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A14290	The Church militant historically continued from the yeare of our Saviours Incarnation 33. untill this present, 1640. By William Vaughan, Knight.	Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.	1640 (1640)	STC 24606; ESTC S119035	97,393	390

Babylon Or otherwhere For who dares bound our Guest Since we are ti'd likewise to Judge the Best And not to bind Gods free unbounded Grace To any certaine Climate Time or Place Christ had his Church a Remnant sav'd by Grace Alwayes inspir'd in some or Other Place Whether our Scribes pretend them Coloieros Nesto●●n● M●nkes or Saint Iohns Cavoll●res Whether they hold of Persian Iacobites The Hi●●ies Forme or of Georgiaes Rites Of Maronites or Coftics of the East Or Catbelicks so craking in the West Or Hermites Nunnes and l'olyntaries 〈◊〉 Whose humbled hearts then Pomp Saints honor more Because they side with Christ beare Christian Name Though much in Blame yet I will spare their Fame And let our Weaklings know that some were Wise And did of Old in Babel Sybillize By speciall Signes and Symptomes generall But most by Sacred Starres Authenticall Denouncing for her Slips Gods Wrath her Fall Unlesse she would Repent her at their Call And so things came to passe as they Divin'd Her Spires for Rookes we now demolisht find Some by the Force of furious Ottoman Some forfeited for what the Lawes did scan Her Chappels turn'd to Barnes or Nests for Owles Her Nunneries first built for harmelesse Soules Lye wast with her Rich Temporalls and Rents Yea and Gods Tythes Our Church-emoluments By what just Warrant let the Lawes dispute Some keepe away as yet and I am Mute Because I see sometimes that Innocence Aswell as Vice dies of the Pestilence An Order laid Pope Alexander downe For the New World But shortly of his Owne Most wretched States and Life shall be bereft And for Usurpers an Example left For after this usurpt Partition made His Bastard Sonne to try his Former Trade Of Pois●ning Those whom he suppos'd would barre The Proud Designes of his complotted warre His Motto blaz'd the Hazards Die is cast Caesar or Nothing now by Poisons Tast He meant to rid Suspected Cardinalls Out of the way but hereby both their Falls His Fathers and his Owne he sodaine wrought For he soone as the Fat all Wine was brought Charged his Page that he the Bottle watch And when he call'd for Wine that he should reach It for his Guests the Pope came in the while And thirsty call'd for Wine the Page the Wil● Not knowing thought the Wine reserv'd was Choise And without more adoe or Answers Noise Fill'd him a Cup of the Empoisned Wine And by just Doome as writeth Gui●ciardine Came in the Authour his accursed Sonne All thirsty too and tasted thereupon The Cup which he for Others brew'd and lost His Father out of hand himselfe almost Ran the same Fate but that by Nature strong He for that time escap'd to doe more wrong Still quarrelling till he was thrall'd and slaine So Caesar Borgias liv'd and di'd a Caine. Pope Julius now to Tiber slung his Koyes Then fought and lost by French his Enemies A Token that Romes Church to wrack began To fall as you may by the sequele scan THe Ourward Crosse in Teutons Soile appear'd Of Martyrs Forme and with that Signe besmear'd Their Palaces and Houshold Ornaments Their Windowes Doores and Bodies Vestiments A signe to shew the Fiery Trialls Doome By Factious Gogs and Magogs Force to come Veil'd with the Crosse the Keyes with Peters Net With Iesus with the Lawes or Mahomet This Miracle in Maximilians Time Fell out not long before the Gospels Chime At Wittemberge with Motions life began By Luthers Zeale that good Samaritan Who when most shunn'd to helpe the wounded Man Cheer'd up and Bath'd Christs Members pale and wan ANd after this another Prodigy Befell to Rome which no Apology Of Idolists can cover the mis-hap When little Iesus from his Mothers Lap Was in the Church remov'd and Peters Keyes Throwne from his Pictures hand Both in a trice VVithout respect of Persons by the stroke Of Thunders Crack and sacred Sulphures Smoake Just in that Church where One and Thirty Priests VVith the Red Hat that Day like Minstre●●ists Installed were by Leo there with state In the same Yeare when Lutber to abate His Loftinesse began with greater Fame Then Cardinalls support in Christ his Name OUr Kings and States of Westerne Christendome Complain'd and sought for some Redresse to come Of Faiths abuse and Romes Impiety But still the Head was deafe to Piety He would no Member be but the Church whole Himselfe sole Iudge and Church without one Mole Or Sinfull Spot by which Prerogative He tyrannized so that none could