HAuyng zelously waied & considered the great benefite and blessing, that god of his infinite mercy, hath againe so louingly and mercifully bestowed vpon vs, his people of England, me thoughte I say my self of duety forced euen for conscience sake, to stirre vp the myndes of others my brethren, by puttyng them in remembraunce of the same, least we agayne neglectyng and beyng forget­full of oure bounden duetye towardes god, our heauenly father in this behalf shoulde woorthely feele a greater and more greuous smarte and plage then that, which we alreadye thorough our late frailtye and forgetfulnes haue ta­sted of: call therfore to mynde my bre­therne, howe that of longe and manye yeares before the lighte of the Gospell [Page] appered, and shyned amongst vs here in Englande, bothe we and oure fa­thers were seduced, walkyng blyndly in darknes, and in straye pathes lyke loste shepe, without theyr shepherde, we were nouryshed, fedde, and pam­pered vp with foolishe fantasies and dotynge dreames of mans inuention with trifles, I say, were we trayned in the broade pathes that led to par­dition, drawne by the guydes of Anti­christe, destroyers as much as in them is, both of body and soule: Oh cankred caterpyllers thoroughe whose subtill meanes & diuelishe delusions we were so blynded, that we neither knew god nor howe to walke in his holy ways: but styll kept ignorant from all godly knowledge & vnderstanding. It wold be to tedious to make here a rehersall of the whole number of the not neces­sarie and nedelesse ceremonies, practi­sed through the peuyshnes of Balams balde ones: and therfore I wil not but only treate a lyttell of the woful wor­shippyng of ymages, and the detesta­ble Masse (whych bothe) they myghtily maintained, cōtrary to the sacred scriptures, [Page] as manifestly shall appere.

And fyrste, howe greuously offended we the maiestie of the almighty God, takyng from hym the honor onely due vnto hym, and geuynge the same to carued, grauen, and molten ymages,Psalm 135. and ydols, hauing mouths and speake not, eyes and see not, eares and heare not, neither hauing any breath in their mouthes, being but stocks and stones, the workes of mens handes: and yet howe wickedly worshipped we them, runnyng and gaddyng on pilgremage to them to make amendes for our syn­ful lyfe, sekyng at their hands remissiō of sins: which is no where to be sought nor had, but at the hands of god only: as witnesseth the Euangelist Marke, Who (sayeth he) can forgeue synnes,Mar. 2. Math. 9. Iohn. 24. Act. 4. but God only? Christ is the way, truth and lyfe, no man cometh vnto the Fa­ther but by hym, neyther is there saluation in any other, nor yet is there any other name geuen vnto men, wherein we must be saued, but the name of Ie­su Christ: and yet not withstandynge, (we) then destitute of this godly knowledge and vnderstandynge, wandred [Page] from place to place, from countrey to countrey, to offer, to cary and bryng to them that neyther, sawe nor felte, but yet receauers they had that refused no­thing: al was fyshe that came to the net with thē: these p [...]feryng pilgrimages had that papisticall broode & Romyshe [...]able deuised for their own lukers sake which though beneficiall to themselues yet moste abhominable in the sighte of God, and a playne robbyng of God of the honour and reuerence only due vn­to hym: wherof thoughe they were not ignoraunt, yet careles.

Secondly, touching the Masse which was their chiefe staffe to stand by, howe were we by them persuaded, coniured, and brought to beleue the same to be a sacrifice, to put away the sinnes, bothe of the quicke and the dead: and that by the vertue ther of (as they saide) they transported soules from purgatorye to paradise, purchased eternall saluation: ye, what sore was it not a salue for? or what diseases wold it not cure? And af­ter the wordes of consecration spoken, then no bread nor wine to remaine, but were forthwith altered and turned into [Page] the very body and bloude of Christe, ye the very same proportion of body that honge on the crosse, to be there foorthe commyng at their commaundemente: they had hym in a strynge in suche sub­iection, to plucke him to them, and put him from them, at their owne pleasure: the creator to be subiect to the creature. Oh abhominable blasphemye, oh diue­lishe detestable and shamelesse sacrifi­cers, directly denying the death of Iesu Christe to be onely sufficient. But now beholde therefore what they are, and what theyr owne doyngs declare them to be, euen the very enemyes of Christ Iesu: they kepte the symple ones igno­raunte, and shewe themselues to bee e­uen they,Ro. xvi. whome Paule willed vs to be ware of, who with their flatteryng woordes, and sweete preachynges de­ceaue the heartes of the innocentes: These I saye be they, of that viperous generation, of that fylthye broode, that oure Sauiour Christ warneth vs of,Math 24. Mar. xiii. by the holy Euangelist Mathew. * If any man say vnto you, to here is Christe, or there is Christe, beleue them not. For there shall aryse false Christes, and [Page] fals prophets shal do great myracles & wonders: in so much that if it wer possible, y^e very elect shold be deceiued. And alas howe were we poore selye wret­ches and innocentes in bondage wret­chedly wrapped in captiuitie, of many yeares subiect to these gredy whelpes of Antichrist who without all shame and destitute of godly feare, continual lye poured out vppon, and in maner drouned vs with innumerable blasphemies and hipocritical superstitious ce­remonies ageinst God and his truthe. Thus were we by them led towardes destruction of body and soule: Thus were we through that wicked Romish trayne still kepte from the bryght beames of gods holy worde.

