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B01023	Britaines glorie, or An allegoricall dreame: with the exposition thereof. Containing [brace]the heathens infidelitie, the Turkes blasphemie, the popes hypocrisie, Amsterdams varietie, the Church of Englands veritie [brace] in religion. And in our Church of England, [brace] the kings excellency. His issues integritie. The nobles and gentries constancie. The councels and iudges fidelitie. The preachers puritie. The bishops sinceritie. / Conceiued and written by Robert Carlyle gent. for the loue and honour of his king and country.	Carliell, Robert, d. 1622?	1618 (1618)	STC 4650; ESTC S91360	33,166	58

else lightly forsweare themselues The Apostle Paul also writing to the Eph. 4.17.18.19 exhorteth them that they will not walke as other Gentiles in vanity of their minde hauing their cogitation darkened and being strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardnesse of their hearts c. And it may be truely applied vnto them that is spoken by Isa the Prophet cap. 59.10 They grope for the wall like the blinde and as one without eies they stumble in the noone-day as in the twilight and they are in solitarie places as dead Men. Except by bathing in one Riuer pure In Europe Northward where they might haue cure The word of God in diuers places of the Scripture is likened to Riuers and waters whereby is meant that if those Idolatrous Nations haue recourse to the holy Scriptures as they are now professed and taught in the Church of Great Britaine they shall be deliuered and freed from their blindnesse and ignorance Iohn 4.14 Whosoeuer drinketh of the water saith Christ that I shall giue him shall neuer be more a thirst but the water that I shall giue him shall be in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Ezech. 47.8.9 The Scriptures are called wholesome waters in these words These waters issue out toward the East Countrie and runne downe into the plaine and shall goe into one Sea and the waters shall be wholesome and euery thing which moueth wheresoeuer the Riuers come shall liue and there shall be a very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither for they shall be wholesome and euery thing shall liue whither the Riuer commeth Also in the 36. ver 25. Gods Spirit is compared to cleane water where the Lord saith I will pure cleane water vpon you and ye shall be cleane yea from all your filthinesse and from all your Idols will I clense you And the Apostle Paul writing to the Eph. cap. 5. ver 26.27 sheweth how Christ sanctifieth and clenseth his Church by the washing of water through the word that he might make it vnto himselfe a glorious Church not hauing spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blame Lastly Baptisme which these Heathen people haue not is a token that God hath consecrated the Church to himselfe and made it holy by his word that is his promise of free iustification and sanctification in Christ 4. In this strange Countrie also was a flower Which this good Angell had no sooner gather'd But within one halfe quarter of an hower As a thing blasted suddenly it wither'd And as the Marigould by the Sun is spread This by the Sunne shut vp and seem'd as dead Certaine it is that there is a flower in the Indies which when the Sun shineth it shuts it selfe close as a Marigould openeth by the Sun And there is a Tree called the shamefac'd-Tree which groweth very faire and greene whose leafe if you touch though you pluck it not from the Tree yet it will shrinke together for a season like as if it should wither and so continue vntill your departure from that place but the purpose heere is not to discouer naturall causes but to make Spirituall vse Therefore By this flower is signified the weake faith of these Infidels which as it is little or none at all so it hath no sure foundation whereupon it is built and therefore cannot stand against the power of the spirit of truth no more then the Idol Dagon did before the Arke of the Lord whereof it is written 1. Sam. 5.2 3.4 That the Philistines tooke the Arke of God and brought it into the house of their chiefe Idol Dagon and set it by Dagon And when they of Ashdod rose the next day in the morning behold Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord And they tooke vp Dagon and set him in his place againe And they rose vp early in the morning next day and behold Dagon was fallen againe vpon his face on the ground before the Arke of the Lord and the head of Dagon and the two palmes of his hands were cut off vpon the threshold onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him And so is it with this flower which properly I cannot call Faith seeing the Apostle Paul 2. Thes 3.2 saith all men haue not faith but it is a kinde of blinde zeale in their blinde Religion which at the appearance and tryall of the spirit of God withereth like a flower 5. The Angell then transfer'd me to a Land Where huge deformed vgly Giants breed Who spoil'd and burnt good Corne which there did stand And set Tobacco that foule stincking weede By this land is conceiued so much as is vnder the Dominion of the great Turke where the people may properly be called deformed vgly Giants in respect of their horrible foule Heresies and blasphemies which in them is more monstrous and damnable then in the Heathen people before mentioned which neither haue heard of Christ since his comming nor any type figure or Prophesie of him before his comming But these Monsters haue euer had the Law of Moses among them and also the bookes of the Prophets which likewise they haue now in vse whereby the fore-knowledge of the true Messias was prefigured vnto them They did also know of his comming they haue heard his Doctrine seene his miracles he liued and died amongst them Yet these sauage and wilde Giants of the earth which neuer were naturally borne as I may say in respect of Regeneration wast and burne vp our Bibles wherein is written the Gospell of our blessed Sauiour that good seed which that great