thrive He watcht with Vultures Clawes all Stakes to sweep He watcht to flay but not to feed the Sheep Like Maltaes Iew or those of La●lesse kind Who under Maske of Law cease not to grind Christs Members till they feele Hells measures heapt Or till they reape what Old Masse-mongers reap● So blinded were the Popes by Doome Divine Till a Poore Man a Frier Augustine Since started up to doe that Glorious Deed Which Gregories and Austines doth exceed Which Kings af●ay'd but failed to performe Nay Kings durst not what Luther did reforme Would God that some like Prophet took the Paines To bring back Love for which our Church complains This Wonder God wrought in our Latter Dayes That before Doome he might recall some Strayes That Satans Pride he might by Sucklings tame And by the Weak the Worldly Wizz and shame WEll neere upon our Luthers Sacrifice Grave Reuclin did and Valla breake the Ice As London was prepar'd by Golets Flame And Dutch-land by the Clerk of Rotter da●● As Swizzer Land when Luther first began By Zuinglius was stirr'd up Romes zeale to scan But none then our Iust Fast Men triumph'd more Whose Race had held full Sixscore Yeares before VVith Faggots Fire and Lollards branded Paine Pursu'd till now and now rejoyc'd againe To see that Faith which with the Hussites they Had long maintain'd found out an open way By Luthers Zeale Stigelius ravish● Mus● And by Melancthons Flowres with blooming Newes BAbel her Fall in Henries Time foresaw VVhen Premunire Englands ancient Law Her Clergy rackt But most the quakt for Dread To heare him styl'd the Churches Supreme Head For by that Style what Rome usurped heere Of Aunates Far●●s and Duties every Yeare Our Parliament had on the King conferr'd To aide him in his Warres These Spoiles transferr'd From Forraigne use to help the Natives want 'T is strange to mark how soone men did recant Their Carnall Dreames and blind Idolatries To celebrate the New-mans Sacrifice BLest be Young Edward Our Iosiaes Name Who next commenc'd this Work of Pio●● Fame But as the Former Brood when Constantine Deceas'd then prou'd ingratefull the Next Lig●e Of Caesars fell to Arrian Heresie And their Old Vomits with Apostasie So wavering England in the Marian Raigne Quickly return'd to Babels yoak againe Untill some Martyrs Blood the Churches Seed True Members of their Head in time of Need Had through Gods Grace behind them left a Fire As Latimer foretold which would inspire And never be extinct

living strove Arts to renew This moved Wainflet Wickam Chiches●ey And Others with more Fabrickes to supply That Nursery Some brought in Wood some Clay Some Stone aswell the Clergy as the Lay. Hence as from Sinons Horse Minervaes Knights Came forth well skill'd in Fences and in Fights Hence as from Saplings shot up Goodly Trees Hence as from Hives came up Industrious Bees Whereof some did the Conscience edifie The Common-wealth some Others beautifie Hence Wickli●se rose Bale and laborious Foxe Who holp to build Our Temple Orthodoxe Though not in Zeale to match the Primitive thrive Yet by such Good Mens Cares through Grace wee By Martyrs Acts fetcht from Old Registers To stop the Mouthes of false Interpreters As by those Wits nurst up with Food Divine On Oxfords Paps which now in London shine And likewise by a Thousand Other Starres Whose Radiant Rayes excell the Sunny Carres At whose rare Gifts and Voyce our Brittains wonder When they strike Sinne like to the Sonnes of Thunder THE OCCVRRENCES OF THE TENTH AGE From the yeere of our Lord 900. untill the yeere 1000. At which Time raigned Emperour Otho the Third whom the Almaines call the Worlds Wonder About which Time King Et heldred Raigned in England The Argument The Dulnesse of this Age. The Pope Supreme In Rule unto the Latine Tongue binds them Who are his Th●alles Yet to the Truth some stand Most firme Th' Electours now grace Teutons Land O Who can count the Churches dolefull Teare● Her Woes Her Fits and Manifolded Feare● By Sarace●s the Popes and Heat●nish Bands Who forraged and rackt all Christian Lands No sooner had Victorious Charlemaine Parted with Popes the Scepter Soveraigne Adding unto the Keyes a Diademe But Rome grew proud of that brave State Supreme Although as then it was a single Crownc And not as since like Gerions Triple growne So seem'd to have her former wound heal'd up Which Caesars gave by their Remove her Cup O're-flow'd her Mac● renewe'd which Gorhes had rent She frolicks now forgets her Banishment She hopes that the like Blow shall never light Upon her Limbs nor work her more despight She stands secure and builds up Babels Walls And by New Kings her Tributary Thralls Whom she hath train'd with Fetches