because it manifest but measure the Temple and the Aulter and them that worshippâ— therein meaning that secrete treading downe of the Temple and truth of Gods word that as the measure of the Temple and Aulter doth contayne a thousand two hundred and threescore Cubites which represent yeares that so long shall the Pope being the foresayd Beast and sinfull man euidently shewed and proued tread downe the verity of Gods truth which number of yeares doth pricke fast to his ende And therefore seing that the introduction of the seates of Kingdomes the euent of the cause and the mistery of the Reuelations doth shew the Pope to bee that Beast in the .13 Thess 2.2 Reu. 11. of the Reuelations and doth shew his seate to bee of great antiquity and his continuance to bee till Christ come in the Cloudes it is then an heauy and wretched bragge to boast of his antiquity or to cleaue to his traditions For the Reuelations doe shewe clearely that hee Reu. 16. and his began with a noisome botch proceeded Viall 1 with bloud and heate of fire and Viall 2 enuy and hath nowe his feare darkened Viall 3 Viall 4 Viall 5 by the fift Viall and shall when tyâ—â— Viall 6 cometh of the sixt Viall shew with wâ—â— spirite they are sanctified in that thâ— vncleane spirites like frogges shall pâ—â—ceede out of the mouth of the Beast Reu. 16. 〈◊〉 Dragon and false Prophet to gather 〈◊〉 Kinges of the Earth to battayle agayâ—â—â— the great day of the lord which is smoâ—â— fire and brimstone euen the spirite error enuy and hypocresy and accâ—â—ding Viall 7 to the seaueÌ„th Viall their end shâ—â—â— be with fire hailstone and brimstone that the brag of their antiquity the â—â—ginning Reu. 14. proceeding and ending is vâ—lamentable For the Angell sayth tâ—â— whosoeuer take the marke of the Beaâ—â— and will not come away froÌ„ that whoâ—â— of Babilon shall bee punished with fâ—â— and brimstone And therefore I grauâ— you that hee hath continued a thousand yeare and odde and shall continue to 〈◊〉 end of the World Reu. 11. according as the mâ—stery of the Reuelations doth playne declare and I graunt you that hee shall the end of the World haue the vpper hand of the witnesses of the truth and I graunt you that the Pope is wounded according to the 13. of the Reuelation at this age and that his wound shall bee healed agayne but howe euen by this last loosing of Sathan who shall in the end of the World bring forth that two horned Beast like a Lambe being that great false Prophete that shall doe such Miracles that if it were possible the elect should bee deceyued but alas to theyr great woo For S. Paul sayth Reu. 13. because they beleued not the truth but had pleasure in lyes and vnrighteousnesse therefore God hath gieuen them ouer that they might bee dampned because they receyued not the truth Thess 2.2 And that sinfull man that so exalteth hym self in the TeÌ„ple of God as God shal be destroied euen with the very appearauÌ„ce of God Wherfore I am to beseech you and all of your profession to way deepely this that I do write in short which in an other worke I haue comprehended at large for it is the very truth of Gods word and his Reuelations Wherein if occasion seruâ— vpon your partes to haue mee in conference I doubt not but that you will yelâ— to the spirit of God which will worke it you an effectuall worke of grace touching which I pray God that so it may bee And now touching the supremacy consider that you deceyue not your selues for her Maiesty is an Anoynte Prince Cron. 2. and hath the Scepter of Iuda iâ— her hand as well in euery respect as kinâ— Dauid Salomon Asa Ezekiah and Ioâ—ah For did not Salamon a temperol kinâ— build the Tempell Did not Iosiah anâ— the rest of the good Kinges correct anâ— order that in their Realme that was tâ— the glory of God and abolish that whicâ— was to the contrary The very like powâ—â— doth her maiesty take vpon her as hâ— maiesty may lawfully and truely Anâ— therefore take heede of that coloured â—â—â—sure of the Popes presumptuous authority for it is not of God but of the Dragon Thus praying that your heartes may bee opened vnto all truth I commend you to Mount Sion there to search with prayer that you may make your election sure and become to professe a good profession Fare you well and Christ feede you leade you and speede you I am yours to doe you good in the behalfe of the Gospell as to my selfe Francis Kett. D. A coppy of a letter sent from a gentleman and his brethren lately conuerted AS the light is pleasaunt vnto hym that hath 〈◊〉 cleare sight but offensiue to them that are purrâ— blinde