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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07957	Our Ladie hath a new sonne	C. N., fl. 1595.	1595 (1595)	STC 18326; ESTC S113033	28,367	104

read profiteth 34 p and 6 line for if one offence reade is one offence 36 p. and 2. line no other death reade no death 38 and the 2 line for game read gaine 49 p and 1 line for great shame reade with so great shame 52 p and 2 line for acquite he read acquite him he for although the reade as though the for of them as read of then as for called from the earth read exalten frō the earth 61 p and 4 line for meane ey the reade meane by the for durest not read dooest not for or other wise she reade as otherwise she 69 pa and ● line for all God read all good 72 p and 12 line for my walkes reade my walles 73 p and 23 line for a eteranall reade an eternall 78 p. and 20 line for that he had reade that she had OVR LADY HATH A NEVV SONNE THere was a mariage made in Cana of Galile Iohn 2. and the Mother of Iesus was there Iesus also was called and his Disciples to the mariage where eyther in respect of the miracle wrought in turning water into wine or by especiall inspiration an inuisible conuersion of a married man into a vowed Maiden Saint Iohn began to follow Christ forsaking his Spouse and deuote himselfe wholly to his loue and seruice He was then priuately taught by the Holy Ghost that which was afterward publiquely preached by Saint Paul 1. Cor. 7. he that is without a wife is carefull for the thinges which pertaine to our Lord but he which is with a wife is carefull for the thinges which pertaine to the world how hee may please his wife and he is deuided Yet that we should vnderstand howe lawfull and Honourable a state mariage is not onely Christ but his Mother also and his Disciples were present that such as comming after condemned it as a thing deuised by the deuil shuld by this act of his be more easilie suppressed They eate they drinke they are merrie and spend their time pleasantly no man wondereth a. Math. 9. for neither can the Children of the Spouse so long as hee is with thē mourne nor as yet the day is come wherein his absence shall cause them to fast neuerthelesse they haue some want of wine But how hapneth it sweet Lord that where thou wert there was want Can hee which a. Prou. 8. findeth thee findeth life and yet want such thinges as are necessarie for the maintenance of his life or canst thou bee present and suffer that there should he want In b. Math. 15. desartes thou canst finde enough to satisfie thousandes here are but few at this mariage and yet there is great want True it is that the wine failed but the guests fainted not there was want but they felt it not because that Christ was present to supply their want If they would haue drunke water there could not haue bin any want for there was c. Cantic 4 a Well standing by them full of waters of life but they desired wine d. Ephe. 5 in which is lust therefore although that Christ were present they had what to want yea therefore they wanted wine because that hee was present But since that at the solemnizing of mariages nothing is more intended than mirth a. Psa 103. mirth is most procured by wine no wōder if here be complaint of want since that they haue no wine O Iohn what did you when you inuited Christ vnto your mariage and his mother you promised them a feast were not able to giue them to drinke Thirst afflicteth him more than hunger his Mother telleth him there is no wine b. Iohn 4. So hee sate panting on the side of the Well saying VVoman giue me to drinke c. Iohn 19. So he hung fainting on the wood of the Crosse crying out I thirst and what neede soeuer now hee shoulde haue had there is no wine But O most louing LORD who is able to feaste thee without thee If thou make not the Feaste thy selfe to which thou wert bidden thou shalt haue but simple entertainment But pardon this boldnesse of thy Disciple whose hart his loue to thee and to thy Mother did so occupie that hee minded not his mariage and hauing himselfe wheron to feede and quench his thirst hee attended not to satisfie others appetites Hee had drunke wine with milke for hee was as yet a little one hee had harkned vnto thy voice and followed thyne aduice a. Cantic 5 Eate my friendes and drinke and bee ouercome my dearest beloued Yet did hee so follow thy counsell in this that hee forgat not thine admonition giuen at an other time b. Isai 29. be drunk but not with wine be moooued and not with drunkennes for behold thy Mother sayth they haue no wine Iohn 2. O Mary what neede is there of any wine are not thy breastes better than wine If wine be desired for the excellencie of the colour and beautie thereof d. Canti 4. thy breastes are fayrer than anie wine If wine be wished for the plesant odour it hath a. Cant. 1. the sent of thy breastes is more fragrant than the most precious costly Oyntments If wine be thirsted after for anye strength it giueth to them which drinke it b. Cant. 1. thy breastes are better thā any wine which gaue strength not to man onely but vnto God himselfe and who so knowing whome thy breastes haue nourished should seeke to fill themselues with wine they are vnworthy to bee beholding vnto him which longed so much to enioy the pleasure of them that being a most mighty King hee became in manner a begger and hauing giuen to euery thing their beeing c. Phil. 2. made himselfe almost nothing feeling neyther want of wine nor of any thing else when hee founde himselfe sucking at them yet findest thou a want because there is no wine O Mary why doest thou desire that there should bee more wine Knowest thou not that when that vine is ripe and readie to be gathered which saide of it selfe a. Ioan. 15. I am the true vine thy sorrowes wil expres them of which also thine exceeding great woe wil threaten an end b. Luke 2. a sword of griefe shall pierce thy soule and commest thou to thy son to complaine that there is want of wine What hast Mother of pitty what hast of thy son his death he is only the vine of which wee must hope for wine after which wee shall neuer thirst againe wherefore in demaunding a full supplie of wine what askest thou els but thy sonne his death Was it agreed vppon betwixt thee and Iohn that if thy Sonne would die thou shouldest adopt Iohn to thy sonne and therefore commest in such haste to thyne owne sonne saying they haue no wine Surelye thou gauest heere a pledge of more Motherlie loue to Iohn than to thine own sonne and a. Iohn 19. at thy

