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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

fleshe They are not ashamed to aduouch in their Decretals that it is better and a smaller offence to kepe a ●ūdreth hoores than to marrie or contracte matrimonie after they haue vowed chastitie Oh beastes that ye are the spirite of Chastitie did neuer cause you to forbid holy matrimonie but it was the spirite of vncleannesse Asmodeus Beelsebub and that spirit whereof the Sodomites and them of Gomorra were driuen These foule spirites made you to do it to accomplishe the prophecies of S. Paule and of Daniell whiche amongest other wordes speaketh of Antechrist on this maner He shal ●xalt him selfe aboue all which is called God For the God of hys predecessors he shal make no count of He shal loue neither God nor woman but only his Maosim for he exalteth himself aboue all things The naturall duetie and affection whiche God hath graffed in man wyfe to loue and haue company comforte and healpe one of the other to increase and multyplie is the onely meane whych God hath prouided to preuent the decay of mankynde It is also a greate kinde of beneuolence and friendeshyp wherein the one parte of mās nature honoreth aswel for the likenesse as for the creatours sake the other in the feare of God whome they in the state of matrimonie not onely serue if it be well vsed but honour and worship Then the du●tie of a good husbande is according to Gods worde to labour and with the sweate of his browes to get his bread to care and prouide for hys familie for his wyfe and chyldren that shée neyther thorough pouertie hunger or other cause of wretchednesse haue no occasion to committe or do any thyng agaynst the rule of honestie and prescript commaundement of God A good wyfe agayne wyll be diligent and carefull for all things necessary and belonging to the house she shall be sober honest faithfull and busie This affection and kindenesse wherof we speake here procedeth out of the naturall loue gyuen v●to vs by nature and all men in generall are bounde to obserue it This naturall kyndenesse and diuine loue hath not this monstrous beast and beastly monster Antechrist nor his sodomitishe greasy ones They lurke onely in their dennes and wyth daintie dyshes and delitious meates fil their bellies and make merr●e they care for no bodie they beare neither honest loue nor heart or any good wil to woman neither for propagation● nor for the ordinance of God who is the author instituter of it They labour not to maintain their wife they seeke not to defēd any against dishonestie rauishment or shame they desire none for their owne but when they lust they take one nowe and an other to morowe and then sende hir packing to haue neither trouble cost nor charges of hir nor of the childe but like vnkyndely Cuckoes lay theyr egges into other folkes nestes Whether these things tende to the despysing disgracyng of women or not iudge you And surely the rather for that they not passing for the ordināce of God but reiecting it take one or other of their acquaintaunce after theyr owne minde forsooth to cast hir of like a broken pot and to take an other so often as they lust But what great euyl and inconuenience dothe procéede and followe here hence is to be séene in great Cities where these belly gods for the most part vse to haunt as at Rome and in other places where any Byshoprikes or canonistes or colledges be where ye may sée an infinite numbre of quean●s and painted Curtisās which get their liuing by y ● l●tting of their flesh and body to these beastly vnnaturall kind of people to whom they beare neither heart nor good will for abusing them selues In that they haue to do with them they loose their honestie fame they marre and destroy both body and soule I le●ue the murtheryng and slayin● of chil●●●n whiche is no synne amongst them 〈◊〉 ●any other vnclean vnnaturall and 〈◊〉 abhominable filthy déedes vsuall amongst them in theyr priuie chaumbres and celles These bee the fruits of their promised sworné vnchast chastitie For what I pray you is chastitie or virginitie more before God than marriage no more than circumcision to vncircūcision one is neither better nor worse before god than y ● other cōcerning the life of a christian man Christ Iesu requireth demaūdeth only of vs tru faith working thorough charitie so thē al they y ● lead their lyfe in the holy state of matrimonie accordyng to the word of God are reputed virgins as S. Paule testifieth The Lambe whyche taketh away the sinne of the world stands with them which y ● father hath giuen him vpon that strong mounte Syon Contrarywise the Dragon and the beast with all theyr adherents are set vpon the slyding sandes of the sea their kingdome their power their myght their lawes statutes and ordinaunces theyr frée will and wycked purpose their proude titles haue no sure foundation but are buylded only vppon t●e waueryng sandes of doubtefulnesse and falshode agaynst whiche when any tempeste or winde of Gods holy worde bloweth sodainly it is