so it may beâ— thought betweene professors of religion which haue the cleare sight oâ— which be purre blinde before the pleasaunt light of Gods truth VVherein a partly with your writing so much moâ—â— by your conference I haue my spiriâ—â— reuiued to a greater confidence toward your Religion then heretoforâ— I haue had And therefore these are 〈◊〉 request you that you will send mee my brother a coppy of your golden closet that vnlocketh heauenly misterieâ— and that I may haue your company 〈◊〉 Trinity weeke to bee at my house to conferre both in Diuinity and also in causes of sicknes for I am much troubled with the Hipocondriacal passion And as you haue done mee good so I will be yours or in no part myne owne euen till death seperate vs from this VVorld and conioyne vs agayne with Christ in glory Dij A coppy of an aunswere to the foresaid letter by the Author I Reioyse in that you haue graunted in writing as otherwise by consent in conference to be so carefull in making your election sure as not to condemne nor to contemne the spirituall giftes which God hath geuen me and the writinges admonitions and instructions which I haue sent you For whereas you did not conceiue the mistery of the Reuelations touching the antiquity of the Romish Churche and the Beast in the 13. of the Reuelations so you did litle regard the differeÌ„ce of the priesthod of Melchisedech Heb. 7. which is euerlasting according to endles life The want of the deepe vnderstanding thereof did hold you in error and doth cause multitudes to ron still after beggerly ceremonies and Romish traditions And besides the want of vnderstanding the misteries of the Reuelations and of Daniel hath with-holden many in bonâ—age of papisme whereas the truth her of being liuely described as I trust haue performed it through the grace of God will strengthen you in a grouÌ„ded fayth to renounce the Pope and is traditions Thus intending to satisfie you with word of mouth at â—he day of your expectation I will declare to you the deepenes of all the Reuelations in such ample manner and with such
as yet you holde And now to proceede the grounde of the matter Whereas oâ— heauenly Sauiour and high Melchâ—â—dech being ascended vp to heauen 〈◊〉 vpon his aboundaÌ„t loue shew vnto Ioâ—â— how much he did tender his church 〈◊〉 beloued congregation when as by mistery of reuelation he did signifie hoâ— and by whome his church and temâ—â—â— should be from time to time euen to 〈◊〉 worldes end afflicted and troden down It is then that we consider how all thing are written for our learning accordiâ—â— to Saint Paule and that eyther by histâ—ry precept doctrine figure parableâ— mystery So that we ought to be carefâ—â—â— wise and vigilant in vnderstanding 〈◊〉 reuelations Reu. 1. For Saint Iohn sayth thâ— happy is he that keepeth the wordes this profecie For which cause I coâ—â— now to the marke to shew by euideâ—â— scripture by the holy will of God 〈◊〉 is that great Beast in the 13. of the Reuelâ—tion Reu. 13. and who is that sinfull man that â—â—â—teth in the temple of God as God according to the Thess Epist 2. Cap. 2. Thesâ— 2.2 and which Citty is the whoare of Babilon with whome the nations of the earth haue committed spirituall fornication Reu. 18. according to the 18. of the Reuelation To the confirmation whereof that the truth may bee truly extracted I wyshe that all mens hearts were opened Fyrst by prayer and then to coÌ„sider the deepenes of these reasons which ensue Of the which first and principally I thus declare and proue by introduction The Turk that the Turke is not that Beast nor sinfull maÌ„ for the Turke hath beene an enemy from his first vprising manifested to all Christians whereby it appeareth playnely that hee is not the sinfull man exalted in the Temple of God For S. Paul sayth that the sinfull man must bee opened at this time Thess 2. â— who coÌ„meth by the delusion of Sathan But the Turke hath bene alwayes an open aduersary therfore can not bee sayd to be opened For what soeuer is manifest can not be sayâ— to be opened but he which is a close priuy secret coulored aduersary is sayâ— to be opened so that the Turke is not thâ— sinfull man and Beast named in the 13 of the Reuel but hee is the very imitateâ— of Antiochus who did alwayes shew hym selfe an open tyrant to the Israelites Presbiter Iohn Next to this Presbiter Iohn of the South of Affrica can no way bee sayâ— to bee the Beast in the 13. of the Reuelation or exalted man in the Temple foâ— as he doth dwel beyond the middle Seaâ— so he hath little or no conference in religion