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A warning to take heede of Fovvlers psalter, giuen by Th. Sampson
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Sampson, Thomas, 1517?-1589.
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their new psalmes of their owne Such a psalter is this and suche psalmes here hath M. Fovvler made if not worse then they were as worthy to be forbidden as they and to be auoyded of al true Christians who are as I said to learne of the Lord him self how to offer this sacrifice of prayer to him and it is our duetie both to thanke him that it hath pleased him to become our teacher and also to suffer our selues to be taught of him yea and to harken to that which is sayd and by the spirit of God taught vs. Coloss 3. Let the vvord of Christ dvvell in you plenteously in all vvisedom teaching and admonishing your ovvne selues in psalmes and himnes and spirituall songes singing vvith grace in your hartes vnto the Lord c. Prayse god TO THE CHRISTIAN Reader FOwler addeth vnto his fiddle whiche he calleth a Psalter an admonition It may I trust be as lawefull for me nowe in the ende of this booke to adde a few words in way of a necessary admonition VVhen the Pope sheweth himselfe liberal in giuinge of Pardons to them which will pray so as he appointeth them when papists are busie to make vs Psalters and such prety instrumentes whereon to pray a man woulde thinke that both he they were become very deuoute But euen these very same men when this word prayer is most busie in their mouthes haue in their hartes hands fowle bloody practises to cut the throates of theÌ„ whom they doe allure to pray with them In which they do not so closely work but God of his goodnes doth discouer theÌ„ blessed be his name for it He doth bevvray vnto vs that blood thrist vvhich lieth in their hartes For they do in dede secretly labor practise the sheding of our blood the murthering of vs all whilest they doe allure vs to pray as they prescribe vs And therfore iust cause we haue novve to complaine on these enemies as Dauid doth vppon his Psal. 55. The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter yet warre was in his hart His words were more gentle then oyle yet they were swords VVe may likevvise complaine as he doth Psal. 120. My soule hath to longe dwelt with him that hateth peace I seeke peace when I speake thereof they are bent to warre In these practises of the seede of Cain that is of these romish catholikes for so they vvil be called vve do se that fulfilled vvhich vvas foretold vs by our Sauior Christ Ioh. 16. That whosoeuer killeth you will thinke that he doth God seruice Thus are the childreÌ„ of God forevvarned that they shall finde enemies so deuout cruell that they shall thinke them selues to do good and acceptable sacrifice to God in slaying killing of them This is an opinion vvhich is putte into their mindes by the deuill that old murtherer liar in this murthering the murtherers do this their seruice to the deuil him selfe The old persequutinge Pagans thus serued their Gods that is the deuill him selfe in bloody slayinges and murtheringes of Christians In deede it is the delight of the deuil to smell the sauor of such sacrifices And therfore euen among the Pagans and Idolaters the deuill that olde murtherer hadde sovved this delusion that they vvere induced to thinke it to be a most acceptable seruice to their Idolls to offer vnto them men vvomen children in slaine sacrifice like beasts Yea some of theÌ„ did doate herein so egregiously that they spared not their ovvne sonnes and daughters but made vnnaturall slaughters of their naturall children to the deuil him selfe in their Idols And this vvas amonge them a thinge so common and horrible that euen of this their cruell inhumanity did some olde doctors and vvryters of Christes church gather argumentes to proue those Idols false deuils and their vvorshippe Idolatry and to dravv those Idolaters from their barbarous infidelitie to the faith of Christ The same pagans also vvere taught by the deuill their schoolemaister to thinke sometime that it vvas meete for them to pacifie their gods and to procure them selues felicity by makinge of hauocke and cruell slaughters of the godly olde Christians The same murtherer the deuill vvhich vvrought these mischiefes then doth vse still his olde pranckes and doth sturre vp papistes novv to practise the like inhumaine cruell slaughters vpon the poore flock sheepe of Christ as he did by Pagans then They thinke it an acceptable seruice sacrifice to their god But it is only a pleasing seruice to the deuill of hel and the deuill it is vvhom papistes do serue herein They thinke by these meanes to extinguish the faith the religion true profession of Christ that their popish Idols may keepe the place of God and be counted and vvorshipped as God only and alone vppon earth vvherein they serue the deuill himselfe to the vttermost of their povver Many are the vnnaturall slaughters vvhich not onelie before vs but euen in our age papistes haue made in Fraunce at Merindoll Paris and through that vvhole realme in Flaunders also and Spayne England and else vvhere as the histories of our age doe beare testimony But if that God vvhom Papists vvorship be such a cruel belly god that he is best pleased vvhen men are slayne for his pleasure vve may safely say then that that vvhich the Papists doe vvorshippe vvith such seruice is the very deuill of hell For the Lord God the maker of heauen and earth God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ the onely true liuing God accepteth no such seruice no such sacrifice and he vvill in his appoynted time call these butchers and men quellers to as fearefull an accompte for these their cruell doings as once he called Cain for the slaughter of his brother Abell Yea let them proceede they shall but fill vppe the measure of their sinnes that vpon them as Christ sayth may come all the righteous blood that vvas shed vpon the earth from the blood of Abell the righteous vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias c. But you vvill say these men be deuoute in their prayers They doe pray so did Cain so did Doeg make a semblance of praying and sacrificing but this vvas but the counterfetting of these cast-avvayes And the Papists do think that vvhilest they do thus nourish this vnsatiable malice and deuise of these bloody massacres in their heartes yet that they doe pray so vvell theÌ„selues that they may allure others to pray vvith them But in these their thoughtes they do erre and are deceaued For the Lord him selfe sayeth by the Prophet Isai 1. VVhen you shall stretch out your hands I will hide mine eyes from you and though you make many prayers I will not heare for your hands are full of blood The prayers therfore of these bloody papists are not hearde thankes be to God for it But let vs al vvhich do professe the religion of Iesus Christ in truth be admonished vvith care and diligence to practise right prayer acceptable to God by Iesus Christ our Sauior and not forget that vvhilest vve do pray papistes haue still their secrete practises to cut all our throates and therefore let vs be prepared for them Psal. 72. He shall redeeme their soules from deceite violence deere shal their blood be in his sight â—sal 25. â—nst Pij v. â—sai 2. Matth. 10. 2. Cor. 11. Marc. 12. Thâ— Psal. â— Matt Ber. in Serm. 1â— Ri. de s â—ict ex Io. â—ath Epiph. contra her lib. 1. to 3. Hierâ— Ioel. Act. â— Act. 13. Mathâ— Hieron in epist. ad Ephes lib. 2. cap. 3. Math. 21 Marke 1 Iacob 1. Ioan. 15. De verb. Ap. serm 14. Rom. 8. August in Epi. Ioan. tract 1. Petr. a soto August Hyâ—ognost Libr. 1. de praepar Euang Concil Trident Rom. 6. â—ath 20. Cip. serm de mort Vit. patr Rom. 16. Heb. 1. Epiph. li. 3. tom 2. Act. 7. Ioan. 15. 1. Tim. 2. Hieron in Ierem. 23. To. 2. concil cap. Grec Synod Cl. Alex. Matth. 23.