THE CHURCHES HAZARD Delivered in a Sermon in the Cathedral Church in NORWICH, upon the fifth of November. 1629.  
By THO. REEVE, Minister of God's Word at COLEBY in NORFOLK.  
LONDON, Printed by AUGUSTINE MATHEWES, for JOHN GRISMOND, and are to be sold at his shop in juy-lane at the sign of the Gun. 1632.   

TO ALL THE ADHERENTS of the Romish Church amongst us.  
HOw cometh it to pass, that Rome is become the Seminary of mischief? an● that where Martyrs once abounded, now Conspirators? the faith of that Church being once famous through the world but now her Bloodshed; all Christian Countries having 〈◊〉 her tumults, and many her Treacheries. Can we judge her that delights in cruelty, the tender Mother? no, the 
a Rev. 17.4.  scarlet Whore? Are these her gentle warnings? her spiritual stripes? what to strike Nations to death? Did Christ ever prescribe, that a Church should be advanced by such direful designs, dismal stratagems? Let his Records be searched, and the Grant of this charter shown. No, this practice nature disclaims, how much more Scripture detests? Traitors are the worst men in the bad age, 
Luke 21. 2 Tim. 3.4.  yea the Monsters of the perilous times. Out of the Manuscript of judas, Treason may be proved but out of the Gospel of Christ never: Oh than that it should b●e held the perfection of Religion, the mould of merit! I wonder those practised disciples blush not to call themselves jesuites, and that the Pope the Craftsmaster of the science doth not hang down his head in the sight of the whole world, to style himself the Vicar of Christ. Oh blessed Saviour, thou which didst suffer thy own blood to be shed, and hadst rather lose thy life then thy meekness, which new r struckest enemy to death, though thou hadst 
b Math. 28.  all power, which didst 
c Luk 9.55.  cool the breaths of them which would have had fire fetched from heaven, and didst teach the 
d Math. 26 52.  Discipline of patience to that military Apostle which did cut off Malchus his ear, which thyself wert an innoc nt 
e 1 Pet. 1.10.  Lamb, and didst send forth thy Messengers as 
f Math. 10 1●.  Lambs, which wouldst have kingdoms subdued unto thee by revealing of mysteries, and not by depriving of life, how wilt thou acknowledge such followers to be of thy retinue? No here Antichrist is discovered, in that he is so ●pposite to Christ. 
g Cum sitis inhumani, impij, crudeles, homicidae, non ampl u●c●itis Changed istia●i. Lucifer, Caralitan●●r● Athan l ●p 65  Seeing y●are inhuman, impious, cruel, homicides, y●e are no longer Christians. Their ab sing of the Scriptures, the mingling of their own works with Christ's precious satisfactions, the steam of their Brothell-houses, their shop of Imagery their new built Cauldron of Purgatory, the grounding of the principles of their Religion out of Apocryphal, allegorical, parab licall places or out of most dark● and intricate places of Scripture, from which no convincing arguments are to be fetched, the voluntary confession of their own Writers that neither 
h Transubstanstiation The utter rejecting of Hoc est c ●pus m●u● for a clea●e place, and oncluding N n potest per ullam scripturam probati Fisher cont. captain. Babylon. n. 8. Bellarmines conf ssing Sco●us his opinion (that there is not extant any place so express, that without the Church's declaration, can evidently constr●●ne us to admit it) not to be improbable de Euch l. 3 c. 23. § Non dissimili.  Transubstantiation, 
i Ha●●e Communion custom. G e● de Val de usu. Euch c. 10. lad of the people's devotion H●●.  Communion in one kind, 
k Indulgences. Roff Assert luth conf. art. 18. Cajet opusc. tom. 1. tract. 15 de Ind cap 1.  Indulgences, 
l Sacrifice for quick and dead. C●ster in co●p. o●th fid. dem ●rep 5. c. 2 p 1. 2.  sacrifice for quick and dead, 
m Prayers unto Saints and Images Bat●n in 2● q 1 art. ●0.  prayers unto Saints, worshipping of Images, 
n Christ● descension into Limbus Patrum, no where expressed, that Chr st w●nt thither to deliver the soul's ●f the Fathers, M●●c 〈◊〉 Can● l ●l. c. Theol. c 4  Christ's descension into Limbus patrum, 
o Confession Gl●ss in G●at. de poen. dist. 5 c 1 in poenit.  Confession, nor many other points are clearly to be proved out of Scripture their reviving of the ancient heresies of the 
p Valent ut ●●an● Hera●eonites for extreme v ction. Irenae. l 1 c 11. Aug l 〈◊〉 hae● c 16  Valentinians, and Heracleonites, 
q Angelic●●s for woe shipping of Angels, A●g ●e haer. c 39  Angelickes, 
r Ca●p●●a●ians for worshipping of Images. Epiph haer. 27. Aug. de ●ar cap 7.  Ca●pocrati●ns, 
s Collyridian f● worsh pping of the virgin Mary, Ep●h. haer ●8.  Coll●ridians, 
t Sam●saeans for relics, Epiph ●aer. ●3.  Sampsaean, 
u Manichees for Priests single l fe, Aug Epi●t 74 Id. de morib. Ecc & Mani●●. l. 2. c. 13.  Manichees, 
* Mestaleans that Baptism doth ●●e●y 〈◊〉 e sins going before, Theod. diuin. Decree de Baptismo  Messalians, 
x N●di●edales ●or their ●a●e footed Fransiscanes and Seculars, Aug de har c 58  Nodipedal, 
y Catha ●st● for merits, Isio● 1 Etym. lib. 8 c. 4.  Catharists, 
z Armezians for wo●sh pping of the Cross, N●. ●ph l. 1●. c 45  Armenians, 
a A●sto●ick● for voluntary poverty, Epiph haer 61.  apostolics, 
b Mar ●us the 〈…〉 for having blo● in the Chalice. Epiph haer. 34.  Marcus, 
c Novatians for doubting of remission of sins, A●b i. ●. de Poen. c. ●. & l. 2. c. 5.  Novatians and others, their Boy-fathers' alleged in solemn controversies, the digladiations of their own Divines against them, and the main points of our profession proved substantially out of their own Writers, make m●e to renounce them; but their conspiracies make m●e to abhor them, defy them, look aghast upon them; but specially when treason comes to be dogmatised by their Schoolmen, every Romish Theologue almost now adays not being able to compose a Body of divinity without this sanguinary Maxim in's rted, justifying the lawfulness of Treason, and (as if it were a professed 〈◊〉) describing; and prescribing the means of it; making no conscience of it after 
d Suarez defence. fid Cath. adv Aug. sect. exc. lib. 6. c 4. n. 18.  condemnatory sentence, yea if the Popes 
e Bann 2. 〈◊〉. p. 5●●.  in erpretative sentence can but be conceived it is enough; to do but deny their Religion, is to 
f Sand. de clau. Dan. p 25.  run upon the sword of the Church, 
g Suarez def. fid. ●at adv. Aug. sect. er. lib. 6 c. 4 n. ●8.  any person then appointed by the Pope m●y take away the life of his Sovereign, if none be appointed the Successor may do it, if there be no Successor the Kingdom may do it; yea 
h Mariana. instit. reg. p ●●.  Mariana is so impudent that he saith, t●at it is a wholesome meditation for Princes to persuade themselves that they may be then killed, and the party not only to do it lawfully but with glory and commendati n. Bellarmine I confess was a modest Papist; his tenets not steeped in the au●atiousnesse of many; yet 
i Micah 7.4.  the best of them is but a brier, and the most righteous sharper than a thorne-hedge, for when I consider his 
k Bell de pontiff. l 5. c. 6.7.8. Bell de pot. ●um. Pont. ad Guliel Barcl. p. 97.  treasonable conclusions, and his damnable Letter to Blackwell, what do I hold him but a Cardinal Engine of sedition? The Pope is held by many a Holy Father, as if the Sanctuary of peace, truth, and piety were in his breast, yet when I call to mind how Vrban● 2. held killing of Kings no murder but a zeal to the Catholic mother, and how many 
m Consider the miseries of these Emperor's Kings, and Princes. Leo Is●u●us. Sigon. de rag. ●●al. p. 100L. ●u●ovicus pius papi● mass. annal. p. 04. Childerick. ●●m in. gest. Fran●. p. ●03. Oho the gr a●●ui● p. 6. c. 6 Henry the 1. Ben Ca●d. vit. Hild. p. 2 H● r● the 4. N●ucl. p 7●7. Hen●. 5 vr●p p 2●2. Lot●ar us Otho Fris l 7 c 18. Fri●. Barba●ossa Nauct p 856. henry 6 Hoved p 63●. Philip his brother, Nau●●. p 898. Otho 4. Wa sing Yp●d Noust p. 4●. ●r●d. 7. Pendule. col. hist. N●ap. p 245. Henry 7. Avent. p 5●7. 5 8 W●nc●●l us ●he●d. Ni m p ●8. so n● Q. o● Naples Nauct. p. ●024. Man●ed. K. of Nap. & 〈◊〉. Nauct. p. 9●6. C●dinu● Parai. v●s. p 11. I●lian & Laurence the Du●es of Florence, Vol p. 51.  Emperors have been troubled by Popes with the loss of their peace, kingdoms, or lives, and other Kings and Princes in the like manner molested, how 
n Ma●. Paris. p. 223.  King john amongst ourselves, and 
o Cu●. Neub●g. p. 1ST.  Henry th● second were put to baseness, how Q. Elizabeth after the B●ll of Pius Quintus was never at rest, how 
p Or●. Sixt. 5. ha●. in Confy. 〈◊〉. 15●9  Sixtus the f●●t justified by a panegyrical Oration the murhering of Henry the third in France by a Dominican Friar, I can count the Pope no o●●er than a murdering Father, ye● the Cut throat of Christendom Be●●de, when I recount the massacres of Merindoll and ●ie●s, V●s●, Paris, and ●f that here intend in England at this Gun powder Treason, I can speak to R●me in no mil●er terms than God did once to Niniveh, 
q Nah. ● 1.  Oh thou bloody City.  
Oh ye then which are the admirers of that Church, which think it the Paradise where the tree of life doth grow, and hold no ground holy but that which that Church sanctifies, see at last the A●mnable impostures ye have b●e●e misled with renounce that 
r Apo●. 1●. 5.  Woman of forn●cati ns, and 
s 2 Thess. 2.3.  Man of sin be it for no other reason then the e principles of blood; Treason can never be an appendent of the true Faith. And oh ye Priests and jesuits, the spirit of conspiracy, and nerves of treason, who with wit 〈…〉 the whole world, and have raised up nothing a great while but a learned v●l●●ny, by whom all the Commotions, the turbulencies is the Christian world h●ue b●ene either acted, or animated, consider at last what it is y●e practise, Treason; Treason, the attempt of rashness, the v●●f ●a●red; the scandal of humanity, the 〈◊〉 of Religion; wi●● men should not do it, good men wil● not. What therefore will ye ●or this still strain your wits, and your neck s? and make yourselves fearful to your own people, odious to us? no, if reverence to God and man have not quite forsaken you if ye have not forgotten the honour & safety o the men in y ur own corpses, desist from such hideous, horrible, graceless designs. And the rather because (saving the reputation of your own judgements) ye are circumvented, being but made slaves to the subtlety, & insolency of your Pope; for what I beseech you (by all the pri●les of conscience that are left in your bosoms) hath been these many years the main incentive of all your disloyalties; hath it not been to make your Pope not only c●i●●e Priest but chief Potentate in the Christian world? where his temporal jurisdiction hath not been acknowledged, there ye have laboured to thrust it in by this spiritual feat. But (if ye have but one drop of spiritual ointment left upon your eyes) consider if the opinion be not as vain, as the attempt is desperate; who knows not the forgery, as well as the ambition of this Title? But 
t Luke 22.26.  it shall not be so amongst you, damps the Popes affected Primacy over all Bishops; but 
u Io. 18.36.  my Kingdom is not of this would, throttles over all his Supremacy Kings & Emperors; Christ never assumed it, Peter never challenged it, the ancient Bishops of the Romish Church never pretended title to it, how then should it now come to be a right unquestionable? Search antiquities; 
* Theo. l. 1. c. 7.  Constantine the great was so fare from suffering julius the Bishop of Rome for being his Head that he gave not, his Legates (but Eustathius Patriarch of Antioch) precedency in the Council of Nice. 
x Leo ad Cler. & plebem Constant. ep. 23.  Leo commanded not Martian the Emperor to summon a Council, but made humble request for it by the Clergy and people of Constantinople, 
y Cum lachrymis & gemitibus Leo ep. 14. ad Theodosium.  and with tears and sobs he begged of Theodosius to have had a Council in Italy but could not obtain it; the words of Pope Agatho of old were not imperious to Heraclius, and Tiberius the Emperors, but 
* Pro obedientia quam debuimus. Concil. Constant. Act. 4.  For the obedience we own you, Gregory the Great acknowledged himself the servant of Mauritius, for 
a Christus dominari Imperatorem militibus sed etiam sacerdotibus concessit. Greg. lib. 2. ep. 103.  Christ granted the Emperor not only to rule over soldiers but Priests; in justinian's days it is evident that the Emperor was held so fare superior to the Pope, that the said Emperor 
b Pontifical. Cont. tom. ●. in vita Vigilii.  deposed two Popes, Silverius and Vigilius, and he himself aswell as Theodora the Empress thanked Belizarius their Agent for it; Eutropius saith, that in former times such wa● the obedience of Popes to Emperors that if the Emperor sent for the Pope, 
c Omni neglecta occasine. Eutropius.  all business set aside, he went though he knew it were to go into banishment. The boundless power and immoderate Tyranny of Popes over Princes in those ages, than were not known; are ye not persuaded in your consciences, that the first raise of Popes, was by the Grace of Princes, and the next by th●ir own masterless Ambition? your own writers will testify as much. Your Ceremoni●ry saith that 
d Hoc affi●mamus ante Carolum magnum nem●nem Imperii Romani coronam ex manu Pontificis Romani s●●cepisse. Cer. lib. 1. sect. 5. c. 7.  before Charles the great, no man ever took t●e Crown of the Empire of the Pope, Boniface the eighth, was the first that ever invested himself in this supremacy, and yet (Major saith) 
e Bonifacius 8. multum apparenter definivit qu●d Rom. Ponti ex est supra ●●ges in temporali●us quod tamen o●ulatissin. ● Theologi dicunt esse f●lsum. Io. mayor a●sent. distinc. 20. q. 2.  the judicious Divines of those times held it but a corrupt i●●e. 
f Mea potestas non p nd●t a Papa 〈◊〉 a Deo immediate, & va●um est quod di●i solet Papam habere superiorem Part. ursp. i● Ludou. 4.  Ludovicus the fourth, was wont to say, that it was a mere vanity, to hold that the Pope had a Superior to him upon earth. 
g Potest●s saecu ar● maior est spi●ituali, nec quod illa e● est subiecta in aliquo joh. de Paris. de par. Reg. & papi●●. c 5.  johannes de Parisijs concludeth absolutely that the secular power is supreme. 
h Non Apostolico iure, N●c enim illud tibi da●e, quod non habuit, Petrus potuit. Bern. de Consid. ad Eng. lib. 2. Fides temporum non Evangeliorum. Hilar.  Bernard himself avoucheth to the Pope, that his power is not by Apolicall right Why then fight ye thus for a new invention? which if it be come to be a point of faith, yet it is not the faith of the Gospel, but of the times, and that not of the purer Primitive times: will ye be the defenders of an usurpation? and venture your lives and souls for a fancy of power? Oh that ever men of your acuteness, and acrimony, should be thus infatuated to be instruments of such fl●gitous, execrable practices for an arrogant person? who sees not that since the Pope came to this power, he ha' h given himself to nothing but to haugten●sse, and slothfulness, he is too great now to open his mouth in a pulpit, or to busy his pen to discuss Controversies of Divinity, the zealous and laborious Bishops of Rome are vanished, th●y preach only by your lips, and write only by your hands their chi● f study is now to invent mischief, and to in ite you to attempt them; Oh therefore go open your closed eyelids, and rubbe upon your consciences to take notice of the palbable grafts of the Popes, and to beware th●m; fight not for Tyranny, die not for Pride, show not less mercy to Christians, than you do to jews and Turks, imbrue not your hands in the blood of Princes, with shame blush over that which is past, with horror prevent all such future practices; get your Pope to give satisfaction to all the World, for all former Treasons, to burn all seditious books, or else assure yourselves whatsoever ye can colourably pretend to the world▪ an infamy sticks upon your Church, and your religion will be held as dangerous as corrupt. Thus out of ardent desire to procure safety to my Country and to get such black deformities wiped from the brows of all them that profess Christianity, do I offer these wholesome advertisements to your duest and deepest considerations, beseeching God that your pistols, poisons, powders, may now be laid aside, and that ye may fall to works answerable to true prof ssion.  
Yours so fa●re as ●●ue Christian Religion will s●ffer. THO: REEVE.   

