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B11964	A copy of a letter, vvritten by M. Doctor Carier beyond seas, to some particular friends in England. VVhereunto are added certaine collections found in his closet, made by him (as is thought) of the miserable ends of such as haue impugned the Catholike Church. To which also is annexed a briefe exhortation to perseuere constantly in the said Catholike Church, what opposition soeuer may occurre, and the danger of liuing out of the same; and lastly, a few examples of the admirable prosperity, of such as haue defended the Catholike Church	Carier, Benjamin, 1566-1614.	1615 (1615)	STC 4621; ESTC S118628	25,589	43

beheaded All this heere compendiously touched is set downe in Baronius at large together with the Authors Ecclesiasticall which write the same This fellow was exalted and eleuated as a Ceder of Libanus but forthwith his place was not to be found Psal 36. CHRISAPHIVS a most potent Courtier vnder Theodosius the Emperour patronizeth Eutyches the damnable Heretike persecuteth and deposeth Flauianus the holy Patriarke turneth all vpside downe perswadeth Theodosius to fauour the Heretike and to destroy the Catholike Bishop But God almightie justly punished him For Theodosius finding out his treachery repented hee had permitted him to protect this monster whereby such a pestilent sect long after troubled the Church and therefore he presently depriueth this potent Courtier of all his places and substance and at last putteth him to death Marcel l. 14. c. 49. Niceph. Cedren 〈◊〉 Baron BARDAS who ruled all vnder Michael the third grieuously persecuted the Church deposed Ignatius the Patriarke of Constantinople a holy man and contrary to the Canons of the Church intruded Photius It is wonderfull to consider how hotly euery one of these as wel the Emperour who was a most beastly monster persecuted Gods Saints and all holies as also the vsurper Photius and the tyrant Bardas what a horrible Schisme they made See all in Baron and other Authors cited by him at large for it is most memorable These monsters most grieuously afflicted the Church for some few yeares but God almightie after long patience powred forth his indignation against the factious and schismaticall Princes Michael the third which gaue himselfe to nothing but his filthy pleasures as also Bardas who swayed all And first for Bardas Curopalutes describeth his miserable death also Cedren Glicas and Nicetas doe the same almost in this manner Bardas had a vision which was viz. He saw Saint Peter the Prince of the Apostles and two terrible men assisting and Saint Peter being set he saw Ignatius the Patriarke whom he had expelled out of his See lying at Saint Peters feete crying O Porter of the Kingdome of heauen and the Rocke vpon which Christ hath built his Church for as much as thou knowest how I haue beene iniured comfort my old yeares which haue suffered many euils And Saint Peter saith to Ignatius shew thy enemy which hath done thee so much wrong Et Deus faciat vna cum tentatione prouentum and God will make together with temptation issue And Ignatius turning to me pointed me out with his right hand This Bardas is he who all aboue others hath offended and iniured me neither yet ceaseth more and more to afflict me Then Saint Peter said to him that assisted on the right hand take away this execrable and cursed Bardas out of the Church and presently cut him in peeces and therefore I was led to death All this Bardas saw in a vision and moreouer hee saw him shake his head against the Emperour saying Impie sili expecta parumper This terrible vision Bardas himselfe all affrighted and with teares reported to Philotheus his faithfull friend Who notwithstanding all this ceased not more grieuously to afflict the holy Patriarke Ignatius for three moneths after at the end of which time followed the execution of this vision When as Bardas with the Emperour and his armie went into Crete where being suspected of treason the Emperour commanded him to be hacked in peeces Now for the Emperour himselfe he tooke one Basilius a Macedonian to be his consort This Basilius created Emperour studying to reclaime Michael from his wicked and detestable manners and conuersation procured Michael to hate him in so much as he perceiued the Emperour Michael sought to destroy and make him away as hee had done Bardas and therefore rather desiring to kill then to be killed contriueth presently the death of the beastly monster which act though it was not lawfull yet was the persecutor justly punished for his crueltie against Gods Church Zonoras Nicetas and others This Basil sendeth Embassadors to the Pope restoreth peace to the Church expulseth Photius the vsurper from the Patriarchall See and restoreth the true Bishop Ignatius into the