And beyng thus in our chiefe extre­mitie at an exigent, euen at the pytte brynke of pardition, beholde the mer­cyfull goodnes of our almyghty God, the God of our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob: beholde (I say) the great care of God for his people: who he so derely hath bought euen with the precious bloude of his sonne Christe: behold how God here tendred the workes [Page] of his owne handes: ye and behold the sweete and comfortable promyses of our sauiour Christe: moste louing­ly performed. Nothyng (saith he) is in secrete, that shall not come abrode,Mar. 8. nor any thyng hyd that shall not come to light & be know [...]. For lost plesed our heauenly father of his free mercy then that his worde should be a lanterne to our feete,Psal 119. Ma [...]. [...]. and a lyght to our path wais where as before we walked in darke­nes, now dyd the blynde see, and the deafe heare: and to the poore was the gladde tidyngs preached:Psalm 19. This woord gaue lyght and brought foorth vnder­standing euen vnto the very babes, it offred an euerlasting enheritance vn­to all those that with constaunt faithe did or doo imbrace it. God stirred vp then his faithful ministers to pronoūce the same his wil vnto vs,Psalm. [...]7. to winne his people vnto hymselfe: Oh how merci­fully dyd god then blesse vs, and shew the light of his countenance vpon vs, geuyng vs true and skilful shepardes to guide vs, euen such as at his hands had receiued a spiritual vnderstanding They preached vnto vs the kyngdome [Page] of god to be at hand. They preached vnto vs y^e lost shepe of Israel, the gospel of y^e kingdom of god. They preached repentance,Mathe. [...]. * Freely they receyued euē of the good gyfte of god: And freely they gaue agayn: so that thorough the sounde and true doctrine of Iesu Christ taught by them, we were led to the strayght and narrowe waye that leadeth vnto lyfe.Mat. 7. Note therfore nowe, gentyl Christian, the great diuersitie in this pointe, bee­twene the fantasies, dreames, and in­uentions of the perillous papistes, and how much they varye and disagre with the truth of god taught vnto vs by the faythfull ministers of his most holy and inuincible worde. The Romish broode taught vs, that with gadding on pilgri­mage, and offring of money and trifles to stockes and blockes, our sinnes were forgeuen vs, and that those worme ea­ten ambassadours, and painted Idoles, were as mediators to take vp the mat­ter betwene god and vs: but S. Iames sayeth,Iames. i [...]. that these bee lyers against the truth, and their wisedom not to discend from aboue, but is earthly, naturall, & diuelish, and therfore to be detested, ab­horred, [Page] and vtterlye despised. But the true pilgremage in dede was taughte vs by the trustye messangers of their Master Christ.Pet [...]er. 2. And which (of al Christians) ought continually to be obserued and followed: and this it is,Iame, [...]. [...]. that we abstayn from sleshely lustes, which fyght agaynst the soule, to visit the prisoners and succourles people, the fatherlesse in their aduersity: to clothe, and couer our nedy naked brethren with som holsom and comfortable garment. &c. But not to apparrell the blunt blocke, that ney­ther feeleth heate nor colde. and howe is it then possible they shoulde help vs, or do vs any pleasure, that cannot helpe themselues? ye what neede we anye o­ther mediatour or intercessour,Iohn, i. but him whome we haue alreadye to be our ad­uocate with the father euen Iesu Christ that righteous one. And thus dydde those holy men of God teache vs, they taughte vs, Christ alone to be oure intercessour and aduocate: and that God alone, absolueth and freelye forgeueth vs for Christ his sake all our sins, if we earnestly repent and beleue, as witnes­seth Peter: we are saith he,1. Peter 1 iustified by [Page] faithe only in Christ his blood: let this be sufficient in this pointe.

And now to the second pointe, con­cernyng the reall presence of Christ to be in their Masse, whiche the Papistes continually taught earnestly affirmed and with tooth and nayle mainteined. Note now I say here, the true vnder­standing thereof taught vs by Christ his ministers, which they lerned in the boke of life, vppon whiche foundation the apostles and auncient fathers and doctours of the Church in this pointe haue builded as vpon a most sure and infallible rocke,Hebr. ix. Act. 7.17. Esay. 66. Christe (saith Paule) is not entred into the holy places that are made with handes, whiche are but similitudes of true thynges, but is en­tred into the very heauens for to ap­peare now in the sight of God for vs. Euery priest is ready daily ministring and oftentymes offreth one maner of­frynge,Hebr. x. whiche can neuer take awaye synne: but this man after he had offe­red one sacrifice for synnes, satte hym downe for euer on the right hande of God, and from hensfoorth taryeth till his foes be made his footestoole. Ye [Page] shal haue poore folke always with you,Math. 26. Iohn 12. Mark. 14. Iohn. 7. but me shall ye not haue. Also Sainte Iohn in hys vii. Chapiter, ye shall seke me, and shal not fynde me: wher I am, thether can ye not come. Athanasius likewise in his crede sayth, that Christ ascended into heauen, and sytteth on the ryghte hande of God, the father almyghtie: from whence he shall come to Iudge the quicke and the dead. And more ouer in the articles of oure fayth, the thyrde daye he rose agayne from the dead, he ascended into heauen, and sytteth on the righte hande of God, and from thence (he shal come to Iudge the quicke and the dead:) which iudgement of the quicke and the dead, if it be alrea­dy past, then is Christ really present, as the papystes affyrme: But if that dred­ful day be yet to com, (as it is the part & duty of Christians to beleue,) although it be not farre of, then is not Christ now with vs, as in hys humanitye,Mat. 16. Marce. 8. Luc. 9. but (shal come) in the glorye of hys father, with hys Angels, and then shall reward eue­ry mā accordyng to his dedes: at whose cōmyng God graunt we may be found readye and not slepyng. Wel then for [Page] as muche as that one offrynge of Iesu Christ being all in al, and onely suffici­ent: To what entent or purpose should we haue such & so many daily sacrifices? for what are they but a very plain deni­al of Christ crucifyed, to be a sacrifyce only sufficient for those, that beleue to haue saluation therby? And thus good Christian brethren, although ther be in holy scripture many more places to bee alledged, which myght be applyed, and aptly serue for y^e satysfyeng o [...] Christi­an consciences in this point, that Christ sitteth at the right hand of the father, as touchyng hys humanitye: Yet I praye you, let these for briefnes presently bee sufficiente, and hereby may ye now see how the iugglyng Masse Priests haue abused the Sacrament of the body and bloude of Christ, whiche mystery of all the faythfull, oughte thus to be vnder­standed: and for this purpose did Christ our sauior institute, ordaine, and leaue it vnto vs to be vsed.