THE CHURCH'S HAZARD.  NEHEM. 4.11. 
And our adversaries said, they shall neither know, nor see till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.  
THe Church is a Particle of Heaven, a quint-esse●ce I am sure from this earth Hortus inclusus a Garden enclosed, 
Cant. 4.12.  severed like Paradise from all the world; God's Suburbs below; the Royal City above, the Suburbs below; that Sedes Beatorum this Renatorum; that the Seat of the Glorified, this of the Sanctified. 
a Constitute sibi locum unum aus condidis universum.  He which made the whole world, reserved this one place to himself. Whether God dwell not here, let the shaking of his Sceptre manifest; judicia indicia, His judge menti are testimonies. I can read God present amongst his people aswell in the patent of his works, as in the charter of his Scriptures; for 
b Pagina authorem suum nunquam tacentes, Amb. ep lib. 10. ep. 84.  These are volumes that never conceal their author. How comes it that the Church hath stood all this while against the formidable rage of the world, but that it is a fenced City? It had long since been made a ruinous heap, but that it is the Palace of the great King. 
c Extingere voluit, sed Deo gratias non valuit. Bern. ep. 2.  The enemy of Zion would have extinguished it, but God be praised he could not. 
d Ramos confregit, radici non nocuit, Chrys hom. 10. de divite & paupere.  He broke of some of the branches but he could not hurt the root. From the mouths of our adversaries let us be resolved, whether this be not the Great God's Station; for the devices, designs have been many mischievous against it, yea 
e Innumerae pests Ereb●.  infinite Fiends of Hell, have been busy, boisterous, for the demolishing of it, why prevailed they not? why were they defeated? Oh they fought stoutly, but God had the upper ground of them, their swords were too short, and blunt to fight with the Almighty; they felt here Digitum, a Finger more weighty and mighty then man's to oppose them; Every succour then to the Church is a Character, and every deliverance an Oracle to evidence God's presence amongst his people. How wonderfully did God here preserve judah, when danger was imminent? God I say, and not 
f Relliquia Danaum, atque immitis Achildes.  the Relics of Ba●ylons oppression, the strength of the captivity returned; no, God to show the pre-eminence of his power, the prerogative of his Church. Let judah go on to build the wall, to repair the breaches of jerusalem, their zeal is commendable, their pains acceptable; all awful and laudable; yea the Deed is Gods, and the Defence shall be Gods; judah is God's Promoter, and he will be her Protector. 
g jupiter al●itonans.  That great God, that can make the battlements of heaven to crack, and the Axletree of the world to fall in pieces with his thunderbolts, takes upon him the Patronage of judah. Let Sanballat 
h v. 1.2.  scorn● and Tobiah 
i v. 3.  deride yea a Senate of wits meet together even 
k v. 7.8.  Arabians, Ammonites, Asbdodites to consult, conspire about a work of ruth and ruin, yet God will be a tutelar, safegarding power. For that is the purport of this sentence, it is rehearsed as a point of bliss when judah lay at the bleeding point, if God had not helped they had been helpless; helpless? yea liveless, for they had been slain, and their work ceased before they had either known or seen. For our adversaries said, They shall neither know nor see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.  
Our, stand here like a people severed from all the Babylonians, they peculiar to God and he to them, for he is a friend though there be Adversaries; he hath concluded no harm unto them though they said it; he had eyes ten thousand times brighter than the Sun to discern their secretest practices, though they had thought to come upon them before they should either know or see, they shall not touch the hem of God's garment, nor raze the skin of his body, not come to the out-skirts of his people, though they think to come into the midst of them; God's people are secured though they conjecture they should be slaughtered, slain; the conspiracy shall cease, though they suppose the work shall cease. For our Adversaries, etc.  
Our, show a company, and a company they had need to be, and well knit together, for they are a 
l genus invisum.  hated stock, they have Adversaries; and no common Adversaries but such as were full-b●nt upon a wretched purpose, they had vared as it were upon it, they had said; yea and close dangerous Adversaries, which would come upon them in no manly sort, give no warning of their wrath, send no open defiance of their displeasure, for then judah might have brought forth 
m pares ●●ullas, & pila minantia pili●▪  colour's alike and forces alike, but come upon them before they shall either know, or see; neither will the refuse people satisfy them, no they would be for the flower of the garland, for the most insigne, and illustrious, for the Midst and not thereto show an angry brow ●ny, or to pa l●y the reason o● their distaste, but to make havoc; to express their minds at the swords point, a sharp discovery of men's intentions; confodere, configere to wound to stab, to slay; and not only so, but a greater spite is yet behind, to overthrew the means of God's service, ●o get a conquest upon religion, or these people are strengthening themselves, say they in this holy City, they are re-edifying the wal●s of jerusalem, that their God might again be worshipped, well this holy attempt they would hinder; the Work is the eyesore, and the Werke shall cease Our Adversaries said, etc.  
In the Text consider.  

