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A19296	A sermon profitably preached in the church within her Maiesties honourable Tower, neere the citie of London ...	Anderson, Anthony, d. 1593.	1586 (1586)	STC 571; ESTC S108526	34,033	110

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 frō the life of God vtterly without Christ God in this world of whō 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 hāds 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 apparāt in our papists in this Tower now worthily imprisoned in their fellowes gone to death by thē 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 trāsgresse this doctrine therefore hee hath not God To Caesar doth belōg 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 frō 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 Chriso●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 cōtrary 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 ●●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 C●cero saith 〈…〉 ●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 boundē 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 fur●her do put on Lions harts and weapon ●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. Againe