Saue vs and saue al others with vs we beseech thee for euer And to euerie Crosse in any Church Chemnic part 3.156 a. in the day of the Crosses exaltations you are taught to pray thus Hayle thou crosse our only hope this time of the passion increase righteousnes in the godly and giue pardon vnto sinners Again to the virgin Mary in this blasphemous praier Gaude flore virginali c. As the Sun causeth the light of the day euen so out of al question doest thou O Mary cause al the world to shine through and with the fulnesse of thy light peace O Mary mother of God bee thou vnto vs the right waye and eternall ioy and euer bend thine eares to heare vs. I suppose beloued sufficient be saide for this point by and from the Papistes owne store to shew that they remaine resolute Romanists that is meere Heathen and Gentile Papistes But what accompt can the Lord make of such but as of their elder parentes Ephes 2. which were without the couenants of promisse estranged froÌ„ the life of God vtterly without Christ God in this world of whoÌ„ we may rightly conclude with Augustine the good father August in Psal 44. that they are Citizens of Babylon so make all that sticke to them namely to forsake the Lorde which made them to worship the image which their own haÌ„ds haue filthily fashioned the papists I say are as other Gentiles vtterly without God which is plainly proued by S. Iohn the Apostle Whosoeuer saith he transgresseth the doctrine of Christ Iohn 2 9. abideth not in his doctrin hath not god but the papist euery papist doth transgresse c. doth not abide c. Ergo the papist hath not God is therefore as his fellow gentile void of Christ the promises of saluation in him That the papist doth transgresse the doctrine of Christ is most apparaÌ„t in our papists in this Tower now worthily imprisoned in their fellowes gone to death by theÌ„ deserued The doctrine of Christ is both general particular The generall doctrine is they which worship God Iohn 4. must worship him in spirit truth The papists daily transgresse this for their chiefe woorship consisteth in hypocrisie and fayned 〈…〉 doctrine and precepts Math. 15. of men Vz. not consonant but all or moste against the commaunde of almightie God For Christes particular doctrine take this for an instant Giue vnto Caesar that which appertaineth vnto Caesar But the Papist doth of malitious purpose traÌ„sgresse this doctrine therefore hee hath not God To Caesar doth beloÌ„g amidst many things at least his proper lands and naturall life yet our Romaine Catholikes will affoorde our soueraigne Caesar neither of both but with bloodie heartes bent against God meditate conspire bande consult proclaime Math. 25.3.4 Luc. 19.14 and bray out against theyr Soueraigne the Lords annointed We wil not haue this Woman to raigne ouer vs she is the heire come let vs kill her Math. 21.38 Luc. 20.14 and lette vs take her inheritance let vs breake their bands of doctrine and cordes of Imperiall commaund and set vp the sonne of Tabeall Psal 2.4 or the mother Athalia and make a breach in Ierusalem for vs. Esay 7. But to say all their endeuour at a word These Catholiks seduced and by the Popes poyson Italienated do endeuour 〈…〉 her Maiestie and destruction of this kingdome all in one moment Therefore they haue in vnnaturall sort transgressed Christes most holy doctrine and set themselues most wickedly to worke their pestilent will euen opposite to his commaunde For as he saith to al Giue to Caesar c. the Catholike Traytors say to al theirs Take froÌ„ the Queene your Caesar both lande and life Secondly neither doe they abide in that truth which the auncient Church of Rome receiued a great time faithfully did holde Rom 12.1 Chrisoâ—t 1. tom as they were taught by the Apostle Let euerie soule submitte himselfe c. for he that refuseth refuseth to his own condemnation for their present practise surely proueth the flat coÌ„trary Therefore we may conclude that these English Papists which would be called Catholikes are vtterly without God as were their Fathers the Gentiles before them and wil do the works 〈◊〉 their Father Satanas namely to lie 〈◊〉 murther Iohn 8. Esay 26. 〈◊〉 to doe wickedly in â—â—nde 〈…〉 which is the 〈…〉 By these three points then beloued honorable Christians ye see that our Romaine forrain confederates together with our English Italienats as they are professed Catholikes so they are approoued Heathens not for nation onely and forraine birth but also because of their religion deuilish deuises and these bee onely they which mutter proclaime which band with forraine foes breake in and out at home among their secret frends this traiterous and bloody sound Come let vs goe kill this Elizabeth as wee haue sworne But Lord blesse thou our blessed Elizabeth and giue her long life ouer vs and with thee life for euer and euer we humbly sweete Lorde beseech thee Thus haue we proued the papist to be an heathen and fellow Gentile with those his Fathers which conspired against the Lordes annointed And wee may boldly adde that they bee far worse then suche Gentiles whose care is 〈◊〉 walke in honest conuersation For Câ—cero saith 〈…〉 â—eth all 〈◊〉 men to be 〈…〉 weale 〈…〉 excuse for his faulte Philip. 