their mallice so extreame great against God that they cared not what losse they shoulde sustaine afterward of men so that thereby they might put GOD to a most cruell and a painefull death He a. Iohn 19. see him come in attired like a King but vsed like a vassall hee see him weare a crowne vpon his heade but to his paine hee see him haue a purple garment on his backe but wherein to bee laughed at b. Mat. 27. he see him haue a Scepter in his hande but for his head to beare a stroke therewith hee see him honoured with bowing of their knees but all in scoffing wise for by and by they vse him as before and that which most afflicted Iohn c. Iohn 19. no satisfaction woulde bee taken where no offence was giuen but a most shamefull death O cruell minded men saith hee is it so little yee haue done that yee will neuer cease and whereas now ye seeme by death to giue an end to all his paine it is too much against your wills your intention was murder and yee thinke it no murder vnlesse yee doo some act which of it selfe is murder He liueth yet but as one dying and because he could sustaine no more and liue vnmercifull pitty moued you to end his tormentes by a more cruell torture Die ye saw he would and die yee shall yee all conclude but with more paine if too much paine before did not preuent all future paine Ye scorne that which all the Court of heauen doth reuerence yee take disdalne where Angells take delight a. Mark 14. yee hide that face which all the heauenly spirits desire to see b. Mat. 27. ye strike that head where is the Fountaine of all wisedome c. Iohn 19. yee bruse those cheekes which neuer any worthely did kisse d. Math. 27 yee defile that sauour which is the beauty both of heauen and earth yee gaue him a reede in his hand whom all your stormie blastes could neuer moue yee crowne him with thornes vvho crowneth all vvith glorie yee cloath him in mockery and strippe your selues of all humanitie ye binde him straight with cordes who giueth to all their liberty not discerning a king from a vassall a sonne from a seruant a freeman from a slaue God himselfe from a pure and impure creature and which I tremble to thinke on yee call for his blood vpon you and on your Children Math. 27. Yee haue had already more than ye can wel avouch the shedding thereof and yet yee are not satisfied Could euer any Tyger be more fierce or Lyon greedier of his pray O men no men but farre exceeding what euill could euer be deuised But beare with them a little O Iohn they vnderstand perchance with what crueltie they haue erred they weigh the debt into which they haue wilfullie runne by their wickednes they feare the slauerye to which by their follie they haue made themselues subiect and knowing that their error cannot otherwise bee discerned their debt no way else discharged their libertie and their Childrens by no other meanes procured but by the lightning of his most precious blood vpon them and theirs they call and cry out Math. 27. His blood be on vs and on our children Expect a while if peraduenture vpon the taking of so precious a receit they will all cry out In very deede this man was iust and returne knocking their brests sorrowing for their offence committed against him and make him some satisfaction for what they haue done before vnto him Heard they not the high Priest say Iohn 11. It is expedient that one should die that all the people perish not and nowe they perceiue there is no other way but death they wish they may bee washed with his blood and thereby reconciled againe vnto him and be saued and for this cause they all cry out His blood bee on vs and on our children A grieuous leprosie hath ouergrowne their soules that they can no longer bee accepted for Citizens of Heauen The water of Iordan cannot purge it and although they haue often striken the Rocke yeeldeth he no water to cleanse it vntill his side bee pierced and therefore are they forced and constrained to vse a bath of Innocents blood which forceth them to cry out His blood bee on vs and on our children Iohn 6. They haue heard him also say himselfe that there is no way but death for such as eate not of his fleshe and drinke not of his blood and although at that time hauing a most carnall and brutish conceit they abhorred so vnusuall a feeding yet beeing now brought to this exigent that they know in crueltie they haue exceeded the nature of men and thinke the sore cannot bee salued but by his precious blood albeit such potions seeme vnto them contrary to the same nature they wil apply their sences vnto them and master their former conceits and therefore all cry out His blood bee on vs and on our Children Remembrest thou not a. Mat. 11 how that many blinde receaued their sight by his laying his hands vpon them Luke 7. call to minde howe for a most great debt Mary Magdalen her bond was cancelled when she only touched his holie feet Forgettest thou how many by his word onely hee set at libertie Math. 8. which were possessed by diuells and blamest thou them whose blindnes is so grieuous that it can not otherwise bee cured whose debt is so great that it cannot otherwise bee discharged whose thraldome is so villanous that they cannot otherwise bee freed if with vehemency they call and cry out His blood be vppon vs on our Children But alas these surmises doe rather increase griefe then ease it what is it to me saith Iohn if they remaine still blinde What concerneth it mee if their debts bee not paide What toucheth it me if they still continue in bondage What profits it mee that all the world doe the better if I fare the worse Cannot their eyes be opened vnles mine bee put out Cannot their debts be paide vnlesse I bee impouerished Cannot they be at libertie vnles I liue in miserie Cannot the sunne shine clearelie to them vnles it bee eclipsed to me Cannot they bee enriched vnles I be robbed Cannot they ioy in freedome vnles I grieue in thraldome or is there no other waye to worke this their weale my woe but by procuring hys bloud vpon thē on their Childrē If one offence pardoned by the committing of an other is an euill enterprise remitted by a cruell prosecuting of the same is it a satisfaction for the shedding of blood to cry for more No no murder it is which they intend and for naught els then to glut themselues therewith they all cry out Mat. 27. His blood be on vs and on our Children The Iewes sometime the glory of the world are now become opprobrious to all people that whereas heretofore all such as vsed crueltie