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A16945	A sermon very notable, fruictefull, and godlie made at Paules crosse the. xii. daie of Noue[m]bre, in the first yere of the gracious reigne of our Souereigne ladie Quene Marie her moste excellente highnesse, by Iames Brokis Doctor of Diuinitie, [and] master of Bailye College in Oxforth, with certein additions, whiche he at the tyme of vttering, for auoidyng of tediousnes, was faine to omitte.	Brooks, James, 1512-1560.	1553 (1553)	STC 3838; ESTC S117364	39,014	158

pointe Fifthly our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her pappes the two testamentes tholde and the new Euen as all women haue geuē vnto theim by nature sence to discerne the good temperature of their owne pappes from the distemperature of the same ▪ so hath the Churche geuen her by God aucthoritie to discerne the true Scriptures from the forged the autentical from the Apocriphal For otherwyse why should we allow receiue S. Markes Gospell whiche neuer sawe Christe nor hearde Christ and disalowe and reiect Nichodems Gospelle whiche was conuersaunt with Christ Why sholde we then allow and receiue the Gospel of S. Luke beyng but a disciple disalowe and reiecte the Gospel of s Iames beyng an apostle whyche Gospel Origene citeth And S Ierome also he citeth the Gospel of Nazares but as a thyng vtterly Apocriphal except onely one particle therin of the woman taken in aduoutrie which particle by the iudgement of diuerse profoundly learned was takē out frō thens so insert in to the Gospel of S Ihon. The boke of Iob the. ii last bookes of the kynges the Gospel of S. Marke thepistle to Thebrues and certeine other Scriptures besides are this daie all autenticall and euer haue been notwithstandyng many haue douted of thaucthors of thē ▪ Wherfore more then euidēt it is that the Scriptures as thei taketh their veritie of the holie ghoste so taketh thei their approbatiō not of thauctours but rather of the catholike churche In somuche that S. Augustine he is not a fearde to saie Euangelio non crederem nisi me authoritas Ecclesiae commoueret I woulde not beeleue the Gospell it selfe to be autentical vnlesse thaucthoritie of the church didde aduertise and moue me so to doe And this moche for this point Finally our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her milke the true sence of the worde of God shee hath likewise aucthoritie to iudge decise al matiers of controuersy in religiō For if the scripture of tholde lawe in Moses tyme was not made the highe iudge of controuersies beyng a thing it selfe in diuerse pointes called in controuersie but aucthoritie of Iudgemente was geuen alwaies by goddes owne mouth to the learned and eldres of the Sinagog to whose iudgement all were bounde to stande and that vnder peine of presēt deth as appeareth in the booke of Deuteronomi if wee Christiās will not bee counted in woorsse state and condicion then the Iewes were nedes muste wee graunt to the catholike churche like aucthoritie of Iudgement for the decision of al controuersies in our Religion whome if God didde not assist euermore with the true intelligence of scripture then should the scripture stande the Churche in as good stede as a paier of spectacles shoulde stande a blynde Frier But questionles the catholike churche in this behaulf she is so directed of God the father who is verax true of God the Soonne who is veritas the trueth of God the holie Ghost who is veritatis spiritus the spirit of trueth that she being columna firmamentum ueritatis the piller and foundacion of trueth cannot be suffered otherwise to Iudge of the truethe but truelye but sincerely but vprightely Shee canne not bee suffered I saye otherwyse to Iudge as maye euidentlye welle appeare and it were no more but onelye by that briefe and pitthie reasone whiche Kyng Henry the eyghte of most famouse memorie GOD pardon his soulle choked Martine Luther wyth all His reason was this Sithē God woulde not suffre hys Churche to mystake a boke of scripture for peril of damnable heresies that may ensue therō ▪ like peril maie ēsue by the misconstruyng of the sentence as by the mistakyng of the boke nedes must it folowe that god wil in matiers of our faith no more suffre his churche to take a false sentence for true then to take a false boke for scripture Whyche reason at a blush may seeme to bee grounded in some pointe euen vpon this saiyng of Sainct Hierome Qua lege credimus Ecclesiae dicenti hanc esse SCRIPTVRAM diuinam eadem credamus ei dicenti hunc aut illum esse sensū SCRIPTVRAE diuinae Nam parum referebat ueras Scripturas tenere si vera earum intelligentia Ecclesia frauda●a esset By what Lawe wee beleue the churche tellyng vs that this is the true Scripture of GOD by the very selfe same Lawe lette vs beleue the Churche