome how to gouerne and all other vertues answerable to that high functioÌ„ grant that we may all flie thereunto and imbrace it in such sorte as like a light the fruites thereof may in our proceedings shine to the inferiour by our examples and vouchsafe that our obedience to our superiors may learn the lower sort how to obey and as wee are taught by thee know how to gouerne And farre be it from vs to glory in our high callings but to reioyce only in this that thou hast taught vs how to performe our dueties both to them that doe well and to the offenders both in peace and warre and that we accordingly performe the same that in the ende when wee shall giue account of our bayliwickes thou maist acquite vs in the mercies of thy sonne as faithfull dispensers of our seuerall callings Amen Oh Lord increase our faith FINIS The Spaniardes â—egard not the â—ause why God â—oueth them â—o inuade vs. They haue a â—wo fold blinde â—eale in theyr â—esire The king of â—paine y e Popes â—hampion â—ngland hath â—obbed y e Pope â—f his credite What reckning the Pope maketh of the death of our Seminaries The thinges whereof wee â—aue robbed the Pope The second â—ause moouing â—he king of â—paine The Spaniard longeth for England How the Spanâ—ard fisâ—eth foâ— kingdomes The end of â—mbition The occasion is 〈◊〉 our selues which hath stirâ—ed vp this hooâ—ub Causes of daâ—ger are not sâ—perficially to be glanced at The diseases of a common wealth must be cured in time Al things haue a chaunge Euery man must looke into him selfe The fire of Adams disobedience must bee quenched in vs. Euery maÌ„ must looke vnto him selfe and not vnto others Sinne the cause of this hoobub Our fruits must approue vs. The difference betweene christian and Antichristian religioÌ„ In Gods mercie wee inioye the gospel of Christ The Spaniardes build the hope of conquest vppon their owne deseruings The Spaniardes blaspheming God An examinatioÌ„ of the speciall euils which in y e iudgement of God draw on the Spaniard We make slender reckning oâ— grosse sins Blasphemie noâ— punished Dronkennesse not punished Pride vnpunished Couetousnesse vnpunishable Coldnes of loue appeareth by y e present dearth where plentie is Spending of corne to make starch a cause of dearths in plenty in Gods Iudgements The negligent minister hath much to answere Delayes of sutes We must reforme quickly or be punished seuerely Religion can neither be brought in
or driuen out by man What naturall reason flesh bloud will argue in this daÌ„gerous time The conceyts of the worldly Our duties to God carry with it a great traine of virtues The repeatance Nineueh The practise of Nineueh an example for vs to follow What wil follow vs in our following the reformation of Niniueh How we must reforme vs. Gods peculiar loue to England England not the 200. parte of the earth The Turkes possesse the places where Christ was borne first preached England is more to be charged for breach of our league then any other nation How we kill Christ againe We must call to minde Gods blessings which will giue vs cause to reforme out liues God chose vs when wee thought not on him Euery one hath a court in his owne conscience Now is the time for the Magistrate to shew himselfe zealous in the Lords good The worde and the swor must concur Euery man must begin his dutie at the feare of God God wil keepe our aduersaries blinde if we feare God and desire to see What is required of the Magistrate A good song for a Magistrate if he sung it truely Moses and Aaron the Magistrate and Minister are to be Martialed together in a christian common wealth All things are written for our instructioÌ„ The Spaniards in strength are not like the sonnes of Anake Which parte God taketh hath the victorie Warre offered by inuasion is fully furnished with militarie necessaries William the Norman took from his men hope of retire Wisdome and trueth beare away the victorie God will defend vs for his Gospels sake Queene Elizabeth goeth forth in person to incourage her people Our secrete Papists discourage our people Whence we are fallen In regarde of the truth imbraced notwithstanding our sins God is with vs. The true catholicke religion is with vs an argument of Gods presence Poore vnlearned Christians haue stopt the mouthes of Romish doctrine The truth will confound Antechrist The enemie standeth on his owne strength we on the blessing of God they on the popes power we on Christs merrits Queene Elizabeth shall cut off the power of Antechrist The romish hope al in outward things They are strong inough and neede not God God is strong in weakenes Few ouercoÌ„e many They feare the weake in diminishing our munition Queene Elizabeth a chosen woman to confound Romish Ihericho by the protection of the word God will assist such as war either to defend his truth professed or to winne anye thereunto Agencourt fielde The Spaniard hath tasted English power and policie to his paine The Spaniards no doubt would not admit the tryall of the contrauersie to equal multitudes Inward desire of the Princes danger or subuersioÌ„ of your country is before God high treason The Spaniard abhorreth traytors though he make much of theÌ„ for a time The course entertaynement of the best of our English runnagates The cause in policie why the Syaniards hangeth not traytors presently The best end of our traytors if the Spaniards should preuaile If God haue wrought a meane beyond reason to dicouer a murder much more will he discouer treasoÌ„ There is in al subiects loue or hate which will show it selfe by the fruits The difference betweene plaine dealing and dissimulation The end of blinde zeale The thirst of papists is the drought of treason A glasse for traytors The Spaniard thinke them neuer true to him that are false to your anoynted prince The spaniards are rude like the Macedonians to call a traytor a traytor The state of a trayor Distinguish the spirits The pope is like the serpent that commandeth forbiddeÌ„ thinges with promise of rewarde A wonder that Papists wonder not at their blindnes Beasts loue the place of their education shewing better loyaltie theÌ„ papists The pope fawneth on papists like a Crocadile who sheds teares when he will destroy Benefits receiued in our natural countrey is an obligation to bind vs to be true vnto it Antechrist the head corner stone of blind zeale The waye to finde out the cause of blindnes is to repaire to the truth The daye which the papists wish to see will be to themselues most fearefull The waye of the foole is right in his owne conceit We ought all to pray for the peace of our countrey How our papists might become happie Euery magistrate ought to know what duty belongeth to his charge Euery commonwealth is a bodie pollytique As euery part of the bodie hath a necessarie place in his place steadeth the body so euery man in a common wealth Sundrie pettie bodies within the whole body of the commonwealth Diuers inferior heads of diuers inferior bodies Peace dangerous without carâ—in Magistrates Officers as also euery subiect ought to discouer a daÌ„gerous person Inferior Magistrates haue their power froÌ„ the higher power Ciuill iustice is the commoÌ„ wealths publike benefite Warre appreueth or reproueth the faith all men towards their country Premeditation of euery mans dutie is necessary before the run to far vnder a good intent The Magistrats ought to foresee things to come The English alwaies valorous Rashnes to be auoyded A subtil practise of the enemie to moue tumults amongst our selues Pryuate men must not stirre before the Magistrate Her Maiestie her counsell the first mouers Suddayne newes dangerous Three things to be auoyded in followers Weapons and pollicie nothing vnles God blesse the vse of them God giueth the victorie in a combate betwene two sparrowes The force of prayer more then the force of weapons God is moued by prayer to alter his decree The prayer of one preuaileth with God to preserue a multitude Prayer a sure anker in danger