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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03908	A sermon preached in West-chester the viii. of October, 1586 Before the iudges and certain recusantes: wherein the conditions of al heretiques, but especiallie of stubborn and peruerting Papists, are discouered, & the duty of al magistrats concerning such persons, applied & opened by Edward Hutchins, Master of Artes, & Fellowe of Brasennose Colledge.	Hutchins, Edward, 1558?-1629.	1586 (1586)	STC 14017; ESTC S116561	13,987	32

papists haue thought themselues by this time if our natural Prince our gracious soueraigne our Queene our Lilly Elizabeth the very life and comfort of vs al had bin torne in peeces happie were they now if forreiners could come in among vs happie if there were nothing but killing murthering in a woord happie could papists think themselues if they saw al your children and friends slaine before your faces and you were all to followe after happie if there were nothing but fainting of thighes nothing but foulding of armes nothing but wringing of handes nothing but weeping wailing woing among you happy if the diuel his murthering seruantes could once dispatch and displace you To this purpose our gracious Elizabeth was like to bee torne to this purpose they haue sought her the glory of our land to this purpose the catholiks of Rome are growen to bee cruell and grone to bee cutthroates to this purpose they haue not long since attempted the matter Good God therfore saue vs from them for what are they but Foxes and because they are Foxes therefore at this time I am right worshipful to craue you to catch them And so to omit the second metaphor because the time would be too short I come to the matter Catch saith Salomon the Foxes the little c. Wherein I note two points a precept and the vse The precept in these wordes take vs the Foxes and the little Foxes the vse or end implied in these words least our vines c. Touching the first point to omit manie pointes and at this time onlie to note 1. Who are to be catched Foxes and little Foxes 2. Who are charged to take them 3. Who chargeth For the 1. Foxes and little Foxes are commanded to be taken old therefore and young heretiques must be taken none spared whether great or little For as leauen sowreth the dough though it be but little as pitch defileth the cleane though it be but little as a canker eates and marres the bodie of man by little and little though at the first neuer so little so the Fox and little Foxe may wast the good vine therefore al Foxes are commanded here to be taken al hereticks to be catcht least the Church of Christ doe suffer daunger by them But here alas what shal I say for though al heretiques ought to be taken though neither Fox nor litle Fox ought to be free but fast though the vine bee in peril of wasting by the fox though great though litle yet alas neither is little nor great Foxe made fast but suffered free in diuers places Nay oh what may we lamēt but the freenes of Foxes for what number of heretiques what number of recusants what number of papists to giue them their due and true name what number of traitours are there abroad abroad and not taken or if taken yet sometimes enlarged or if not inlarged yet so visited where they are imprisoned that manie of thē neuer find their paradise til they come to the prison where I fear they want no maintenāce of ouerplus frō their fellow-foxes where I fear they want no conference where I feare the Fox the little fox are neuer so fast but that they do wast manie vines of Iesu Christ But alas this should not be so and here the Fox and little Fox are commanded to be taken that the vine of christ might be safer then so Who are therefore to take them who are to take care that it maie not be so surelie I take it that this precept doth bind minister and magistrate and therefore you Right worshipfull For in both there ought to bee such carefulnes ouer the vine that neither Foxe nor little Foxe should escape their nets where the vine is in danger Howbeit they are to catch them differentlie the Minister by the woord the Magistrate by the sword the one by loue the other by feare the one by softnes the other by sharpnes the one by perswading the other by punishing if that persuasion may not preuaile And therefore seeing that then in this our daie the light of the truth was neuer more light and Christ so beareth his stars in his hande that all men may easily see the old and onely true way that lust not to be blind and yet with our aduersaries neither our Preaching nor Penning can any way preuaile but that their whole trauel is by night and by day by lande and by Sea elsewhere at home here not only to dimme the light of Iesu Christ by their false and heretical doctrine but also by force and violence to remoue the stars that are in his hand that they may no lōger shine vnto vs nay sith there is in them such zeale to their heresies such hatred of the trueth that they count themselues euen no lesse then halfe dead that Sion lyeth not wast in the dust yea and to that purpose aduenture not onely their lyms but their vncatholicke liues content to turne their name of catholickes for the name of vncatholicke cutthrotes now by profession and practise refusing the sweete name of innocent Iesu for the traiterous name of Iudas to work out the matter it belongeth to the magistrate and to you to your power Right worshipful to help that way least the vine of Christ doe lie wast by the means for the Lords sake to catch Papists for what are they but Foxes whereunto the rather to moue you I shal not neede to remember you what the Fox hath attempted of old or of late against the vine because of his liberty all men doe know it and al good hearts may lament and fear it least the Fox attempt the like any longer if that hee bee not taken in time and preuented But for this thus it were policy and piety to keepe the vine safe but this being so neither policy nor piety but pitiles impietie to let the Fox free least the vine doe lie wast You know what I meane you know I speak trueth and therefore for the Lordes sake looke to your charge spare neither Fox nor litle Foxe where you may come by them but see that you catch them Oh cut Papistes short of liberty for what are they but Foxes In which case I do craue but your charitie though dutie exact it Howbeit if the light of Gods countenance bee deare vnto you if the Golden Candelsticke of Christ be golden and glorious in your eies and among you if your hearts bee glad to see these gladsome daies wherein the Gospel of Christ the very power of God to saue your soules is preached vnto you shal I saie al if the state of our gracious soueraigne and vnder her of Christes deare Church be deare vnto you then you should of your selues and readily looke to the Foxe and little Fox that looks for the contrary to catch them betimes to let them haue the reward of Foxes least they catch you before your time to your woe proue thēselues to be