tellyng vs that this or that is the trewe sence of the Scripture of God for lytle shoulde it auaile the churche to know the true scripture if she were defrauded of y e true sence of the same scripture Who so then taketh from the churche this aucthoritie of iudgement he taketh awaie violētly all the certentie of our faith For geue ones euery mā libertie to iudge of the Scriptures after his owne braine after his owne deuise and phātasie thē shall you haue as many diuerse sectes sodēly sprōg as is diuersity of idle braines euery where For in these matiers we se comonlie the more blinde the more bold the more ignoraunt the more busie the lesse wittie the more inquisitiue the more fooles the more talkatiue yea and wil take on them scoutche presumpteously and arrogātly the iudgement decision of any matier in cōtrouersie none cōmeth amisse to them Whose malapertnes I cānot see howe it maie be more aptly repressed then with that or the like taunt whiche one Demosthenes seruaunt and cooke to the Emperor Valens was ones quailed withal Who what time as S. Basil was conferring with the Emperoure of Scripture maters pertly precing in vncalled dasshyng out textes and chopping in lumpes of scripture beselye as it were to reprehende that profound learned doctor was sharplie rebuked and chastened of the same after thys sorte Tuum est de pulmentarijs cogitare non dogmata diuina decoquere Sir cooke saith he if is your Office to see to pottage makyng to Cates of the Kitchine and Cookerie and not to controule Goddes doctrine neither to entrecounter against holie writte As whoe should saie what you choppelogike how long haue you been a chopper of Scripture Meddle with chopping of your hearbes and leaue your choppyng of scriptures hardely Ne sutor ultra crepidam Quae Medicorum sunt promittant Medici Tractent fabrilia fabri Mete is it for the shomaker to iudge of shoes the Phisicion of Phisique the carpenter of building the cooke of cokery and euerye craftesman of hys owne Occupatione So that the Iudgement ▪ and decision of high controuersies likewise thinterpretacion of most obscure places vndecided ought not tapperteine to thunlearned nor yet to euery priuat lerned mans spirit void of assurāce but rather to y e spirit w ch most certenly by promise ruleth the hole churche to the consēt of al y e holy doctors catholike writers frō time to time whose cēsure in this behalf

A Sermon very notable fruictefull and Godlie made at Paules crosse the .xii. daie of Nouēbre in the first yere of the gracious reigue of our Souereigne ladie Quene Marie her moste excellente highnesse by Iames Brokis Doctor of Diuinitie Master of Bailye College in Oxforth with certein additions whiche he at the tyme of vttering for auoidyng of tediousnes was faine to omitte Iaco. i. Suscipite insitū uerbū quod potest saluare animas uestras ¶ Receiue you the worde ingraffed which is hable to saue your soules Anno Dn̄i 1553. ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ¶ Sette furth at the request of suche whose aucthority could not wel be withstand ¶ DOMINE filia mea modo defūcta est sed ueni impone manum tuam super eam uiuer ¶ Lorde my daughter is euen now disceassed and deadde but come late thy hand on her and she shal line THese wordes of the Gospel of this day taken out of the .ix. of ● Math. although thei are the wordes of one latrus y ● ruler of the Synagog literally spoken of hym to our sauiour Christ for the bodily reuiuyng of the Daughter of his bodie bodeli deceassed or at y ● lest beyng ▪ thē euen at the very point of death in extremis as s Marke termeth it Yet sithen it may bee doen w tout preiudice to the leter for y e aduācemēt of Gods worde gods truth gods glorie may make y e more to edification I intende by gods grace at this presēt ●applie the same words in a mistical sē●e as syokē of an other persō y t is to wit of our mother y e holy catholike church for y ● spiritual reuiuing of her spiritual doughter spiritually deceassed this particulare churche of Englande Forewarnyng you that when I shall chaunce sometime to name the dead doughter or the dead churche in suche sorte that some ma● perhappes gather therby the hole to be dead I meane alwaies the deade membres therof onely onely the bad and not the good in no wise WE se by common and daily experience honorable and christien audience that euen verye nature itselfe hath geuen to euery naturall mother besides the pappes and the Mylke shee nourisheth her childe withall a certein naturall inclination moreouer to loue her child and that in suche hartie wise that though her childe commyng to yeres of discretion do dispise and contēne her holesome admonitions and Counsailes dooe straie from her runnyng on the Brydle at large and so dooe by wilfulnesse at lengthe chaunce on some sodeine deathe Yeat