with other kingdomes but is knowen to meddle little with Europe or Asiâ— and besides the state of his Kingdome 〈◊〉 such that neither Asia Europe nor East India do much acquainte them selues 〈◊〉 the doinges of Presbiter Iohn who haâ—â— no such seate nor no such Citty with whom the Nations of the Earth haâ—â— committed spirituall fornication according to the 18. of the ReuelatioÌ„ Also thaâ— Beast and sinfull man or Whoore of Babilon Great Cham. can not bee applyed to great Cham and his Cittyes in the North East of India for hee was neuer knowne to passe beyoÌ„d his Mountaines neither any way that the succession of the Monarchy of Babilon did discend into his CouÌ„trey or Presbiter Iohns Countrey of the South and therefore neither of them can bee any way accounted the Beast in the 13. Reu. 13. of the Reuelation and sinfull man exalted in the Temple of God as God Thess 2.2 or any of their Cittyes to be the Whoore of Babilon in the 18. of the Reuelation Next Reu. 18. it can not bee the Emperours Emperour for they were also open persecutors of the truth and therfore being manifest aduersaries could not be said according to S. Paul to bee opened Thess 2.2 Neither is it the high King of Persia or any temporall King of the Earth For Christ to discide this whole controuersy and to make the truth hereof to bee knowne to his congregation doth manifest to Iohn by Reuelation that hee is a Starre fallen to the Earth that hath the Keyes of the bottomles pit according to the .9 Reu. 9. of the Reuelation and that he burneth like a blasing lampe and not like a pure candell to bee sette vpon a Candelsticke Reu. 8. according to the .8 of the Reuelation c. Whereby it being euideÌ„t by all the places of the Scriptures that a Starre doth represent a prelate and spirituall pastoure of the Church as in Daniel 12. and Reuelations 1. And this being apparent that there is no Prelate in the World that doth so much exalt hym selfe as the Pope doth therefore by true consequence I affirme the Pope to be this Beast in the .13 of the Reuelations Thess 2.2 the sinfull man in the Thessa and his seate and Citty the whoore of Babilon in the .18 of the Reuelations with whom all nations haue committed spirituall fornication Thess 2.2 And now that the mistery of the Reuelations and the prophesie of Paul doe agree with the beginning proceeding opening and darkening of the Popes auctority and his seat and also that his Citty by succession and inheritaunce triumphant is the onely heyre of the first Babilon inioying the fourth Monarchy whereupon the beginning proceeding opening and darkening of the seat of the Pope Reu. 16. aunswering to the pouring out of the vialles and to the measuring of the Temple by Iohn with his golden rodde Reu. 11. doe euidently to any spirituall minde shew it selfe to bee a case most playne that the Pope is the foresayd Beast and further to proceede effectually to proue this matter that you may bee rooted in the truth you shall vnderstand Reu. 6. that first after the ascention of Christ into Heauen that then his Church proceeded pure his word sincerely preached by his Apostles and so proceeded vnder the coloure of a white Horse Reu. 6. according to the opening of the first seale After their time it proceeded in the coloure of a red Horse representing bloudy persecutions as in the Emperours dayes as in the second seale opeÌ„ning And after the diuision of time it proceeded in the coloure of a blacke Horse being contrary to the first white Horse which was pure religion for then did arise the ceremonies of the Romise Church and the exaltation of the Pope and his seate Whereupon his vprising being in the fiue hundred yeare after Christ is aunswering rightly to the thirâ— seale opening of the blacke Horse c. And to the mistery of Iohn measuring the Temple Reu. 11. where he is commaunded to caâ—â— out the quire or outward court which by computation commeth to foure hundred cubites which represent yeares meaning thereby that whereas the Gentyles and vnbeleeuing Emperours haue persecuted the Church openly for fowâ— hundred yeares after Christ that hâ—â— should not measure that
