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Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

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A SERMONtruth hath grownc powcrfull amongft us.Withwhar ft range fury <strong>and</strong> malice hath Satan bcftlrrcdhimfcUVWhat a deale <strong>of</strong>dcatc <strong>and</strong> innocent blou4did that red Dragon drinke up in Q^enc ^Mariestime i For five ycavcs fparcthc fire <strong>of</strong> pcrfccutioiidid flame in thisl<strong>and</strong>,<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> facrcd bodies <strong>of</strong> outglorious blefifcd Miiiyrs were facrificed araidsthcmercilcfTc fury <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>: Afterward what a blackd<strong>and</strong>bloudy catalogue <strong>of</strong> m<strong>of</strong>t hatefull <strong>and</strong> prodi-»giousconfpiraciesdid run paralell with that gol-»den time <strong>of</strong>Qjecnc Elizabeths Ufc,that (now)glorious Saint <strong>of</strong>dearcft racn:iory iBut in all this*hcllifh rage <strong>the</strong> Divcll never played <strong>the</strong> Divell in.deed, untill he came to <strong>the</strong> Gun-powder-plot;thaCwas fiich a piece <strong>of</strong> fervicc againft <strong>the</strong> light <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>G<strong>of</strong>pell,as <strong>the</strong> Sun neveV faw before; <strong>the</strong> fons <strong>of</strong>men never heard <strong>of</strong>,hell it fclfe never hatcht. SinceSatan fell from heaven, aad a Church was firftplanted upon <strong>the</strong> earth, <strong>the</strong>re was never any thingin thatkinde which made <strong>the</strong> Divcls Malice more£amous,G o d s mercies more gloriousjthat PrieftQ^Kome <strong>and</strong> his bloudy fuperflirionmore odious;or that caft fuch a (hame <strong>and</strong> obloquie upon <strong>the</strong> innocency<strong>of</strong> Chriftian Religion. And all this was<strong>the</strong> Divels doing <strong>of</strong> pure fpite <strong>and</strong> malice againft<strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Goipell,<strong>the</strong> power <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Word,<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saints <strong>of</strong> Go d .] fay he was <strong>the</strong> arch-plotter<strong>and</strong> firftmoover <strong>of</strong>all <strong>the</strong>fe mifchicfes. ThePope, <strong>and</strong> lefuits, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir curfcd confederateswere indeed his inftruraents, executioners <strong>and</strong> a-gents, asweewellknow,<strong>and</strong>forae <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Prieft s<strong>the</strong>mfelves confeflfe.J^r ^odL^.A^^^.fag. 199.OScarceii.3The Gun^fftf.4e7pkt>

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