A holy Congregation— Our.  
A hellish opposition— Adversaries.  
A firm resolution— Said.  
A cunning projecting— They shall neither know, nor see.  
A high attempt,— till we come into the midst of them.  
A merciless design— and slay them.  
A rancour against religion— And cause the work to cease.   

Our.  
First, for the Holy Congregation, Our. This word belongs not to a single soul, but to men united, they were scattered, but now they are reducted into one; in Babylon they lived apart, mourning in their secret, several corners, to judah, they are now returned, and there they now speak with a voice, like the voice of many waters, Our. Though before My adversaries here, Thine there, This man's in another place, yet now, Our. The scattered stones of Zion are gathered together, the Saints are met, there is a Holy Congregation. Doct. From whence observe, that the Church's freedom, is a remarkable, unspeakable blessing; that she which remained solitary, is come to her happy societies: 
n Vas●li Eccles 4.10.  Woe to the church when she is alone, joy to the Church in her troops, the Church is then clad in her rich attire, yea decked like a Bride in her Nuptial Ornaments, than the 
o Monilia circa collum.  jewels are about her neck. The Church in persecution is said to be in the 
p 2. Cant. 1.  clefts of the rocks, in the secret places of the stairs, desirous to look out, and yet ashamed to be seen, her profession being in oppression, she hides head, and shuns company; not in th● open streets, nor in the market place doth she take her turns, but in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret places of the stairs; not but that she than is, but not conspicuous; she wants not internal entity, but external felicity: But a Church flourishing, is the Saint's eye-pleasure, the world's amazement, 
q 6. Cant. 4.  terrible, like an army with Banners. For an army with displayed, not more goodly to be beheld, than the ●urch with her ranks filled. 
r Gen. 30.1.  Give me children, or else I die saith B●ch ●, so give me my multitudes saith the Church, or 〈◊〉 anguish; she is then like a 
s Es. 17.6.  Vine shaken with a berry here and there, in the out-most boughs. The lustre of a Church is gone, when God's Courts are not filled, and jerusalem, the mother of us all, seems to be in her Widowhood, when many of her children are not at her knees, professing their faith, praising their God. See the luctuous, dolorous state of the Saints, when the Church is in this distresseful plight. 
t 1. Lam. 4.  The ways of Zion do lament, because none come to the solemn feasts, all her gates are desolate, her Priest's sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she in bitterness. Solemn feasts, but no solemn appearance, the gates open, but desolate for want of company; Oh what a brow of anguish is there then every where discerned? the Priests sighing, the Virgins afflicted, and she in bitterness. But change this state, and what a change of carriage is there then to be seen? all glee, and triumph, recreement, and ravishment to beh● d the Church in her excellency, eminency, glory. David describing this state, doth it with most passionate, affectionate terms of exultation; 
u Psal. 68.24, 15.  It is well seen Oh God, how thou goest, how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary, The singers go before, the Minstrels follow after, and in the midst are the damosels playing with their timbrels. Then the Church is compassed about with her noise of musicians; not waylers, there lamenters, here deplorers in the midst, but singers before, minstrels following after, and in the midst damosels playing with their timbrels. This is Sanctuary jubilation, Gods going in Majesty upon earth. It is well seen how thou goest, how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary, How! that is, how Magnifically, like a Prince in Trisne. There is not a more delectable spectacle upon earth, than the face of a Church visible; then the Church, 
* Pacem praefert Iren.  Carries a torch before her, not creeps up and down in the dark, but carrieth torchlight in her hand; yea, though before no man knew where she was, but held her for lost, yet than they come forth, and out of joy of heart, and jucundity of spirit, point at her, as at the Moon in the firmament. 
x Ecce Luna ecce ubi est. Aug tract. in 1 ep joan.  Behold the Moon, Behold where she is; the eclipse is gone, the wain is past, Behold the Moon, Behold where she is. The Church with her Congregations about her, make God's family to be in its splendour, than 
y Apparet Deus & l●qui turcum sanctis Amb. lib. 2. c. 7. de jacob.  God yields an appearance of himself, and vouchsafes to have familiar parley with his Saints. O joyous thing to have but a sight as it were of God's bright brow in his house, and to hear but the sound of his lips going in his family, where there is an unity, as they termed it of collection, not a Logical, but a kind of transcendental Unity, an Unity no other than an Universality, Our. Use. This serves to reprove them which do so little rejoice in the happy estate of the Church, or if rejoice, I am sure are not transported. The Church is visible, but not their spiritual delight, and comfort for the same visible; their hearts spring not, their tongues chant not. God had ferventer affections in the time of the Church's trial, then in the time of the Church's triumph. Our forefathers then wished for Zions prosperity, with groans in their breasts, tears in their eyes; they wished for it, and 
z Exe●tatus dies omnium v●●is venit Cyp. lib de lapsis.  The day longed for of all is come; We their children enjoy it, enjoy it, but joy not in it, bless not G●d for the happy fruition of it. Our religion is not in bondage, but whether the gratitude of most be not, I leave it to judgement. God hath unlocked his gates unto us, set open his Courts, but we come not into his gates with thanksgiving, nor into his Courts with praise. I see many professors, but few confessors, that confess the preciousness of God's favours unto us. Are these the flourishing times of Religion? it appears not by our devotion. Where are they that are as if they dreamt, in a holy trance, to see our Captivity returned like the Rivers in the South; to behold the bliss of the times? no we see the Spouse with her threescore Queens, and fourscore Concubines, and the damosels without number about her, but we do not count her Blessed. Oh how deserve they to have persecution again that know not what it is to have freedom, and to have the Altars of God broken down amongst them, that do not bind the sacrifices with cordeiro the horns of the Altar. Oh therefore 
a Vbi beneficium ibi sit officium. Amb.  where the happy blessing is manifest, there let the dutiful acceptance of it be apparent; Let your eyes be dazzled with the bright beams of the light of the Gospel, and your ears glow with the sweet charms of salvation. If it be comfortable to you to enter into God's Tabernacles; into God's Tabernacles above your seeled parlours, into God's Tabernacles, above the palaces of Princes, then cry out 
b Psal. ●4. 1.  O how amiable are thy Tabernacles thou Lord of hosts! Know the difference between Babylon's thraldom, and Judah's liberty, ye have not now single souls, or a few private persons, but a Congregation; Yea, 
c Ad est militum cohors candida. Cyp. de lapsis.  There is a white band of Christian Soldiers to magnify God, to maintain profession. We are in our multitudes, Our.   

