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A17130	Seaven sparkes of the enkindled soule With foure lamentations, which composed in the hard times of Queene Elizabeth, may be vsed at all times, when the Church hapneth to be extreamely persecuted. Drawne out of the holy Scriptures, after the forme of Psalmes. By R.B.P.	Buckland, Ralph, 1564-1611.	1604-1605 (1605)	STC 4008; ESTC S117366	36,700	158

Bishop is a supposed enemy Prohibited it is to ascend vnto thy Holy hill to receiue any instructions from Sion To seeke exposition of the lawe at Peters chaire and direction from the piller of truth Neither are we permitted to enter into the Arke out of which is no saluation neither will they which forbidde vs enter themselues They presse vs continually to run with them towardes hell and to reuerence in shewe that which we detest in hart If they infatuate any man by faire wordes or threats they tread him vnder foote as salt which hath lost the sauour They triumph as of a conquest and hang vp flags of victory Glorying to finde a Catholike as cold as themselues and which will cast behind him the care of his soule Not for exercise of our faith only are we thus afflicted but for our conuersation also we are detested Vertue is accounted misdemeanour all thinges are lawfull except to liue well Who waxeth sober and graue suspected is he to intend somewhat He that in quaffing and gluttony is not forward is hated as a backward person Giue any man great almes deemed he is a corrupter of people a solliciter of mens harts to his Religion Our thoughts are examined what greater mischiefe could mans wit inuent against vs. As if it were a small matter to renoūce in words the supreame Pastor An oath is administred of vnbeliefe and abjuring in conscience his authority In such sort are our hartes sifted yet are we scorned with freedome of faith and that liberty of conscience is not impeached Vrged we are on al-sides and enclosed betweene streightes stand at the mercy of our armed enemy Open thy armes O God of our sanctification and receiue vs into thy bosome Whither else to flie we haue not neyther art thou farre from them which call vpon thee The third Lamentation END our misery O Father of pupilles or take vs vnto thee least malice of the time subuert vs. Better it is to die then to see the enormity and desolation of our Country In euery corner wee heare thy name blasphemed constrayned to lay our hand vpon our mouthes Reprehension is not endured thy Angels are forbidden to denounce the truth Commandement is giuen to those which preach to speake plausible things and conformable to the time The sinner sinneth and is commended wicked men are magnified in their doinges Godlinesse is quite gone piety hath taken her leaue Banished are truth and vertue into forraigne landes All mouthes are full of leasinges guilefull lippes yealding the abundance of their double hartes Euery head searcheth a pillowe to his iniquity and euery elbowe a cushion of ease That without al remorse they may swallowe sinne as dainties and wallowe in bloud as in a pleasant bath They winke least they should see and will needes beleeue what sensuality suggesteth Inspirations are rejected as temptations perswaders to perfect Christianity are condemned for seducers Howe long wilt thou endure thy faith to be thus neglected and thy holies to be prophaned Thy Saints to be persecuted thy truth to be troden vnder foote No persecution like vnto our oppression no griefe comparable vnto our sorrowes From the East to the West ouer all the face of this earthly globe no where is the Catholike faith so pursued Amongst the Turks Saracens is greater liberty of Religion the Moores and Infidels restrayne not Christian rites with such seuerity Since we deserue not release of affliction yet for thy owne glory let thy name no longer be prophaned See howe thy enemies haue stroken out alarme and thy professed foes lifted vp their hornes Saying openly roote we out the nation of the faithfull that the name Catholike may be no more heard of They haue inuaded thine inheritance as it were with fire sword Polluted thy Tabernacle with their abhominations contaminated thy sanctuary Thy Churches are pulled downe with the ruines whereof are built vnhappy pallaces of pride Those vvhich stand either serue for euery vile office or are worse abused to the table cup and seruice of Diuels Such possesse the temple as should be scourged forth and whome thou forbadest to set foot within thy gates Men haue there placed their owne signes in steede of thine and for thy Sacraments their owne inuentions Translating thy glory to their superstition thy solemnities feasts to the Idoll of their owne imagination Houses of prayer are dennes of theeues places sanctified are become abhominable From whence the sweetincense of deuotion ascended to heauen ariseth now the stench of the bottomles pit Where Angels sung frequēted the Diuels nowe daunce triumph For a newe faith is set vp against the auncient beliefe a newe table and seruice in defiance of thy holy Altar and Sacrifice Thy high steward is quite rejected they say we will not heare his voice If he call vs home we will not returne if he commaund vs we vvill runne farther off Let vs breake the bands of his law and cast off his yoke from our necke The bands O Lord of thy religiō they haue cast of