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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

eternitie hath none ende but continueth alwayes All fleshe waxeth olde as a garment and all that is made and can be séene shall perish in season The generation of fleshe and bloude is suche that when one is borne an other dieth One kyngdome increaseth an other decreaseth Who so euer committeth wickednesse shall perish with them Blessed is the man which through wisedome exerciseth hym selfe in al goodnesse and declareth holy things with vnderstāding This many of the Heathen Philosophers and other Pagans could well discerne and iudge of by naturall reson the which also did contemne and forsake riches greate estimation and authoritie bicause of many labours paines and vnquietnesse and other euyls whiche herehence procéede for to passe ouer spende their time in more quietnesse would not be intangled with any kind of thing that mighte hynder them of their studie and other exercises Cecilius Metellus a valiāt captain wold neuer receue the office of Dictator which was offered him neither the charge of a Cōsul or magistrate saying that he wold spend that in quietnesse y t he had gotten by great trauaile and paine in y e warres The Philosopher Anatillus dyd refuse to be gouernoure of Athenes saying that he would be rather a seruaunt of good men than a hangman of the wicked Nicodius did not regarde nor made any accompt of the great tresure which kyng Cyrus sent him for a present to go with him to war Aristotle forsooke the good entertainment of Alexander the great bicause he had rather be at Athenes to reade to his scholers after his accustomed maner Philosophie Apollon●us Thianeus leauyng hys owne natiue countrey toke his iorney to go thoroughout whole Asie to goe to sée the philosopher Hirarchus in Indie M. Curius contemned the great sum of gold the Samnites offred him The great Philo●opher Crates mentioned in y e beginning of our boke cast al his goodes riches into y e sea The inhabiters of the Isle of Varales being aduertised of the a●arice couetousnesse of their n●ibors threw al theyr tresure their gold siluer into the sea bicause they shold not take occasiō to make warre against them for their goods Upon a day in the presence of Phillip king of the Macedonians was moued a question among the philosophers namely What was the greatest thing in this worlde Whereunto one aunswered It was the Sunne the next sayd the sea the thirde the mount of Atlas the fourth sayd that great and learned Poet Homere Shortly euery one ●ayd that which semed him best But the wisest of them all aunswered after thys sorte The greatest and most cōmendable thing is the heart and courage of Man whyche dothe not regarde worldly and transitorie Riches But I coulde rehearse here a greate many more of examples yf neede shoulde so require and tyme serue But if the Heathen haue done thys howe muche more ●ught Christiās to do that in knowledge discretion which they dyd in ignorāce And to draw your selues the rather from all vayne and transitorie thyngs whiche leade men vnto all euill and to addresse your selfe with heart and mind towards the Lorde ye must call to remembrance often the wrath which shall come to the seruants of vnrighteousnesse the childrē of the worlde the fleshe and the deuill at the last day Agayne call to minde that worthie reward and glorious inheritāc● whiche the children and seruants of God haue prepared for them The tyme passeth and is turned from mornyng vntil euening Therfore be ye wyse and haue the feare of God before your eyes kéepe your self from doing of euil in these dangerous dayes The foole hath no consideration of the time but the wise man vnderstandeth all that belongeth to knowledge and taketh héede to instruction He which findeth wisedom estéemeth it and maketh much of it A wittie man in talk sayth the wise man walketh wisely Also they haue knowen veritie and iustice and haue searched after true iudgement Withdrawe your selfe then if ye will b● counted wise before God from the vanitie of this present worlde and caste aside all manner of voluptuousnesse pleasure and carnall Concupiscence For yf you folow the peruerse iudgement of the worlde and giue the bridle to the wicked desires of the body it will cause your enimies to reioice ouer you Let it not greue you to sée y e wicked prosper to be regarded and to come to high promotion Be not ye abashed or displesed for consideratiō of tēporall felicitie which god gyueth here vpon earthe vnto the vngodly wicked and carnall libertin●s● to Epicures bellygods and other seing they are of no continuaunce they shal fall vany●he and come to naught they shall consume lyke smoake and perishe like the herbe and floure of the fieldes But truste ye in the Lorde and go forward from