AN EPISTLE â—ENT TO DIVERS â—â—pistles in England prouing 〈◊〉 Pope to bee the Beast in the 〈◊〉 3. of the Reuelations and to be the man exalted in the Temple of God as God Thess 2.2 Whereby the true Church of God and the good profession of the Gospell is knowen from the euill â—â—â—y hereby haue beene conuerted of late by F.K. 〈…〉 â—â—â—igence to make thy election sure 〈◊〉 1. 〈…〉 â—n eternall life whereunto thou are called 〈◊〉 6. â—RINTED AT LONDON by Henry Marsh 158â— TO THE MOST Reuerend father in God Iohn bishop of London long health and felicity in Iesus Christ BEing stirred vp most Reuerende father in God with the sweete exhortation of Paul who sayth in spirituall thinges I would not haue you ignoraunt but couet spirituall giftes and most chiefely for to prophesie which doth edefie exhort and coÌ„fort I thought it good seeing the church of God tossed with stormes through the depenes of Sathan who roreth like a deuouring Lion and worketh the spirit of error in mens harts soweth tares among the wheat of the Lord to laboure in the vineyard of spirituall vnderstanding by the goodnes of the vnspotted Lambe who openeth the booke with the seuen seales wherein the whole state of his Church is reuealed in what case it shall stand from his assention till his comming in glory Touching which Reuelations with all the misteries of the Scripture I hauing written a booke at large called the golden closet and Key that vnlocketh heauenly misteryes and another called the glorious garland of mans glorification thought it good in the meane time hauing sent this epistle and others to diuers Papists in England touching whom a good worke by the grace of God is wrought to dedicate this same vnder your protection hopyng that as it hath done good to others by writing so by Print it may doe much more if it shall please you of your good fauoure and Heauenly giftes wherewith you are knowen to bee fruitfull among men to the glory of God and consolation of Soules and to the reward of your Heauenly calling in Iesus Christ to accept it Thus I doe coÌ„mend your Lorship in my daily prayers to the keeping of the Almighty Your Lordships most humble to commauÌ„d Francis Kett. An exposition who is the Beast in the 13. of the Reuel Iesus speede vs leade vs and feede vs. c. MY desired to the truth of the Gospell When I considered how great a wishe Paul doth insinuate towarde hym selfe as to bee Anathemy touching his body in respect to winne his brethren I am or else I ought to bee so much thereby stirred vp vpon the tendernes of loue as to offer some porcion to you and others of that good gift and tallent which the Lord hath gieuen me If by the grace of God it may please you to accept it sincerely and meekely that by that meanes the spirite of adoption standing at the doore of your heart may enter into your inward man and worke more redely that sweete motion in you as not to harden your heart when thaâ— you heare the voice of Gods holy truth I write not to molest your conscience anâ— minde but to walke with you in the way of persuasion trusting by the powred Gods word which is sharper then a twâ— edged sword Heb. 4. and parteth the bone from the marrow the spirit from the souleâ— to persuade you by the intercession oâ— hym beyng a true mediator for euer who sitteth in heauen on the right hanâ— of the Father before whom we must appeare in Iudgement to make an accompâ— at the great and feareful day of the Lord that you will be so much contented bâ— the will of God as to deliberate with beter aduisement touching that sentence of S. Paul Philip. 2. who sayth worke out thy saluation with feare and trembling And also touching the senteÌ„ce of Peter Pet. 2. which sayth Vse all diligence to make thy election sure Wherein we are sufficiently counselled how much it standeth euery man in haÌ„d to looke to the sauing health of his soule which is so sweete and preciouse considering that there is a way to saluation and a way to perdition Timoth. 2.2 Therefore we ought deepely to consider of that sentence of Paul which sayth that if a man striue for a maistry hee is not crowned except hee striue lawefully For which cause I am moued in the tender kindnes which my soule beareth toward all soules to desire you in the springling of Christ his bloud that you will looke so carefully into your selfe as that you may bee sure by grace so to striue and ron as that you may win the crowne of eternall life Cor. 1.10 For S. Paul willeth vs to bee most vigilant when hee sayth you that seeme to stand take heede you fall not So that let not presumption or stifnes stop your eares from the truth and cary you away to vnknown ceremonies but first proceede with sincerity of heaâ—e and pure praiers offred vp to god intreating him to geeue you his wisedome according to S. Iames. Iames. 