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A17128	An embassage from heauen Wherein our Lord Sauiour Christ Iesus giueth to understand his iust indignation against al such, as being Catholikely minded, dare yeelde their presence to the rites and publike praier, of the malignant church, by Ralphe Buckham priest ...	Buckland, Ralph, 1564-1611.	1611 (1611)	STC 4007; ESTC S115956	47,408	131

partners of their damnation How long shal the light of reason and conscience sleepe how often must ye be admonish●d that right beleeuers must not participate with Infidels that I can haue no society with Belial nor my cup vvith the cup of Deuils If light and darkenesse can loue If I joyne in any respect with Lucifer if euer any mercy loue or amity any league or consent be betweene him and me then let Catholikes adhere to Heretikes If no such thing can possibly be but that eternal enmity bee sworne betweene vs why then should children of Hierusalem come to the solemnities of Babylon they which looke to be heires of heauen make pact with hel expecters of life euerlasting marchandise for their temporal with accursed death He that runneth with the theefe fornicateth with the adulterer murthereth with the Tyrant is in no case to be excused no not although they doe it for feare more then for affection to the sinne Shal they then vvhich professe heresie with Heretikes bee found cleare Of like I had no reason to forbidde you their company 31. Schismatikes are infected with heresie and not with pure Schisme only for you are prouident and discreet firmely grounded in the Catholike faith stronge Rockes vvhome no vvaues nor tempestes can moue vveake vvreatches and so much the vveaker by how much you presume more of your selues and rely more vpon your owne indeauours then vpon my grace how feeble ye are your actions giue better testimony then your imaginations Are ye they which can liue in the fire and not be scorched in the flame and not be smothered wade vp to the lippe in the surges of the Sea and not be ouerwhelmed handle pitch and not be defiled eate and drinke conuerse contract not only bargaines but marriages disport discourse play pray liue and die vvith Heretikes and yet sound at my terrible examen neither attached with their infection nor touched with contagion I fore-warned my auncient and first people that if they vsed the conuersation of Infidels among whom they dwelt Ios 23. they should finde them stumbling blockes of scandal by giuing occasion of ruine and prickes to their eies in putting out the inward light of faith what by example what by custome and perswasion Experience proueth this true in them and the euent argueth it more true in yourselues Are not most of you infected some with one heresie some with another I haue to charge you withal besides going to Church how soeuer you thinke your selues to be some-what vertuous and Godly Rarer then a white Crow is he to be found among you who either cancelleth not fasting-daies by his owne authority or dispenseth not with meates prohibited as often as he list or doubteth not of some article of faith if not of al One improueth Confession another Purgatory this man inuocation of Saints or vse of Images that man praiers for the Dead or the office in Latin There are that suppose Antichrist shal not be one singular person but includeth a company or a succession Many doubt nothing of this yet acknowledge no vnion of the Church vnder one head visible or detract from the authority of Councels and decrees Ecclesiastical Most of you feare least the gates of hel haue preuailed against my Rocke least the spirit which I gaue her haue not fulfilled my promise neither taught her al truth but that shee may diuersly erre The stench of the damnable memory and the fume of their brimstone ascendeth from the bottomlesse lake who of Schismatikes haue at last become flat Heretikes yea Persecutours yea and of an il beginning made a vvorse ending 3● By what meanes Schismatikes grow to be Heretikes vvhence al this not because the longer ye liue the skilfuller ye waxe in Diuinity the carefuller of your soules more desirous of heauen or are oftner visited with inspirations celestial but because ye vvaxe weary of expecting my pleasure in that I come not at your appointment but let my secret and eternal prouidence haue the determinate course ye thinke I haue either forgotten my Church or cast her off supposing quite contrary to Christian doctrine that aduersity is an absolute signe of my indignation and of a reprobate religion Waxing more and more in loue vvith the world ye haue lesse sence and feeling of remorse