That thou Christian, shouldest come there vnto, with a penitent hart, for thy former offences, fullye and earnestlye purposyng through the assistance of the [Page] almighty, to put vpō thee, the new mā, which is created after god in righteous­nesse, and holynes of truth, & stedfastlye beleuynge, that through the passion, bloudshed, and death of Christ, vpō the Crosse, which the bread & wyne as ho­ly signes do represent, thou hast, I say, obtayned full remyssion of thy synnes. And in thys fayth, with reuerence and humblenes of hart, eate and drynke the mysteries of the body & bloud of Christ. And this glorious worke hath oure al­myghtye and gratious God the father, wrought in & by his sonne Iesu Christ, our sauiour, for the saluatiō of as many as stedfastly beleue the same. And thus is to be vnderstanded of this pure & holy Sacrament: and not that after the sub­tyl sorcerye and coniuration of y^e priest, being finished, the bodye of oure sa­uiour Christe to be forth with there, in y^e ful proportion of hys humanitye. For as Sainte Austen witnesseth, the bo­dily presence of Christe, (concerninge his humanitye) is in some one place of heauen, but hys diuyne presence was, is, and shalbe there, here, and in all places, where it shal please, hym, [Page] alwaies ready to assiste those that faythfully ar gathered together in his name. And agayne he sayeth, as concernyng the presence of hys fleshe, The Church had Christ but a fewe dayes, yet nowe it holdeth hym faste by fayth, though it see hym not with eyes. Cirillus, lyke­wyse wryteth, that all thoughe Christe toke awaye from hence the presence of his body, yet in the Maiesty of his God­heade, he is euer here. Also Gregory af­firmeth, that Christ is not here by the presence of hys fleshe, and yet is absent no where by the presence of hys Ma­iestye: And thys I take to be so playnly sayd, to satysfye in thys poynt, as that there nedeth no more rehearsall of any other authors: But if thys suffyse the not, resorte then vnto the golden booke of that worthye Cramner, late Arche­byshoppe of Canturburye, where thou mayest haue grounde woorke and sure foundation sufficient to buyld thy faith vpon in thys poynt: and then with an vpryght conscience iudge indyfferent­ly, howe muche the dyuelishe and erro­nious doctrine inuented by the papists, dysagreeth and varyeth from the sa­cred [Page] woorde of God, and the opinions and mynds of the fathers, and the Doc­tors of the primatiue church. Wel thus were we instructed: thus had we (I say) the truth of god taught and opened vn­to vs: we were dayly fed and nourished with the liuely words of god. In the set­tyng forth and teachyng wherof, when the preachers had diligently traueled, and through their zelous earnestnes in the declaration of their Master Christ hys message they had so instructed and taught vs, that thereby we were some­what trayned from the daungerous & perillous pathwaies of perditiō, wher­in we were before blyndly led: and that by the assistance of God through those hys ministers wee were broughte to some vnderstandyng and knowledge of hym, and hadde some taste and swete­nesse of the Gospell of Iesu Christe, which is the pleasaunt path way, y^e lea­deth to eternall saluation: Then seased they not but continually and louyngly exhorted vs, not to bee forgetfull of the greate mercye that God hadde so louynglye shewed in the reuealynge of hys truthe vnto vs, styl puttyng vs [Page] in remembrance to perseuer in y^e same,Proue 23, applying our hartes vnto learning, and our eares vnto y^e words of knowledge,2, Timo, 3, to cōtinue in reading y^e holy scriptures, which is able to make vs wise vnto sal­uation, throughe the fayth whiche is in Christ Iesu. Thus wer we thē taught, ye infinite numbers of godly instructi­ons were geuē vs by these schoole ma­sters worthy of their office:1, Peter, 2 These wer true instructors, these were they y^t Pe­ter speaketh of, euen y^e true prophets of the chosen generation of the holy natiō & peculiar people, y^t shewed vs the ver­tues of him, that called thē out of darke­nesse into his marueylous lyght, into y^e which through y^e great mercy of God & their paynful trauel, industrye, & dayly preaching, we were trayned, & accordīg to y^e same a whyle we walked. Alas, in dede but a whyle, for al to soone we be­gan to be weary of our welfare: we dis­dayned wel doing, & waxed forgetful of the great goodnes of almyghty god to­ward vs: we were vnthankefull, for the great benefites, receaued at his hands, we herkened not diligently to the wor­de [...] of God, pronounced by his messan­gers, [Page] but necglected our duties, both to­ward God and hys mynisters: & yet not withstandyng our peruers carelesnesse then, such was the pity & mercy of God (tendering vs as y^e father his childrē,) y^t he would not sodenly, so sharply deale w^t vs, as our desertes deserued, for so li­tle regarding so worthy a Iuel (his ho­ly woorde) but rather louyngly war­ned vs by the mouthes of his seruaūts, & chosen vessels, to kepe vs y^t we should not fal frō hym. They, I say, cryed out to vs for the amendment of our lyfe, y^t we should leaue of synne and wicked­nesse, and follow vertue, that we shold remember the great mercye & wonder­ful worke of god, in reueling his truth vnto vs. And y^t we should with earnest and zelous hartes embrace it: & whyle we had the light, to beleue in the light, that we might be the children of lyght, least darknes again ouerwhelmed vs. Thus were we then daily taught, and put in remembraunce: Feruente was the loue of Goddes worde in these hys chosen, and carefull were these shep­hardes, for the flock committed to their charge: but careles we were, & coldly [Page] affected, nothyng regarding or passing for their godly admonitions and war­nings: which our carelesnes when they perceiued, and that gentle and louyng persuasions woulde not preuaile, then thundred they oute the plages, whiche god had prepared, being then euen at hande for vs: and wherof we might as­sure oure selues, vnlesse spedye repen­taunce and amendment of oure former wickednes and dissolute lyfe. And was it not then preached, and daily by them cryed out in our eares, that if we wold not hearken vnto y^e words of y^e lord pronoūced vnto vs by his ministers, and w^t obedient heartes walke accordyng to y^e same,Deu 28.4 y^t then we should go wast, and be made an ensaumple & a iesting stock to all nacions? Ye was it not by thē most certainly saide, that if we continued in our vnthankfulnes, God woulde geue vs into the handes and gouernment of a forraine prince:Deute 28 Ieremy 5 Barn [...], 4, and that god woulde bryng a natiō vpon vs from far, whose tongue we shold not vnderstand, which shold neither regard y^e person of y^e olde, nor haue compassion on the young? Did they not threaten vs in the name of the [Page] lord with sworde, hunger, & pestilence, if we considered not the great blessings of god, beyng thankefull for the same: and framed our lyues according to hys gospell?Amos, 8 Did they not with Amos pro­phecy of the hunger of the worde of god to come vpon vs, and that we should go from sea to sea, and from the South to the East to seeke it, and should not find it? were not these terrible threatninges dailye preached and pronounced vnto vs, the rather to moue and stirre oure heartes and myndes to loue & embrace gods truthe, and the better to consider the louyng kyndnes of God towardes vs? But alas, all would not helpe, the gentle persuasions, the terrible threat­nyngs, as wel the one as the other wer in vayne. So much were we with care­lesnes corrupt, wallowing in wicked­nes, so fylthelye infected with vyce, so much contemnyng spirituall instructi­ons, so lustyng after carnall thynges of this worlde, so addicte to our own wil­les, so puft vp w^t pryde, so little brotherly loue amōgest vs, so altogether care lesse, that we neither regarde God nor his