which were so pleasant thy yoke which was so sweet They haue left thee the fountaine of life and digged to themselues pits which beare no water They haue setled their malice against thee and contriue that which they shall neuer accomplish The name yet of heresie they reject from their sect and the penalties of it they returne vpon vs. Lawes of the first Christian Princes they vsurpe and abuse against the Church ordayned by them for her defence Their Superintendents cite vs concerning our faith as if they held the chaire which can not erre They excommunicate vs from their congregation and banne vs in their malignant Synagogue Whither to goe is to bee accursed indeede and worse then to enter into a flaming fornace As fast as they curse thou wilt blesse and our reward shall redound into our bosome When they are disposed our life is their pastime in testimony of thy truth we are daylie slaine The Magistrate rageth on his bench the Ministers from their pulpits clappe their hands The people mutter against vs Baals false Prophets as fire-brandes of mischiefe sound to the slaughter For our faith we are as sheepe ready for the butchery streetes are dyed with martyrdomes of thy Saints Their flesh is giuen for food to the fowles of the ayre their bloud batneth the earth being shed like water Ripped vp they are aliue which to sheepe oxen men abhor to doe With bloudy gripe are their trembling and breathing bowels drawne forth In most execrable sort cast into the fire euen before their face Their quarters least thou shouldest not see it playne enough deforme the gates of euery Citie and vpbraide thy patience Their heades are raysed on high to the terrour of the simple Serued thus are thy Priests whom thou hast giuen charge of not to be once injuriously touched The earth couereth not the bloud that is shedde neither stoppeth the ayre the cry thereof All

worship him More pretious are your soules in his sight then the Phoenix or the Vnicornes fole He hath raised vnto you a seate of mercy whither to haue recourse for remission of sinnes And prepared a table for your refection wherein himselfe is the banquet and feast O howe delectable are thy dainties O Lord howe acceptable are thy holy Altars Much better are the reliques there of then the exquisite cates of princes Much better is it to be an abject in thy houshold then a great man in Kings Courtes The meanest in thy Church is noble the poorest in thy Church is rich Who is able to expresse the magnificence of thy Church or the one halfe of her glory We haue Priestes rightly consecrated and anointed in sacred wise Orderly accomplishing thy dread full misteries in vestments of holynesse and honour Monkes and other Religious persons persisting day and night in prayer With fasting and disciplines afflicting themselues in sackcloath and hayre for the sinnes of the people Vowed Virgins veiled handmaides of thy Christ by like order of life contend for like Crowne And fixing him profoundly in hart whome they haue chosen as celestiall Spouse Endeauour nothing else then to be perfect in his sight and serue him without distraction Vpon the society of thy faithfull legions of Angels attend for their defence Vpon them thy eyes are perpetually open to consider their wants and heare their prayers Who liueth in their vnity is in the communion of Saintes partaker of their assistance and patronage Hath his part in euery good deed and is daylie prayd for throughout the world Who dieth a liuely member of this holy body misticall by prayers of the liuing hath remission of payne Happy art thou O flocke of Peter blessed are all nations subject to his chaire Where sit the judges of the house of Iacob the rodde and scepter of thy Kingdome O Redeemer Thy selfe art a watchman ouer it who neuer sleepest a protector who neuer slumbrest Whosoeuer impugne it shall rotte as they liue their eyes shall sinke and their tongue shall be eaten out They shall perish in thy fury and melt like waxe before the fire None shall resist thy Church and be innocent No man fighteth against her without foile he dasheth his fist against a Rocke Her enemies shall licke the dust of her feete and those which oppugned her kisse her steps Such as will not shall be called a reprobate company vvith vvhome thou wilt exercise eternall wrath Aboundance of blessinges vpon all them which honour her and curses eternally will followe them which vexe her Her loue and mercy is more then the tender hart of a Mother Her anger more to be feared then a Princes rage In her remayneth knowledge vvhich can not erre power vvhich may not be contradicted In her is the treasure of thy Sons merits reposed In her possession are the Keyes of thy heauenly Kingdome Thou art her teacher that shee may not be ignorant The holy Ghost is her sanctifier to preserue her from iniquity As the Moone from the Sunne fetcheth her light so is she illuminated from Christ her Spouse In her only dost thou raigne with magnificence in her only thou art to be found Not so the Sinagogue of the wicked not so the congregation of Heretikes Among whome as in his Kingdome sitteth the Prince of pride who hath dominion ouer all children of darknesse Presuming as though they were thy counsailors or as if the holy Ghost spake in their eare As though they were the lampes of the world with whome Religion was borne with whome it