same to the great joy and exultation of all people Many more like examples might be added to these but these are most notorious As God almightie hath a speciall prouidence ouer his Church in the law of grace as it shall neuer be destroyed by any impugnation of what enemies soeuer but shall still remaine glorious though neuer so much persecuted by tyrants which tyrants and enemies of Gods Church often perish miserably euen in this world besides the eternall miseries they fall into after this life if they die impenitent So is it to be noted that the same God almightie had also a wonderfull care ouer his Kingdome and people euen in the old Testament and such as persecuted them we may see by many examples to what miserable confusion they fell at last PHARAO with all his hoast was drowned in the red sea AMAN which had contriued the meanes to put to death and massacre all Gods chosen people vnder Assuerus was hanged vpon a gibbet fifty cubits high which he had prepared for Mardocheus Hest 7. IESABEL which slew Gods Prophets was throwne downe out of a window killed with the fall and eaten of dogs 4. King 9. ANTIOCHVS most grieuously and extreamely persecuted and afflicted Gods people as we reade in the 2. of the Machabees but as it is in the ninth chapter of the said book God which seeth all strake him with an incurable and inuisible plague Hee threatned to destroy Ierusalem and all the people and God almightie presently vpon it laid his heauy hand vpon him Reade the ninth chapter of the second book and you shall see the miserable end of this most proud and cruel enemie of God and his Kingdom He could not go but was carried his dolours and anguish was intolerable and that by the just judgement of God for he had most vnmercifully tortured and afflicted Gods people wormes crawled out of his body and the horrible stincke thereof annoyed his whole armie who a little before was so proud and insolent as he thought he could reach the starres of heauen him no man can now carry or come neere for intolerable stincke This cruel homicide and blasphemous wretch miserably ended his life in his peregrination See more in the Machabees In the fourth booke of Kings and the nineteenth chapter you may see recorded the miserable dostruction of Sennacherib and his whole armie which had besieged Hierusalem blasphemed God and threatned to destroy the Citie the holy King Ezechias and all his people But God almightie who knoweth how to deliuer his faithfull people sent his Angell into the tents of the Assirians which slew a hundreth and eightie fiue thousand of them in their tents after which Sennacherib returned into his owne countrie where he was slaine of Adramelach and Sarasar his owne sonnes Reade the seuen and thirtieth chapter of Isal It is also

worthy to be noted that such as diuided themselues by any Schisme in the old Law were most seuerely punished as for example Chore Dathan and Abiron and their complices to the number of foureteene thousand and seuen hundreth men besides many others that perished in the sedition before These rebelled against Moses their lawfull Superiour IEROBOAM who vpon a diuellish policie drew the people from the true worship and seruice of God to Idolatry and Schisme God almightie so punished him as he left not one of his seed to pisse against a wall 3. King 14. So as wee may plainly see there is no wisdome no prudence no counsell against God These Politicks take a wrong course to aduance and continue their states and families for Nisi Dominus aedificauerit domum c. Vnlesse our Lord build the house they labour in vaine that build it Psal 126. for these Houses Kingdomes and States that are founded by such Machieuellian policies neuer continue long as appeareth most euidently Psal 16. Noli ●mulari in malignantibus neque Zelaueris facientes iniquitatem c. Reade the whole Psalme wherein it is said the impious and wicked enemies of God shall wither away as grasse vanish as smoke their seed and very reliques shall perish though for a while they flourish neuer so much and be neuer so highly exalted encreased and multiplied in the world yet shall they come in short time to confusion and destruction As God almighty dealt with IEROBOAM Author of that notorious Schisme and diuision so likewise did hee to Baaza Zamri and Achab Kings of Israel for that saith the third booke of Kings they walked in the wayes of Ieroboam that is because they continued the Schisme and did not reduce the Israelites to the true worship and seruice of God You shal find that of all those God almighty left not one to pisse against a wall for this is the phrase of Scripture in that place These are dreadfull examples of Gods seuere justice against the Authors fauourers and maintainers of Schisme against God his Church and Kingdome To these might