Adversaries.  
Doct. Now let us come to the Hellish opposition, Adversaries, Our, had a company, and Adversaries hath a company; company against company. From whence observe, that the Church must resolve upon Opposites. 
d Io. 15.19.  The world love's her own, and God forbidden we should be her Own to be loved of her; no, 
e Nigros corrodit lividu● ungues Martial.  The envious bites his black nails against us, we may see his malice at his finger's ends. 
f Inter Babilonem, & jerusalem nulla pax sed guerra continua. Berinthia ser 2. de pugn. spirit.  Between Babylon and jerusalem there is no peace, but continual variance, Yea, 
g Quanta ab exteris passa est Id ser. 29. in Ca●●  How many things does the Church suffer of them that are without? They are without, and so in battle array against them that are within they are Without, and so let them which are within stand upon their guard. How should the Church be Militant, if she had no standards set up against her? The devil would cease to be an enemy if he should raise up no oppugners; when can the seed of the woman be in a sure league with the seed of the Serpent? when can Christ be dear affected of Antichrist? no he is 
h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉.  Against, his malice is written in his brows, took for no benevolent affections from him. Superstition is the professed opposite of truth, whosoever carrieth in his mouth the name of a false God, proclaims deadly feaud to all Gods true followers, as Lucius told Vrbicius for condemning of good Ptolomeus, 
i Quod Christians nomine gaudet & gloriatur ad puntendum commotus es. Niceph. Call Ecc. hist. lib. 3. c. 33. Use.  Because he rejoiceth, and glorieth in the name of a Christian, afore thou settest thyself to punish him. We must expect no sincere affection from infidels, or Misbelievers, no they are Bandogs to the Church; no friends to God, and so our Adversaries. This serves to stir us up to heediness; Adversaries they are, and oh that we should count them friends! Will the Lamb sit down, to rest quietly, when the Wolf's jaws are open? Will the Keepers of the Vineyard be reckless in their charges, when the Foxes are round about the hedge? Have they once maliced us, and will they be no longer mischievous? Yes, 
k Serò recusat iugum ferre quod subij● 〈◊〉. Sen.  hardly can any man desist from those courses he hath been enured to. We have been once in peril by these Adversaries, then how ought we still to be in dread? They are still Adversaries, and so still infesters, molesters; the flame may be put out, but the aymers are still remaining; though like the unclean spirit in the Gospel, they have been once dispossessed, yet if they should find the room swept and garnished for them, they would return with seven spirits worse than themselves; shall we not think them fully to be Adversaries, till we have tasted of r●ine by them? If we should dream of tranquillity, I am sure there is no security, they that have once bend their swords against our throats, we should do ill to sleep quietly by their sides. 
l ●ug 16. 〈…〉.  Up Samson, the Philistines are upon thee. ᵐ Let us be prepared for buffets and blows. Look in envies jawbones, and see if there be any white teeth in her mouth, stand at the threshold of malice, and listen if there be any parley of peace in the house; no as the Priest told G●lba, ⁿ Look to thyself for the Bloodsuckers are not fare. Our Adversaries pretences may be fair, but their purposes are dismal; their blandishments may be sweet, but let not too much affiance be put in them. 
o Sint e●cu●iae. ne sint ●xuviae.  Let not our eyebrows be closed, for fear the skin be plucked over our ears; their nails may be paired, but they will grow again; for rancorous, splenative they are, full of amarulency, malevolency, heart-brent, hand-bent, no State- Adorners, no Church-advancers, no God help Adversaries, Our, and ●r Adversaries.   

Said:  
Now let us come to the firm resolution, Said; And if about a good business, well said, but be the business never so bad, yet not toung-tied in it, though it were a thing not fit to be thought, yet said. Adversaries, and so spiteful, Said, and so wilful, for that is the meaning of the word, they were inflexibly, irrevocably bend upon it. Doct. From hence observe the rash resoluteness of  men, even to the most damned practices, they have sold themselves to commit evil, as it was said of Ahab, 
p Hos. 9.9.  they are deeply set. Pusillanimity they hold a base defect, but baseness they hold no excess, there is in them a fiduciary fortitude (as the Moralists term it) to things unseemly. Is it courage to attempt evil? yet 
q Psal. 6●. 5.  they encourage themselves in an evil purpose; for be the action never so evil, yet they are as full of animosity about it, as if it were about the saving the lives of their parents 
r Sueton 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉  Caligula was wont to commend one word Vnmooveablenesse, that were the action never so odious, cruel, yet he would never change colour nor countenance at it, so these are daunted, deterred at nothing; they say upon that, that all the world shall say against the horribleness of which fact, shall make the ears of all to tingle, and the eyes of Infidels to gaze; they say, that is gauge themselves to ungodliness, as if all the powers of heaven should not be able to cross them, they are 
s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aristot.  firmed in their opinions; they firmed, and look that others might be confirmed. 
t Prou. 27.17.  Iron sharpeneth Iron, that their confederates might not start back, they bind them to it by a solemn covenant of their lips, it is said, and so not afterwards to be gainsaid, no man must speak against it, desist from it, for his promise is out to the contrary; that it might be settled, it is said, Our adversaries said. Use. This serves to exhort all persons to carry in their bosoms mollified hearts, and tender consciences to quake at sin; for if men's hearts come to be stupefied, and their consciences chevalrised, what villainy are they not fit for? whilst 
u C●h●bet vires ingeniumque pudor. Ouid.  shamefastness remains in man, it restrains both power and wit in evil things; but if the cheeks have once lost modesty, and the conscience remorse, the black face, and deformed visage of the most nefarious, horrid intendment will not terrify them, no not so much as make them blush; be it a piacle, and most execrable offence, yet they retract not from it, but devou●r themselves unto it, Say, Our Adversaries said.  
Doct. Now let us come to the cunning projecting, They shall neither know nor see. From hence observe, that there is no mischief like to the secret. 
* Gravis est illis fortuna quibus est repentina: the Posy of Germanicus.  Those accidents are grievous which are sudden, unexpected, unsuspected dangers, how difficult are they to be avoided? a close villainy is an ambushment, a latitant foe, a pitfall, the hand of mischief hath given the blow before it was known to be lift up, the snare is on the heel before it was discerned to be laid, the poison is in the throat before it be seen what manner of liquor it be, yet these are the privy practices of the wicked, their attempts clandestine, they serve under the Prince of darkness, and therefore they love to do all in darkness: knowledge they think would make their actions abhorred, and therefore their actions are covert; 
x Cum vincere apertè, Non datur, insidias armaque tecta parant. Calamitatis abstrusa illecebresa fallacia. Cyp lib. 1. ep 2.  when they cannot openly destroy, they prepare treacheries and engines of craft, ʸ there is a flattering face of a hidden calamity. A thief they say comes of a word that signifieth 
z Fur of Furvus.  dark, because he takes the opportunity of darkness, to accomplish his ends, so these by st●alt●iue, surr●p●itions courses, put in practise their designs. Dalilah will sh●●e off Sampsons' seven locks, before she tell him of any Philistines, so these take away all strength before the forehead of an adversary be discerned; look for no Worthies here, for they shun light, nor for any signal of battle to be given, for they trust more to their projects then their prowess, 
a Ps 11 2.  They would shoot secretly at the upright in heart, 
b Psa. 10. ●.  They lurk like Lions in their dens. So that Archers, and Lions they are; Archers, but no noonday, but midnight Archers, or Archers that would shoot in a cloud; and Lions they are, but lurking ones, not roaring in the fields, but watching in their dens. Cain doth not challenge the field of Abel, no 
c Gen 4 8.  walk into the field with Abel, like a brother, not like a butcher, yea, Abel's blood is shed, before cain's malice seen. joab embraced Amasa; though embruing be his purpose, yet embracing is his practice; he embraces till Amasa falls dead out of his arms; he cries not Estne pugna? come shall we try our valour? but 
d 2. Sam. 20.9.  Estne pax? Is it Peace? and thus with a sword hid in the scabbard of peace, doth he strike him into the fift rib that he died; is this captaine-like? no caitiffe-like. Go fetch the child that I may 
e Mat. 2.8,  Worship him, saith Herod. Herod it seems would become very devout, but let not the Wisemen trust him, for than he will make them lose the title of Wisemen, yea, make Babes of the Wisemen, for Herod's purpose is not 
f Non seruire sed saevire, Raulins, ser 3. in Innocent.  to Worship, but to worry. And thus the Church's Adversaries love to do all in obscurity, their chief prop is subtlety; 
g Egregiam vero laudem, etc.  Noble praise, high honour, no doubt: All men may see they are given to jgnominious courses, which would do such things, as till they be effected, men should neither know nor see; they are all for surprisals, to take men on the sudden, that men might be wrecked before warned, and they might be felt as Adversaries before they be either known, or seen. From hence I might cast shame upon the faces of our Adversaries, for how may all the world take notice of them to be but base-spiritted, whose chief engine is craft? it seems they are ashamed of their God, which cannot be helped but by such privy practices. Use. But upon this I will not stand, only from hence let me exhort you all to cleave close to God, for if he watch not for us, we are like to fall into sudden dangers from such subtle enemies. Oh that the perils of the Nation should be so many, and the provocations of the Nation so rife, that we seek not by reverence, and obedience, to keep God's eye upon us, to search out the purposes, and to discern the practices of the wicked against us. 
h Heb. 4 13.  All things are naked before him, but many things are hid from us. Therefore seeing we cannot watch sufficiently for ourselves, let us get God to keep vigils for us; we had need to keep him sure, or else we are not sure of safety. Our Adversaries have secret projects in hand, not bruited in our streets, nor hung up upon our City gates, but privily contrived, they would be upon us before we should either know or see. Our Adversaries said, they shall neither know nor see.   

