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A02187	Newes from Italy of a second Moses or, the life of Galeacius Caracciolus the noble Marquesse of Vico Containing the story of his admirable conuersion from popery, and his forsaking of a rich marquessedome for the Gospels sake. Written first in Italian, thence translated into latin by reuerend Beza, and for the benefit of our people put into English: and now published by W. Crashavv ...; Historia della vita di Galeazzo Caracciolo. English	Balbani, Niccolo, d. 1587.; Crashaw, William, 1572-1626.	1608 (1608)	STC 1233; ESTC S100534	64,277	90

reuiled yea and scourged but euen to die vpon the crosse as a cursed malefactor and all for vs why should not we much more beare patiently the taunts and mockes yea euen the slanders of Gods enemies Let vs therfore arme our selues as it were with a holy pride and in a sort scorne and laugh at their mockes and putting vpon vs mercy and pity as the feeling members of Christ let vs bewaile so great blindnesse in them and let vs intreat the Lord for them to pull them out of that palpable darknesse into his true and marueilous light lest Satan binde them to himselfe in his euerlasting prentishippe and so being his bondslanes and hired sworne seruants of his blacke guard doe send them out to persecute Iesus Christ in his members Which when they haue done all they can and all that the diuell their master can teach them though the diuell himselfe should burst with malice and they for anger grinde their teeth yet shall it all tend to the magnifying of Gods glory which they labour to obscure and to the furtherance of their saluation whom they so disdained yea to the increase of their glory in a better world whom in this world they thought worthy of nothing but of all disgrace And surely my most honourable Lord he that is possessed with the certaintie of this faith will without doubt make open warre with the corrupt affections of his owne nature and with all the world yea euen with the diuell himselfe and will not doubt but in time euen to ouercome them al. Therfore let vs humble our selues to our God and Father euerlasting that he would increase that saith in vs bring forth in vs those most blessed sweet fruits of faith in our harts liues which he vseth to work in them whom he hath elected that so our faith being fruitful of good works may appeare to be not a fained but a true faith not a dead but a liuing faith not a humane but a diuine worke in vs that so it may be to vs an infallible pledge of our saluation to come Let vs labour to shew our selues the legitimate and vndoubted children of God in seeking aboue all things that his most holy name may be sanctified in our selues and others and in imitating his admirable loue and gentlenesse which makes his sunne to shine on good and badde Let vs worship his heauenly Maiestie in spirit and truth and let vs yeeld vp the temple of our heartsto Christ Iesus as an acceptable sacrifice vnto him yea letvs shew our selues members of the heauenly high Priest Christ Iesus in sacificing to God our owne bodies and in crucifying the flesh with the affections and the lusts thereof that sinne being dead in vs the spirit of God may create in vs a spirituall life whereby Christ Iesus may liue in vs. Let vs die to sinne and die to our selues and to the world that we may liue blessedly to God and Christ Iesus yea let vs acknowledge and shew by our liues that we were once ●●ad but now are raised to the life of grace by the power of Christ Iesus Let our conuersation be heauenly though we liue on the earth let vs begin that life here which we hope to lead in heauen let the image of God shine bright in vs let vs disgrace and weare out the olde image of sinne and satan and labour to renue the image of Christ Iesus that all that see vs may acknowledge Gods image in vs. Which holy image of grace as it is beautifull and glorious in all Gods Saints so in you my good Lord it shall be so much more glorious in as much as you go before others in birth nobility honour and high place O what a pleasant sight is it to all true Christian men yea to the Angels yea how acceptable to the Lord himselfe to behold a man of your place and estate so farre to forget the world and denie himselfe so deepely to consider the frailty of his own nature and the vanity of all temporal things as to say with Christ I am a worms and no man and to crie out with Dauid turne thy face to me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and poore O happy and true rich man which hath attained to this spirituall and heauenly pouerty and can giue a farewell to himselfe and the world and all things that he hath for Christs sake and can freely renounce and forsake carnall reason humane learning company and counsell of friends wealth honours lord shippes pleasures of all sorts delight of the court high places and preferments dignity and offices yea fauour of Princes yea his owneselfe How welcome shall he be to Christ which can denie all those for Christs sake Such a one may go for a foole in the world but he shal be of the Almighties counsell such a man knoweth that felicity consists not in any thing that this world can afford and therefore in the midst of all his wealth and abundance he crieth out to God as though he had nothing euen out of the feeling of his heart Giue vs this day our daily bread Such a man preferreth the rebuke of Christ before the honour of the world and the afflictions of Christs religion before the pleasures of the world and because hee despiseth all things in respect of Christ and his righteousnes and is possessed and grounded with Gods spirit therefore hee sings with true ioy of heart with the kingly Prophet The Lord is my shepheard therefore I can want nothing neither will I feare hunger or any outward thing he feeds me in greene pastures and leads me forth besides the water of comfort This man distrusts himselfe and all the creatures in the world that he may trust and cleaue onely to God neither aimes he at any pleasure any wisedome any honour any riches any credit or estimation but such as comes from God himselfe and therfore he professeth with the same Prophet I haue none in heauen but thee alone and none in the earth doe I desire but thee my slesh consumeth with longing after thee and thou Lord art my heritage and portion for euer He that spake thus was a wealthy and mighty King yet suffered he not the eyes ofhis mind to be blinded or dazled with the glittering glory of riches pleasures or honour or ought else that a kingdome could giue for he knew wel that they al came of God and were held vnder God and must all be vsed to his glory and that he that gaue them hath farre better things to giue his children And therefore that King and Prophet makes his heauenly proclamation before al his people Blessed art thou O Lord God our father for euer and euer thine O Lord is greatnes and power and glory and victory all that is in heauen and earth is thine thine is the kingdome Lord and thou excellest as head ouer all riches and honour come of thee and