by neuer talking with Priests nor conferring of matters touching the spirit by being loden with secret sinnes which either you wil not acknowledge or minde not to forsake or cannot be indured to reforme by restitution and satisfaction it commeth to passe partly through the nature of such negligence partly through my just permission for your vngratitude toward me that you beginne to loath the religion vvhich checketh your humour and assureth not heauen to sinne and iniquity Amidst these your sensual carnal and worldly affections heresie buszeth about your eares plausibly inuiting you to her cuppe of pleasure Thus lying open to the enimy and destitute of my grace and protection you are made a pray to the roring Lyon vvhile with conuersing among Heretikes ye become like them in life Becomming like them in conditions you quickly delight in their sutable doctrine Poyson poyson lurketh in their company as in domestical Adders and in the familiarity as in Cocatrice eies What though at the first ye be not Conquered He which loueth peril shal perish therein vvhat though their arguments be but weake and foolish Drops of raine in continuance pearce the hardest stone a smal worme in time decaieth the roote of the fairest Vine and contemptible Yui● being let alone ouer-creep●th and ouer mastereth in time the tal●st tree Flee therefore society of Heretikes asmuch as you may euen in temporal businesse because of your peril and because my counsaile is so to doe F●ee it absolute in fact of religion not for peril only but for sinne not because of my aduise only but for my commandement sake Flee Babilon flee Chore flee Sodome flee from the aduersary campe in time as ye wil at the day of my victory at the day of your death at the great day of judgement not be taken for enimies 33. The obstinacy of Schismatikes and ingratitude towardes God Perceiue ye not for al that I can say or doe the horror of your offence oh ye my traitours and rebels how long shal I cry out to a people which haue stopped their eares and alleage reason to them which say they wil not vnderstand how long shal I preach repentance to them which repel knowledge and catch hold vpon euery simple shift as vpon a staffe to sustaine their halting and trembling consciences The eare discerneth wordes and the eies coulours the mouth tastes This rude wilful people hath reason and yet discerueth not iniquity They repel al outward admonitions for fea●e they should be conuicted secret inspiration of contrition they reject as melancholly remorse of conscience they hate as a hart sore Shal I for this hold my peace and leaue to lay open their

can haue affinity who haue by sinne made themselues dead detestable are such in my sight vntil by profound and perfect repentance they be reconciled to my fauour No vvorkes are holy where the soule is not sanctified no branch can beare fruit except it bide in the stocke cleanse your vessels then put in your wine and your floore before you heape corne Ere vp a fresh your ground cast not away your seede vpon thornes My Church is a Vine whereof I am the roote become branches of this Vine and then may ye beare fruit to saluation keepe perfectly my Commandements 1. Ioh. 3. and then haue confidence Out of my sight vvith polluted and blinde Sacrifices away with the workes which smel of the contaminated caske Abhominable are the offrings of the wicked Pro. 15. neither wil I be gresed with the oile of sinners such as the die is such is the coulour such as the pipe is such is the liquor Ye holy your very justice and righteousest actions are as ragges of office the choisest of you is but as chaffe the smoothest a Thistel the b●st is a Bryer and the hol●est among you an Hypocrite Ye rich in merits ye are vvretched poore miserable vvhen your heape such as it is shal come to the Mil ye shal finde that your graines were hollow and worme-eaten fuller of filth then pure flowre Wel voide to the voide and ful to the ful they which haue shal haue more and abound and from you shal bee taken that little which ye haue I wil suffer you to haue your course ye are cold but ye shal waxe colder ye are runne farre from me but ye shal runne further I wil puffe away your almesse as ashes your giftes I wil reject as from dissembling friends I weene ye measure me by your selues and thinke to bribe me before the day of judgement your expectation shal be deceiued and your sinnes argued before al the world What shal I doe vvith a multitude of your praiers the lip-labour of defiled mouthes and flattery of faithlesse harts Let not the confidence of them ouerwhelme you Eccles 15. my praise is not fitting in th● mouthes of sinners and execrable is his praier Pro. 28. which wil not heare my law Salute not me Lord Lord except ye fulfil my wil. If blasphemous tongues can magnifie me a-right then shal your mouthes perhaps praise me worthily whose deedes blaspheme me I heare not sinners What magnifie you your fastes external Ioh. 9. 