Till we come into the midst of them.  
Doct. Now let us come to the high attempt: They are for the Midst. Till we come into the Midst of them. From hence observe that the ambition of the Adversaries is at the Grandees, that not a few poor abjects might endure the smart of their power but the chiefest livers, that as 
i Sueton.  Caligula would have men so to be slain that they might know themselves to dye, so these would be Authors of such a misery, as it might be felt to be a misery, they would be in the midst to be in the midst of mischief, 
k Vniuerse● praem●nult ut non pe●tus, n●n ●orum latera, sed faciem ocul● s●ue gla●iis, ac tell▪ impeterent. In his Phars●lian war against Pompey, Plut.  that as Julius Caesar commanded his soldiers to fight at the eyes of his enemies, so these would fight at the Eyes of the Country, that these being strooke out, the rest of the body might not know how to guide itself; the cropping of ordinary herbs in the Garden will not serve their turns, no they are for striking off the heads of the tallest poppies in the Garden, as 
l Plut.  Tarqvinius the proud was; Let Nehemiah here and his chief followers be laid hand on, and the spirits of the rest will soon fail; command the Midst, and Master of all. Use. This serves to exhort Great men to be great Promoters of religion, not to excel more in the fame of their descents, then in the fervour of their devotions; not only to look to be great Wonders in their Country, but great Beauties to the Church. For Rich men, Neuters? Great men, Atheists? Am I in the bosoms of none? The Country complains her ancient Gentry is decayed, the Church complains her religious Gentry is decayed; their Forefathers bowed their knees to God, and they to their Paramours; that means which the one spent in almsdeeds, and the maintenance of the Gospel, the other spend in pride, and riot. Are there none that in steed of being Great Ornaments to their Country are Great Botches, or Great Burdens to their Country? their Greatness serving them to no other end, but either to be a shelter for licentiousness, or a club to dash out the brains of poverty with? Some there are I know, that stand upon their true terms of honour; that as their Christian names are set before their surnames, so they prefer piety before gentry: And oh let all be thus addicted, and that even for the very peril greatness stand in. For Adversary's there are, and at wh●m are their aims? the Infimates? no, the Potentates; the loftier the pedigree, the greater foment of their malice; at their high blood, are their high aims; whatsoever these simple souls may endure, yet the gentle sp●rk is he whom they would quench, 
m Cui ger●●a proavis ingena.  which hath the race of famous Beau-pieres to illuster his stock. The Adversary's love to ruffle the purples, to give a Rent in scarlet, to twitch at the golden chains, to enter in at the painted portals. Greatness is their eye-mark, they would be in the Midst. Our Adversaries said, they shall neither know, nor see till we come into the Midst of them.   

And slay them.  
Doct. Now let us come to the merciless design, And slay them. From whence observe that nothing, but Bloodshed can truly satisfy the Adversaries of the Church; they come not to make sport, but spoil, not to fray, but to Slay; not to mark out enemies, but to massacre them; not to plead the right of a quarrel, but to subdue, subvert; they bring 
n jacula mortifera, Ps. 7.  Weapons of death along with them, they are men throughly armed. Did ye never see the mouth of envy open? Hear what dreadful menaces she sends forth; 
o Diglutiamus eos, ps 124.  Let us swallow them up quick; 
p Disperdamus eos de gente, Ps 83.  Let us scatter them from being a Nation, 
q Exinanite, exinanite, Ps.  Down with them, Down with them even to the ground. Have not the Adversaries, think ye, wide throats that can swallow up men quick? Do they not carry a whirl wind in their lips, that can scatter men from being a Nation? are they not pernicious Artisans, yea some of Satan's dismantlers (who is called the 
r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rev 9.11.  Destroyer) that never cease till they come to the groundwork? yet this is the merciless rage of the Church's Adversaries, Desolation, Destruction is that they aim 〈◊〉; their swords they think never shine bright, till they g●●●r with the blood of the Saints; they are not worthy they suppose to be counted Adversaries, unless they can sacrifice to their Dagon a fat  offering of Professors corpses. Howling is their melody, firing of Cities, breaking of Sceptres, casting down Thrones, dying the stones of the streets in crimson is their pleasurable object; that as Sylla filled a po●le of blood, and then set his hands by his sides, 
Ob quam 〈…〉. Plut.  and cried out, Oh what a noble act have I done; and as Claudiu● killed men only that he might see how fine a thing it was for men 
t  exper●ntium fac●es videret. Suet.  to breath out the last gasp; So these exercise all sort of barbarous savageness, and count it but their recreation the perfection of their Religion; they meditate upon Slaying. Use. This serves to show us what kindness we are to expect from our Adversaries, what but bloodshed? I know not whether thy life be dear unto thee, but sure I am this is that they dearly thirst for. 
u Netu● feritate Lyc●on.  The enemy of profession is known well enough in his cruelty. Christendom hath his doleful pictures hanging up in every corner. There are some happily that care not if the Adversaries were now in the Midst of us, for begin they not to palliate their dealings, to collaud their courses? yea even to censure them, that think hardly of them? Oh what are such but Sycophants, assentatory spirits? they extol Crocodiles, magnify Vipers; 
* Deus dicit Homicida est, & tu ad illum tanquam ad medicum curris? Chry. orat. 5. in judaeos.  Does God tell us they are murderers, and shall we hold them as Physicians? hath God marked them out as Adversaries, and shall we esteem them men of mercy? no I say God keep us out of their furies, or else sure I am we have seen our best days, so soon as they prevail our Kingdom even gives up the Ghost; a truculent, sanguinary people are they, given to slaughter; as here, Our Adversaries said, they shall neither know nor see, till we come into the Midst of them, and slay them.   

And cause the Work to cease.  
Now let us come to the rancour against Religion. And cause the Work to cease. As if they should say this City they count the holy City, this they are now fortifying that they might sacrifice, worship; well this we will hinder, this frustrate, And cause the Work to cease. Doct. From whence observe, that the free exercise of Religion is anexcruciation, a prime grievance to the Adversaries. For let that be suppressed, and then they are quiet, but let that have any liberty, and then their hearts gnaw them, their galls flow over, and they are ready to fall out into any outrages; 
x Mat. 10 22.  Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 
y Christ● sol●● causa omnis odit & persecutionis. Musculus  Christ alone is the cause of all hatred, and persecution. As they are men they can be at peace with them, but as they are Christians they detest them. Caius Sceius (said the Heathens once) is a good man, evil only because a Christian: So that if men wear the open cognisance of Christianity, 
z Bon●s vir C. Se●us malus tantum quod Christianus, Tertul. Apol. adv. Gent.  i● there be a clear brow of profession seen, it is enough to set all the world in a tumult against them; as sore eyes cannot endure the brightness of the Sun, so superstition cannot endure the light of the truth. If the Woman be clothed with the Sun, and have the Moon under her feet, 
a Rev 12.1.  and a crown of twelve stars upon her head, let her look to herself, it will not be long before the great red Dragon will lift up his seven heads, and ten horns, and persecute her into the wilderness, 
b Plin.  as the noise of timbrels make Tigers run mad, so the melodious sound of profession make the maligners of the Church to rage; they cannot cease, till the work cease. This teaches us how highly we ought to esteem of religion; 
Non est res parua quam sic infectantur hosts. Bern. ser. 31.  that is most precious that is most maliced, ᶜ It cannot be no small matter, that the enemies are so offended with. Our adversary's spleen may teach us the excellency of our Religion; they most envy it, therefore we ought most to prise it; Religion above birth, above goods, above life. Oh that thou shouldst value any thing, and vilify Religion! no, 
d Mat. 6.11.  Where the treasure is, there let the heart be also: be not reckless, or remiss whereby the devotions of it be slacked, or the purity of it corrupted; contemn all things about thee, rather than Religion. That aught most to rejoice thee, because it most teens the Adversaries; it is the grand incentive of their distaste, the upshot of their malice; the hindering of the Work they aim at more, then at the slaughter of the persons. For our Adversaries said, they shall neither know, nor see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the Work to cease.  
Thus have I told you a story out of judah, and is it not the vine Image of our own Country? were they in danger, and were not we at an exigent? What was this but the most fatal, exitial day that ever was appointed for our Nation? It should have been England's autumn, Rome's springtide; England's Vespers, Rome's Matins; England's Exequys, Rome's Festival: They began to cry out with them in the Tragedy, 
e Thebis laeta dies adest, Ara● tangite supplices, pingues ca●ite victimas. Senec.  Rome thy joyful day is at hand, once let us sing high Mass, and make a fat sacrifice of the Protestants. They had a long time cursed us at Rome, and they saw we waxed never the leaner; they told the world in their Counsels, and Controversies that we were Heretics, and they saw their word would not be taken, for we shown Christendom the true Heretick● in the Conclave; these courses they saw would take no place, therefore they would fall to other practices; the pen they saw could do no good, therefore they would try what policy could do; ay, 
f Hoc, hoc ministro noster ut stir dolour. Senec.  This, this is the only medicine for our grieved minds. Conspiracy is the Pope's only weapon, treason the last refuge of Rome: They had often tried what their Gunpowder would do above ground, and they ever found it flashed back in their faces; the blisters were still to be seen in Spain's cheeks, therefore they will try what their Gunpowder will do under ground; their Saint Peter falls to Saltpetre, a Crack with that they think should make the heart strings of the Land to break, and of the world to tremble; they had spent so much Gunpowder upon us before that their Indies were almost wasted, well they will now be at less charge, 36 barrels shall work the feat; what, England that was held before even impregnable, now to be conquered with 36 barrels of Gunpowder? Yes, if a place convenient can be but found out; and may we not let these men alone to choose their advantages? Well, what shall the project be, to win Dover Castle? no, that had too tough walls for such scant provision; what then, to be Masters of the Tower? no, there were too many roaring Watchmen upon the walls to drive them from that attempt; what then, to destroy the Universities? no, that they knew would have stood them in small stead, learning now so abounding, that they should have found an University all over the Kingdom; what then, to blow up Tyburn? that indeed they spighted much, because it had quartered many of their Traitors; yet they considered, that that plucked down, there was more Timber to have been gotten in England; what then, to batter down the Prince's Palace? that indeed had been something, yet there they should have wanted some of their Adversaries: the project therefore in conclusion was for the Parliament; if we know not where the strength of our Land lay, our Adversaries can show us; where but in the Parliament? and not in this openly to assault, but secretly to blow up; a Parliament was gathered together, and Rome would have dismissed it with a stratagem; an abrupt manner of breaking up, they would have dissolved it with Gunpowder; broken up, blown up; England gave the summons, and Rome would have given the writ of departure. Can this plot have been so laid, that it might have come from above, a man would have thought it had been Heavens-blow, the stroke of God; but the Papists have no power above, all their strength lies beneath, it had come but from H●ll, it had been but the ve●y of the Devil. The Papists say they would fain bring us to Heaven, but then the force of their courtesy lies in pulling of us up thither with Gunpowder; as for all their Engines of Doctrines, they do but push ●owne, strike to hell. I have read that in Rome there was once via sacra a Holy way, shall I think that sti●l remaining? no, I rather believe there is Via sanguinea, a bloody way. They say their Images have sweat blood, and that they have found blood in the Sacrament, let them talk of those miracles as long as they will, so long as they work not this miracle to make a Kingdom sweat blood. But this they would do, yea this they had done, if God had not wrought a Miracle, to make Tyburn sweat blood in stead of the Parliament; we lay at the point of death, and the Papists were coming with this plot as extreme unction to send us out of the world with; For, for the State to have received the stab, and Religion the stifle, was as this day determined, decreed. Our Adversaries had said they shall neither know nor see till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. Give me leave to run short descant upon my Text, and to fit every parcel according to the present occasion.   