1. If any maÌ„ lacke wisedome let him aske it of God and he geueth it ask in fayth wauer not c. And with this order in heart examine your selfe for God knoweth the secrete motions of all mens heartes and then ponder what I write to you and I am persuaded in my fayth that you shall presently feele the spirite of adoption to moue your spirite and to leade you into all truth alwayes prouidyng in the examining of your owne conscience agaynst the flesh the world and the deuill which striue agaynst man to holde hym backe in the dungeon of darkenes by contrary resistance of minde through the spirite of error which is busy in all mens thoughtes Whereupon it standeth you and all vs the more in hand to looke to the foundation of our Saluation Cor. 1.3 lest that wee buyld vpon a straunge foundation or else doe buyld timber and strawe vpon the foundation which the Apostles â—aue layde and so vndiscretly ron with Nadab and Abihu Leu. 10. bringing straunge fire â—efore the Lord and so be in daunger of â—he Lordes consuming fire Wherefore â—et me persuade with you to vse no other â—yne then the golden rodde of the Gospell to measure your religion with all â—est that you leaning to much to traditions doe decline from the measure of the Gospell when as God sayd streightly to Moses Heb. 8. buildyng the tabernacle see that thou doest all thinges according to the pattern which was geuen thee And therfore Christian wisedome doth moue vs in the feare of the Lord to follow the very patern of the Gospell if wee minde to walke as children of the day professing the good and true profession In consideration whereof I hope that you will accept this my wryting as a sweete motion with examining the deepenes thereof to your consolation in a confirmed verity of a better profession then
not bee afrayd for any euill tidinges for his heart standeth fast and beleeueth in the Lord. Psal 112. The coppy of an Epistle sent to English pilgrems and papists 1584. By F. K. I Am moued by the royall law of God which is to loue our neighbour as our selus and to doe good to our enemies to write to intreate you my desired to the truth â—f the Gospell to heare and reade the wordes â—f exhortation vnder your duety in the feare â—f God and reuerence to his Gospell hoping â—hat the sweete motion and tendernes of your â—ules health will moue you hereuÌ„to Wherin â—â—rst I beseech you to measure the breadth â—â—â—ength and deapth of your inward man and â—he path of your saluation by the ballaunce of â—he pure Scriptures and not by traditions â—â—d decrees seing that the Scriptures are aâ—â—e to make you wise to saluation Tim. 2.3 through â—ith in Christ Iesus Therefore seing that â—â—w is the accepted time yea now be the dayes 〈◊〉 health in which Christ Reu. 3. according to Iohn â—â—th set the doore of his Gospell open it is high time that you wake out of sleepe and enter with the bridegrome while the doore is opâ—â— lest you fall into strong delusion and stumâ—â—â— at noone day and looke for light when 〈◊〉 darknes For which cause say clearly amâ—â—â— your selfes Vp let vs go to our deare countâ—â— of England and walke in the light of 〈◊〉 Lord and become true citizens with all faâ—â—â—full alleigance to her beloued Maiesty 〈◊〉 so vndoubtedly and sincerely hath linked 〈◊〉 scepter to the scepter of Iuda For if thou dâ— desire Ezechias to raigne ouer EnglaÌ„d 〈◊〉 diligently walked in the law of the Lord 2. Cron. 29. â—â—â—ged his Realme of Idolatry set vp againe 〈◊〉 true worship of God and exhorted all his suâ—iects to follow the lawe of the Lord God tâ— behold blessed ELIZABETH the â—noynted of the Lord abounding in all 〈◊〉 giftes of vertue gouerning her Realme â—â—cording to the purity of Gods word and treâ—â—â— And if thou desirest Iosias that most goâ—â— King 2. Cron. 34. which walked so purely in the waye◠〈◊〉 the Lord that he declined neither on the 〈◊〉 hand nor on the right who when the book 〈◊〉 the lawe was deliuered vnto hym did not onâ—y cause the booke to bee red before hym but â—e hym selfe red it and all Idolatyr destroyed restored the true religion to his Kingdome Or if thou wouldest haue Iosophat that walked in the commaundements of the Lord 2. Cron. 27. and â—oued Gods word so intirely that he sent his Princes Leuites and Priestes to teach in all partes of Iuda which had the bookes of Gods lawe with them and went about in all the Ciâ—â—es of Iuda and taught the people then consider in the dexterity of conscieÌ„ce our worthy gouernesse Queene ELIZABETH how that her Maiesty is not inferior to any of them in amplifying the glory of God and spreading abroade of his word For whereas Esdras red the lawe of the Lord plainely and distinctly to the people and they gaue very earnest and diligent attendance to the hearing