ministers: we were not obedient to [Page] the voice of our teachers,Pro 5. nor harkened not vnto them that informed vs: The warnyng of the Prophets we toke but for wynd,Rom. 6. * we were the seruauntes of synne, and did not obey with harte vn­to the forme of doctryne, whereunto we were deliuered: we were hearers of the worde, but not doers, we deceyued our selues:Iames 1. for he that heareth the word and doth it not, is like vnto a man that beholdeth his bodelye face in a glasse: for as soone as he hathe looked vppon hym selfe, he forgetteth foorthewith what his fashion was: but happye is the hearer and that dothe folowe: whi­che we dydde not but wholy neglected, and therefore dyd kyndle the wrathe of the lorde against vs: And the lord then hydyng his face and swete countenance from vs, perfourmed his promise, and iustelye poured vppon vs the plages wherewyth he punisheth those that dis­obeye his godlye wyll, and transgresse his holye lawe and commaundements. For did not then the king of glorye and power, whose heauye wrathe tho­rough our peruersnes we had purcha­sed, sodenly take from vs our noble and [Page] prudent prince king Edward the vi. so worthye an ympe, so vertuous, so for­warde, so gratiously grounded in chri­stian religion, so altogether geuen to aduaunce and set forth the glory of god, as that the like of him in godly skil, and of so tender yeares, the earthe didde not conteyne: The lyuyng god had so bles­sed him, endued and so plenteously re­plenished his princely harte with a spi­rituall and heauenly vnderstanding, y^t he had made him more meeter to inha­bite the holy heauens, there to he hold y^e mighty maiesty of god, thē to continue on this corrupt erth amōgest vs wicked wretches, that liued in security & waxed forgetful of the great benefits and vn­speakable blessings of our heauenly fa­ther: And therfore did god take from vs our so ioiful a iuel, our pereles prince, & with him the word of life, the swete & comfortable gospel of Iesu Christ, whi­che nourished and was the pretious preseruatiue of our soules: And for our vnthākfulnes suffred vs again to be made dronke with the spirite of error: and as the lothesome dogge to his vomyte, or the filthy sow to her wallowing in the [Page] myre, so were we turned agayne to our olde abhominations: we worshipped i­doles, we serued straunge gods of wood and stone, we did the workes of the heathen, whereby we highlye offended the maiesty of the almightie: who therefore gaue vs ouer into the hands & gouern­ment of a straunge king and nation, according as he promised by the mouth of Ieremy,Ierem, 8, * sayinge: I will geue theyr wines vnto aleantes, and their fieldes to destroyers, and so it came to passe: for they who vtterlye hated vs, reigned o­uer vs: we were subiect, I saye, vnto a nation fully infected with filthy idola­try, and all abhominations of the Ro­mish superstitious hipocrisy, (a nation) with whome for their presumption and pride, not Lucifer him selfe in his chie­fest arrogancye might compare: a viti­ous people, which daily deuoured both wiues and widowes, & defloured may­dens, a broode of caterpillers, that wast consume, and destroye all where they come, a merciles people, and destitute of the true knowledge of god. What should I say, euen a people, hated and abhorred of vs, and of all nations: And [Page] yet we wer then in subiection to them:Psalm, 10 [...] Thē was y^e world turned vp side down with Englande, mercy and pitye were fled the realm, and merciles cruelty supplied the place, iniquitie had the ouer­hand. The true teachers and preachers of his worde, the ministers and chosen vessels of Iesu Christ,i, Cori. 4. i. Thessa. 2 were then made as it had bene gasyng stockes to all the worlde, reuiled, euil spoken of, despi­sed, emprisoned, and that onely for pro­fessing their maister Christ: but happy ye twise happye are they and all suche, for the spirite of god,i, Peter. 4, and the spirite of glory resteth vpon them, that he railed vpon for the name of Christ. For suche as God hathe chosen to himselfe, haue bene in respect of the world, wretched miserable, turmoiled with manifolde troubles: for so is the promise of al­mightye God,Iohn 1 [...] * Because ye bee not of the worlde, the worlde doth hate you, and all that will liue godly in Christe Iesu (saieth Paule) shall suffer persecution. Let therfore the fruites of the late godly ministers, shewe of whence they were. For suche was I say, their sted­fastnes in Christe Iesu, and suche was [Page] their feruente zeale, loue, and hartye affection towarde GOD, and hys ho­lye worde: which they so perfectly preached, and faithfully taught, that for the aduauncement thereof, and the better strengthning of the faithe of their wea­ker bretherne,2. Tim. 2. they were content like constant, faithfull, and worthy souldi­ours of Iesu Christe theyr graunde ca­pitayn, not only to suffer hunger, cold, railing, mocking, buffeting, whipping, and imprisoning: but also to geue their body to the fire, there to be cōsumed to ashes. Oh terrible tyme, Oh pitifull spoile, and Oh miserable murder & de­struction of gods houshold.i. Peter, 2, * but then was the time come, that iudgement must begin at the house of god:2, Tim, 2, * They wer vessels sanctified vnto honor mete for the lorde. This didde they through the assistaunce of the holye ghoste, for the aduauncement of gods glory,2, Tim, 2, * and for the electes sake, that they might al­so obtayne the saluation whiche is in Christ Iesu with eternall glorye: pati­entlye and meekely, as lambes recei­ued they deathe,Saplen. 5, * Whose lyfe of the [Page] foolyshe was thought to be verye mad­nesse, and their ende to bee without honour: but they are coumpted amongest the children of God,Hebr, vi, and theyr portion is amongest the Saintes. * Thoughe in the syght of the vnwyse, they appea­red to dye, and theyr ende to bee verye destruction: yet are they in reste, and their hope full of immortality.Rom, 8, 2, Cor [...].5 Hebr, xi, * They confessed theymselues to bee as straun­gers and pylgrems vppon the earthe. They were no gredye gapers for pre­fermente, neyther benefice, nor Bisho­pryke, nor anye other worldlye promo­tion or dignitye: although largelye of­fred and promised (yf they would haue forsaken their maister Christe, and hys woorde) coulde tempte or ouercome theym, nor with drawe theyr earneste myndes from God: They woulde not be fedde with eye pleasures, they este­med not the tryslyng treasure of thys transitorye worlde, nor the vayne and peryllous pompe thereof, as the vayneglorious beallye god Byshop­pes and woorrieng wolues, who then sucked theyr innocente bloude, dydde: [Page] but suche was the godly constantnesse I saye, of those lambes of God, that they were nothynge myndefull of the countrye, wherein they then were, but were desyrous of a better, that is to say,Sapie. 3. a heauenly*. For God had proued them, and founde them mete for hym selfe: As golde in the furnace hadde he tryed them: * They wer led by the spi­rite of God,Rom. 8. bycause the spirite of God dwelled in them*: Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, euen to be called their God, and hath prepared for them a citye, euen the heauenly Ierusalem. Now is the promyse of Christ perfour­med in them:Iames. 1. * he that endureth, when he is tryed, shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, prepared for them that loue him, whereof they are nowe partakers. for he that looseth his life for my sake, saith Christ,Math. 19. shal fynde it: euen these therfore were of that number that haue geuen their lyfe for their Master Christe hys sake, and in the defence of hys truth: therforē haue they receaued the reward of a Prophete, whiche was encrease of knowledge in this life, and euerlasting ioye and felicitye in the worlde to come [Page] wherof God for his mercies sake, make vs with them to be partakers.