Our.  
Were we not at this time gathered together into companies? was there not the face of a Holy Congregation, a Church visible amongst us? Ye●, Babylon's yoke not long before had been upon our necks, since the days of Queen Mary the grass was scarce grown, where their flames had been; they needed then no barrels of Gunpowder, their pitchbarrels and faggots served the turn; yet I say at this time our captivity was ended, and our Church come to a most fulged estate; for by the coming of that famous Queen Elizabeth to her Throne; Elizabeth indeed, the oath of God, or the fullness of God, sworn to his cause, replenished with his heavenly endowments; she, who was as a polished corner in God's Temple, as a golden pot of Mannah in his Sanctuary, the Orient pearl of the Christian world, yea the Bright star of the Earth in her days. Oh whom should I recount thee to be, 
Oh quam 〈◊〉 memorem▪  as incomparable, as invincible; not greater in the conquest of her enemies, than the peerelesnesse of her virtues; the Queen of England by her title, of the world by her desert; 
g Heb. 11.  Who being dead yet speaketh; who●e memory is written in the hearts of her subjects, the best Chronicle; a virgin, and yet the Gandame of Honour; a Woman, and yet a 
h Terror Achivis.  Terror of Ter●magaunts; which paid h●r soul ●●rs with the gold of India, and m●de Cadiz the tiring room of her Captains; which turned an invincible Armado into a Sea-bonfire, and made 88 like a Clim●ct ricall year to the state of Spain; which in her days for her Princely deportment, seemed the Master piece of Royal perfections, and for her manifold preservations, the Miracle of God's providence; whose government was throughout glorious, not like the Reigns o● some Princes that we read of in other Histories, whose governments h●ve proved to their subjects, like the seasons of the year, a cheerful spring at first, comfortable Summer afterwards, but at last ●●ar●full self-will, and a nipping Winter; or 〈◊〉 
i Dan. 3.  Nebuchadnezar's Image, the hea● of gold, the breast of silv r, b●t 〈◊〉 w●rds nothing but brass, iron, and c●ay; as Ne●o wi● f●r 
k Ad quinque nu●m. Su●t.  five years was notable in his government and Caligula ●f whom Suetonius thus r●port, 
l H●nus qu●si de Principe, reliqua ut de m●ni●ro n●rra● 〈…〉  Hitherto have written as ●f a Prince, but afterwards I must write as of a M●●ster; But as for her, the s●epter fell out of her 〈…〉 with honour, h● last years be●n● as famous as h r first, her people blessing their selv s that they died before 〈◊〉, 'cause the 〈…〉 a Prince behind them, a● it was said of the Subjects in the days of Augustine; wh ch lived with more Majesty, and died with more ●eare● than any of her Predecess u●s in a thousand years before h r; which deserved a tomb of gold at her death, as Constantine the Great h●d; and to have had Statues set upon her honour in every house, as Marcus Aurelius had after his departure; whose Sepulchre, (and ah that I should speak off her Sepulchre) is the monument of everlasting renown, more to be regarded with all due respect, than any of the Paynims urns, or the Popish shrines; whose name is the joy of our hearts, the Triumph of our tongues; which can scarce to this day be pronounced without panting breasts, and dropping eyes; whose body is gone to sleep in a bed of safe repose, whose soul is in the Chantry of Heaven, for 
m Gaudet unus ●uis●ue Angel 〈◊〉 tantum 〈◊〉 tangere. Chry. hom 15. de divit. & paupere.  Every one of the Angels desired to catch, to carry such a burden to God. She I say, for Faemineo generi tribuuntur. All these blessings of the Church are to be attributed to her, as the happy restorer of them; Illa Ecclesiae scintilla, she, the bright Spark of the Church warmed us, when we were almost frozen to death in that brumal season of Popery, and like a good Surgeon st●nched our dropping veins, when they were almost l●ft empty of blood; she broke the yoke of Egyptian bondage, led us through the red Sea of prepared dangers, seated us in the land of promise, fed us with the honey and milk of Evangelicall truth, brought home the Ark of God with Triumph, and set our Church like a City upon a hill; as Ani●lasinutha, that renowned Queen, who followed Theodoricus that vessel of blood, 
n Vas sanguinis decreta mala emendavit. Platina  mended all the cruel decrees; So this renowned Princess removed all the sharp statutes, and the shadow of her Throne proved a shadow of refreshing to the Professors of Religion. 
o judg. 5.7.  Surrexi ego Deborah, Surrexi ego matter in Israele; I Deborah arose, I arose a mother in Israel. A stepmother we seemed to have before, a natural mother now; forty four years nourcing up her subjects with the breasts of sincere profession: And her successor proving a successor of her faith, as well as her Throne: King james memorable for his wisdom, and graces, confirmed this happiness unto us; in so much that Paradise seemed not fuller of pleasant fruits, than we of faithful Protestants: not a scattered flock were we at this time, but a fold well filled, we were in our multitudes. Our   

Adversaries.  
Next Adversaries. And who are Adversaries to us, if not Rome's squint-eyed brood; they are Papists, we Protestants, and as the saying was of old, 
p expectas ut Quintilianus ametur.  Dost look that Quintilian should be loved? Quintilian that was the Orator against the vices of the times; so dost look that any Protestant, that hath laid open the nakedness of the whore of Babylon should be tendered by her Followers? no as Fabritius envied all that Marcus Aurelius did: so we must look for nothing but the spirit of contradiction, and contention in all our passages. 
q Ganius Arianus quod os suum obturaverat Chrysostomus, coepit tyrannidem exercere. Erasm in vita Chrys.  Ganius the Arrian because S. Chrysostome had stopped his mouth, burst out into tyranny: So because we have gagged the obstreperous throat of Romanists, that they cannot so rifly, or successfully belch out their Doctrine of Devils amongst us, they swell with malice against us; yea they have sacrificed in hatred against our cause, as it is reported of Caligula, that he sacrificed to Envy: Mark Rome, and see if it be an auspicious planet to our Church, no it looks with malignant aspects; I will look for honey in the nests of Dragons, as soon as for affection in the followers of Antichrist; their Vatican is the councel-chamber of mischief to us, the Pope's keys are but picklocks to our state; It was never well with Christian states, since Popes came to wear Triple Crowns; what hath he to do with Crowns? 
r Plat.  the Phrygian Mitre that Sylvester 1. wore upon the cold Mountain of Soracte, would become him well enough; when Popes come to wear Triple Crowns, then oh ye Christian Princes your Crowns shake on your heads; but why a Triple Crown? a Triple jest; that his Followers might think they could want no means under such a Diademed head? or wherefore else? where is he King? of Pasquius post, the Lady joanes' porphyry Chair? and the Courtesans stews, where like a Prince he takes tribute? 
Constantine's donation proved to be ridiculous.  I know no other Kingdoms he hath, unless I would credit some jesuits, who say he is King of Heaven, Earth, and Purgatory; as for Heaven indeed (though Rome boast of many miracles) yet I never read, nor heard, that God sent him down a Crown from heaven; for Earth strange it is that Christ (whose Vicar the Pope pretends to be) never wore crown but that which was put upon him in scorn, a Crown of Thorns, and yet that the Pope must have his brows filleted: as for Purgatory indeed, that is a Newfoundland, and if the world were well rid of Popes, it were no matter if there he wore a Crown. But in the mean time till this doubt be resolved, by what right the Pope c mes by his Triple Crown, I am sure of the ruth that hath followed upon it: triple woe is threatened to all them, that will not yield obedience to the Triple Crown: we like not of his pride, than the proud man waxes ●e●uish, and tetrical to all them that will not approve of him: ●●e Church of Rome is the 
s Genius Euange●●i, Calv●n. ad Regem Ga●l●ae.  Fiend, and ●ury to haunt the Gospel; the Protestants Little-ease: I know not whether all amongst us will count these Adversaries, but sure I am that they are they that once chained us up in the bottom of their l thsome prisons, and burned our bodies t ashes, they left us no other visibility of our Church but Martyrdom, nor no other monuments of our Religion, but such as were fetched from their flaming st●kes, they suppressed our writings, deprived us of our lives, and suffered none but their own sworn Scribes to be penmen of h st●ries, and then, asked us where was our Church before Luther: Are th●se friends courtesies? I know not, let brainsick lymphaticke, bewitched, besotted persons led away with an assentatory, or an abderitious spirit conceit them to be Friends, but sure I am when time was they were such dear Friends as made use of their time, and use of our blood: therefore for my part I see the enemy's eye in their heads, the gall of Asps in their bosoms, Adversaries they are: Our, and Our Adversaries.   