of it so our imperiall Princesse 2. Esâ—l 8. and vertuous Queene hath caused the word of God to bee plainely red and preached through all her Realme by many a faithfull Esdras that euery man may plainely heare it and reade it them selfes to their soules consolation Whâ—â— is it then that you seeke for beyond the Seaâ— Hath not God promised that his Gospell shâ—â—â— be preached to all nations and to euery peopâ—â— in their proper Landes Math. 24. What then hast thâ—â— to doe being an Israelite to walke againe 〈◊〉 the streates of Egypt or to wander in thâ— way to Assiria Behould sayth the Lord whâ— hast thou now to doe in the streate of Aegypâ— to drinke foule water Ieremy 2. or what makest thou 〈◊〉 the way to Assiria to drinke water of tâ—â— floud Thy owne wickednes shall reproue theâ— and thy turning away condemne thee Aâ—â— so ye English pilgrems what make yee in tâ— streates of Rome or in the way to Italy 〈◊〉 feare that your owne thoughts condemne yâ—â— and your turning away will bring you to heâ—uy destruction vnlesse yee repent O therâ—fore come away and turne to the treuth aâ—â— be not thereof ashamed for the Lord knoâ—eth your secret thoughts with whom you mâ—â—â— not dissemble and halt betweene two opiâ—â—ons but bee faithfull vnto your Soueraigâ— Queene and let King Dauid be your exaÌ„pâ—â— who would by no meanes lay blouddy handes vpon King Saule his enemy being the Lords anoynted Wherefore yee English Romaines examine your selues try out the deapth of your conscience remember the dreadfull day of Iudgement and be no longer deceyued for loe how wreched your state is to flie the light of the Gospell to seperate your selues from your alleigaÌ„ce to hope for a day by mischiefe Esay 30. Know yee not that it is a woe to forsake the counsell of God to seeke and sticke to the counsell of men and knowe yee not that the Lord sayth woe bee those shrinken children which take a web in hand but not after my will Then see what web is this of youres to trust in pardons indulgences to commit supplications to Saintes to hope to be reskewed out of the paynes of fayned purgatory by a masse to buylde true godlines vpon outward ceremonyes and solemnities and to hold the word of God in an vnknowne language Ephes 5. knowe yee not that Paule sayth that whatsoeuer is manifest is light how can you then hold in true conscience that such kindâ— of religion is the light when as they are not manifest by the scriptuâ—es Wherefore Paule exhorteth you not to walke in the vanitye of minde Ephes 4 blynded in vnderstanding and Christ counselleth thee to buy of hâ—m pure gold Reu. 3. and to anoynt thine eyes with eye salue that thou mayst see How then can the Latyne Seruice be to thee an eye-salue to see the truth of Goddes worde when as thow canst neyther reade it nor vnderstand it Is it not an vncertayne sounde to an ignorant eare which can cary no truth of edifying when it is propounded vnto vs that all thinges should be done to edifye Then no doubt but that it is Gods holy will that the scriptures should be in our mother language as a pretious eye-saluâ— in our house that we may be established 〈◊〉 Gods holy truth and not be deceaued Harkeâ— therfore deare Countrymen and be carefully aduised and learne to be wise to that which is good and innocent to that is euill and fauour not the preceptes ordinaunces of meâ— more then the institutions of God For sayth Paule he that studieth to please men is no the seruaunt of God Galath 1. and the Gospel sayth he which I preach I receaued it not of men Therefore take heede how yee looke after the traditions of men and follow superstitions seing the word of your
saluation commeth not from men but from God And now ye seminaryes Iesuites you enter into mens houses like smokie fire-brands you take in hand to enforce the people after your wayes that were escaped bondage Doe ye not respect the daunger which is toward them that seeke to deuour soules put stumbling blockes like Balam before the people It standeth you vpon to examine the scripturs what foundation you doe lay lest if you recant not you prooue yourselues the Locustes which come out of the bottomles pitte Reu. 9. Doe ye still ioyne the order of Aron the order of Melchisedec ioyntly as in one religion when Christ hath translated away the priesthoode of Aron with all his ceremonies then it can not bee that your doctrine religion can be good seeing ye mayntayne that which Christ hath abolished For which cause I beseech you all to search the difference of these two Pristhods and seperate them as they ought to be and