moued and ouerthrowen yea and these vile shauelyngs them selues are these sandes wh●reon their captain the dragon stādeth● they are the chair and dwellyng place of the diuel Thoroughe them as instrumentes and false prophetes he vsed to speake to commaunde and execute all hys deceiptfull and false hypocris●es and idolatries It is then moste sure and certaine that this beast with all theyr beastlynesse can neuer abyde long For it followeth that the Beast was apprehended and taken and with hir the false Prophetes whyche did signes and wonders before them As heretofore Iames and Iambres the enchaunters of Egypt wente aboute to counterfaite the sig●es whiche Moyses and Aaron dydde in the presence of Pharao lykewy●e doe these false inchaunters peruert the truth in these oure days namely in that they shew greater wonders than any heretofore hath ben heard of That is that they as they affirme and violently holde can turne very bread into naturall fleshe and bloud and that so cunnyngly that it can not be once perceyued neyther in beholdyng féelyng or tastyng of it otherwyse than breade And more other as to redéeme soules out of Purgatorie by sacrifices and workes supererogations and other shamefull braggs wherwith he deceyued them that receyued the beastes marke and seale and worship his image These both namely the head and the bodie the beast and the false prophete were aliue caste into a lake of fire burning with Brimstone These shall surely thorough the power and ryghteous iudgement of God receyue theyr portion wyth the hypocrites and false Prophetes And the remnant which folow of what state and condition so euer they be were slayne with the sworde of him that sitteth vpon the horse which commeth out of his mouthe This sworde is as is before sayd his mightie and true word which hath within hym spirite and life Such then

to the saying of King Lamuell in the thirde of the Prouerbes Fauour is deceiuable and Beautie a mere vanitie but the woman that feareth the Lorde is to be beloued But chiefly and principally when I consider that God intendyng to bestowe an excellent benefit peculiarly vpon your Maiestie more than vpon any other Prince or Princesse in the worlde hath besides al the other forenamed his manifolde giftes and graces lightened your vnderstanding with his holy spirit and hath vouchesafed by enclinyng youre graces heart spirite and minde to humilitie peace mildenesse and all kinde of louablenesse to chose your maiestie especially to be his champion to defend his beloued church And in this respect like as all faithfull and true Christiā princes throughout all Europe do esteme and repute you do I also and that of good right call your grace a moste happie and blessed Prince Consider I beseche you how God hath blessed your maiestie in thys worlde more than he hath done any of your progenitours For neuer was it seene in any age or time heretofore that this your realme of England hath flourished as it dothe at this present vnder your Maiesties moste happie gouernement Firste in all kinde of liberall Artes and sciences Secondarily in the abundance of treasure as well golde and siluer as all sortes of riche and precious iewels and ornamentes Thirdely in the free passage and trafike of all kinde of marchandise Besides this in good and politike lawes and ordinances namely in the due execution of iustice according to law and equitie The worde of God is purely preached here in six or seuen languages The Sacraments of Baptisme and the holy Supper sincerely ministred according to Christes institution Christian discipline in due force in many places Finally euery countrey and nation that will liue here according to his holy worde is receiued and findeth good entertainement O how happy and blessed is that King or kingdome where these things are in force Contrarywise most vnhappie are those princes that banishyng and reiecting Christ receiue that Antechrist the sonne of the Diuell and forsakyng the truth embrace errour To be short that do al things ouerthwartly clean against the hair For it is moste certaine and sure that sodaine ruine and destruction shall fall vpon all wicked and vngodly persons as well nowe as in tyme paste as experience hath well proued heretofore Namely vpon Pharao and hys kingdome of Egypt vpon Ieroboam Achab Iezabell and infinite other mo Wher on the other part the good kings princes which feare the Lord shal haue peace and comfort bothe in this worlde and in the worlde to come Like as had Iosua Iuda Gedeon Dauid and diuers other in those days and is also to be seene at this day most euidently in the realmes and countreyes vnder youre Maiesties dominion whiche God hath blessed in suche sort that it may truly be sayd that the kingdome of Saturne and the Golden worlde is come againe and the Virgin Astrea is desscended from heauen to builde hir a seate in this your moste happie countrey of Englād For here is peace and quietnesse where as the moste parte of foraine countreyes are full of great tumultes and that more is the pitie with the