shee for her motherly affection and tender loue taketh pitie and compassion on her dead childe soroweth lamenteth bewayleth her dead chlide and if she knewe any cūnyng Phisicion that could reuiue her ded child she woulde not ceasse ernestlie to entreate and desire helpe at his hande for the reuiuyng againe of her ded childe If this naturall affecte bee commonlie to be founde in euery good natural mother toward her natural child how much more is the same or rather a greater affect to be loked for in our spirituall mother in our mother the holie Catholike churche towardes her spiritual child Whose child is this Churche of Englande with euerye other particulare churche and euery faithful mēbre of the same whose spouse protectour is our sauior Christ himself whose mariage maker and director is the holie Ghost Whose pappes are the two Testamentes Whose milke is the true sence of the word of God Out of those her pappes onelye to be sucked of al christian sucklinges Whereunto the holye doctor S Austen seemeth well agreably to allude in his treatise vpon the Psalmes First this noble princes our Mother the holie Catholique churche in that she hathe to her spouse and protectoure suche a mightie and valiant prince she can neuer be by any persecutiō vanquished and subdued For if that might haue ben vanquished and subdued had she been and that lōg ere this Saepe enim impugnauerūt me à iuuētute mea et enim non potuerunt mihi Oftentimes saith she haue I ben sore assaulted laied at that frō my youth but neuer coulde there any preuaile against me What persecutiōs hath she suffred first in tholde time before the commyng of Christe when she was rather a Synagog thē a churche rather kept vnder by bonde feare then dyrected by burnyng Charitie rather tought by darcke shadowes then by bright veritie by figuratiue promises then by manifest performance by the sleyng letter then by the quickenyng spirite What persecutiō I sai suffred she then being continuallye afflicted one tune by the Cananites an other time by the Moabites then after by the Madianites againe by Thāmonites sometyme by the Philystians now by one natiō now by another What persecutiones hath shee suffered againe sins that time sins the coming of Christ what by Nero what by Domitian what by Seuerus what by Diocletian What by Maximinian what by the Gothes what by the Hūnes what by y ● Vandales other Of whose cruel tormentes may wel be verified that S. Austen writeth Ligabantur includebātur coedebantur torquebātur urebātur laniabantur trucidabantur The Christians they were bounde imprisoned whipped racked broyled mangled otherwise bereft of their life And yet lyke the Israelites vnder Pharao the more thei were tormented the more alwaies thei increased For this is the propretie of the churche as S. Hilarie saieth then to vanquesh when shee is dammaged then to be perceiued when she is reproued then to wynne the victory when she loseth of her cōpany Hoc ecclesiae est propriū ut tū uincat cū loeditur tū intelligatur cū arguitur tum obtineat cum deseritur And this muche for this point Againe our mother the holie catholike Churche in that shee hath to her mariage maker and director the holyghost the spirit of truth shee cā neuer be diuorsed from Christe her moste benigne Spouse nor yeat at any time be ledde out of the waie of truth For whō the holie ghoste hath ones coupled and ioigned together in Matrimonie whoe can afterwarde sunder and seperate againe ▪ And doe not the holye Apostle make as it wer an open Proclamation Protestation how the holy Ghoste by him and he by the holy ghost hath promulgate and vttered vnto the worlde the betrowthyng of the churche to Christ as a louyng Spouse to her louing husband Ego despōdiuos uni uiro uirginem castam exhibere Christo I quod hee in the spirite of God in the holyghostes behaulfe haue betrouthed you to one husbande to th ende you maie keepe yourselues alwaies as a chast virgine vnto Christ And that shee is by the same mariage maker and directour led from time to time into al kinde of truth it maie appere aswel by this promise of Christ Ego rogabo patrem c. I will desire my father and hee shall geue you another comfortour

