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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10994	Sermons preached before his Maiestie 1. The bridegromes banquet. 2. The triumph of constancie. 3. The banishment of dogges. By Francis Rollenson, Batcheler of Diuinitie.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1611 (1611)	STC 21264; ESTC S112081	60,158	83

Ephe. 6.10 strong in the Lord and in the power of his might to be constant Souldier no faint-hearted Coward Such as be weake in faith cannot but fall because like the o Dan. 7. Beare in Daniels Vision they stand onely vpon the one side but vpon one Leg p Cant. 5.15 but such as be strong in faith haue legs like marble pillars set vpon sockets of gold permanent firme solid and vsing them both they must needs stand For the fourth my Text saith Hold that thou hast That is to say perseuere in faith and righteousnesse and Vse thy function without feare This is the Pharaphrase of our Sauiours speech the Scope whereof is to make the Angel of Philadelphia like vnto the q Pro. 30.28 Spider in the Prouerbs of which Salomon saith The Spider taketh hold with her hands and is in Kings pallaces so must he with constant faith and vndaunted courage the two hands of the soule lay fast hold vpon the Crosse of Christ and neuer let his Hold goe Hold that thou hast This Exhortation is an Antidote against the poison of Haereticks and a Shield to blunt the Sword of Tyrants which two sorts of men in the Primatiue Church like brethren in euill were leagued and linkt in conspiracie against Christ and his Ministers the One sort being Sathans Aduocates the other his Assascinates Haeretickes r Apoc. 9.3 like the Locusts with Scorpion-like tailes did not onely hurt Reprobates with the deadly sting of their contageous errour but also endeuoured thereby to kill them which had the Seale of God on their fore-heads Tyrants like the s Apoc. 12. great red Dragon with seauen heads and ten hornes neuer ceased to persecute the Spouse of Christ and to make warre with her seed what by the Impostures of Haereticks and the crueltie of Tyrants many Christians were drawen to leaue their Hold and fall backe from the Truth Against these enemies of the Gospel of Christ this good Angel of Philadelphia had hitherto according to his little strength opposed himselfe Now because hee should not faint in the middest of his conflict our Sauiour encourageth him with this exhortation saying Hold that thou hast as if he should haue said Thou hast begun in the Spirit end not thee in the flesh as yet thou bearest the Image of God then fashion not thy selfe according to the world thine Alpha hath beene Sinceritie then let not thy Omega be sensualitie without perseuerance the best Professour is a branch cut from the Vine he can bring foorth no fruit a painted Tombe full of rotten bones and a fruitlesse figge-tree with goodly blossomes Furthermore Be of a stout and valiant courage in the managing of thine office subdue feare let not the rough hand and rugged face of Tyrannie affright thee or weaken thy resolution the persecutour may destroy thy bodie but he cannot kill thy soule therefore be not dismaid for he that looseth his life for my sake shall finde it againe As Christ writes to this worthy Angel so in like maner he doth to the Angels of all Churches in the world whether they be in the Eparchia to wit Arch-angels or Monarchs or in the Mesarchia namely Cherubims and Seraphims or Bishops or in the Hyparchia ministring spirits or Preachers of the Word to euery one of these particularly he saith Hold that thou hast For neuer was there more need of Holding then in this age Indeed in the Primatiue Church Aug. in psal 58. I confesse with Augustine that the Diuell was both Leo aperte saeuiens Draco occulte insidians by open and out-ragious crueltie hee shewed himselfe a Lyon and by his secret poisoning of Religion a Dragon yet his malicious power was curbed and t Apoc. 20.2 hee himselfe bound in chaines for a thousand yeeres so that notwithstanding all his subtiltie and crueltie Trueth like a Palme-tree flourished and Christs Crosse like Aarons Rod did blossome and bring forth much fruit but now the old Serpent is let loose and of late yeares hath acted both the Lyon and the Dragon without restraint both by policie and puissance studying to extinguish the light of Truth neither haue his attempts beene effectlesse for what by Magogs sword in the East and Gogs vsurped Keyes in the West hee hath driuen Truth like a Doue into the holes of the Rocke and banished Faith from amongst men In the time of the Apostles the u 2. Thes 2. Iren. lib. 2. cap. 20. Mysterie of iniquitie began to worke by the Agencie of Haereticks such as Simon Magus the father of Deceiuers Menander Cerinthus Ebion the Nicholaitans and many other of the same counterfait stampe all which be returned to the bottomlesse pit from whence they came and in their place succeed x Apo. 16.13 Frogges vncleane Spirits whom the Dragon the Beast and the false Prophet haue sent out of their mouthes vnto the kings of the earth to gather them to the battaile of that great day of God Almightie These are the croaking frie of Iesuites and Seminarie Priests which are sent from Rome to the Courts of Princes to stir them vp to make warre against the true Professours of the Gospel these are the Leprosie of the Church and the bane of Christian Common-wealths these are the true-borne sonnes of their father the olde Serpent for as he in the subuersion of mankind began with the woman and tempted her so they insinuate themselues into our weaker vessels and lead them captiue to Babylon For reformation whereof I wish that that Edict were in force amongst vs which y Hest 1.22 Assueroh vpon the contempt of Queene Vasti made and proclaimed amongst the Meedes and Persians Namely that euery one should beare rule in his owne house In auncient time Rome was honored for a Goddesse and shee had her Temple and her sacrifice of Blood So saith Prudentius Delubrum Romae colitur nam sanguine ipsa Prud. lib. 1 Con. Sym. More Deae nomenque loci seu numen habetur And euen so is she now Idolized by these Frogges her Priests whose oblations are euer bloody if her Deitie be offended nothing can appease her wrath but death How many of Gods annointed Princes haue these Idolatrous shauelings sacrificed vpon her altar and how many treasons did they broach to entrapt that Mirrour of her Sexe Englands Debora our deceased Soueraigne From whence came the Salt-peter which made the Gun-powder was it not brought from him who challengeth Peters Chaire and should therefore like his pretended Praedecessour be the z Mat. 5.13 Salt of the earth but he hath lost his sauour and therefore he is now good for nothing but to be cast out and troden vnder the foot of men Well I may iustly say of these Frogges as the Greeke Poet did of the people of Caria Aegypt and Lydia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Locustes which did pester the Primatiue Church were venemous vermine and did much