goodnesse to better Christe Iesu our Sauiour to the comfort of all troubled Christians warneth vs saying Feare not ye him which killeth the body seing he can not hurt the soule whiche is in the Lordes kéepyng though y e body be neuer so miserably tormented or yll intreated yet are we sure that God shall raise it vp agayne and so body and soule being ioyned receyue euerlasting ioy and blessednesse Contrary wyse all the wicked which persecute the true membres of Christ as doth at thys day that wycked tyrant the Duke of Alba with all his adherents very hangmen and cruel murtherers of the Pope shall haue an ylfauored and shameful end here in this worlde and hereafter haue eternall ignominie and confusion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone The reward in deede of all such tyrantes and wicked ones as nowe be or euer were as Ne●o Dioclesian Dioscore Maximian Iouian Maxence Licinus Constantius Phocus and many more other whose fearefull and terrible examples ought to moue the cruell tyrantes of our dayes were it not that they by the iuste iudgement of GOD were hardened in theyr wycked malicousnesse Examynyng then the naughtie ende of these wicked tyrantes and waying again our good end and ●ure consolation which we gather out of the worde of God we ought by good reson to reioyce and be glad of oure estate from the bottom of our harts to thanke the Lorde oure God that it hath pleased him to cal vs to such a good state and that he hath thoughte vs worthy to suffer any thing for his name sake Then be of good cheere and take courage and takyng thy crosse on thy shoulder followe stoutely Christ Iesu thy kyng and only head ●ut if thou wilt do this thou must contemne cast of and forsake euen as Christ did al couetousnesse worldly honor carnal lus●s concupiscence and thou shal● finde that it is much easier to serue the Lord thā to ●e a slaue to this wretched world for hys yoke is light his burden is easy Be ye therfore strēgthned cōforted by vertue of gods holy spirit neither purpose or desire either by worde or déede

beast in setting of hir image vp I Saw a Woman sitting on a beast Before mine eyes of Orenge colour hew Horrour and dreadfull name of blasphemie Filde hir with pride And seuen heads I saw● Ten hornes also the stately beast did beare She seemde with glorie of the s●arlet faire And with fine perle and golde puft vp in heart The wine of hooredome in a cup she bare The name of Mysterie writ in hir face The bloud of Martyrs dere were hir delite Most fierce and f●ll this woman seemde to me An Angell then des●ending downe from Heauen With thondring voice cride out aloude and sayd Now for a truth great Babylon is fallen THen might I see vpon a white horse set The faithfull man with flaming countenaunce His head did shine with crounes set therupon The worde of God made him a noble name His precious robe I saw embrued with bloud Then saw I from the heauen on horses white A puissant armie come the selfe same way Then cried a shining Angell as me thought That birdes from aire descending downe on earth Should warre vpon the kings and eate their flesh Then did I see the beast and Kings also Ioinyng their force to slea the faithfull man But this fierce hatefull beast and all hir traine Is pitilesse throwne downe in pit of fire I Saw new Earth new Heauen sayde Saint Iohn And loe the sea quod he is now no more The holy Citie of the Lorde from hye Descendeth garnisht as a loued spouse A voice then sayde beholde the bright abode Of God and men For he shall be their God And all their teares he shall wipe cleane away Hir brightnesse greater was than can be founde Square was this Citie and twelue gates it had Eche gate was of an orient perfect pearle The houses golde the pauement precious stone A liuely streame more cleere than Christ all is Ranne through the mid sprong from triumphant s●●● T●ere growes lifes fruite vnto the Churches good A BRIEFE DEclaration of the Authour vpon his visions takē out of the holy scriptures and dyuers Orators Poetes Philosophers and true histories Translated out of French into Englishe by Theodore Roest WAying and considering that many which are grieued and sore vexed in their myndes grudgyng and leding an vnquiet life do not onely for the most part mislike of their owne estate and calling but enuiously such is our frailtie go about to enter into other men● lyuings so that now a days the fewest numbre of men are cōtented with their vocation and callyng wherof we haue dayly too too much experience As for example Many souldiers desire to be merchants again many merchants loue warfare for all that they 〈◊〉 what inconueniences folow oftentimes● Lawyers woulde be husbādmen agayn● men of the countrey commende the voca●tion of Iudges Many maried folks wold be vnmaried other not maried and single