into serve Her Turne and as their God her to observe She stores her Palace with the price of Bloud With Sinnefull Spoiles vail'd with an Angels Hood While thus she vaunts of Carnall Dignities And slights the Serpent which concealed lies Religion goes to wrack and few there be Which will or dare the Gospels Splendour see Dumbe are her Priests and mu●fled are the Flock Both Honour Stocks more then the Living Rocke Instead of Scriptures now Traditions strange The Divels Huskes disperst Lord how those range Which th●ugh but light at first in Wise mens Eyes None fannes them lest they might disgrace the Keyes Usurping Lord who whilst he grac'd those Toyes Stopt Strangers murmure at the Latine Noise O Tyranny worse than Our Norman Kings Such was Great Henries Spleen and such his stings Towards the Welsh or Brittish Nation bent Because they had by their Troupes Ambushment Neere Snowdon Hills defeated in their Woods And Straights his Forces in his angry Moods He meant if hesped in a Victours way Old Cambers Tone quite to exile away And force the Vanquisht from their Native Tongue To learne the English Tone But of this wrong Consulting with an Hermite when he heard How hard that Plot would prove he seem'd afear'd That though their Persons he might subjugate Yet he could not that Tongue obliterate Which was so Ancient but it should endure Till Doomesday came the Pure from the Impure To separate and that this Sound among The Chiefe should vent Allelujaes Song MUch then hath Rome to answer for this wrong And they have Cause to waile who were so long Barr'd from Soules-Comfort in the Mother-Tongue By Rapsodies unknowne or Parrats Song Before this Ninth Centurian Age began Although the Head turn'd giddy the New-man Forsooke not to reclaime the Chiefest Parts Of the Church-Body from the Serpents Arts. In all the Course of the Church-Pilgrimage From the Apostles Time untill this Age I apprehend no Pleas in that long Tract Of Time nor reall Motives to substract Some Schismaticques excepted and some Few Who seiz'd on Rights to their Creator due From her Essentiall Worth and Purity● But that Romes Church leagu'd in Integrity With Cyprian Ambrose Ierome Augustine For the Resolve of Mysteries Divine And that with those whom I have named last We hold True Faith in spight of Babels Blast The Faith which they did Catholicke professe Yea and the very same untowardnesse Of Factious Spirits which they scorn'd we scorne Hating to see our Masters Rayment torne DId any Farnous Writers from Christs Age Or in Eight Hundred Yeares since Christ engage Their Auditors to credit those lewd Points Which with lewd threats Trents Councel late appoints Did either Popes or Councels then ordaine From Wedlock Bonds the Clergy to refraine Did they compell their Flockes Gods Word to heare In a strange Tongue as if they sencelesse were Did they without their Troupe Communicate Or let them without Wine participate The Holy Bread alone with curst intent So maiming halfe our Christian Sacrament Did they kneele downe to Images or Shrines Or offer Bribing Gifts Or pay them Fines Did they believe the Pope dispenc'd with Oathes Or could dispose of Realmes to Franks or Gothes Did Popes within sev'n Hundred Yeares exempt States from their Kings or Kings hold in contempt Did they beleeve that Popes could Pardons sell And ransome Soules from Purgings Flames of Hell Or do the Greeks the East or Abissine Hold to this day like Rome their Rites Divine But rather joyne with us in most of these Holding her Sick of Schismaticques Disease Did they before the Councell Popes preferre As though like Other Men they could not erre No Romainist although he loves the Pope Unlesse he rackes too much will prove I hope That any Doctours broacht that Dostrine out Untill the Sunne the Ninth Age brought about Or till indeed long after by degrees Popes thundring Spells forc'd Monarques on their knees Against Christs Rule who never grud●'d to pay Caesarean Toll nor Pilate did gaine-say And if they should by Romes Type patronize Those Errours which the True Church doth despise Let them looke backe upon the Word Divine And see if there they can such Points define Or if before or after Constantine Till this Tenth Age from Purenesse did decline They apprehend that Saints did Sympathize With those grosse dreams which now they dearly prize ONely some Shrines in Austins Time began To be in some request by their Old Man Devis'd to soile the New but not as since That they might from Gods Adoration flinch With an All Haile to the Triumphall Wood To Martyrs Ashes or Saint Benets Hood Though in our West Some us'd thus to comply The East remembred yet Saint Anthony Who at his