other sortes vnto theim thei muegled the symple with scismaticall psalmes and Hymnes of their owne deuise the young petites with false fond Cathechismes as did also Iulianus thapostata in hys time thelder scholers w t ▪ large exhibitiōs as did also Berengarius in his time the prestes and prechers with the promotiōs dignities of the churche as many at least as would subscribe to their heresie the catholikes in the meane time whiche refused subscriptiōs being either depriued of suche liuings ther had other banished other imprisoned other at the lest cōmaunded to silence And hathe not the like practizes been put in vre of late yeres emong vs also Was there not vsed aswel in Sermones as in Lectures and other commune assemblies a certeine scismaticall and singular kinde of praier somewhat differente from the commō order sort of praier Was there not one perilous pernicious pestilente Cathechisme emong other thinges set fourth of late with a commaūdement to bee readde in al Grammare scholes through out the whole realme And that also setfurth as allowed by the clergy in Synod Lōdi wheras the conuocacation without all doubte for the lower house at leaste was neuer made priuie thereunto ▪ Hathe not our exhibitiones worthely termed ARRIANS or BERENGARIANS exhibitions been distributed of late to Scholers namely in Oxfoorth with great parcialitie and respecte of personnes more for the Corruptione of youthe then for any good zeale to the maintenaunce of vertue and learning none being made partakers therof at length but suche onely as would bee conformable to al Subscriptions ▪ Which if it were not a certein kynde of byinge poore neadie symple Soulles to the Deuill for moneie I report me to you Hathe there been anye spiritual promotion and dignitie ye or almoste anye meane liuyng of the Churche bestowed these fewe yeares paste but vppon suche onely as woulde ernestly setfurth either by preching either by subscribyng al the erronious doctrine falsli termed the Kynges procedinges Hath there been any catholike of late yeares refusyng subscription but that hath been other depriued other imprisoned other banished their company other at leaste silenced Tharrians ouer and besides this for y e better defēce of their indefensible heresie thei would admit nothing against thē but what was other by expresse wordes mēcioned in scripture ▪ other els by their own fōd iudgemēt to bee gathered of scripture And therupon this terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifiyng the cōsubstātialitie of the Soonne wyth the father whiche terme the Catholike fathers inspired by the spirit of truth inuēted in y e counsail of Nice thei reiected it as a new terme as a straūge tearme as a terme no where hable to befounde through out all the hole corps of the byble As in very dede the terme and selfe worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the same order of sillables can no wher befound natwithstanding the thinge ment therby is easie to be deduced gathered of scripture by the iudgement at least of the catholike churche And hath not the lyke practise bine vsed of late with vs also hath not oure new gospellers exacted of vs expresse scripture for euery thinge vsed of olde in the churche hath not they caused to be laid downe al thinges whiche are not other expressely mēcioned in scripture other by there owne fonde iudgemente to be gathered of scripture And hath not they thereupon reiected and taūted this terme transubstantiacion as a terme newe straunge papisticall and no where hable to be founde thorough out the hole bodie of the byble But albeit thys terme transubstantiacion may seme to them somewhat a new terme being not muche aboue thre hundreth yere olde yeat is the thinge of a farre more antiquitie and auncientnes As Athanasius ones answering arrius said by this terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Antiqua res nomen nouum accepit non uocabulo nouo nouae rei uirtus accessit An oulde thinge hath receaued a new name and yeat for all the newe name it hath not receaued y e vertue of a newe thinge And though this terme transubstantiacion lyke as this terme consubstantialitie can no where befounde in scripture as in verye dede the terme can not befoūde yet in as muche as the thing ment thereby is easily gathered of scripture by y e sīcere īcortupt iudgmēt of our mother the holy catholyke church it ought of euery good christen obedient child firmeli to be credited beleued For y t church which gathered the thinge of scripture inuēted the terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 against tharrians that churche whiche gathered the thing of scripture īuēted y e terme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 agaist y e Nestoriās that church which gathered y e thīge of scripture inuented y e terme Ingenitus agaist y e priscilianistꝭ that church which gathered y e thīg of scripture inuēted y e terme persona agaist y e Sabellians y t very selfe same church hath also gathered y ● thing of scripture inuēted this terme transubstantiacion agaynst the sacramentaries If you set ought by her iudgement in thother pointes why shoulde you set noughte by her iudgemēt in this pointe Other receue her iudgemēt thoroughly other reiecte her iudgement thoroughly other make her asothsaier vtterly other make her a lier vtterly Tharrians to be shorte not tharrians only but all other kynde of miscreauntes misbeleuers