persons trauaile to be Poore men couet to be riche the riche desireth more and more and euery man laboureth to aduaunce him selfe A knight or a gentleman would gladly be some great Lorde or Earle An Earle loketh to be a Duke or prince a Duke or prince séeketh to become King A King contentyng hymself yet least studieth by what meanes he may amplifie his realme and ioyne vnto it townes cities and countreys so to increase his dominions daily that at length he might attaine to the Monarchie of all Europe and then to become Lorde of the whole worlde Briefly the hearts of carnall voluptuous men are neuer at rest haue neuer inough but be driuen by the meanes of concupiscence which reigneth in them always to be careful to watche to toyle and moyle to wishe to mistrust to sue and busily to be occupied For an ambitious and couetous carnal person is neuer contented with that he hath for if he haue bene busy but ten dayes for that he hath he will not refuse to woorke ten times ten other to attaine to that which he desireth and gapeth for● although it be not pro●●table either for body or soule This time of our pilgrimage is graunted of God to learne to knowe him to serue and honor him to laude and magnifie his name to put oure whole confidence in hym to leade oure life accordyng to hys blessed will and to séeke our whole felicitie and blessednesse only in hym Finally to acknowledge without the whiche also the condition of man is worse thā is of brute beasts with heart tong al goodnesse to procéede of him This time I say for this purpose gyuen vnto vs those mē aforesayd consume and spend in vnquietnesse to the seruice of wicked Mammon and other vnlawfull and gréedie desires of earthly and transitorie riches losing and forgoing therby the ioy quietnesse of the spirite and conscience and most of al true christian libertie Wherfore with all righte they may be compared to the Dog wherof Esope speketh which going ouer a bridge with breade in his mouth spying his shadow in the water thought to haue seene some other Dogge wyth a greater piece of bread in his mouth wherfore enticed by glutt●ny and enuy he let fall that that he had and snatchyng after his shadowe was fowly deceyued of al. In like maner I say hapneth to those that are so wholy gyuen addicted vnto those worldly and transitorie riches that notwithstandyng they see ●hem to be but vaine and idle yet doe they prefer them aboue the perpetuall and heauenly I put case there were an image made of clay outwardly decked and layde ouer wyth gold very finely but thinly that it might séeme to be altogether of the fynest and purest gold that can be so that euery mā woulde trauaile and end●uor to get it to him selfe one comming breaketh a little piece of it and so by that meanes the● hidden deceipte being knowne I doubte whether any woulde be so foolishe as to make much a do about a thing so vile and vnprofitable but that he woulde bestow● his time to a farre better vse Therefore hopyng to moue such as doe vnderstand a right how deceitfull worldly things be to auoyde them the rather and to couete after the eternall and euerlasting I haue thought it good so compendiously as possibly I may to shewe how vaine transitorie deceitfull vnprofitable and vncertain worldly things be and that heauenly things only are euerlasting immortal excellent good and most to be desired euen as God him self is the fountain of all goodnesse and perfect in all things which can be desired yea more a greate deale than oure vnderstandyng is able to vtter or to comprehende to this ende and purpose that men conuertyng vnto the Lorde in hym o●ely séeking their whole saluation and perfect blysse myght leade their life paciently with a good conscience in all quietnesse of minde and spirite and so to enioy the true christian libertie and spirituall gladnesse here in thys worlde that in the worlde to come they might be inheritours by grace of the euerlasting ioyes

it nor beleeue any parte of it so long as it agréeth not wyth the doctrine and gaye Ceremonies of our holy father the pope our mother the Romish churche Vpon the .xij. Sonet or vision I saw sayth S. Iohn a woman sit vpon a scarlet colored beast This woman did a far off seeme to be honest vertuous but in deede she was farre otherwise as ye shal heare This beast is that great Antechrist of whom we haue spoken right now or rather the bodie of the diuel containyng within him the Pope Cardinals patriarkes legates bishops doctors abbots priours chanons Monkes friers prebendaries priests indulgences bulles Nonnes and the reste of all suche diuelyshe sectes beyng full of hypocrisie and dissimulation reignyng wythin the whole Popedome In lyke manner all Magistrates and secular powers that fortifie and defende as well the Pope him selfe as also the abhominations and