should die They say to the auncient Fathers hold your peace and to the Doctors of the Church we will teach you wisedome But their pride is more then their power for thou dwellest not in harts subject to sinfulnesse Swelling in cogitations of their harts they proudly tosse vp their heddes as vntamed coltes As childrē of Belial without yoke they challenge liberty without obedience Priestes they make to themselues for their newe lawe and put vpon them authority which they cannot giue Like Apostata children they haue made assemblies not in thy name begonne a webbe and not in thy spirit False Prophets sell them follies and lies and set cushions of ease vnder sinners elbowes For a little lucre they justifie the wicked vpon confidence of faith they assure saluation Peoples sores they close vvith a false skinne vvhen the vvound festreth they say all is well Eating in effect the peoples sinnes and cloathing themselues vvith their iniquities In steede of the supersubstantiall Bread of life they giue them Serpents for the Chalice of saluation poyson of Adders Making thee more vnjust then any Tyrant they teach that thou punishest all sinnes with equall payne And that vvithout difference of desertes thou rewardest all vvith equall glory They say thou canst not make thy Saints and Angels to vnderstand our prayers nor shewe to them thinges done in earth They foolishly say that thou wilt not haue vs honour thy friendes and that thou settest litle by their intercession Denying that vvhose sinnes the Church forgiueth are forgiuen in heauen they say thou canst not giue such authority to man Doubting of thy Omnipotency they say with the Capharnaits howe can Christ giue vs his body for food With the faithlesse they sticke not to say his wordes are hard and who can beleeue him His promise of being vvith his Church to the end of the vvorld they contemne And that the Holy Ghost shall teach her all truth they credit not Wanting the band of vnity vnder seuerall heades they make seuerall companies and sects Hauing no certayne rule of faith each is author of his owne beliefe framing a Religion by priuate fancy Both in Doctrine and life all disorder is among them eternall horrour and confusion Oh with how great difference most supereminent light hast thou seperated Israell from the Aegyptians So plaine hast thou made the high way of truth that a very foole neede not misse the path Our enemies giue testimony to our faith and confesse that we may be saued therein They which oppugne it doe justifie it in confessing the primitiue Doctors to haue erred with vs. And thy Church not vnmindefull of her great priuiledge nor vngratefull for thy benefits Honoureth thee alwaies with inward purity worthy of thy holines and with outward ornaments worthy of thy Majesty Seauen times in the day shee singeth thy prayses and prayeth for Catholikes throughout the world Heare her prayers O enemy of falshood and giue all the earth to vnderstand That Heresie is a tempest raging only for a time but the foundation of thy Church endureth for euer A PSALME WHEREIN THE CATHOLIKE CALleth to minde his conuersion giuing thankes to God for the same THE SIXT PSALME MEDITATE O my soule a newe song open my lips to a psalme of thanksgiuing Rejoyce in him that made thee rejoyce in him that redeemed thee Rejoyce in him that conserueth thee rejoyce in him that

the riuers of the valleys nor al the showres of heauen are able to wash away the stayne and shame No sope nor scowring can clense the crime no darknesse nor death it selfe can hide it No continuance of time nor the age of the world shall make it forgotten Other nations heare of it hardly beleeue it because such cruelty hath scarse seemed possible Posterity shall read of it and wonder all generations to come shall detest the fact Our Persecutors owne issue shall blush to heare the outragious actes of their auncestors Barbarous death of innocentes is much yet to misreporte the cause augmenteth the despite Refusall to commit an act against conscience call they rebellion not to deny the Catholike faith they tearme felony and treason Traytors indeed such as were thy chosen Apostles when forbidden to preach the truth Such as the Primitiue Christians when by Heathen statutes impugned was Religion Manifest is our guilt and great is our offence vvhen by going to Church all is pardoned All this we endure for thy sake O thou fountayne of grace not reuolting from thy beliefe We haue not forsaken thee least we should be forsaken of thee at the last howre Not denied thee before men least we should be denied of thee before thine Angels Turne therefore vnto vs thy gratious countenance wherewith thou cheerest the world Giue eare to our prayers consider of our complaint Heare the voyce of thy Martirs bloud or at least wise heare their supplication and intercession Whome spoyled of their garment of flesh thou hast clad with robes of immortality The fourth Lamentation THE garland of glory is fallen from our head the beauty of thy City is defaced O God the beholder of our combatte be mindfull of our abasement vnder the heauy hand of those which hate vs. We hope in thee because we haue knowne thee professed thy name Thou exaltest the humble and regardest a contrite hart Streatch out thy hand to our aide for thou art the buckler and defence of Israell Father of orphans Husband of