and heretikes for the moost parte intendinge to in duce and bringe in the highest heresie of all they vsed cōmonly first to make induction ther unto by other meaner maters ▪ And hath not the lyke practise ●ine vsed of late yeres here with vs also hath not our new christians intendinge at length to shoote at the hyghest marke of al shote first at other lower markes yes certenly for firste butted they at holye water at holy bread at asshes at palme at tenebringe at knockynge at knelinge and at other like litle ceremonies Than roued they abrode at verities vnwryten at doctours expositions at mans traditions at prescript meates at fastings dayes at holy dayes at prayenge dayes at bodilye seruice and at suche other meane maters as vncerten markes Afterwarde pricked they fully holly most blasphemously at the crosse of Christe at the Image of christ at y ● sa●tꝭ of christ at y ● mother of christ at the spouse of christ at the sacrifice of Christ at the sacramentes of Christ there in at last at the moost precious bodi blud of christ as y ● highest marke of al the chefest misterie of our faith the greatest comforte man hath in all thys mortal life Is it than any meruel good brothrē if this doughter the churche of Englande be now ● a part disceaced dead sithen at the deuices meanes waies to slee and kylle christen souies vsed heretofore of tharrians hath byn thus practised here of ●ate by some of her own bloude and brood Agaynste whose recheles and leude

adulteriū perpetrat She saith he y t hath betrothed her selfe to Christ hath taken the holy mantel sāctum uelamē she hath alredi maried she is alredi ioyned to thimmortall husbād And if nowe she will marie after the cōmen vsage of mariage she committeth aduoutrie S. Hierom Virgines quae post consecrationem nupserint non tam adulterae sunt que incestae Virgins saith he whiche after they be ons consecrated hathe maried they be not only aduouterous but incestuous also Theophilact Virgo deo dicata si nupserit delinquit haud dubie plurimum ut pote quae christo sponso superinducat adulterum The virgin saith he whiche is dedicated to god if she marie she offendeth questionles and that haynouslye as the whiche vpon Christ her spouse bryngeth i an aduouterer S. Basil Multae uirgines uirginitatē dn̄o ꝓ fessae deinde a carnis uoluptatibus cōcitatae scortationis uicium nuptiarum nomine uelare uolunt non ignorātes opinor tam si ignorantiam simulēt quòd quae sponsi sui dextrā praeterijt nec huius est spōsa quā illegittime reliquit nec illius cuise per uiciosum affectū copulauit Many virgins saith he whiche hath professed their virginitie vnto god and afterward beīg stered vp by y e volup tuousnes of y e flesshe they will colour their sinne of aduoutrie with the honorable name of matrimonie where as they are not ignoraunt I thynke although they pretende ignorāce that she which hath started frō her husbandes syde is nother the lawfull spouse of god whō she hath vnlawfully forsaken nother yet the lawfull wyfe of hym to whom she hath ioyned her selfe by vicious loue S. Austen In coniugali uinculo si pudicitia conseruatur damnatio non timetur sed in uiduali uirginali continentia excellentia numeris amplioris expetitur qua expetita electa uoti debito oblata iā nō solū non capescere nuptias sed etiā si nō nubatur nubere uelle dānabile est In the bōde of matrimony saith he if chastitie be kepte dāpnatiō is not feared but in vidual virginal cōtinecie an excellencie of an higher rewarde is desired whiche beinge desired chosen offered by y ● dew of a vowe after that not only not to marie but also though no mariage be only to haue a wil a desire to marye is dāpnable whiche saienge he groūdeth moreouer vpō the apostles own wordes before recited Wherfore sithen these foure pointꝭ are al true sithen we seculer preistes not w tstādīg our silence do vow chastitie sithen by gods law it may be gathered y t we ought to vow chastitie lithen by gods grace we may kepe y ● vowe of chastitie sithen we do greuously offende god in brech of y e vow of chastitie therfore for a redresse here of I can see no better menes waies than thaduice coūcell whiche y ● prophet Esdras ones vsed w t thisraelitꝭ in a case not all vnlike What tyme thisraelites had maried heathen out landishe wiues uxores alienigenas cōtrarie to y ● cōmaūdement of god god beīg highly displeased w t thē for y ● saine Esdras y e Israelites beinge gathered to gether spake vnto thē in effect after thꝭ sort brethrē saith he sithē you haue done wikkedly in that you haue maried heathē outlādish wiues therī haue īcreaced y e syn of Israel haue highly displeased god now shal I tel you what is to be done of your part for pacifieng gods in dignatiō wrath towardꝭ you Nunc date confessionē ▪ Acknowledge you nowe your offēce be sorie for the same and