detestable idolatrie which the Romishe church doth vse be he Emperoure King or Prince Duke Earle or Lorde Maior Iudge Chauncellor Bailie Constable or whatso●uer that maintaine defende and vpholde by force and violence any thing against God and his truth Of whose number I my selfe haue bene sometime and that to myne owne great griefe be it spoken thorough méere ignorance thinkyng to do God great seruice Wherof I am now ashamed and most ●arnestly repent me and am sory for it And I pray God that this nor any of the rest of my sinnes be layde vnto my charge but that he will pardon me thorough hys infinite goodnesse and mercie in the name of his dearely beloued Sonne Iesus Christe oure onely Sauioure and redéemer And I thanke hym from the bottome of my hearte that it hathe pleased hym of his mercie without my deseruings to haue called me wyth the Apostle S. Paule out of the shadowe of death and the companie of hys enimies to the knowledge of his eternall wisedome in the felowship of his true spouse his churche Of these I say which seeke not themselues nor any thing in this worlde but seeke the glorie of him that bought them and the accomplishment of his kingdom● counted in the sight of the world as outcastes but glorious in the sight of God This beaste is whole of the colour of scarlet reddish in token of greate tyrannie sheddyng of bloud and murthers which they cōmit against those which will not agree to their wicked diuelish institutions She is also ful of ignominious blasphemous names as your holynesse your clemencie your lordship your fatherhod your mastership your serenitie your worthinesse honour reuerence magnificence bounty vicar of God● spiritual lord phisition of the soule defen●er of the faith supreme head of the church and many ot●er as it is se●ne dayly by their letters and writyngs Moreouer their too too mu●he know●e trumperies and Iack an Apes plays are no lesse blasphemous than processions confirmations greasyngs purgatorie Masses for al soules pilgrimages pardons mattins Aue Maria stella or Salue regina Placebo Candlemasse Palm sonday c. This beast had seuen heades and ten hornes signifiyng all his subtil practises his craftie fetches and false conspiracies therby to impeche and withstande the graces of God and giftes of the holy Ghost And vnder a cloke of authoritie through tyrānish violence resist the commaūdements of God And this woman was aray●d in purple and gilded with golde and precious stones and pearles Which signifieth their coapes of gold corporal stoales staues miters c. and other like trumperies of silk purple crimosin sattin redde coloured bordered wyth golde pearles and precious stones and aboue this their counterfaite pietie and shewe of holinesse This painted pampred vp and so gaily decked Romish churche bragged and boasted muche of hir Gospel and hir Apostles of golde siluer wood or stone decked and arayed wyth all kinde of costlynesse whiche is but an outwarde appearaunce for they looke for nothyng lesse than to imitate or follow and to expresse them in their conuersation She had a cup of golde in hir hande full of abhomination and filthinesse of hir fornication This cup is hir false and cursed Religion whiche she dayly communicateth distributed aboute the Chalice whiche hir Merchauntes doe so wickedly abuse It containeth all kynd of false and dyuelish doctrine all kinde of erroures lyes and beastlynesse all manner of craftie workes of hypocrites all manner of inuentions of fleshly wysedome all mans wittie deuises eyther by crafte arte or otherwise inuented as also all straunge kinde of worshippyng of idolatrie fornication Sodometrie and all other kynde of iniquitie Outwardly she séemeth to be gilded she reporteth yea boasteth to sette forth the glorie of God namely the magnfying of the name of Christ. They say they preache the sacred Scripture they lyue in chastitie and all is nothyng else but a false a counterfaite and deceiptfull shewe of holynesse full of hypocrisie and dissimulation a couer or cloke of all mischiefe and abhomination it is but the bare letter and the onely name as the rest of all their doings are And in hir forhead was a name written a mysterie great Babylon A name declaring what manner of woman she is She is knowne wel inough by hir naughty fruites of such as are skylful of godly knowledge and haue also the spirite of vnderstandyng So that they b●yng illuminated conducted and ledde by the spirite of GOD maye easily perceyue iudge and knowe accordyng vnto the Scriptures that shée is nothyng else but an vnshamefaste and pestyferous whoore full of all iniquitie abhomination and wyckednesse But thys iudgement is hydden from the Infidels the whyche are so bewitched and inchaunted by the meanes of their fayre outwarde shewe their humble knéeling creepyng and gaye Ceremonies