sheding of much christian bloude And where as many myghtie kings and potentates of the earthe haue banded and conspired together fight euery where against God his anointed and his holy churche bendyng their force vtterly to deface hys name his glorie and his Churche Almightie God of his diuine prouidence hath nowe also in these days like as he hath in all ages heretofore raised vp diuers good and godly princes and states and prouided certaine places wherto the elect and faithfull haue resorted bene preserued during the time of persetion to the ende that his holy name myght there be glorified his worde purely and sincerely preached and his Churche dispersed in a manner restored As it is also come to passe in these our most miserable days in the whiche suche as syncerely loue and esteeme more derely the honoure and glorie of God than they doe their owne commodities ease and welfare after the counsel of Christ saying in this wyse Yf they persecute you in one citie flie ye vnto an other haue bene cōtent to depart their owne naturall countrey wholly to forsake their landes inheritances possessions and dwellyng places yea and some also to ●urrēder their offices dignities worldly preferments An other sort with their wiues children and parentes are departed into Germanie namely into the territorie and dominion of Frederike prince Elector and coūtie Palatine the floure of all Christian Princes in these dayes that I knowe in the feruent zeale and true feare of God a man worthy to be compared with Dauid or Iosias Others are fled into other places elsewhere some to one cuntrey some to an other euery one according to his abilitie estate condition and facultie But we a numbre of vs are arriued in saftie in this your maiesties realme of Englande as into a moste safe and sure harborough where we liue God be thanked vnder your Maiesties protection and safegarde in greate libertie to serue God in eyther language the French or the Dutche without al feare of tyrantes or daunger of the gapyng throates of greedie rauening wolues After the same maner hath God in time past preserued deliuered his elect out of the hāds of their enimies persecute●s by the ministerie of dyuers vertuous women As is to be sene in the .4 chapt of the boke of Iudges How God deliuered his people of Israel out of the hāds of Iabin king of Chanaan by Debora the prophetesse by selling Sizara chiefe captain of his armie into the hād of a womā called Iahel As he also preserued Dauid frō the furie of Saul by Mich●l Sauls own daughter As he deliuered the citizēs of Bethulia frō the tiranny of Holo●ernes by the hand of that most vertuous Ladie Iudith ● And as the childrē of Israel were saued by the counsel of Mardocheus at the instāce request of the most gratious humble Hester ● where they were lately before in peril of death presēt destructiō by the conspiracie of wicked Haman The like hath ben brought to passe by diuers other renoumed Ladies whose fame shal endure for euer And surely the graces mercies that God hath shewed to his afflicted church in these later days by your maiesties means ar no lesse thā those he hath shewed tofore by the late rehersed ladies so that your grace deserueth equal praise and cōmēdatiō with them cōsidering with what gētlenesse with how louing charitable affection you haue receiued the poore scattered flock of Christ. Is not your Maiestie then to be estemed infinitely more happy blessed that are so specially elect of god to serue him for such an instrumēt in such a quarel that maugre the beards of the enimies being enraged through the malice and obstinacy of

title and supremacie ouer them ●or that onely belongeth vnto Sathan for the Diuell is sayeth Iob the onely chiefe head of the proude And power was giuen vnto them sayth our text for .xlij. mon●ths to rule which are the thrée yeres and a halfe of Helias and one halfe tyme of Daniel and the thousande two hundreth and thrée score dayes of S. Iohn He openeth his mouth to blasphemie against God and his name and to blaspheme his holy Tabernacle and inhabiters of heauen The tabernacle of God is Christ Iesu in whom the fulnesse of the godhead abideth wholy and perfectly By the inhabiters of heauen is ment his true church whereout the Aungels are not excluded These inhabiters then are those whiche leade an heauenly lyfe in a true and vnfained faith séeking the things which are aboue and not on earth worshipping god the father in spirite and truthe abidyng stedfast and immoueable to the ende Many haue entred into this heauen but are not founde faythful and constant vnto the ende whiche is lamentable And to this beast or beastly Antechrist was giuen power to fight against the Sainctes They trouble and vexe continually with force and violence by their wicked and vngodly Decrées lawes and ordinances by their worldly aucthoritie and power the true witnesses and godly preachers of Christ instructed and taught euen as the Apostles were of God him self in the truth of his holy word euē as the wicked Phariseis in the time of Christ and