But Oh England, be myndful how God then of hys iuste iustice, reuenged the vnmercifull persecution, & bloud­shed of those his innocent lambes, Pro­phets, Martyrs, & sanctifyed soldiours, whose bloud cried vengeance in y^e sight of god, vpon the vnthankefulnes of his wycked enemyes, whiche euen then fel vpō vs, & our countrey: what numbers of plages, thē followed one in an others necke, mysery dayly increased, the cō ­mon wealth went to ruine for want of those, in whō the feare of god was graf­fed: who being alreadye murdered, or for conscience sake, fled their countrey, or remayning at home, absented thēsel­ues, to auoide the daunger of being cō ­sumed to death by fyre. But in a myse­rable state is y^e realme, where the guy­ders of the flocke are withoute vnder­standyng, and wher the truth of God is not taught. Whereof y^e experience was then bothe to well seene and felte: for whoe in those dayes were they that flo­rished, or whoe as the tearme goeth, ruled then the roste, in ecclesiasticall [Page] causes? But the Romysh race of prince­lyke prelates, the monsterous mygh­terd men, whose ruffle and rauenous procedynges, for wante of Godlye skyll, or throughe a dyuelyshe obstina­cye, for lacke of good will to guyde theyr flocke, what Christian harte la­menteth not to remember? For in place of true teachers of the gladde tydinges of Iesu Christ, we hadde detestable de­stroyers, poysoned peruerters, and shamelesse shadowers of y^e same: whose onely care, studye, and trauell, tended to trayne vs vp, and kepe vs in igno­rance and blyndnes, accordyng to their wonted maner, to kepe and mayntaine in full force, the whole rable of the Ro­myshe abhominations, to exalte and kepe in hys pompe y^e monsterous An­tichrist of Rome, as chiefe and supreme head & gouernour of the Church: which title by the autoritye of the Scriptures belongeth to euery prince, within his owne dominions, as well in causes ecclesiasticall as temporall, and yet wer not they eyther ashamed, or afrayed of thys theyr wicked procedynges, ney­ther respected they y^e glory of almyghty [Page] God, nor regarded their due obedience to their prince: wherfore they declared themselues to be the same,Ierem, 5, 1, Reg, 14 that Ieremy speaketh of: Wyse to do euill, but to do wel, they knowe not: * shewinge themselues as rebellious sorcerers, and stub­borne wicked Idolatrers, charmers, & councelers with spirites: they are ther­fore as in Deuteronomi is mentioned,Deute, 18 euen all corrupt, and made abhomina­ble in their studyes: they be euen they, through whose inchauntmentes,Apoc, 18. al na­tions were deceaued. They left the cō ­maundements of God,Mark, 15, and maintained their own constitutiōs, they made deui­sion, & gaue occasion of euill,Rom, 16, contrary to y^e doctryne y^t ye haue learned. These be those hipocrits y^e loue salutatiōs in y^e market places,Mat, 23, which deuoure widows houses, vnder pretence of long prayer: they appeare beautiful outwards, but inward, are ful of fylthye hipocrisy and iniquitye: They deale with lyes, say­eth Ieremye: Neuerthelesse they heale the hurte of the people very frendlye,Ieremy 8, saying, peace, peace, where there is no peace at all: Fye for shame sayeth the Prophete, howe abhominable thyngs, [Page] doe they,Ieremi. 9 and yet they be not ashamed▪ They bende their tonges lyke bowes to shoote oute lyes, and take greate paynes to doe myschiefe: they are a deceatfull people, whiche for very dis­semblyng falseshod will not know me, (sayeth the Lorde:) With their mouthe they speake peaceablye to their neygh­boures, but preuily they lay wayte for him: Oh Ieremy, how truly is thy pro­phecy fulfylled? what great and cruell smarte, and torment haue the people of god suffered by the meanes of this wic­ked generation,2, Pete▪ 2, * being themselues the bryngers in of damnable sectes, decea­uers, and begylers of stable soules: and throughe theyr couetousnesse, make marchaundyse of Goddes people, pro­mysyng libertye, and they themselues the bonde slaues of corruption. These bee the presumptuous stubborne ones, that feare not to murmure, speake yll of,Epistle, Iudas. and despyse the hyer power *. These are of those vngodly that were craftyly crepte in, that tourne the grace of God vnto wantonnesse, that denye God to be the onely Lorde Iesu Christe. Wo bee vnto them: for they haue followed [Page] the waye of Cayne,Genes 4 Num, 16. and are vtterly ge­uen to the errour of Balam for lukers sake, & peryshe in the treason of Chore: * They are cloudes withoute water,Epistle Iudas. caryed aboute of wyndes, trees with­oute fruite at gatheryng tyme, twyse dead, and plucked vp by the rootes: they are the ragyng wolues of the sea, fomyng oute their owne shame, wan­derynge starres to whome is reserued the mystes of darkenesse for euer. Oh howe lyuely and perfectely hathe oure almyghtye God, by the mouthe of hys Apostles and Prophetes, paynted oute in theyr colours the wycked, deceatful, and detestable nature of thys vyperous generation & bloudye broode:Mat, 23, at whose handes shalbe requyred the bloude of all the Prophettes, whiche was shed from the begynnyng of the worlde:Marc 22, * woe vnto them therefore, they shall receaue greater damnation, so wycked and dyuelyshe were all theyr imagina­tions and deuyses in all theyr pestilent procedynges, that what prospered whē they ruled: Yea was not the realme a very wildernesse in respecte of that it hadde bene before, when the Gospell [Page] of Iesu Christ was preached? What calamitye, what miserye, what scarsi­tye? was not akornes in steade of bread a foode to a number of our poore bre­thren in sundry places in Englande? Yea howe pityfully and myserablye, dyd numbers bothe olde and yonge dye in the streates for wante of sustenance? Oh lamentable chaunge and alterati­on. Whoe then sawe not in place of plentye and aboundaunce, dearth and skarsenes, for healthe, syckenesse? Yea numbers of vnknowen dyseases: For peace and quietnes, whiche not longe before wee quietly enioyed, dyscention and warre, not a little hurtful bothe to people and realme: and throughe fa­myne, syckenes, and warre, were de­stroyed and grewe fewe in number, bicause we herkened not vnto the voice of the Lord our God:Deut. 28 the blockehouses and bulwarkes whyche shoulde haue bene a defence to vs, and oure country, were spoyled, plucked downe, and raced: oure realme defaced, and made readye as a praye for oure enemyes, who dayly gaped for the spoyle. And [Page] howe sodenlye were wee dyspossessed of Caliyse? For the whiche there hadde bene diuerse and sundrye secrete at­temptes before, but neuer