that what soeuer she doth speaketh or commaundeth and taketh in hand they make muche of it worship and imbrace it as holy honest perfect good which thing God permitted for theyr vnbeliefs sake She is called mother of whoredomes and abhominations of the earth muche passyng the towne of the Chaldees in all kinde of wickednesse for she is the mother and fountaine both of spiritual and carnall whordome and abhomination And I saw that she was the maried wyfe of the deuyll For I saw hir dronke of the bloud of Sainctes and with the bloud of the martyrs of Iesus which she outragiously and most seuerely hath persecuted and slayne And when I saw hir so I maruelled with great maruell not onely bicause I saw hir defiled and sprinkled of murther and sheding of innocent bloude but also bicause of hir greate and abhominable blasphemies And most of al I was aboue measure amazed and maruelled that almightie God coulde or woulde suffer or permit so long hir intollerable wickednesse and detestable and horrible impietie This woman is called of the Angell the great whore that great Citie which ruled ouer the kings of the earth namely Rome It is no meruaile though she be called that

troubled you scornefully intreated yea and by hir Traditions iudged and condemned you euen vnto death so nowe do ye likewise rebuke hir and exhorte hir of hir wyckednesse iudge hir like a very harlot and condemne hir by the mightie and true worde of God to euerlasting fire whiche can not be quenched And giue hir double according to hir workes And in the cup that she hath filled to you fill hir the double That is render vnto hir double in all punishmentes and giue vnto hir euen for worldly punishements whiche she hath brought vpon the elect of God hellishe torments For corporal and bodily troubles and vexations eternal pains and torment of the minde for the blame and ignomynie of thys worlde perp●tuall shame and confusion for temporall death euerlastyng damnation both of body and soule And the cup. c. That is al kinde of troubles aduersities and miseries whiche she filled to you out of hir cup that is caused to come vpon you shal be doubled to hir againe for as it is sayd she shall receyue for temporall euils euerlasting The holy Ghost calleth here double that which is withoute comparison euen as a little tyme to no time or euerlastingnesse Hir pleasure and ioy shall be conuerted into sorowes and griefes hir mery and pleasaunt talke hir iestyngs and laughyngs into weepyng mournyng wringyng of handes and gnashyng of teeth Hir commaundings shal be turned into crauings hir reuerence into contempt hir honoure into shame c. For she hathe pretended moste faynedly an holy kynde of priesthode she boasteth and braggeth much o● that whiche they are furthest from She hath vsurped and wrōgfully taken vpon hir and proudely claimed vnto hir a royall maiestie and highnesse Whiche two kynde of dignities she hath yet worse vsed lette hir there●ore wayte and attende on the plagues and punishementes due vnto hir pernicious temeritie and arrogancie Take away hir pleasaunt Euphrates wyth the spoyle and greate reuenues wherewithall she hath hytherto so vniustly maintained and kepte hir selfe and throw hir in the deepe pit of all mis●ries and wretchednesse For she sayth in hir heart I sitte being a Queene enuironned with ioy and pleasure I am the chiefe of the vniuersall worlde on me dependeth the Catholike and holy Churche I haue authoritie and power in Heauen earth and Hell I haue also might to binde and to loose to saue and condempne It standeth not with me as it doth with th●se that be not of this worlde for all thyngs here are at my commaundement I am no widowe I am not d●solate The hyghest powers and gouernours of thys worlde do assiste and defende mee putting to death al those that lay against me Nero Domitian Traian or Maxence were neuer more addicted to the defence of my predecessours than are now adays the Princes of our tyme readie to maintaine wyth fire and faggot my Decrées Traditions and Ceremonies Therefore I shall see no mournyng I shall continue alwayes I shall be called Madame at all tymes my kyngdome shall abyde for euer my seate shall no man take awaye from me I shall neuer fall nor any euil can come vppon mée After thys sorte boaste wyth no small presumption our Papistes also saying That the lyttle vessell of Sain●● Peter may wel by the reason of weather and tempeste be shaken and with the waues of the sea troubled but neuer can be ouerwhelmed or perishe hereby goyng aboute to proue that theyr superstitious and Romyshe churche should abyde styll and neuer be ouerthrowne But they consider not of what abilitie and power the Lambe is whiche abideth vppon the mount Syon against whom they stick and make warre against continually whose congregation and little