deuices she could labouring to mooue him by teares and complaints and by all kinds of intreaty that a wife could vse to her husband and withall sometimes vrging him with such vaine and fond reasons as commonly women of that Religion are furnished withall What a vexation this was and what an impediment to his conuersion such may iudge easily who are cumbred with husbands or wiues of a contrary Religion And no little griefe and temptation was it to him besides all these that the most part of the noble men in and about Naples being either of his blood or kinred or his familiar friends vsed continually to resort vnto him to follow their old and ordinary sports and pleasures Alas how hard a thing was it to shake off all these on a sudden and to take vpon him a direct contrary course of life to that he had ledde with them afore which he must needs doe if he would goe on as he had begun And further it was no little vexation to his soule to liue in the Court when his office and place called him thereunto for there hee might heare of any thing rather then of Religion and not a word by any meanes of Gods word but talke enough of common and worldly preferments and pleasures and deuising of meanes for the most cruell handling and dispatching out of the way all such as should depart from the Romish faith Any Christian heart may easily conceiue how deepely those temptations and hinderances vexed his righteous soule in this his course towards God insomuch as a thousand to one they had turned him backe againe and doubtlesse they had done so indeed had not God assisted him with speciall grace CHAP. VII How he escaped the snares of the Arrian Anabaptists and after of the Waldesians and of his resolution to leaue his countrey hono urs and liuings to enioy the liberty of Gods Religion BVt aboue all these Satan had one assault strongest of all whereby he attempted to seduce him from the true and sincere Religion of God About that time the Realme of Naples was sore pestred with Arrians and Anabaptists who daily broched their heresies amongst the common people colouring them ouer with glorious shewes These fellowes perceiuing Galeacius not fully setled as yet in Religion nor yet sufficiently groūded in the scripture tried al meanes they could to intangle him in their errours and blasphemous fancies wherein the mightie worke of God was admirable towards him for he being a youth a gentleman but a meane scholar and little studied and but lately entred into the schoole of Christian Religion who would haue thought that euer he could haue resisted and escaped the snares of those heretikes many of them being great and grounded scholars and throughly studied in the Scripture Notwithstanding by the sincere simplicity and plainnesse of Gods truth and the inspiration of the holy Ghost hee not onely descried the fondnesse of their heresies but euen vntied the knots and brake their nets and deliuered himselfe and mightily confuted them yea such was the working of God as being sometime in their meetings hee was strongly confirmed in the doctrine of the truth by seeing and hearing them Thus by Gods mercie he escaped and was conquerour in this sight But the diuell had not so done with him for another and more dangerous battell presently followed The Waldesians of whom wee spake before were at that time in Naples in good number With them did Galeacius daily conuerse their courses of life and study being not farre vnlike These disciples of Waldesius knew as yet no more in Religion but the point of Iustification and misliked and eschewed some abuses in Popery and neuerthelesse still frequented Popish Churches heard Masses and were present ordinarily at vile Idolatries Galeacius for a time conuersed with these men and followed their way which course doubtlesse would haue spoiled him as it did a great sort of them who afterwards being taken and committed for the truth were easily brought to recant their Religion because they wanted the chiefe and the most excellent points nor were sufficiently setled and yet afterwards againe not daring to forsake their hold in Iustification and therefore comming to it againe were taken as relapsers and backsliders and put to extreame torments and cruell death In the like danger had Galeacius beene but that the good prouidence of God otherwise disposed and better prouided for him for his office and place that he bare in the Emperours Court called him into Germany and so withdrew him from his companions the Waldesians for the Lord had a greater worke to worke in him then the Waldesians were able to teach him for there in Germany hee learned that he neuer knew afore that the knowledge of the truth of Iustification was not sufficient for saluation whilst in the meane time a man wittingly defiled himselfe with Idolatry which the Scripture cals spirituall whordome and of no man did he reape more sound and comfortable instruction then of Peter Martyr of whom we spake afore whom God had lately called out of Italy and confirmed him in the truth This Martyr instructed Galeacius soundly in the way of the truth and made it plaine vnto him by priuate conferences as well as publicke reading for he was at that time publick professor of diuinity at Stransbrough in Germany Galeacius furnished with those holy instructions returned to Naples and presently resorting to his companions the Waldesians amongst other points conferred with them about the eschewing of Idolatry and deliuered his iudgement therein But they not induring scarce to heare it presently forsooke him for they would by no meanes entertaine that doctrine which they knew was sure to bring vpon them afflictions persecutions losse of goods and honours or else would cause them to forsake country house and land wife and childe and so euery way threatened a miserable estate to the professors thereof Now this their forsaking of him and telling him of the danger of this profession was another strong temptation to keepe him wrapped in their Idolatry and to make him content himselfe with their imperfect and peeced Religion But GOD which had in his eternall election predestinate him that he should be a singular example of constancy to the edification of many and the confusion and condemnation of luke-warme professors gaue him that excellent resolution and that heauenly courage as he escaped at last conquerour ouer all those temptations and assaults of Satan and nothing could suffice or content him but the pure Religion and also the profession of it and therefore seeing no hope of reformation in Naples nor any hope to haue the Waldesians ioyne with him and seeing plainely that he could not serue God in that countrey he resolued vndoubtedly that hee would forsake the countrey and seeke for Christ and his Religion wheresoeuer hee might find them and that hee would rather forsake father wife children goods and lands offices and preferments to winne Christ then to enioy them all