13. de respub Arusp 1. inuect in Catil which doth euyll demerite of the same and that eache mans naturall Countrey is as a Parent vnto him which he must euen with death defend Againe if question do arise and comparisons shoulde growe to whome wee owe our best and most dutie is belonging Surely saith Cicero in his Offices our Prince our Country 1. Offic. and our Parentes be they to whome wee liue or shoulde in all dutifull sorte and to these we are all most boundeÌ„ But our Catholikes are degenerate from this ciuill and gentile condition and are begotten by theyr Father Sathanas to bee despisers of theyr Wiues and Parentes hatefull to their posteritie and natural bloud raunging to hunt the ruine of this their moste noble Countrey and beeyng of worshipfull race and gentle bloud if none bee founde furâ—her do put on Lions harts and weapon â—hemselues 〈…〉 claws puft 〈…〉 finde no 〈…〉 cruell 〈…〉 of oure most louing Lady and Empresse the Lords annointed They bend their batterie at her tender bodie whose Grace by grace from God doth stay the Pope from vsurping his tyrannicall power in her Maiesties dominions Psal 21.7 But now are we sure that the Lorde will deliuer her because she putteth her trust in him Saue our Queene Lord that she maye heare vs when wee haue neede to call to her for Royall aide in our affaires for thy holie names sake make vs hartily to giue thee the glorie therfore throghout this our English
his staye of Gods protection penneth this Psalme to his comfort and to the Churches instruction for all times to come declaring his rest in Gods decree whose holy hād is euer stretched out which his mighty strength for euery his annointed The euent aunsweared according his expectation 2. Sam. 3.28 For not onely Abner is slaine by an other lyke himselfe but also Ishboseth that turbulent pretensed king suffered slaughter by two of his captaines in his bedchamber who yet for their Treason to their Lorde and maister For the Lorde wil bee reuenged of euerye Traytour 2. Sam. 4. whether it bee agaynst the soueraigne Prince or beloued maister they were both slayne by the Kings commaundement And the Phylistines Ammonytes 2. Sam. 5.24.8 10. Amorites and the forrayne Nations mightely by Dauid Nay by the LORDE for Dauid were slaine in battaile This Psalme is also Propheticall foreshewing the malice of Sathan agaynst the Lordes Christ in the action of our redemption by the Iewishe people and Heathen Prince Herode Pylate and the Romayne power in Hierusalem And it remayneth to signifye to all christian kinges and Potentates what they are to looke for at the hands of wicked men at home and abroade if once they bende their best to set forth Gods glory Though many auncient histories in the daies of Israell and other times may proue this yet neede we no other search for testimony hereof then the present viewe of Sathans endeuour in the fresh traiterous attempt of this newe conspiracy by these sinfull Satanistes the Popishe gentiles I meane the Romaine confederates and our Englishe Italienated Papistes part of which the axe of Iustice hath discerned and cut off and the rest doe yet attende as ready to their deserued hire Whose harts the Lord in mercye according to his good pleasure alter to repent whose heads and hands with the remenant of their cursed company here and beyond sea whether noble or ignoble I hartely pray to God and his Magistrates that they maye bee signes For they hung redde Ensignes to the terrour of all turbulent Traytours for his holy names sake Why doe the heathen rage c. This text doth offer vs this diuision First it declareth vnto vs the nature of their conspiracy And Secondly that their attemptes is all in vaine The conspiracye shall best bee seene if wee first looke vpon the persones that purpose so wicked an indeuour and then order will offer vs the viewe of their decree The persons were of sundry nations but one in purpose and profession that is to saye to bereaue good Dauid the Lordes annointed both of kingdome and life So is the trayterous attempt present against the sacred Maiestie of God and our gracious soueraigne his annointed Elizabeth by the Popishe combineds Romaine confederates and our Englishe Italienates both Traytours to God and her Maiestye and in their Religion very Heathens and not other So as wee may rightly saye of them as Dauid sayde of those Why do the infernall Heathen of the West-church rise vp in tumult and conspiracie against the Lorde and agaynst his Christe our gracious Ladye and onely Queene of England The Papistes woulde bee counted Catholiques in respect of their mother that strumpet of Rome but beeing her children they are therefore Heathen and not of the common weale of the christian Israell It is no hard labour to finde the Romanistes still to remaine heathen Gentyles And first by the place and Churche whereon they rest Secondly by the practise in profession of the