flocke they persecu●e daily with great tyrannie crueltie and rigorousnesse Therfore shal hir plagues come at one day God shall once poure vpon this wicked race malignant ●hurch Death sorowes hunger and sw●rde● euen as he dyd sende vpon the ●ynfull Cities ●ire and Brymstone They shal be depriued for euer of the life w●iche is in Christe Iesu they shall remaine in sobbes and teares t●ey shal not ceasse to mourne to wring their handes and gnashe their teeth they shall be inheritours o● eue●lastyng darkenesse theyr worme shall neuer die they shall hunger and neuer be sati●fied And this whoore with the whole generation of hypocri●es shall be burnt with vnquencheable fyr● pr●pared for the deuyl and his au●gels This sent●nce is not so seuere as true for the Lorde who shal iudge them is of power and might he is holy and fait●ful in mercie true in his worde and promise maruellous in all his workes fearefull terrible and righteous in his iudgement● against the wycked No man then shall be able in those dayes to withdrawe any part of the threatned vengeaun●e of hys wrath from the euill doer Neither oure Lady with castyng of hir b●ades into the ballaunces of S. Michaell neyther S. Iohn Baptist with hys lambe holdyng a crosse neyther S. Peter wyth hys Key nor S. Paule wyth his sworde as they vse to make them yea and if Moyses Samuel and the rest of the Prophetes with Noe Dauid and Iob would make intercession yet shoulde they not be hearde And the Kings of the earth namely the worldly and carnall Princes whiche haue committed fornication and lyued in pleasure with hir in all vncleannesse and filthynesse shall bewaile hir when they shall see hir ouerthrowen and so yll intreated it shall grieue them sore that they may or can not maintaine and defende hir with water fyre and sworde against ●od and hys saincts for they shall be nothyng well pleased with the ordinaunces and institutions of Christe bycause they doe hate nothyng more than the workes of the spirite that is to frame theyr liues according to the will of God It shall anger them to the hearte that they are not able to burne still and slay all those that speake write or preache agaynst the deedes of the fleshe and do reproue them of their fornication adulterie and theyr mischeuous and inordinate lyfe and rebuke them of theyr moste abhomynable idolatrie And lamente ouer hir when they shall see the smoke of hir burnyng And shall stande a farre of for feare of hir tormentes crying and saying Alas alas that greate citie Babylon that m●ghtie Citie Alas our mother the holy Churche of Rome so many holy fathers Popes Cardinalles and Byshops Alas for our Monkes Chanons and Friers with their so holy so deuoute and straight lyu●s and rude garmentes Alas for so many Pardons Indulgences and confessions so many principall bye Feastes Holy dayes and gay Coapes and Garmentes Alas for oure holy Water holy Candelles holye Palmes holye Ashes hallowed Belles organs play and prick song and the res● of our so gay ceremonies With these and the lyke wordes shall they bewayle hir trembling and quakyng for feare crying out on this maner Wo wo to that

Lord the rod and scepter of his dominion against the wicked in those dayes as he shall say Goe from me ye curssed into euerlasting fire Again how comfortable ioyful a thing shall it be for the elect to see them selues exempted of this condemnation and to haue the fruition of that souerain blessednesse in eternal glory For he it is that treadeth the wine presse of the fierc●nesse and wrath of almighty God That is he shall poure forth his vengeaunce vpon the proud and infidels and shall punish them most greuously with his strong mightie arme stretched ouer their heads striking them in his rage furie wherunder all things are set And I saw an A●gell standing in the Sunne signifying the Apostles and al true ministers of the word of god which stand in the bright cleare sunne of righteousnesse which is Christ Iesu that amiable and shining morning starre And these worthy witnesses stand fast in a sted●ast assurāce of faith in his name against the whole multitude of Antechrist without mouing of their féete from y e well grounded stone which is Christ Iesu which for nothing in this world be it persecution paine torment or deathe will shrincke therefro And he cried with a loude voyce to all the Foules that did flie by the middes of heauen This voice cried and shall call vntil the worldes end with a feruent and constant mind vnto al foules which flie vnder heauen to them which are humble of mind and be●●me spiritual through faith and heauenly giftes These f●ying foules laying aside quite abolishing all worldly plesures or corruptiblenesse lift themselues vp aboue their affections on hie and make their cōuersation to be in heauen and lead héere in earth an heauenly