Said.  
Next, Said. And oh that it should be said, that Rome should not say, to any thing! what the intrepid men of the earth, and not hardy to any enterprise? They scotch at a mischief? and be faint-hearted in any pestilent pernicious devise? Let them serve no longer under Antichrist, who is said, to be 
t 〈…〉 ●deus fancy Dan. 7 20.  a man of an impudent countenance, as if he could blush for nothing; their Master can infuse courage into them, they shall merit by it; and when he that sits in the chair, will thus authorize, countenance sin, and lay down hire aforehand, even to put them into his Rubric, to record them in his Calendar for Saints (the highest preferment these men look for) what villainy will not our Adversaries undertake. 
u Plutarch.  Scipio said, that if he bade his soldiers throw down themselves from the top of a rock, they would not refuse it: So these men will throw down themselves into the bottom of hell at the Pope's command. Here was an action odious, horrible enough, yet was it not Said? Yes, they had bound themselves unto it by oath; and taken Sacrament upon it; Rome's oaths! Rome's Sacraments! oaths, the spring-heads of conspiracy; Sacraments, the broad seals of treason: Now then being thus mortised in mischief, what can ye look for, but pertinacy in the work. Excordes? no, Effrontes; heartless? no browlesse in it; fervid and vigorous, that it might have been dispatched, two years space could not rebate their edge, nor make their hearts relent from this horrid enterprise, with joint consent, and unchangeable purpose, do they settle themselves to it: when Faux was apprehended, and examined, whether it touched not his conscience to be the Actor of such a wretched intendment, he answered like a man steeped in Rooms Lees, that it repent him of nothing, but that it was not executed; so that this was not some floating conceit, or swimmering resolution, but as solemnly concluded and obstinately vowed unto, as ever was any thing; it was decreed, it was Said, Our Adversaries said.   

They shall neither know nor see.  
Next, They shall neither know nor see. This is the point of cunning, and doubt not of that to be there, when Rome is the Schoole-mistrisse of subtlety, the very Academy of hellish policy; where jesuits are lutors, the Pupils cannot but be subdolous; If ye would have a snare to be laid, send for these craftsmasters; they are the ex● cunning Artisans of the world, versed, exercised in all versute, fraudulent courses. Would ye have a taste of their subtlety? there needs no more to relish your palates, than the remembrance of this day's intention. I have read of many crafty plots, as of 
u Gen. 34.  Simeon and Levi, that set upon the Sichemites, whilst they were sore of their circumcising, of 
x 2 Kings 19  Adramalech, and Sharezer that slew Senacherib when he was worshipping in the Temple of Nisroch, of 
y Knolles.  Chasis Ilbeg, who s ying unto Hadrianople, like a discontented fugitive and having gotten some authority in the City, on the sudden set upon the warders at the gates, and having slain them, let in his ambushment not fare off, and so betrayed it into the hands of the Turks, of 
z Knolles.  Terhates Bassa, who feigning himself to be at the point of death, sent for Ales-Beg, and his four sons, with pretence, that if he should die, he would commend his government into his hands, till Solyman his Master should otherwise dispose of it, and so with this wily devise, having drawn them to him presently put them all to death, of 
a The watchword being Nir●, in which were thirty thousand slain at Constantinople. Procop●et Euagr.  those desperate wretches in the days of justinian, that went with sharp weapons secretly under their garments, and stabbed men to death, no men knew which way. But of all subtle devices, this carries the superiority. For consider the passages in it: To the Priest it is disclosed under seal of confusion, so that he must not reveal it. Next, the Actors had sworn, that neither directly, nor indirectly, by word, nor circumstance they would discover it, so that they had made sure work at home, Confessors, and complices are bound to secrecy, like Angerona the goddess of silence, that the Poets speak of, which holds her finger upon her lips, with a tablet upon her breast, and this inscription upon it, Hear, see, and say nothing, Papirius was not more ready to cut his tongue out of his mouth, because he should have been forced to confess his treason, than these would have been ready to have been discerpted, eviscerated, to have had limb torn from limb, rather than they would have had any thing brought to light. Consider further.  
First, the place where they wrought under the ground. They are not for a room, where the light of the sun (that bright and broad eye of the World) could have discerned them neither where men with their two sparkling planets in their heads, could ordinarily view them; no, they lurk in their thevish corners, they are for a cave, a dungeon a vault, a close cellar: who could there have spied out any thing, but he that needed neither eye to search, or to have window to be opened, or vault door to be unlocked, to whom darkness and light were both alike? but for men they were sure enough.  
The time when they wrought, in the night; Night is that which wicked men take up for a mist to their actions, a mantle to their wretchedness. 
b Nocte ●atent mendae vittoque ignoscitur omni. Ovid.  Faults have then gotten their coverts, and men may sinne by a kind of privilege. This was the opportunity they took, when honest men were at their rest, than they were watching, and sweeting, to convey in their engines of horror.  
The materials whereupon they wrought, which were chiefly gunpowder. 
c Contra terra motum nulla latebra, nulla fuga. Petr. 91. Dial.  Against an earthquake (saith Petrarch) there is no hiding, nor shifting; so say I for Gunpowder. The blast is inevitable, for all them within the compass, it is a quick dispatcher; In a plague, a man may escape, in a battle a man may come forth alive, against poisons, a man may have Antidotes, but from Gunpowder what muniment, or preservative? no, it is the strongest arrow in death's quiver.  
The colour they set upon the work, it was to lay in winter provision. Were not these men (think you) much to be commended that could provide so well against a hard Winter? and was not that Master think you very happy that had such a faithful servant as Faux, to lay up in store for him? but the Master should never have made use of this provision for himself, never have warmed himself with the billet, nor have had so much as a draught out of the 36. barrels, the Master herein me thinks was a strange kind of prodigal; oh but it was for friends, it was for a Parliamentary breakfast, and Papists care not to bestow much upon such a courtesy for us; there were Laws to be made, and they would have them to be proclaimed, Cum sonitu, with noise: indeed it had been the loudest trumpet that ever the earth heard, or shall hear, except the trumpet upon moun● Sinah, and the last trump; Hear are Popish proc●amations of Laws, 
d Mugitu lam●nta ●li, omnia com●lerent Greg. Naz in Mon.  they would fill all the sky with a lamentable roaring.  
Well, the devise was so great, that they began to send forth their Prophecies t● their friends, That the memory of novelties should perish with a crack, and in a moment should their bones be crushed; yea, they thought a man might have seen any thing in the Egyptian darkness, as soon as have had any thing in this enterprise discovered; in so much that when it was revealed, Faux (that Cerberi Faux, if it may be lawful to use the word, that jaw of Cerberus) uttered this blasphemous censure, that not God but the Devil had ●icovered it. Now lay all these things together, and consider with yourselves whether man's ear ever heard, or man's heart can conceive a more secret plot; no, our Adversaries were close enough, like Basilisks, they would have killed before they had been seen. Our Adversaries said, they shall neither know, nor see.   

Till we come into the midst of them.  
Next, Till we come into the midst of them. And were not our Adversaries aims as haughty? were they not for the Midst? the height of authority? the heart of command? Yes, Rome would be felt in her stroke. They care not for some eminent man, or some chief family, but for the Nation; a Nationall Stratagem, 
e Ra●● al●o 〈…〉.  our Ki●g●ome must have perished from her highest top. Twelve men were about to br●ng into bondage, a whole Kingdom with one stroke, yea, with one blow to make a general thrall; the Papists strike home. They would put out all the lights of the Land at a blast, what a dark house had there been? Rome hath a strange kind of extinguisher. They would batter down all the bulwarks of the Kingdom at one Canonshot: Mahomet the Great, Solyman the Magnificent, nor any of the mighty martial spirits in the World, ever had such artillery. The King in his Throne should have been blown up, the Queen his consort in wedlock, should have been his consort in woe, the Prince at their knees, should have been heir apparent to nothing but their misery, not a Nobleman should have been left, not a Prelate to govern the Church, not a judge to defend the Laws, an● many in hundred o● Knights, and Burgesses, should have be●e fetched away with the jmpetuous gust of that whirlwind. How near soever the Papists might have been unto us at other times, I think these had been in our bosoms, In the Midst. Our Adversary's s●yd, they shall neither know nor see, till we come into the midst of them.   