39. Schismatikes precise in smaller matters neglect the greatest neglecting the solemne and great fast internal from sinne and wickednes Your fastes are infected with selfe wil in following your owne desires and not mine with worldly feare with hatred of correction and reprehension with froward auersion from the truth with deadly sinne what of your feastes holy-daies and other auncient obseruances wherein you choose what ye list and what ye list ye contemne ye fast the Eues and keepe Holy-daies possibly more then ordinary in discerning of meates many of you are more precise then you neede But to communicate through feare with Heretikes in their sacrilege to abstaine altogether from my Sacraments through feare to deny me before men is no matter of scruple Oh Pharasees which very precisely tith-mint and rue condemning whosoeuer swarueth one jot from his duty or doth not more then he is bound in these smaller matters and breaking freely the maine precepts and principal points of my commandement Hypocrites These greater thinges ought by any meanes strictly to be obserued and then are the other not to be omitted First obserue the substantial part then haue care of secondary respects First hold fast surely the possession and profession of your faith then neglect not the ceremonies thereto belonging Why straine ye a Gnat and swallow a Camel feare a Mote and dread not a Beame stoppe at a Straw and stagger not at a Streame To whom but to such as you did I cry by my Prophet Ierem. 14. that when they fast and pray I wil not heare them and when they lift vp their handes I wil turne away my face 40. The objection of obedience refelled Let not the bare name of obedience blind-fold you I forbidde you not to giue vnto Caesar that which is Caesars but deny me not mine No not though Caesar would arrogate to himselfe that vvhich appertaineth to me Yeeld to Caesar goodes life al temporal seruitude as farre as behoueth to the Countries commodity and regiment Render to me a pure hart and sincere obseruance vvithout al exception this I challenge as my right Honour the Prince for my sake but honour me for my selfe So I say Honour me Feare me Loue me Reuerence me Obey me Serue me which of you wil indure that his Sonne shal disobey him and for his excuse that he did it by your seruants commandement ye must not obey my seruant against me the Master neither my Magistrate against me the Soueraigne Lord of al. Be ye your owne judges in this case whether ye ought most to obey man or me Goe ye to heretical conuenticles for obedience to the law More tollerable shal it be at my great day to them which yeeld of frailty and feare not aggrauating their offence by acknowledging prerogatiue ouer soules besides that alone which I haue appropriated to my Church and ke●es neither joyning their exteriour schisme with inward schisme and heresie If obedience be a pretious thing performe it to me to whom al subjection is due and to whom al powers bow I command obedience to superiour preeminence but not in derogation of my owne prerogatiue neither am I contrary to my selfe Neither must the law of the supreame Court giue place to a meaner seate neither my celestial Throne to a terrene Tribunal What obedience is that wherein is the greatest disobedience possible what dutiful subjection where in is most notorious and perfidious rebellion If the name of obedience be holy whatsoeuer it pretendeth and that against the sillables thereof no reason can be heard then obey the body commanding against the spirit the world against heauen the Deuil against me 41. The excuse of feare rejected What now if ye be not so madde as to allege that you sinne against my law by way of obedience to the lawes of the Realme but that what you doe of any goodnesse ye doe for loue of me and that which ye omit ye omit for feare of the world Nay what if al the good ye doe be done for feare of my wrath or for vaine-glory and not for my loue and that which ye doe not ye omit for loue of the world preferring the same before my feare for how can ye feare the world but that ye loue too much the world and feare least it should not loue you Why stand ye in awe of her frowne but because ye would allure her fawne you would not dread her bended browes if her smile pleased you not