I am assured that Gods grace will enter into you to see presently how far you decline from the purity of Christ his Gospell that you maâ— be reformed to your soules consolation Wherâ—fore deare Countrey-men dearely boughâ— with the bloud of Iesus Christ I pray to God that such may be the fruites of this our age that the eyes of the blinde may be lightened and the eares of the deafe opened that in thâ— wildernes Wells may spring Esay 35. and dry ground turne to riuers for a woe is prescribed to theâ— that call darkenes light and light darkenes and to them that are wise in their owne sighâ— and thinke themselues to haue vnderstaÌ„ding For which cause it behoueth vs Esay 5. to try out thâ— truth by the fire of Gods holy word lest thaâ— we facion our selues to be seruauntes of thâ— bond woman Gal. 4. and not children of the free wâ— man Wherefore I refer your secret thoughâ— to the goodnes of God hoping that you wâ— consider deepely of your religion and take â—xample of the children of Israel retorned aâ—â—er the destruction of Ierusalem into Aegipt â—aying thereby what a daungerous thing it is 〈◊〉 renounce the truth and cleaue to customs â—ntiquities and the actes of the forefathers â—eing not grounded vpon the pure word of God For they answered Ieremie saying as for thy words which thow hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lord Iere. 44. we wil not heare them but whatsoeuer goeth out of our owne mouth that wil we doe we wil offer sacrifice to the Queene of heauen as our forefathers did for then we had plenteousnes of victuales then were we in prosperity and no harme happened vnto vs but since we left to offer many stormes of troubles and euills haue greued vs TheÌ„ answered Ieremie saying forasmuch as your sinnes were so greate in such sacrifices the Lord could no longer suffer you and so this is the cause of your misery because you forsake the truth The like wounde hath the Lord geuen to you and your whole kingdome of Papisty because of your superstitious offerings to Saints and pilgrimages when you say that you had all plenteousnes But now the daies are not so agreeable in cheapenes 〈◊〉 therefore beware that you being forewaâ—â— of the truth of the Gospell by many a true remie do not harden your selues and say wil doe as our fathers did we wil pray to Sâ—â—tes and goe on pilgrimage to such a Sainâ— goe offer at such a mâ—sse for then we haâ— things cheape lest that you so cutting off truth from you doe perish with them of â—gipt And furthermore whereas you 〈◊〉 sent among vs many of your smal writingâ— gloses like sugred pills which hauing anâ— ward feeling of sweetnes are notwithstaÌ„â— in the full taste thereof as bitter wormâ— in that you turne the word of the Gospell lawe to wormwood by inducing reasons oâ— the ceremonial lawe of Aron to prooue 〈◊〉 superstition which is abolished by Christâ— therfore search the scriptures more theÌ„â—â—â—ditions that you may gyrd your selues with verity and not hurt by your writings and amples the tender sheepe of Christ But eâ— deepely into the bottom of your heart and câ—â—sider that you ought not to bring straunge 〈◊〉 â—pon the altar as Abihu Nadab did no â—ore ought yee to make other worship then the â—ospell doth commaund you contrary to the â—hich your traditions and superstitions bee â—any from which wash you and make you â—leane Esay 1. and then your sinnes though they were 〈◊〉 redd as skarlet shall be made whiter then â—owe Wherefore measure not the pure reliâ—â—â—n and truth of the Gospell by looking to the â—ife and sin of the people but try the truth by â—he very Word it selfe For wickednes will â—rowe vp among the true professors in that â—athan doth there beare greatest spight to â—rawe theÌ„ into sinne Therefore thou people of England make thee ready to mete thy God â—nd let not thy houses be ful of voluptuousnes â—nd thy Citties full of wickednes Ezech. 30. For Ezeâ—hiel sayth that God wil powre out his indigâ—ation vpon sinne Therefore O England â—uffer not wilfulnes to wax greene malitiousâ—es to growe vp vngodlines to take deepe â—oote vnmercifulnes to increase For sayth God by the Prophet Amos Amos. 1. For three or foure â—ickednesses I will not spare Iuda and Israel Damascus and Tyre Moab and Ammâ— For which cause hate the euill and loue 〈◊〉 good and then shall we still inioy the bleâ— dayes of king Asa who sayde Because 〈◊〉 haue followed the lawes and truth of God hath geuen vs peace round about And God preserue our blessed Queene long to raigne ouer vs and send vs peace in Christ Amen God saue the Queen