be added a great many more which euery where occurre in the old Testament Reade Psalme 82. where you shall see a great number of Kings and Princes which sought to destroy Gods people to come to miserable ends These seeking to ouerthrow Gods Kingdome doe nothing lesse but they incurre his heauy wrath and indignation to their owne vtter ruine confusion and extirpation Of all this before written wee may gather that God almightie hath a singular prouidence ouer his Church and Kingdome he neither slumbreth nor sleepeth which keepeth Israel Psal 120. Tyrants persecutors and foolish people may oppose themselues against it seeke to extinguish it but all in vaine Qui haebitat in coelis irridebit eos Dominus subsannabit eos He that dwelleth in the heauen will laugh them to scorne c. Psal 2. God almightie doth gratiously protect his Church and though he suffer it to be mightily impugned yet faciet cum tentatione prouentum hee will make with temptation issue The Catholike Church and Kingdome of our Sauiour Christ hath by this meanes beene maruailously encreased and propagated as all Ecclesiasticall writers perspicuously testifie as contrariwise the enemies thereof haue most miserably perished and come to confusion CERTAINE MEMORABLE EXAMPLES OF GODS SEVERE REVENGE AGAINST such as were rebellious and iniurious to Priests of the olde Law 1 OF CHORE DATHAN and ABIRON we haue spoken before how themselues and al that belonged vnto them was swallowed vp of the earth Numb 16. 2 MARIA the sister of MOSES for murmuring against him was punished with a leprosie Num. 12. 3 SAVL because he obeyed not Samuel the Prophet lost his Kingdome 1. King 31. 4 ACHAB for contemning the Prophet Micheas and cast him into prison was slaine in warre 3. King 22. and Ioram the sonne of Achab and all his progeny were slaine by Iehu That I may reuenge saith the Prophet vnto Iehu the bloud of my seruants the Prophets and the bloud of all the seruants of our Lord from the hand of Iesabel 4. King 9. IOAS who slew Zachary the Priest and Prophet in the porch of the house of God was punished most grieuously Paralip 24. For the yeare following the Syrians came into Iudea and Ierusalem and slew all the Princes of the people and sent all the prey vnto the King of Syria into Damasco and whereas there came but a small number of the Syrians yet God deliuered an infinite multitude into their hands and Ioas they punished with all ignominy and reproch and left him in great sicknes and misery And his owne seruants rose vp against him to reuenge the bloud of the sonne of Ioiad● the Priest and they slew him in his bed AMASIAS King of Iuda because hee contemned the Prophet of God c. was deliuered into the hands of Ioas King of Israel being spoiled of all he had and afterwards slaine of his owne seruants 2. Paralip 25. O●IAS his son because he vsurped Priestly function and authority was stricken with a leprosie 2. Paral. 26. And that which Christ spake in the Gospell the bloud of all the Prophets from the bloud of Abel the Iust vnto the bloud of Zacharie the Prophet shall be required at your hands Luk. 11. hath terribly expressed this reuenge of almightie God for the dispersion of the Iewes throughout all the whole world vntill this day is nothing else but the just reuenge of almightie God for the bloud of Christ and all the Prophets EXAMPLES OF GODS SEVERE PVNISHMENTS AGAINST SVCH AS CONtemne Bishops and Priests BY many example precedent as also by these ensuing collected out of Histories Ecclesiasticall and prophane it may appeare how Emperours Kings and Princes which would not be obedient children to Gods Church but persecuted the same haue come to miserable ends CONSTANTIVS fauouring the Arians after hee had banished Liberius Pope Athanasius also Bishop of Alexandria and many other Catholike Bishops and had arrogated and taken to himselfe to heare and know all causes Ecclesiasticall as at large sheweth Saint Athanasius ep ad Sol. v. ag whilest he persecuted Iulian c. ended his life in an obscure place and in great torment of conscience As at large describeth Ammian Marcellin l. 22. hist VALENS who banished the Catholikes into obscure places and vsed all rigour and seueritie against them was punished with like measure himselfe with his Princes in the warre against the Gothes flying into an old house was with all his Princes burned and the house ouer their heads Ammian Marcel l. 31. This Emperour cast the holy religious man Isacius into prison as Achab did Micheas the Prophet VALENTINIAN the yonger who many wayes vexed Saint Ambrose to make him yeeld a Church vnto the Heretikes and threatned to exile him was hanged by his owne seruants ignominiously shortly after ANASTATIVS the Emperour excommunicated of Pope Gelasius was an extreame persecutor as well of Bishops as