--------~..;_ ____________________ :::.._:;.. _____ ___ ----- i --- 1-----l~-~-~~--~-~-,~-~~-~~-l-~----~~------ i I ;·:~~<:ttfilfzhJ~~(_~ V I I ~~~gr;~JI!.~_f:J.JI§YJJ~: 1 ~ T .O THE RIGHT ' ! H 0 :J\(.0V'l{/113 L 8 . S11{ Wf L L l rd .11 I RufTdl, L. Ruifdl,_Baron of Thornhaugh; • with tb·~ vertuous.Ladie his wife: . Graceand P..ct: I 1- / ~~rtJ'·Pon that llrange; battell in heau~n, betweene !vtich.:e/b thtgrw I, Ro. '''~· ,, · .. forth toyand woe: i•J to the hea11enf, andto them thatdwelltherein: be11~1, Prmcc,and Satan that old Serpcnt,Was Heard aloud vo1ce ft>t10<1111g b 1""·""· f) ""fe' the accNjerof thebrtthrenu c<jl out thmce: bur w>e to themhaht· l ' R''·"·'•· 1 tamof theearthandof the fo•, (that is, to the fonnes of men in this V~ vale of ceare!) for theDeHi!fu come do1vne vntoihtm r(!l:t. great wrt~tiJ, -:I/1J!V9\ knowing that hee hilthblltafbort ti?1Je. · , . In this voice (nghcHonourablc) are two things affirmed, tonch10g Sa1han; 6rll; that his calling out of heauenIs ioyfull to·thc Saims ; next chat his comn11ng down'c on earth is woeful! vnto men. Is the matter of our woe,, ioy to the Saints i Nothing Jeffe; but that the.Deuill might be knownc to be an euill guefi where euer bee comes~ the heauens doe reioyce for his departure, and fea and earth ought to mournefor his approaching; fo that heeis, or at leafiwifcought to bee, no wh~rc· welcome, eX– cept it be in hell; and all fuch perfons may weU perceiue themfc!Mcs·; •nor heauenly" but plainly helli(h minded;·asgiue more kindc welcome vnto Satan in their cheerefull pracHfe ofthe wcirks o!darkene1fe;o the•!they doe vnto Ieli1s CChl'ifll who •knockes atthe . dRou. 1 .oo, doore oftheir hearts, promifing to·c•mein and foppe withthem,. if thefwi/1feare-his voi&e ahd openvntohim. • • • '• · ,. · 'Butwhatdoethe ·heauen~ gaine by Sa!ans'cafling' downe ? And ~ow cloth his defcending ro the earthworJ<e m:m li1ch woe·?-tnfw. For hcauens gaine, ' theyare welt <1\.u.•~;,, rid if the ma!itioiu'·accujer ofthe ~rethrell; · yYiio would'.· lh\ow more l mu!l ilriue t'o get to heauen, and if more beneedefull, there hi• infonnation iliall be certc,ll• •J As form~1,1s woe by Sat!Jans companie here ~n ea~th, who fo doubts hereof, !Jl:iy '\yell fufpecrhi'mlclfe to h~uealreadie recciued'of'tlim that deadlyhur~, in b1-indneffe ofmind and liardneffe of hem, whereof none fatie ·Ielits ·Chrlfl< the goo'd •Pbyli:ian of ohr . foules:bY the1'e'f(.i(iie, and~ imointi»g ofhu fpirit, can wllrke the ctlre. -Is it not wofulf rite~J.•i · to'th!! flockes and to·ihe heards}'wheri rauen~us beafis 'iloe frcquentthciJ pallu'res?then 8 ..lo~t>?. woe t<>,man becaufe of Sa<han! tor the per-ill of the Jambe-from rhc,Wolr~~ :Of.'!hc;'k"iild . fro\n-rhc leopard: of the fat beafl fronl'tlle1yon: and-ef•th'e fuckr"<lgchilde from' tll,e ; Afpe;·fs nothin'g~omparab]e·to t!ic dange-t-efman frotri this o]d·eSerpenr,wh'6 in craft , and~rueltie, yea'in euery hurtful! propcrtie goes beyond them1 all. .. Ochcrdeuotifing cre'attt.res keepe ll\\!ir circuirs',. ·~ndobfcrue'their !iipcs:<r!te=y are foitJetini!= ~·c;aric,and <•· n61' ah•llies bungrie: fome arev-tlfit forthe·ilacke, and others afraid <i'frhe !igh'r;wliereby'·ilic1r filly·pray gets fome refpire: ~ut Sarhan i~ apri?;,{h of the darkene!Jeoj'tht. wor/J, hP'pr•. w . whb- jt'e\ fo~ l!is':i'euantage i,tantrAmform•htmfelftintoai'l ungelloflighl, fo :is the day ;,,co,,u-•t and11fgl~r are to him both'aiikc'forthe the working ofol•nvoe: h~ is cu·er grecdie,and · ni:tJ¥_r\vearic, and therefore !l.waies 1\:eking:-and ifwe dreamc of any ' re;>!haiilt to hin"i for' time or plac,el we deceiue'pyrfelpes, for he was a<murfhererfrom theh,gim•ing,~nd ktoh.s.,.,. f?WII1'~ontinudi11'rilile·flidli"De no more :.a~d hemcomp".ffeththewholuarili,tvalking In il· miob... 7 , irllin'ifj'r-0, euen'l•tikea:roaring/yon;feekmg Whome hee maydeuoure. With othercreanrr'c"s .• •·•"·l·-9. wo~ is ended, wh'c';\ the pray'iS.0nce·deuoured·:" but to Satans pray lt is aot fo, for'vii: le.lfe'})js_l!_,a!e.Qe·!iq;>k~~~p9_:\l-i:ey deli\lCrecf:tn ~his'·life,thci:r wo,c c'ontin11es eafe!e'ffc; ' . . . .. - ...... --- - -....- .... -· ·- . .;..,..--·-' cafelctf~
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