A eares withme but one houre,that if rhey belong no"o God,rheymighr bm!'c with 'judllf w"'repine with'judMat this reafonab!e cofl: of theprecious oinrmer ofour pTal<esifllhuuld lo<>ke back to the anciemmerciesofGod,and lhew you that thisKingdom '(thoughdividedf,rom the wor!d)was oneofthe firfl: rhar received the Gu!pel; That it yctlded rh< fir(\ Chrillian Emperorrhat gave peace&honourro the Ghurch; The firfl: & gr<atell Jiyhrs that lhoneforrh in rhedarkeil of P0pcry, roa!l the world; and rhat ir was rhe firfi kingdome tbar lhooke Amichrilt fylly out ofthe fadd!e; I might find jufl:marrerofpraife and exultation: bur I will turne over no otherCbromcles bur your mem_ory: This day alone bathmacrerenough of an eternall f(rarulation. For rhrs is rhe com1711mk tm!linNI, wherein Gods favours meet upon our heads; wh;rh therefore reprefenrs to us, both what we had, and whar wehave; The ()ne to our ftnfe,rhe mher roour remembrance. Thisdaywasborh Q!Jeen El•zab,tfu B Initium gl~rl.t,and King'jamu his Ieitium regnl. To hcr,Natalitilflnfalutk, as rhe paf!ion dayes ofMlT!yrs were called ofold; and Natalk Imperii to him. Thefe two nam ,, !hew us h ppines enough ro takeupour beam for o,ver. And firfl:,why lhould it nor be our perperuall joy & rejoycing,rhar we were her fubjeC!s? 0 ble!f~d Q!Jeen, rbemorher of rhis Nation, the Nurfe ofthisChurch, the glory ofwomanhood, the envy & exJmple otforraine Nations,thewonderofrimes,how fweer and facred !hall thymemory be to all pofterities? How is thy name not Parables ofthe dufl:, aSthe Jewesfpeake; nor written in rheearrh, as Jmmi<fpeakes, bur in the living earth all !oyall hearrs, never robe razed. A· 1hough the foule mouths ofour Adveruries !lick nor to call her mifo""mfu:mitJam,"l.tPopeCiement did; nor to fay ofher,as EvagriMt fa yes uncharitablyof 'jNjlinian thegreat law-gil•er, (adfuppliciajNjlo Dd j•dicio •p•dinfiroJ/Nenda pro{tOa t(l:) and thofe that durll bring heron the !hge living, C bringher nowdead (as! have heard by rhofe that have (een it) into their proceffions, like a cormmred ghott meoded with fiends and firebrands, to the terror of choir ignorantbeholders : Yer,as we faw !he never profpered fo well,as when fhe WJS mofl curfed by their Piut 5· fo nowwe hope !he israther fo much moreglorious in heaven, by how mnch they are more malicious on earrh. Thcfe arrogant wretches, that can at their pleafure fetch Salomon from heaven to hell, and Tr.)dn & F "/cone/la from hell tO heaven; Campian and GarD<I from earth to heaven, Queene EJ,z.ahth from earth to hell; !hall find one day rhanheyhave mift.ken the keyeo , and !ha!! knowwhat it is to judge,by being judged. !n themean rime, in fpighr ofthe gates 'a.ome,Memoriai•fleinbtntdiOioni~ut. To omit rhofe vermes which were eo her fex,by which !hedeferved to be the Q!leen ofwomen, how excellent were Mafculine graces oflearning,valour,wifdome,bywhich fbe might jufllychallenge to 0 berheQ!Jeenofmen I So learned was !bee, rhar !bee could give prefenianfwers eo Embafladors in their nwn tongues : or ifthey lifted to borrow ofrheirneighbcurs, !bee paid rhem in char they borrowed. Sovalianr, that her name like Zifcau drum, maderhe proudefl: Romanifl:s to quake. So wire, that wharfoever fell our happily againfl:rhecommon Adverfary in Fr4n«,Nttherl•ndt,Ireland;it wa, by themfclvesafcribed to her policy. What lh11! l fpeak ofher long and fuccetlefull goveramenr, ofher miraculousprefervation•,ofher famous victories, wherein che waters, winds, fire, andearrb fought for us, as ifthey had been in pay under Her? ofHer excellent laws, ol Her carefull executions? Manydaught<flhave doneworthd;,b•l thoujiiTmollntejl them all. Suchwas rhe fweernrtTe ofher gov•ramenr, and fuch the feare ofm'ferle in her lo!fe, chat many worrhy Chrillians defired their eyes might be dofed before Hers; and howmany tboufands therefore welcomed their owne dearh,bec.JUCe l'"·f)-4.. E it prevented Hers. Every one pointed to her white haires,ana faid with that peaceable Leonliu1, When this fnow melrs,there will be allnud.Neverday, except alwaies l~•nocl-... "'1 rhe~fc ofNovember, waslilte robe fo bloudy as rhis; nor for any ~oJbt ofTitle (whiCh never any loyal! heart could quefl:ion, nor anydifhyal! ever did, befidei Dolman)bur for char our EfaMitucomforred rherufelves againll us,and faiJ,r/,. fliDNrningfor o11r mother will come lhortl],tben r»i/t t:Pt flal our 6re/bren. fay more? lotswerecaft upon our land; and thar honc-fl Poliririan(which wanred nothing bur a gibbet to havemadehima Saint) Father p.,font, rooke paines to fer
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