Husband-man Christ himselfe did sow within their Land The bread of life Iohn 6.48 I am the liuing bread saith Christ which came downe from Heauen If any man eate of this bread he shall liue for euer And the bread that I will giue is my flesh which I will giue for the life of the World Ioh. 6.51 This bread was giuen to the Iewes before any other Nation which is within the Turkes Dominion now by Inuasion being the elect people of God before the calling of vs the Gentiles as appeareth Math. 15.26 When the Canaanitish woman cryed out to Iesus for her daughter which was miserably vexed with a Deuill Christ answered It is not good to take the Childrens bread which were the Iewes and to cast it to whelpes whom Christ so called being strangers from the house of God But Christs holy name be glorified that we now are made partakers of this heauenly bread whereby we are made one body with him 1. Cor. 10.17 But instead of this bread of sinceritie and truth 1. Cor. 5.8 These deformed Giants the Turkes haue sowed another kind of seede such Corne as will proue vnto them as the bread of affliction mentioned in the 1. King 22.27 Or as the bread of teares Psal 80.5 Or as the bread

Armes compleat And search each beast that thither comes to eate 37. And they with compleat furniture addrest In single combat shunne no fierce assault Such manly courage resteth in their brest From an whole host they neuer will reuolt But fight couragiously and winne the day And carry conquest for their Prize away By this third Guard is meant the Reuerend and learned Bishops of this Kingdome which are compleat in all things that appertaine to their place and calling and they are like a neast of Eagles whose eies stedfastly looke vpon the Sunne without winking whose iudgements discerne Diuine Mysteries whose profession in Ecclesiasticall gouernment is sutable to Christs and the Apostles prescription whose preaching writing manifesteth the truth of their Religion and whose godlinesse and vertue is seene by their life and conuersation whose learning aboundeth like the Sea and whose wisedome extendeth throughout the whole Land God forbid that euer bastard egge should be hatcht in this neast for what greater confusion then errors diuisions in Religion These are they that search the Papists inside though they appeare neuer so faire in the outside These are the Tutch-stones that trie the false faith of Recusants These make the Priests and Iesuites appeare to the World as they are like the Scribes and Pharises Math. 23.21 Hypocrites which make cleane the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of bribery and excesse And like painted Tombes which appeare beautifull outward but within are full of dead mens bones and of all filthinesse These are Gods warriors and Champions that are strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Ephes 6.10 That haue put on the whole Armour of God their loines girded with veritie and hauing on the brest-plate of righteousnesse and their feele shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace and haue taken the shield of faith the helmet of Saluation and the sword of the spirit Let no simple Romish Catholike presume to make triall of their profound knowledge lest as they deserue they suffer a disgracefull repulse 38. This goodly Paradice thus is safely kept From vncleane beasts chiefely from Wolues and Boares By Vertues care and prouident respect Who chiefe Commander is and keepes the dores And lets all in and out and sets these guards Whom for their paines he daily giues rewards 39. And so the Lambes and silly Sheepe feed free From the Wolues rapine and the Swines infection Plentie of Corne is alwaies seene to bee And fruits great store by Vertues good direction Good Sallet hearbes abundant water cleere As if it were distil'd in Riuers there Oh that I had the spirit of perfect wisedome that I might heere set forth our Salomon our Royall king in his true shape of whose excellencie I am rauisht with admiration O King the Lord hath annoi●●●● 〈◊〉 with his holy Oile as he annointed his seruant Dauid Ps 79.20 Prosper with thy glory Ride vpon the word of truth and of meekenesse and righteousnesse Ps 45.2.4 It is thy goodnesse and carefull prouidence O King to elect such worthy and wise Bishops Councell Nobilitie and Iudges for the defence of this Kingdome who are as Guards and bulwarkes Forts and defences against the Rauening Wolues the mercilesse Papists who as they are the enemies of Christ may bee so called Mat. 10.16 also That seeke to deuourethe sillie Lambs your poore subiects Acts 20.29 Thou art the sole Commander and Supreame head vnder God of this our temporal Paradice the Lord make thee great in the Kingdome of Heauen at the day of thy dissolution By thy protection we haue plenty of spirituall Corne the bread of life plentie of spirituall fruits and hearbs the foode of the soule and plentie of spirituall water to refresh our spirits to wit the Word of God truly taught amongst vs the Gospell of Christ Iesus which as I haue shewed before is thus in seuerall places so compared And vnder thee O King we are happy aboue many other Nations for the peace and tranquilitie of our Land 40. And those three Guardes me thought deuoutly prai'd For the continuance of this heauenly place And God graunt Vertue happinesse they said And his posteritie with increase of grace Mercy and peace for euermore And then Legions of Angels answered Amen St. Paul writing to Timothy 1. Tim. 2.23 declares that it is a good and acceptable thing in the sight of God our Sauiour that supplications praiers and intercessions be made for Kings and for all that be in authoritie And heerein is obserued the allegiance of these eminent persons and the generall loue and dutie of the people whose daily Inuocations of God according to the Apostles direction are deuoutly made for all Spirituall and Temporall blessings to be multiplied vpon the King and his Royall issue which the Lord grant may be infinite without number or measure Amen FINIS