[ΒΆ...] Alteracions of Kingdoms, for despising of god: and how God [defendeth his citie, and the oth...] Upper margin trimmed | |
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Euery Kyngdome, | |
Both all and some, | |
That is deuided within it-selfe: | |
Desolate shalbe, | |
5 | Without feare truly |
Of God, be in that Commen-welth. | |
THe fyrst deuision, | |
In Paradise begon. | |
When Satan, the woman tempted: | |
By whose entisement, | |
5 | They breeke Gods Commaundment |
For that thei wer thence banished. | |
Spitefull wicked Cayn, | |
His brother hath slayn, | |
Bycause that Abels sacrifice, | |
10 | Of God was accepted, |
And Cayns neglected, | |
This mischeife he dyd deuise. | |
This manslaughtor, | |
God dyd abhor, | |
15 | And cursed wicked Cayn, |
He dyed a lyke death, | |
Thus scripture saith, | |
At length himselfe was slayne. | |
Good Seth to auaunce, | |
20 | Gods Kyngdome to enhaunce, |
Of him came many holy men, | |
But Cayns posteritie, | |
For their infidelitie, | |
Wer drowned in Noes flood then. | |
25 | Thei despised God, |
All godlinesse withstode, | |
In adultery liued they, | |
In all wilfulnesse, | |
In tiranny doutlesse, | |
30 | For this ensued their dekey. |
Of their yll liuing | |
God gaue them warning, | |
An hundereth yere before | |
By Noe his seruaunt, | |
35 | To that they wolde not graunt, |
But oppressed the poore moch more | |
And sodeinly came on, | |
The flood them vpon, | |
And euery-one there drowned, | |
40 | Saue only that Noe, |
And his familie, | |
In the Arke they were all saued. | |
Thus God preserued, | |
His Church, figured, | |
45 | By faithful Noe and his housholde, |
So surely he wyll. | |
Preserue them styll, | |
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55 | Then after this, |
The Caldeys, | |
Builded the towre of Babilon, | |
But in that building, | |
God not deliting, | |
60 | He brought it to destruction. |
The first kingdome than, | |
By Nemrod began, | |
Among the Babilonians, | |
Through Idolatry, | |
65 | And liuing vngodly, |
It came to the Assirians. | |
Then Sardanapall, | |
Most lecherous of all, | |
Of his kingdome was depriued, | |
70 | For his yll liuing, |
His Office neglecting, | |
His people were then deuided. | |
Sodome and Gomor, | |
With .x. Cities more, | |
75 | Sanke for the synne of lechery, |
Therin they were brent, | |
They wolde not repent, | |
They lyued so delicatly. | |
Ioseph most prudent, | |
80 | In his gouernment, |
Brought the Egiptians in religion | |
He set vp godly fere, | |
With Ciuile good maner. | |
Of him is right famous mencion. | |
85 | Pharao truly, |
For his tiranny, | |
Was drowned in the red_sea, | |
When Moses the capten, | |
With Gods people then, | |
90 | Passed clene through that way. |
Kyng Roboam, | |
Was a wylfull man. | |
He set nought by his counsell olde, | |
For diuers thinges, | |
95 | To his subiectes vndoinges, |
To obey them he neuer wolde. | |
Release nought he wolde, | |
That he vniustly did hold, | |
His people went from him a_stray, | |
100 | And a new kyngdome, |
Was there begon, | |
And set vp in Samaria. | |
The good Kyng Ioas | |
An holy man was, | |
105 | As long as Ioiada liued, |
But when he did dye, | |
He set vp Idolatrie, | |
and zachari his son causde to be killed. | |
Good king Ezechias, | |
110 | A godly man he was, |
he restorde Gods worship againe, | |
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115 | King Baltha[sar], Sheet trimmed along right margin |
Gods worship did ma[r...] | |
And for spite he caused [........] | |
That the Caldies go[d] | |
Was a gretter God, | |
120 | Then had the Iewe[s] |
This great blasph[e....] | |
Braught their calam[.....] | |
The angel of god wrot[.......] | |
That Bal[t]hasars ki[...] Tear in sheet in centre of column | |
125 | To destru[c]tion shuld[e ....] |
And he sh[ul]de perish t[......] | |
Thus t[h]e Caldia[n..] | |
And the [As]sirians, | |
Were at m[u]ch desenc[i...] | |
130 | Through straunge [.......] |
Then grew the Per[....] | |
Which made their ki[.....] | |
Now Christ is co[...] | |
The true kingdome | |
135 | Seke ye rest and fol[...] |
And repent from sy[...] | |
A new lyfe now be[g....] | |
That vertu may w[....] | |
Symeon Christ [....] | |
140 | In his armes and [......] |
Now let thi seruant [.....] | |
An exsaumple true | |
Which we shulde e[n...] | |
From strife that w[....] | |
145 | Now do ye rega[.....] |
How God doth re[.....] | |
The wicked world[....] | |
When punysh doth[......] | |
Uicious men truli[e] | |
150 | He geueth to reign[......] |
But when God [.....] | |
The Comens, he [........] | |
Kynges and Rul[e......] | |
Which maketh th[e ......] | |
155 | And to them they [......] |
Both louing, go[.......] | |
Watche ye and p[.....] | |
Ye know not the [d....] | |
Nor the hour w[h........] | |
160 | To iudge the liui[.....] |
And they in grau[......] | |
At the dreedfull d[........] | |
God defende o[.......] | |
From tongues fl[......] | |
165 | And send him a pro[......] |
With long contin[...........] | |
Gods glory to a[.......] | |
And the we[lth .........] | |
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