his Apostles did They persecute them by writs proclamations by banishments fire and sword as the cruell tirant Pharao and Antiochus did to shew manifestly that Christ is that stumbling stocke and the stone of offense whereat the world stumbled They search and seeke héere they hunt there neuer ceassing vntill they haue him fast in prison and forth-comming wherat they are not yet satisfied till such time as they haue procéeded openly before all men following theyr placcate thereby to fortifie men in theyr error against them And so vanquished as they boast to condemne thē although they are otherwyse before GOD. Then either they make him to recant or else if he abi●e constant in the faythe of Christ they put him to most cruel death either by fire or water And power was giuen vnto the Beaste ouer euery kinred tongue and nation For these wicked and abhominable Antechristes spare no man small nor great yong nor olde high nor low riche nor poore sicke nor whole learned nor vnlearned but that they must bow before them and become subiecte to their most wicked commaundements either by force or otherwise they must haue them at the least once a yeare at shrift before them to knowe their minde and intention whether they be Towne dwellers or Straungers Gouernours or common people No excuse will serue or take any place in this behalfe or else they must wyth Christ raigne at the Barre among Théeues And thys power they haue not onely in one place but in all places tongues and in euery Towne yea they must haue to doe amongst euery familie destroying the true and godly fayth of all men For all that dwell vpon earth shall worship the beast They must all consent to their great abhomination They muste blaspheme and offend God obserue and keepe their most filthy traditions and Romishe trashe They that dwell vpon earth are such as doe loue them selues more than God their owne affection more than Gods truthe putting theyr confidence comfort and hope in the only beggerly merites and vile deseruings of these beastly and abhominable Hipocrites and not vpon the swéete promises of God in his worde Whose names are not wrytten in the booke of the Lambe They which are not confessed of Christ nor accepted by his word and promisses They which wyth the righteous as members of one spirituall body and ●idden in him are not marked nor Registred whose part and portion is not in the land of the liuing that are not of the nūber of those which the father hath giuen vnto Christ to be participant of one spirit with him They which are not ordeined predestinated nor written in his forknowledge neither of him before the foundations of the world elected chosen to be hys childrē immaculate in Christ. Al these I say must worship the Dragon The Lambe is Christ Iesu the which only taketh away the sinnes of the world in whom is only life for he is the life him selfe of them namely which beleue on him which was slaine from the beginning for all them which are created to saluation So that his only death resurrection and ascentiō through the promise of God is the saluation of thē all for they all haue tasted of one spirituall meat dronke of one spiritual stone Albeit he came a long season after them in the flesh he onely did tread downe the head of the Serpent Also he hath bene slaine from the beginning in his members as it is to be seene euidently in iust Abel Ieremy Iohn Baptist many more But those which are not written of the Lamb in the booke of life be sealed in the booke of death and kept as S. Peter saith with the Diuel and his angels to eternal death bicause of their vnbeliefe He that hath cares to heare let him heare sayeth the text He y t hath any wit let him giue place to y e admonition which followeth he that will be wise let him iudge according to the demonstration of these things After this sort doth the holy Ghost certifie hys faithfull warning them to consider that all which is written is wrytten to our learning and edification He that leadeth into captiuitie● shall goe into captiuitie Thys warning giueth the Lord let them take héede i● they lust for he wil that his iudgments be knowne They which doe afflict and vexe the faithfull in their bodies outwardly shal be vexed and punished in the spirit with inward darknesse and strickē with blindnesse of the minde to abide the rather in the net of Sathan and sinne God wil leaue them in a reprobate sense and inordinate lust and suffer them to enter into great errors and diuelishnesse to belieue all manner of lies that they might be damned If any kil with the sword the pore and innocent for their faith must also be killed iudged and condemned throughe the sword of the spirite which is the worde of God The word which I haue spoken saith Christ shall condemne them at y e last day as he testified also in his Reuelation in the eleuenth Chapter If any will molest or trouble them the fire shall procéede forth of their mouth to consume their aduersaries A●d I saw yet sayth S. Iohn an other Beast rising out of the earth hauing two hornes like the Lambe