widowes piller of the poore Teach men not to lift vp themselues vpon earth against thee and thy Saints Let not the memory of thy afflicted be laid aside forget not his patience for euer Cheere vp his just desire ease the mourning of his hart Chastise vs no longer in thy rage nor correct vs with indignation Heale vs for we are bruised haue mercy vpon vs for we are brought exceeding lowe In silence we expect thy long-desired consolation True it is that we deserue more of thy rodde then we feele and before thine anger we sinned If we sinne are our foes righteous if Iacob offend is Esau innocent If Hierusalem please thee not shall Babilon delight thee Wilt thou euermore be angry O Supreame Iudge or canst thou forget mercy Wilt thou serue this Realme as thou hast serued Afrike and Syria To let misbeliefe prepare the way to Infidelity suffering to enter an eternall Apostasie Let not the name of thy Christ Church be exiled let not a faithlesse generation roote vs out Not so O Lord for thy tender kindnesse and mercy pull vs violently out of cruell handes Rouse vp thy selfe like a Giant reuenge the bloud of thy Saints Let not the scourge of the vngodly be alwayes vpon the backs of the just Least they presume saying thou maintaynest their cause and that saluation is on their side Chastise vs with thine owne rod as children and not with the rodde of the vncircumcised Pull the speare out of the enemies rest knappe his launce in sunder and breake his sword Thou dwellest still vvhere thou didst thou art the same God and glory of Israell To thee our forefathers called oppressed by Heathen and thou redeemedst them To thee Catholikes made their moane vnder the yoke of Arrian heretikes and thou didst redresse their bondage So vtterly annihilating the aduerse sect that scant their name remayned vpon earth Euils innumerable compasse vs about howe long wilt thou turne away thy face Not for euer O Lord not for euer we beseech thee Shall so many ignorants yet zealous neuer haue thy light reuealed So many which for want of instruction perish shall they neuer haue true teachers Because diuers which liued in the flourish of thy Church haue set it at naught shall those neuer see it who if they sawe it would neuer forsake it Because many by yealding deserue such a yoke shall they which are constant be alwaies vnder it Shall the few sparkles which thou hast left in the lande be extinguished for lacke of cherishing What if the fathers did eate a soure grape shall the teeth of their children for euer be on edge The wicked wil not worship thee aright shall they therefore be alwayes vexed which worship thee in spirit and truth If thou haue decreed O wisdome incomprehensible concerning that generation which enjoyed the highest glory of thy sanctuary And forsaking their Pastors stood not stedfastly for their Religion in the time of contradiction That they shal pine away by fourty yeares trauaile in the desert neuer enter into the land of promise Nor see the glory of thy second Temple in all Royall magnificence If this be thy holy pleasure the secret counsaile of thy long delayes Or if the number of thy designed Martirs be not yet accomplished to whome by these times thou furnishest a Crowne Or if thou wilt needes haue the secrets of all harts to be opened and rippe vp all dissemblers by long probation That the vvhole vvorld vvorld may behold vvho serued thee from their hart and who followe thee with corrupt intention Or whatsoeuer else the depth of thy designments intendeth by this so long persecution Yet hasten the times for thy deare mercy sake O liuing Lord. Calme the tempest alay the raging wanes Saue vs vvho are daungerously tossed vnite vs who are dispersed and commaunded a-sunder That as one in hart so with one voice in free assemblies we may laude thy holy name extoll thy praises all the day long Giue vs in the meane space patience in our afflictions and ghostly profit by these our temptations Let them neither vvinne vs by vvordes nor vveary vs by cruell deedes O thou which art the saluation of thy people Aide vs O Sauiour glorifie thy selfe in our deliuerance Thou art the God of our forefathers thee only we will magnifie Thou art a zealous God we will not partake in thy dishonour Prepare the feete of thy forerunners let vs heare the noise of their steps approching Reueale the treasures of thy kingdome vvhich haue beene so long suppressed Graunt vs to reape at length with joy who haue a great space sowed in teares In expectation whereof our life vanisheth in griefe our yeares consume in sobs While we powre forth our soules before thee crauing at thy handes saluation Arise O Lord visit thy flocke raise vp the rased walles of Hierusalem Neglect not the vvasting of thy heritage Renewe thy truth vvhich hath beene so long a time without fruit let faith flourish againe like an oliue Then shall all nations feare thy name the Kings of the earth shall haue thy mercy in admiration We shall all vvith one harmony sing glory in thy Temple and sanctifie thy Altars with Sacrifice All generations to come shall prayse thee and make honourable mention of thy great goodnesse Thy Angels of heauen shall magnifie thee the Saints and blessed Spirits shall fall at thy feete and giue thankes Euery soule pray that this may soone come to passe and euery tongue say Amen Come O sweete IESV come FINIS