coulde pre­uayle till then, and that throughe the secrete treason of some arche enemye of God, more skylfull to kepe the bo­dies of selye Martyrs bound in chaines at a stake, enuironed with fyrye fag­gottes, then with a whyte sticke in his hand to sauegarde so worthye a towne agaynste the force of the armed soul­diour. But (Oh Englande) neuer dyddest thou, nor shalte vnderstande all the priuye conspiracies and secret trea­sons, that by that trayterous trayne & Romishe retinue hath ben wrought, so subtyll are they in theyr generati­on. But nowe was England brought to thys poynte, that where as before it was hadde in estimation, and fea­red of forreyne enemyes, than was it in feare it selfe,Psalm, 9, and was become a te­sting stocke to al nations. Nowe there­fore my brethern, whether these were plages whiche we had worthyly deser­ued, and we at that tyme a wretched & [Page] miserable people, in pitifull estate and wofull case or not, I referre it to the in­different iudgemēt of those, that either were partakers of the smart in that pe­rillous and daungerous tyme, or that saw the misery and beheld the terrors, which being so few yeares past, I trust be not, or I would were not forgoten: but through these plagues whiche we thus felt, and wherwith god long be­fore had threatned vs by the mouth of his seruantes, the late persecuted mar­tyrs: Herein I say, dyd he declare them to be true prophets. For what thing in those days hapned vnto vs, as a scurge and punishmēt for our vnthankfulnes and carelesse liuyng, that was not by those the elect ministers of Iesu Christ in their lyfe tyme,Deute, 18 declared vnto vs, shoulde come. Therefore were they true prophetes, and theyr doctrine that they taught, sound and agreable to the will and worde of God: which we re­garded not, but neglected: & therefore our wont full and former myrthe, was turned into sorow and care then, vyt­terly bewailing our poore state, led in captiuity: bicause we had no knowlege [Page] and for not regardyng the lawe of the Lorde of hostes,Esay, 5, but blasphemynge the woorde of the holye one of Israel,Baru, [...], and for forsaking the fountain of wisedom: wherin if we had styll walked, vndou­tedly we had dwelte in rest vppon the earthe: Then famished oure soules for want of the liuely foode of gods sacred word:Amos 8, but better had it bene for vs ne­uer to haue knowen the way of righte­ousnes, then after we knew it,2, Peter, 2 to turn as we dyd from the holy commaunde­ment geuen vnto vs: whyche then we passed not for, we vnderstoode not the worthinesse thereof, we knew not that by vertue therof, we had health, peace & plenty: we knew not y^t it was the preseruer of vs, and our coūtrey, from our enemies: we knew not howe precious a iewell it was, and how swete a refre­shing to our hungry soules, til we hungred and thyrsted for it, and coulde not haue it, but in steede thereof, were fed and crammed wyth the moste detesta­ble and Antichristian foode of Rome, wherein was no smacke or taste, no heauenly swetenesse, no spirituall comforte, but rather bytternesse and ranke [Page] poison, corrupting both body and soule: and therfore at those dayes, mighte we iustly by wofull experience saye, where the preachers of gods word fayle, there perish the people:Prou, 25, for then perished the poore selye flocke for want of the good shephardes,Iohn, [...]0, which had geuen their life for their shepe: and we poore wretches straying and wandryng shepherdles, were in daunger of euerye wolfe and bloudye shepebyter, lefte as outcastes, and as a people forsaken, voyde of com­fort, without hope, without helpe, saue onely at the handes of our omnipotent god, the great shephard. To whom we were then forced to flye, as to our onely refuge: Then beganne we to beholde the frailtye of our wicked nature: then considered we the heauy displeasure of god, who for our vnthankfulnes had so louingly corrected vs: and of whom in the time of our prosperitie we wee most forgetfull, not regarding hym, tyll be­yng rocked in the cradell of care, and as it were in manner ouerwhelmed with the waues of aduersitie and sourges of sorrowe, whiche then caused vs to con­fesse oure wickednes, and to acknow­ledge [Page] the eternall God to be our onely helpe: Thenne called we to remem­braunce the sweete blessynges of God whiche we in the triumphante tyme of the gospell had receiued: and for neglec­ting whereof, we had now felt and ta­sted the bytternesse of hys displeasure, who yet more mercifully and louingly delte with vs, then oure deserte deser­ued. Then beganne we with the pro­dygall chylde, to retourne from the swyne troughe, and submytte oure sel­ues to the handes of our heauenlye fa­ther. Thenne cryed we, Lorde delyuer vs frome the tyrannous and merciles bloudye broode, that dailye persecute thy people. Then cryed we, lorde laye to thy handes, for thy ennemies haue destroyed thy lawe: Then desyred we the Lorde to delyuer vs, and release vs oute of the extreame bondage and cap­tiuitie, wherein we were miserablye wrapped: and to bee restored to oure former fredome and libertye: whereof thorough our vnthankfulnes we were dispossessed: Thē he sought we the lord that his worde mighte once agayne be [Page] a lanterne to oure feete, and that we mighte once agayne walke accordyng to his holy lawes. Thus in the trouble some and tyrannous time of persecuti­on, in the chiefest of oure calamitie and miserye (suche was then oure songe.) Thys canne God doe, and this woorke had god wroughte to make his forget­full children knowe hym, and the ra­ther to bee myndefull of the greate and mercifull kyndnesse of so gratious a lorde. Oh blessed, ye twise blessed and happye were we that it thus pleased oure heauenly father, to laye his crosse vppon vs, whiche doubtlesse is as ne­cessarye for the Christian soule as ma­teriall foode for the bodye: it made vs knowe hym, whome before thoroughe oure frailtye we hadde forgotten, and caused vs to humble our selues to him, in whose handes our onely helpe con­sisted, who then of hys endelesse good­nesse, and whose mightye mercye was suche, seeyng that in oure heartes we wer turned vnto hym, & beholding our inwarde and hartye repentaunce for so greuously offendyng his diuine maie­stye: of his vnspeakable loue, most care­fully [Page] and louinglye tendring vs, as the father his children, had then compassi­on vpon vs, and turned his fauourable countenance towardes vs: and though for a while he had suffred vs to be euill entreated thorough tyrauntes,Psal, 107, whome he vsed as instrumentes of his wrath, to corrcet vs, yet lo, at the last he harde the mournyng voices of vs poore cap­tyues, and helped vs oute of miserye, and shewed himselfe to bee as he is, a mighty god of mercy, and euen the on­lye strengthe of his people,Psalm, 28, and the de­fender of the healthe of his annointed: which he wonderfully declared, when we beyng in our chiefe distresse, thral­dome, and slauerye to them that dailye pursued vs: Then he in twincklyng of an eye by his mightye power deliuered vs from that miserable bondage, out of that troublesome and dreadefull sea of sorrowe wherein we were, euen as he did the children of Israell, through the red sea from the euill Pharao, whome with all his trayne, in their chiefest ar­rogancie, as God by his omnipotente power in the same sea ouerwhelmed and drouned: So hath he likewise mer­uelouslye [Page] ouerthrowne oure enemies: who in theyr chiefeste pryde, he hathe smyten downe beefore oure faces: and plaged theym that hated vs,Psalm. 