auncient gentles whose steppes they treadde in greedy purpose And last of all by the permanent accomptes whiche the GOD of heauen doth make of such For the place Rome it is the roote of all euill the mother of these men whiche bragge to beare her name shee is by the Scriptures and approued fathers ycleaped by the name of Babylon Babylon A Citie not onely of the Gentyles but of Heathen profession Idolatrous religion and prepared to confusion And for the very lyke effectes Rome beareth her name that the godly shoulde beware of her The Scriptures doe also call her Babylon in the Reuelation and discouereth her aswell by her scituation Reuel 13.17.18 c. as Soueraigne power and Heathenish practise in the Churche of GOD. The Fathers doe lykewise so terme her as Augustine Hierome Prymasius Bernarde and others In Psal 44. in praefat lib. de Spiritu Sancto Reuell 16. Shee is that whorishe harlotte whiche bringeth out the bastarde broode of heathen Poperye whose religion is descrybed by the Apostle Iohn to bee not other then spirituall fornication Lib. de consid 4. and all her Children to bee sealed vp in her gentility Of necessitye therefore the Trayterous Papistes Children of this second beast must bee of her second Babilonians not for their scituation but for their gentile profession which what it is the Apostle Paule Ro. 1.23.25 doth tell vs to the Romaines saying when they thought themselues wise they became fooles and turned the glorye of God to the mortality of menne and beastes and hys infallible truth to a manyfest lye seruing creatures so forsaking the Creator whiche is blessed for euer The Papistes ioyne full and open handes with their former fathers in the practise of this gentilitye for no Paganisme is more pregnaunt then Poperye in the inuention of forraine Pettye Gods and will-worshippe or more grosse Idolaters seruing either liuing creatures or deade stockes and therefore worthely this proued by demonstration wee maye secondly conclude them to bee Heathen gentiles The Popishe Churche doth ioye in this gentilitye shee maketh choyse therefore of creatures both sensible and sencelesse namely the spirites of Saintes and the Images of their earthy forme For the Saints their worshippe is no lesse to them then if they were our God they inuocate their names with the perswasion onely dewe to the eternall father and most wickedly they giue the grace of our most louing Christ to a painted crosse of siluer woode or other substaunce Doth not their confirmed Popish Christianitie in the councels of Trident wel declare the same What meaneth else these manner of praiers to the virgin Marie in that blasphemous Hymne Aue Maris stella and the lyke to the signe of the Crosse and in sundrie other places where contrary to their cōmon assertion they endeuour to make both that holie virgin and the prophane piece of wood not mediators of intercession but workers and giuers of our saluatiō For thus you are there taught to pray Haile starre c. poure thou peace into vs so loose thou the bonds and chaines of sinners bring thou light to the blinde driue thou awaye our euils and procure to vs all goodnes vse thy motherly aucthority shew thy motherly power lette thy Sonne heare our praiers by thy mediation O Virgin pearlesse the meek amongst all make thou vs meeke and chaste giue thou vs a pure life prepare thou vs a safe passage c. 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nation Sufficient is this display for the Gentils who they be Now it remaineth to consider of the Treason and conspiracy whet against whom it is that these Catholiks of England and their confederates haue decreed The manner of their conspiracie is as the former Gentils was they murmure and meditaâ—â—t home vpon gâ—â—â— mischiefe thâ—◠〈…〉 â—es aâ—roue to 〈…〉 de◠〈…〉 sâ—l◠〈…〉 innocent Elizabeth the Lordes annointed The purest papists their Iesuiticall Catholikes doe returne to worke the feat which the gates of hell haue now decreed Sauage must answer his name and play the sauage beast in goring of her sacred maiesty to the heart this is the manner and chiefe matter of theyr conspiracie but all in vaine thanks and immortall praise be euer giuen to God therefore for this They thus cry one to another in their picked places the garden houses most fit corners for wicked conspiracies Come good Catholikes lift vp your harts feare not the atteÌ„pt it is easily brought to passe the bâ—nde of our federacie is mighty inuincible the Court doth couch vs frendes the Country hath many ready to our aidâ— the land is open before vs the 〈…〉 our friendes 〈…〉 of Rome 〈…〉 pâ—osper in 〈…〉 most 〈…〉 by this high attempt winne vs fame and breake their bandes of doctrine that doth so much annoy vs and our Catholike Church and lette vs cast away their cordes of auctority and restraint of our pleasures from vs For this Elizabeth shall no longer raign ouer vs. Oh Christian subiectes deare brethren do not your hearts bleede within to see this prepared match without namely the vtter desolation finall destruction of your church your