116 The7'lifts `Dime, angered. Romes faith indeed oncebare the bell; Md foie did deferueit well : But Roma notnow as heretofore; rIfa.t.2I. Ss itwasfaie1iflerafe. Thatfaithfull Citie's made a whore r, lem, whichhadmon,excellent parti- If newRomenow,wereas the old, exlarpremifec¢henRomeeao4lessge Then we withRomaniffs wouldhold; wry' IfRome becomeChills enemy, °Apoc.18.4. ThenwefromBabylon muff flye e See t Theff.t3,4 >516,7>S °Epbefua,Smyruar,Pergamm,7by- abre,Sardtc,Pbilae.°elphia,Laodieea, Apoc.r.I t. s Theft felts. Churches were repre fund by facer, voïdeaCandleßickes, Apoc.t.2o. Nicepb.lib.2.eap:4o; a GildaaLib.de viflers e Anrelry Am. br4 b lofephwho buriedCbrifl. 'Philip the Apeflle. +Sofaith Gildas alfa. e Tertul. in hie hocks agaisi# the lewes,ameng(lother placet conferred bythe Ape]1ies,rtekmetbdiuers parts ofFrance, andBritain : SedetteO. rigen,Hom.4rvpanEeechid. t o/lbout theyeere ejC'»"!, rSo. tThicEpiflle hashbeen frand, eut sf the, Aneientrecordt of the Kingssf Eaglánd. whichwasabout 6o0leafs after Chrifb. tElutberim referredKingLucifer ta theSeriprures,cleare againfl theFa- p>fls courfe>ren, andcalled himgads vicar is he kingdome:which title the Pope aIloneclothnowchallenge. To fay that Romeis thereforefound, Becaufe ofoldit wasrenownd, It may a Papifl: fatisfie a But men of lodgementit deny. Paul neucr Rome did magnifie, As he did thole ofTheffaly`: Yet nowthat Church isclean defact; And there the Turke himfelfebathplatt. The Afia Churches. famous once, Are turned to a heapeofflones The golden lights rofSaint Marage; Are nowbecome evenSatans cage. Proue thou,that Rome bath not declinde, From tlianrient Church by Paul refinde ; And then Ile fay,thouhaft done more, Then everPapifl did before. But forfirft turning ofour Nation, I rrow thounam'fl itbut for afalhioti: For theythat looke inHillary, Thereofcan find no certainty. SimonZeletes as fomefay', Did firftChriftsGofpellhere difpiay; Euenwhileft that Emperour did raigne, By whom our SauiourChrifl wasflaine: Some fay,that he ofArimathyb, Inthe yerre ofgrace frxty three, FromFrance by Philp °was felt ouer, Tovsthefaith forto difcouer +. Heretoagrecth a learnedman, That ancient Clarke Tartnllian, That by th'Apoflles Britany Was turnd toChriftianity e. PopeElutherim long agueE, As his Epiftleplaine didthew t, VntoKingLucius hither tent, EreEthelbertwas King of Kent b. Wehold the faith thatthen was taught, But youthe famedoefet at naught' : WhenRome the Truth lothonce forfake, Then weofRome our legues mull take. If that out Church were Catholike, Tocome toChurchtheu wouldftnot flick: If
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