seperate your selfꝭ again frō your heathē outlandishe wiues Thā al y t were offenders answeringe agayne with one accorde sayed sicut dixisti faciemus Euen according to thy aduertisement so wyll we do o Esdras We acknowledge our offēce we haue done wickedly we are sorie for the same we are content to seperate our selfes agayne from oure heathen and outlandishe wyues So dyd they in conclusion and all was wel Euen after the same sort my good brothren you y t are votarie preistes and haue maried though not heathē and outlandishe wiues as the Israelites dyd yeat at least vnlawfull wiues contrary to your former vowe wherin you haue displeased god and offended the worlde folow you nowe the holsome councell of the prophet Esdras saye on a godes name with the Israelites be not a shamed We acknowledge our offēce we haue done amisse we are sorie for it and we are content to seperate our selfes from our vnlawfull wiues saye this and do this and so doinge you shall bothe pacifie god and som what satisfie the worlde also Policarpus that holy martyr scholer to S. Iohn the euangelist whan he harde by his tyme neuer so litle disorder concerninge the misleuinge ill maners of men he was wont as Histories maketh mencion to shut his earꝭ to hide his face to crie out after this sorte deus bone in quae tempora me reser●asti O good lord vnto what tyme hast thou reserued me What wolde this Policarpus say thinke you if he were nowe a lyue and harde thenormities of our tyme if he harde the mariages of preistes mōkꝭ friers nōnes The multitude of diuorses thorough out al the realme the swering periurie blasphemie and vsurie of many a one the bieng selling of tēporall offices the like marchaūdise chopping of spirituall liuingꝭ The bribrie extorsion of y e riche Their pouling peelinge of the poore Their doubling trebling of rentes rearing of īmesurable fines Their letting downe of hospitalitie Thimpacientnes of the poore vttered by rebellion and tumultꝭ the disobedience cōtempt of y e same towardes the magistratꝭ If he harde againe y e feruor of deuotiō so sore coled that it is almost quēched The pulling downe of gods houses hospitals y e defacing of churches ī spoiling ther goodꝭ ornamētes the breking down of aulters the throwing down of crosses the casting out of Images the burninge of tried holy reliques y e cōtēpt of holy daiꝭ the annulling of vigilles the brekīg of Lent faste i●●bring dayes with a numbre of other enormities moo of whome because their is no ende I will make and ende of rehersall If this holy martyr Policarpus I saye were nowe a liue and harde al this he would vndoubtedly stop his eares hyde his face and crie oute O caelum o terra o tempora o mores ▪ O heauen o earth o tymes o maners Out alas alas that euer I was borne to see this daye Wherefore to cōclude this part this beinge thus thenormities of liuinge beinge suche amonge vs nowe or of late as hathe been recited and the saieng of him that is truth beinge true as it can not be vntrue ▪ Quoniam abundauit iniquitas refriges cit charitas multorū because iniquitie hath abounded the charitie of

many waxeth coulde therefore our mother the holie catholike church may haue iust occasion to repaire to the heauenly phicision her spouse and saie y e wordes of my theme Dn̄e filia mea modo defūcta est sed c Lord my doughter the church of Englande as touchyng the life of charity and good liuing she is euen now in a part deceassed and dead but come ▪ laie thy most gracious hande on her and she shal reuiue NOw that you haue heard the death of thys doughter firste by defection from her mother then after by misbeleuyng last of al by misliuyng now shal you heare brieflye the laiyng on of the hād of God for her resuscitaciō reuiuīg again The holi scriptur makes mēciō of y e layīg on of y e hād of God by .ii. maner of waies other by vēgeāce correctiō other by mercie grace The hand of Gods vēgeāce correctiō it hath ben laid on cōmonly vpō many of y e spoilers tyraūtes ꝑsecutors of christes church As for exāple Heliodorꝰ y t spoiler rifeler did not he fele y e hād of gods vengeāce corectiō laid on hī whē for that he attēpted to spoil the tēple of Ierusalē y e iuel house of y e same he was dedly whipped and scourged of .ii. goodly personages sent from aboue for the purpose Nabugodonozor that spoiler rifler did not he fele the hād of Gods vēgeāce correctiō laid on him whē for y t he despised to redeme his spoile other his offences by y e counsail of y e prophete Daniel vaūtyng of his glorie his buildyng of Babylone in the power and strēgth of his own hād he was deposed from his Kyngedome cast out of mennes companye turned from a man to a beaste fedde on hey as beastes doe for the space of .vii. yeres together till his heare greewe oute lyke Egles fethers his nailes like birdes clawes Balthazer