5 [...], * and put the lying lyppes to silence, whiche cru­ellye disdaynfullye, and despighteful­lye resysted the truthe of God. Thys meruelous worke hathe our almightye God wrought and broughte to passe by hys electe and chosen seruaunte, and handmayden, our most gratious quene Elizabeth: God I saye the worker, and she the instrument, whome God hadde raysed euen as it were from the graue, to ouerthrow his and her enemies, whiche by all possible meanes most trayte­rously sought her ouerthrow, destructi­on, and death. But y^e god that deliuered Peter forth of prison, & by whose mea­nes the chaines wherein he was bound fel from him:Actes, 1 [...], and before whom the iron gates opened of their own accord, that Peter might escape the handes of his ennemies, woulde haue the Romishe Herodes vnderstande, that there is no prison or forte of that force, nor tower of suche terror, or keeper of suche cru­eltie [Page] and circumspection, that can holde or kepe captiue those whome God wil haue at libertie. Well, nowe hath Iu­dith through Gods assistance, cut of the head of Holofernes, the siege is raised, the souldiors beeyng fled, Iudith with the inhabitantes of Bethulia, ioyfully triumphe, praisyng god for the victory. Thus hath our God, the lord of hostes disappointed that butcherly and bloody broode of theyr mischeuous purpose, which their wicked harts had imagined whose serpentlyke tongues stirred vp stryfe,Psalm, 14 and vnder whose flatterynge lyppes lay hydde the poison of adders, and hath deliuered vs from their tyran­nie, euen as the byrde from the foulers snare, and hathe defaced their abhomi­nable wicked and Romish hipocriticall deuises, and displaced theyr false and lothesome goddes of woode and stone. And of hys myghtye mercy hathe re­stored his woorde vnto vs, which plentifully is taughte and preached vnto vs, by those whiche are spronge out of the ashes of them, that with fyre were consumed: by whome also the Sa­cramentes [Page] are dulie and trulye mini­stred: Nowe haue we for chaffe, corne, for darkenes, lyght, for ranke poyson (a preseruatiue) euen the blessed word of God, to heale vs from destruction, hys holy worde, I say, the liuely foode and pretious preseruatiue of oure soules, whiche hath brought vs quietnes with forreyne enemyes, & domestical peace, plenty health and al thyngs necessary. Oh, how mercifully hath the Lord delt with vs, that of myserable bond slaues, in mysery, in darkenes, and in the sha­dowe of death, hath made vs free men to haue & vse the libertye and freedome of our conscience, which is a treasure of treasures. Now hath god comforted vs after the tyme that he punyshed, & pla­ged vs, and for the yeares wherein we haue suffered aduersity, he hath shewed vnto vs hys mercy, and to our children hys glory: Oh that men woulde there­fore prayse the goodnesse of the Lorde,Psal, 107, and the wonders, that he doth for the children of men, who of hys mere mer­cy hath deliuered vs from those y^t rob­bed and spoyled vs, and were to strong for vs, and hath satysfied the emptye [Page] soule, and fylled the hungry soule with good: wherefore my good brethren, as oure mercyfull and gratious God hath so done hys maruelous woorkes, that they ought to be had in remembraunce, & as in the day of our trouble, we called vpon the Lord for helpe, who hath now deliuered vs, & geuen vs our hartes re­quest: so should we likewyse now, with earnest hearts & willyng myndes per­forme that, which we thē promysed vn­to y^e Lord our God, which was amend­ment and newnesse of life, which I hartely wyshe and desyre of God may be, & the which also the Lord doth loke for at oure handes, and he will not be mocked with all: But alas, that notwithstan­dinge, I see rather a forgetfulnesse in our selues, and synne and wickednesse, rather most shamefully to abound, then any amendmente of lyfe or reformati­on of oure wycked manners. What pryde what whoredome, what theft, what, dronkennesse, what blasphe­mye and swearyng, what vsurye, what gredye and vnsatiable couetousnesse, what vntrue dealyng, is daylye vsed? no regarde of woorde or promyse, no [Page] skante the bondes or hande writynges with seale vppon seale is auaylable or sufficient, without trauais in the lawe, and expence of money: Sinne I saye is made but a sporte, for pryde is accomp­ted for cleanlines, whoredome, for a pange of youthe, thefte, a shifter, the drunkard a good companion, the despe­rate swearer, a lustye courtier, the gre­dye couetuous vsurer, a ware thriuyng manne, the vntrue and subtyll dealer, pregnaunt and fyne wytted. Thus synne is accoumpted none offence, and as it appeareth, there is neyther re­garde or care, for the punishmente of the magistrate, nor feare of the plage of God for the same. But my brethern, do not these abhominable, filthye, and corrupte thynges whiche stynke before the face of GOD, and declare that we thynke in oure heartes there is no god. Shall we dwell in the tabernacle of the Lorde, or reste vpon his holy hyll, that lyue thus carelesly, carnallye, and beastly? (No) but he that leadeth an vncor­rupte lyfe, that dothe the thynge that is righte, and speaketh the truthe from hys harte, that vseth no deceyte in hys [Page] tongue, and dothe no yll to his neigh­bour, but perfourmeth that he promy­seth vnto hym, and that setteth not by the vngodly: but maketh much of them that feare the Lorde: that geueth not hys money vppon vsurye, nor taketh rewarde against the innocent: and that in all theyr doynges haue the feare of the Lorde before their eyes. And these bee they that GOD wyll blesse vp­pon the earthe, and in the worlde to come, they shalbe partakers of eternall glorye.