And slay them.  
Next, And slay them. And what but Slaughter can be expected from Rome, when the bloody bourr●●sses of the World, have there their settled mansions? For there to kill men, to destroy states, 
f Peritia est, ar● est, usus est. Cyp ep 2.  it is a skill, an art, a custom. 
g Tanquaem Leonin●s catulo● in perniciem Romani Imperis. Plut.  Amilcar said, he bred up his four sons, like Lion's whelps, to the destruction of the Roman Empire: So these like the wild beast's breed, are br●d up to t●are in pieces the bowels of Christian states. 
h Orcus' vo is ducit pedes. Sueton.  Hell rule over you, was it said in the days of Nero. So hell is not greedier to devour souls, than Rome bodies, commonwealths. Caligula after a slaughter, licked off the blood of the edge of his sword, as i● it had been a Cordial, and indeed to Caligula it might be; So these murder, an● delight in murdering. The Chu ch of Rom● was wont to be built up by preaching, and disputations, yea, Mart●rd m●, but now to exalt their Hierarch, they have found out a more ready, and feat course, by poisons, pistols, poniards, massacres; Rome's conver●ors, the jesuits lively doctrine, or deadly; their operative sermons, or rather occisory; they are waxen peremptory indeed, (ye know the signification of the wor●, or if ye do not, there needs no Comment to explain it, but their practice) they fetch blood at pleasure, by their new kind of preaching, they are the only Pulpit-men in the World, that strike to the heart; they can equivocate a State to death, a lethal devise. Well, whether this work had been a pastime, yea or no, judge ye; Gunpowder makes mad pastime, a pastime it might have been to them, but a perishming it had been to us. What one living soul had there remained of that Honourable Assembly gathered together? it had been the great Funeral of the meeting; in a day, in an hour, a minute, never so many Worthies of our Land (since the Land had a name) had breathed out together their last gasp. 
— animus me●inisse horret.  And for the miseries intended to the Land in general, the heart may tremble, and the cheeks look pale at the thought of them, they are incredible, they had been unsufferable; Me thinks I see how this whole Land had been turned into a Charnel-house, where there should have been nothing but dead men's corpses, and bones to be found; a shambles in every City, a slaughter-house in every Country, that as Asia was called once the Grave of Rome, for their many Nobles that had been there slain, and buried in the time of those wars, so England had been but the Churchyard of the Protestants, yea, and that which any sober Papist that is not drunken with the jesuits giddy wine, may tremble at, they had been merciless to men of their own profession; 
i Lam 4.  The Dragons will draw out their breasts to their young ones; but these cared not for the crushing of them. For it was the gracious resolution of Father Garnet (who was their provincial then in England) that it was no sin to destroy the innocent with the nocent, the devil himself never uttered such a doctrine, he would not destroy them of his own Kingdom; Belzebub therefore may lose his place, and Garnet become hells superintendent. The simple Lay- Papists from hence may see how the jesuits uphold a Religion only to suck means out of their coffers, or as for their lives they care not; no, as it was said of Caligula that he slew 
k Senatores & cognatos. Suet.  Senators, and his own kinsmen, so they which were of the blood of their own profession had smarted with the rest. Yea had they by this plot brought in some foreign power here to rule, I wonder what respect English Papists should have found at their hands; As it was in vain for Galba to cry out 
l Quid agitis commilitones? ego vester sum, & vos mea, Sueton.  what ail ye oh my Fellow- Soldiers? I am yours, and ye are mine; So in vain had it been for them to say, what mean ye our Fellow-professours? we are limbs of the Church of Rome, and so are ye; no they would have put no distinction betwixt one and other, as 
m Hist. of the Neth.  Duke D' Alva said once, his sword knew no difference betwixt the throat of a Papist, and a Protestant. A slaughter indeed not to be paralleled; I read of many, of Herod that slew his own son, of Dioclesian that killed Aper his father in law, of Selimus that wretch that slew his own Father; of Periander that killed his wife, of Bessus that slew his own Master Darius, of Pyrrhus, that slew his trusty servant and Secretary. But here, Father, son, husband, wife, master, servant, secretary, the state had gone to it; Romes-slaughter, a State-slaughter; yea and not only us whom they counted Heretics, but the Darlings of their own bosom brought to perdition; So that of their slaying we need not doubt. No, Our Adversaries said, they shall neither know nor see till we come into the midst of them, and slay them.   

And cause the work to cease.  
Next, And cause the work to cease. And had not this gone with it? had not Religion been driven into banishment? had not our golden Candlestick been thrown down? had not our pillar of truth been raised? had not the wide door of the Gospel amongst us been locked up? had not the songs of the Temple ceased? yes, your feet must have trodden no more upon the pavements of these Sanctuaries, nor your ears heard any longer the sweet charms of salvation, this work ha● ceased; And a goodly work no doubt had come in the ●●ead; we should have had Masses again, the Masses of ignorance and in devotion, for what manner of supplications are those that are in an unknown tongue? the Priest ma● conjure then if he will, for if ●e do but conclude Per jesum Christum Dominum nostrum, he shall have the people's Amen; Masses, therefore mockeries, Masses, Ma●king, yea fit for a M●s●e then f●r Church service: And we should have had Traditions, the third Testament of Christ Ie●us, the Lip-oracle that Go● would never suffer to come to writing, ●n inspiration forsooth, and yet not to have an inspection; And we should have had the Breaden-God, Transubstantiation, translation; for Christ delivered Bread and Wine, and now it is translated into a God: Rome's troth slated Sacrament, a God they have made it, though God know but a breaden God: For strange it is, that Christ jesus would leave his supernal mansion now to dwell in boxes, and pixes, and wafercakes; and that he which hath incorruptible glory would now come, and roost under elements, that are apt to foist, and m●u d, and be poisoned, and eaten of vermi●●; a Breaden god indeed, that suffer such deperitions; And we should have had Invocation of Saints; Invocation of Saints? what is it but indignity to Saints? For do the Saints in heaven think God so mere less now, that he must be mediated to by them to show mercy? do these men think Christ not a sufficient Medi●●ou, for why ●lse do they fly to others? or do they think these as sufficient as Christ, for else how dare they call upon them? 
Rom. 10.  How shall they call upon them in whom they have not believed? Besides it would do a man good to think of their Invocation of Saints, when Longesse that thrust the spear into the sides of Christ, and St. Chaplet a notorious usurer and cheater, and many others that were monsters both in life and death, are put into the n●mber of Saints. B sides we sh●● d have had Holy water, fa●●e water I should have said; ●o● why Holy water? because it can drive away Devils? strange it is, that those Devils, that can scarce be driven away by all kind of watchfulness, prayers, tears, vows, that they should be driven away with the sprinkling of a ●ew drops of Holy water; Rome hath an excellent fountain: what should I speak of their Indulgences, Purgatory, Crucifixes, and the like? yet this was the Dagon they fought for, to advance superstition again, to bring in thei● Work, and to cause our work to cease. Our Adversaries said, they shall neith r know nor see till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work ●o cease.  
Thus beloved at last have I shown you the swart face of this detestable treason, the Monster of all cunning inventions, and cruel conspiracies: yea 
n Quae inferna tantum scelus vomuerunt, Amb.  what mouth of hell ever vomited ●ut such a mischief? What now remains? but that we should first.  
Commemorate: And our best commemoration is to make application to God; to acknowledge, admire, magnify this work. For whom should we magnify if not God? And for what should we magnify God if not for this? First whom should we magnify if not God? This great deliverance was 
o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉. Homer. Odyss. 1. Eurymachus ad Telemacham.  in the knees of God, as the Poet's phrase is. In the knees of God, and not in the brains of men; In the knees of God, and not in the arms of men. For it was neither our foresight, nor force that could have delivered us; 1. not our foresight, for all the state-policy in the world could not h●ue helped us. 2. Not our force, for all our bands of armed soldiers could not have rescued us, 
p K james in his speech to the Parliament.  as that King prudently and piously confessed; if the Lord had not put into the heart of that noble Lord Mount-eagle to communicate the Letter, and into the heart of the King to interpret the abstruse intricate meaning of the Letter, contrary to all Grammatical sense, it had been impossible for us to have been delivered; therefore 
q Psal. 64.9.  All men shall see, and say, this is the Lords doing, for they shall perceive that it is his work; therefore Non nobis Domine, non nobis, Not unto us (oh Lord) not unto us; not unto our wisdom, or valour; Sed nomini tuo, Unto thy name, thy might and mercy let all the praise be given. And praise let it be.  
For, for what will we magnify God if not for this? 
r Quisquis non videt coe●us est, quisquis videt & non laudat. ingratus est. Aug lib. 1. de civet Dei c. 1.  Whosoever doth not see this to be God's work, is blind, whosoever seethe it, and doth not magnify him for it, is unthankful. Oh that there should be faint echoes of our praises in God's Courts as this day, that the roofs of God's Temples should not shake with our gratulatory sounds; Oh bring forth the Lute, and the Harp, the well-tuned Cymbals, and the loude-sounding Cymbals, praise God in the highest for this highest favour, which is the most matchless temporal deliverance, that ever the finger of God wrought upon earth: the people of Rome had so good hopes of Caligula at the first, that that day wherein he beg●n his Reigns (by decree of Senate) was called 
s Palilia. Su●t.  The Day wherein Rome was new built: So we may c●ll this day as the day wherein England was new borne. And shall we not honour our Birthday? they day wherein God hath granted breath, and ●ife to state, and Church? yes, consider the streams of that River, that still make glad the City of the Lord amongst us, and honour the Fountain from whence they fl●w, for, for what will we magnify God if not for this blessing?  
To detest the Church of Rome; for how damnable is that Religion, that hath been the fosterer and producer of such a devilish design? Oh let us abhor that Church where Murderers and Traitors are tolerated, yea Canonised, these are 
t ●lores non pl●nè fructuum se● pinarum. Aug.  fruits not of figge-trees, but of brambles; Oh that ever Treason should be so deeply rooted in the Pope's heart, that he should not be ashamed in the sight of the whole world, to mingle the blood of Garne● with the blood of Christ. Oh Holy Father! Oh pure Religion! Well, let these practices execrable, horrid, make us tremble at their religion, and with constancy cleave to our own religion; Yea, seeing God so miraculously, as this day defended our c●use, let us neither he doubtful to embrace this faith, nor bashful to profess it.  
To live like a hallowed and consecrated people unto God; for, oh that God should be dishonoured h●re, where he hath opened his bosom, spread out his wings, revealed his arm! that his mercies should be fresh before our eyes, and our sin's stink upon earth, cry to heaven? Oh sacrifice your sins before God, that this day did not deliver you over as a sacrifice to the rage of your Adversaries; vow yourselves to his service, that kept you from them that had vowed your slaughter; let not your devotions cease, seeing the work does not cease; seek God's face, that he may ever seek your bliss, keep you from outward invasion, inward conspiracy; protect your bodies, preserve your souls, deliver you from the malice of men, and the fury of Devils, give you the happiness of a Church visible upon earth, and the glory of a Church triumphant in heaven. Which that he may do, God grant for his mercy's sake. Amen.