sōne to Nabugodonozor that spoiler rifeler did not he fele the hād of Goddes vengeaunce correctiō laid on hī whē for y t he w t his nobles his M. lordes cōcubines presumed arrogātly to drīke in the halowed vessels of gold siluer takē out of y e tēple of Ierusalem by his father he was bereft not onely of his kyngdome but also of his lyfe the hande writyng his Iudgement in the wal Mane Thechel Phares Antiochus that tyraunt and persecutour did not he fele the hande of Goddes vengeāce and correction laid on him wh● for that hee was so lofty and proude that he thought himself hable to make y e sea to be walked on the earth to be sailed on as though he would haue been God himself labored by al meanes he ●uld to destroy gods honour glorie and Religion in Iurie he was stricken with an incurable preuie plage in his bowels foul wormes bredig in hꝭ bodie with suche a foule filthy stenche breathyng frō him that all his whole host much lothed shunned and abhorred his presence Herode that tyraunt and persecutor and cruel murderer of innocētes did not he fele the hande of Goddes vengeaunce and correction laid on him whē he sitting in his royal throne most roially appareiled taking Godly honour vppon him robbyd God of his Glorie was stricken by thaungell of God most miserably eatēn vp of wormes and vermine Nicanor that tyraunt and persecutour didde not hee feele the hande of Goddes vengeaunce and correction laied on him when for that he in pride of hearte lifted vp his hand againste the holye tēple of God blasphemyng it thretnyng the destruction therof he had that hāde of his with his hed hāged vp before the tēple and that blasphemous tōg of his minsed in peces and cast to birdes Iulian the Apostata that tyraunt and persecutoure did not he tele the hande of goddes vengeance and correction layd on him whē for that he forbad the christians the vse of scholes of bathes of warfare of bering office of possessions slue many a one cast vowed virgines to be deuoured of swine ther bealies burst vp filled wyth Barleie spoiled many a churche abused the holie vessels most vnsemely and defoiled the holi aulters with his owne vrine saiyng in despite En quibus Mariae filio sacrificāt Behold thalters wherō thei sacrifice to the sōne of Marie he was wretchedly slain in y ● fielde oute of his dedly wounde gathering an handeful of bloudde caste it abroade and with horrible blasphemy ended his life saiynge vicisti Galilee O thou Galileō O thou of Galile thou hast ouercome Constātius the vi sōne to Leo that tyrāt ꝑsecutor most peruert of al before him did not he feele the hand of Gods vengeaunce laied on him When for that he shewed himselfe a mortali enemye to God to our ladie to all sainctes and to al Christians burned vp the holy scriptures could in no wise abide the name of Marie cōmaūded al saintes to be contempned enforced the christians thereunto with vnspeakable tormentes made monasteries dwellyng places for souldiers slewe monkes nūnes and all religious persons with most cruel deathes as many as refused to marie he died to to miserablie horribly to be recited The hāde of gods vēgeaūce and correction it hath ben laid on also vpō many of the miscreātes misbeleuers and heretiks from time to time For lighted not it vppon Arrius that archeheretike when he suffred a moste straunge and horrible death voidyng out al his bowels ▪ guttes and paunche dounewardes per secessum Lighted not it vppon Olimpius that arrant Arriane when hee suffred a most terrible and sodeyne death A fiery dart casten downe sodeinely from heauen and consumyng hym vp cleane to ashes Lyghted not it vpon Cerynthus that notable heretike when as he was bathyng him selfe in a house ther was besily vttrynge moste blasphemous wordes against the holy trinitie the house forthwith fel downe vpō him al to crusshed him to death Lighted not it vpon Montanus that proude and presūteous heretike when he with his two Prophetisses Maximilla and Priscilla by thin spiration of the same spirite whiche inspired them to they re heresies desperatly hung them selues al iii. together as it wer for companies sake And thys very hande of Goddes vengeaunce and Correction it hath ben somewhat of late yeares laied on euen vpon this doughter this realme of England also For what penurie and ponertie what hungre famine what Sedition and tumultes what Rebellion and insurrections hath shee susteined alate What corruption of Come and infection of aier what pestilent agues and sodeine sweattes what seruile subiection il gouernaunce of certeine wycked rulers brieflie what plage can there almost be rekened vp but of late yeres she hath susteined some part thereof What man canne denie these manifest plages manifestly to come of God for the manifest corectiō of this his daughter Englande for the acknowleging