But howe groweth this carelesnes and impudencye of lyfe amongest vs, which nowe so shamefully aboundeth? Truely thoroughe neglectyng to heare the woorde of God preached, and not beleuynge it, when we haue harde it: whiche when we hadde not, thenne we hungred for it, and nowe that it hathe pleased God to geue it agayne vnto vs, we begynne agayne not to care for yt: But my bretherne, be not so vnthank­full for the greate benefyte of GOD. Consyder, bee myndefull and thynke vppon the dolefull dayes passed, for­gette not the terriblenesse thereof, [Page] remember I say, the manifolde Godlye admonitions and warnynges: for the amendement of our wicked & dissolute lyfe, in the laste tyme of the Gospell, the great myserye, and pitefull plages that were pronounced and foreshewed by the electe ministers of Iesu Christe to come vpon vs, onles then spedye re­pentaunce and amendement: But how littel regarded we the same, til crueltye had catched vs and that the flame of fy­rye faggottes flewe aboute oure eares. Let not therefore that merciles and ty­ranous tyme, (the smarte whereof so latelye felte) be already forgotten, but let the same rather prouoke and moue vs lyke Christians, to geue better hede now vnto the swete lessons, Godly ad­monitions, and daylye warnynges of Gods messangers, whiche he of his lo­uyng kyndnes and greate mercye hath thus once agayne sente amongest vs, to declare hys will vnto vs: who dayly cry out, repentaunce, repentaunce, in the Lordes name: who most louyngly and fatherly, pityeth our destruction, if his warnyng may helpe, whiche alas, pre­uayleth nothyng as appeareth: For we [Page] are as ill, naye rather worse, then wee wer before: but my brethren, if ye be so carelesse that ye respect not the ambas­sage and fatherly warnynges of the al­myghtye, pronounced by hys electe and chosen ministers: Yet be not so diue­lishe desperate, so lyghtly to regard the maruelous and straunge doinge and worke of the Lord hymself: euen the al­myghty, who trulye is not pleased, but hyghly offended with oure heathenyshe manners: wherof let the fearefull fyer from heauen, whiche so sodenly consu­med that huge and myghty monument and temple of Poules (be witnesse) and let the sundrye straunge procreation & monstrous shape as well of children, as also of beastes (beare recorde) of oure monstrous and beastly lyfe: remember also the verye heauens, heauily bewai­lyng our wo and misery to come, whose late daily droppyng showres, dolefully preached vnto vs the heauye wrathe of god, for our wickednes to be at hand, ye hanging ouer our heads, onlesse betime we turne vnto the lord what christian conscience quaketh not to thynke vpon the premysses, turne therfore, and lette [Page] amendement of life appeare in tyme, or els to heauy will the burdeyns bee for vs to beare, whyche God for oure disobedience and wickednes wil lay v­pon vs: I therfore exhort you for Chri­stes sake, that for as muche as in oure conuersation and liuing we haue swarued from god, therby deseruynge his heauie wrathe and displeasure: so we may endeuor our selues tenne times to turne agayne and seeke the lorde euen from the bottome of our heartes with wepyng, fastyng, and prayeng: and for as muche as nothyng is better than to feare God, and nothyng sweter than to haue a respecte vnto the commaunde­mentes of the lord,Syrach. 23 let vs be meke and lowely to heare the woorde of god, the gladde tidynges of Iesu Christe prea­ched, and not slacke to beleeue it. * For where no knowledge of gods woorde is,Syrach. 5 Prouer. 15 the soule is not well: and vayne are all those, in whome no knowledge of god is. Let vs therfore take hede to our selues,Sapi, 22 and keepe well our soules, that we forget not the thinges that our eies haue sene: let our lyuyng bee agreable vnto the doctrine whiche we professe, [Page] that we geue not the ennemies of the Lorde, a cause to raile: for happy is he that readeth, and they that heare the worde of god, and kepe those thynges that are written therin:Reuela, 1, and otherwise we are but slanderers of the gospelle. And therfore let vs take away our e­uill thoughtes out of the sight of God, cease to doo euill, seke iudgement, help the poore oppressed,Esay, 1. be fauorable to the fatherles, defend y^e widow, & then shal our sinnes as red as scarlet, be made as white as snow: and then as God of his mightifull mercy hath brought downe and suppressed the stoute mountaynes and hygh rockes,Baruch. 5. Ps [...]l [...], 17. the ennemyes of hys truthe, whiche maintained theyr owne welthines with oppression, and who also haue long bene glad and reioysed at our late decaye, so shal he likewise force them (whose ioye is nowe turned to so­row, still to mourne in theyr owne de­struction, and we shall encrease and not diminishe, but styll quietlye inha­bite enioy and peaceablye possesse oure swete & blessed land y^e floweth w^t milke & hony, which god hath geuen vs to our vnspeakable comforte and the greate [Page] glorye of oure almighty & heauenly fa­ther: with whome after this transitorye life ended, we shalbee partakers of hys heauenly kingdome. To that immortal god therfore, with his only sonne, oure sauiour Iesu Christe, and to the holye ghost, that swete comforter, be al praise and glory for euer and euer. Amen.