life These are the chosē soules which the father féedeth and sustaineth wyth●ute their own deserts Such a one was Abrahā in Mesopotamie Moyses in Sinai Helias vpon y e mount Carmelus Daniel amōgst y e lions ●aul in Damas●o S. Iohn in Pathmos and many moe euen herein England and in other places and shal be to the worlds end The maner of their calling is Come assemble you in vnitie of faith and mind knit your selues togither in Christ Iesu in loue which is the bond of perf●ctnesse that the peace of god which passeth al vnderstanding kéepe your hearts mindes in Christ Iesu our Lord. Prepare ye sayth the Angel to come to that great and supernaturall good supper of the Lord Which is that eternall and euerlasting refreshing of the soul. Come on and tast of the most daintiest dishes most sumptuous fare which neuer eye hath séene neither care hath heard neither came into mannes heart which God hath prepared for them y ● loue him learne out of gods holy word what his good wil pleasure is folow the same in life maners flie from al worldly pleasures Liue soberly temperately chastly righteously in the feare of god attending and waiting vpon the cōming of our Lord and God Finally order and frame your life so that ye may eat t●e fl●she of kings that ye may by exhortation and ensample teach the worldly gouerners to conuert vnto the Lord and to forsake all maner of filthie carnall and sinnefull lustes And that ye may eat the fl●sh of all captaines and mightie men pluck down the hie minded hearts of tirāts to bring vnder their ●rueltie and loftie stomacks deuour also the flesh of the worldly rich and proud mā cause him to leaue of al worldly pleasures ●xcesse and manifolde vanities And the fl●she of horsses ●nd of them that sit on them And the flesh of al fre men bōdmen and of smal and great Regard neither horsses nor them that sit on thē but teare their flesh in péeces Spare no man neyther hie nor low rich nor poore bond nor frée but checke and taunt them that they leauing their old wicked wayes turne to the lord As for the obstinate and stubborn which wil not bow but resist break them and hew them in pieces punish the wicked and carnall worldlings of what degree so euer they be and these beastly Antechristes cruel Grashoppers which sit on them take away the pride and loftinesse from these loitering prelates and idle bishops and also of thē that imitate and follow their mischeuous hipocrisie deliuer the oppressed and turne back the cruell persecution from the innocents poure downe thy wrath ouer the wicked according to their desertes and let none escape Imitate the Eagle and Kite resort there where as the dead carkasses men without liuely faith and drouned in sinne be Teache euery one to walke honestly in their vocation let Princes vnderstand that it behoueth them to be learned and wise in all sciēces but abo●e al in the holy Bible which be the Scriptures and that it becometh thē to walke in the feare of god not to do al things vnaduisedly and according to their owne pleasure but orderly as reason and equitie doth require not to oppresse the poore innocents and fatherlesse but to aid succoure and helpe them and to punishe the wicked and malefactors nor vse exfortion in taxing ouermuch their commens subiects The rich welthy that they be merciful good stewards distributers of y e gifts of God cōmitted to their charge To the hipocrites Idolaters that they leaue of their vaine trust or confidence in any creatures returne vnto the liuing God Again the whoremonger that he goe no more like a beast and Mule in whom is no vnderstanding after other mennes wiues but rather take his own wife to flie al occasions of euil Cōmaund the ruler to be faithful in his calling and the Commons louingly to obey The wife to be true and obedient to hir husband againe the husband to be friendable and louing to his wife defend hir cherish and nourish hir euen as Christ defended his Church and cared for hir Children to be obediēt to their Parents the Parentes not to prouoke their children to wrathe And the seruaunts to obey them that be their masters c. Thou shalt eate the flesh of the Giantes and drinke the bloud of the Princes of the earth of the Weathers of Buckes and Bulles which shall be slayne at Basan And I saw the Beast and the Kings of the earth and their armie That is these Ruffians and lecherous Bishops Monkes Abbots and the rest of these shauelings of Antechrist with the Princes of this world cruel tyrant● catchpols and hangmen of the Beast are assembled together to consult and gather souldiours and set them out to fight against him which sate vppon the white horse to make warre against Christ and his beloued Churche his chosen and peculiare people his seruaunts which without any kind of doubt or wauering follow him They séeke I say to kil and slay