peace and naturall country Oh vntimely borne babes which as swine of the Romish Bore enter the Lords vineyard to root vp the vine to make barren this most fruitful soile You fathers and country men beholde in these men the fruite of your childrens passage ouer the seas to serue or see tho◠〈…〉 looke for 〈…〉 beaten 〈…〉 passe 〈…〉 â—norant of these trecheries against her Maiesty realme for if not by theÌ„ yet froÌ„ vs their frendes at home no doubt they know hereof yet which of theÌ„ do lament the case or hasten from amongst them but I pray you let vs view from Dauids words this wicked determinatioÌ„ Let vs c. Here may you see the issue of this Catholike consultation Let vs breake their bands let vs cast theyr cords froÌ„ vs. The prophet vseth 2. metaphors vsual in the holy scriptures vz. bands cords which haue their elegaÌ„t signification as this worde vinculum is takeÌ„ sometime for bondage Vinculum taken for bondage c Psal 107.14 16. captiuity or sharp restraint or seruitude as in this place He brought theÌ„ out of darknes c. brake their baÌ„ds asunder .i. the gates of brasse and burst the barres of iron And in the prophet Nahum this denâ—â—â—iâ—â—â—ioÌ„ or metonomyan the Lord also 〈…〉 deliuerance to his peo◠〈…〉 â—â—ity bondage of the 〈…〉 Thogh I haue afflicâ—â—◠〈…〉 thee no more Nahum 1.13 for 〈…〉 he froÌ„ thee 〈…〉 lordship and captiuitie I will burst in sunder And in Esay Esay 28.22 Ierem. 2.20 Nowe therefore bee no mockers least your bondes or troubles captiuitie or plagues increase Againe Secondly for godly Lawes this word Vinculum is els taken for good and godlye lawes aswell from God giuen as by godly Princes established vred and called bonds for that hereby the lashing lusts of carnall men are restrained they compelled to lyue in ciuill sort that haue not care of Christian condition Ieremy Ieremy 5.1 the Prophet lamenteth the wickednes of his time that rich and poore great and small persons did violate the Lords lawe none would execute iudgement seeke the truth and walke therin that the Lord might spare them Wherfore surmising that the baser men were of the worst mindes hee said I will get me vnto the great men and will speake vnto 〈…〉 they haue knâ—◠〈…〉 the iudâ—◠〈…〉 these 〈…〉 th◠〈…〉 Psal 50. their peaceable life So euen in this Psalme by bondes he meaneth the doctrine of health in his how â—aâ—â—e and 〈◊〉 coardes the regiment oâ— the Prince to guide them in godly obedience â—aâ— of all Paule the holy Aposâ—le dâ—th vse this worde Vinâ—ulum for Chriâ—tian vnitie in godly amitie exhorting the Ephâ—sians to endeuour to keepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bond 〈◊〉 peâ—ce he meaneâ—â— that Gods Gosâ—â— teâ—châ—th vs to â—e religious to God 〈…〉 to our Prince peaceable to our owne Country Now thâ— metaphâ—râ—â—al word coards is not lesse significant in this place 〈…〉 for by the word coard is sometime meant and here iâ— the ground or iâ—heritance measured and assorted to their pâ—rtions So Dauid speaketh in the Psalme confirming the faithfulnes of God to Israel and promise to their fathers he saith God hath remembred c. saying vnâ—o thâ—â— will I giue the land of Canaan 〈…〉 〈…〉 or 〈◊〉 of thine inheritance 〈…〉 Israel did â—â—st mea◠〈…〉 with liues 〈…〉 and then cast lottes for their deuided portions Also it is taken for ruling compulsion 2. Coardes taken for authoritie commandement to abide the commaund of the superiour alluding to captiues which are chayned or coarded together constrained to obey as in this our text psalme and many other places But what is the inference vppon all this collection forsooth when our Catholiks as our Iewish Gentiles do cry Let vs breake their bands and cast their cords from vs then they say Let vs release the catholiks of the Gospels bondage let vs dissolue the present gouernment ciuill and ecclesiastical let vs kil the Prince spoile the cuntry and take the lands for our inheritance Now haue you the matter of our Catholikes the maner of their attempt against our Dauid and purpose against this noble Citie and â—â—ole region whose 〈…〉 sorow i◠〈…〉 storm◠〈…〉 argu◠〈…〉 â—ther consolation and time to repente hath saide it shal not be so No gratious Father graunt if it be thy blessed will that it neuer be but as nowe so alwaies in thy great mercie lette their troublesome heades be terrible tokens to their confederates whose braines do feruentlie boyle to breede our common calamities The time doth nowe require that we speake also of the seconde point before promised that is to shewe howe vayne is the attempts of al such Catholikes Papistes as purpose battaile against the Father of heauen Why doe ye meditate mischiefe in vayne sayth Dauid In this second part of our text let vs obserue first howe inconsiderate the aduersaries of Dauid be which purposing his ouâ—rtâ—â—owe doe not premeditate of hi◠〈◊〉 〈…〉 with comfort 〈…〉 â—â—uersaries bee to per◠〈…〉 what successe 〈…〉 〈…〉 with 〈…〉 â—â—ere verie inconsiderate For the one supposed of many frendes in Iewry by reason they had suche colour to crowne a king of the former