Mirrour of New Reformation wherein Reformers, by their owne acknowledgements, are represented ad viuum, the Beauty also of their handy worke is displayed [by Robert Hayman] |
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| XLII. | XLII. ON VAFER. |
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XLII. ON VAFER.
Ingenious
Vafer can with speciall grace
Sute his religion vnto euery place;
When he's in England he himself doth vant,
A Parlament-Prince-pleasing Protestant;
And Holland holds to be a fertill place
Of faithles Hereticks; Bohemia's race
Of Sectaries, hath no vnited scope
In any point, but how to spite the Pope.
'Mongst all translations of the sacred Word
That of Geneua's most to be abhorr'd;
Whose factious Ministers not by word' alone
But by their deeds teach subiects to dethrone
Their lawfull Soueraignes. Those in Scotland are
Seditious persons, men who neuer spare
Their King or country, troublesome, vnciuill,
And restles spirits, yea members of the Diuill.
The Puritans in generall are lyars
Heady aduancers of their owne desires,
Crosse, wayward spirit, prone to loosse delights,
Scripture-corrupters periur'd Hypocrites.
Detracting Satyrists, dogs, Schismaticks
Murmurers, Vultures, yea and Hereticks
Equall to th'Pharisies & Donatists,
Arrians, Ebionites, and Catharists.
Th'Florinians, Beguardins, Pepuzians
Apostolicks, and Petrobusians.
Sute his religion vnto euery place;
When he's in England he himself doth vant,
A Parlament-Prince-pleasing Protestant;
And Holland holds to be a fertill place
Of faithles Hereticks; Bohemia's race
Of Sectaries, hath no vnited scope
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'Mongst all translations of the sacred Word
That of Geneua's most to be abhorr'd;
Whose factious Ministers not by word' alone
But by their deeds teach subiects to dethrone
Their lawfull Soueraignes. Those in Scotland are
Seditious persons, men who neuer spare
Their King or country, troublesome, vnciuill,
And restles spirits, yea members of the Diuill.
The Puritans in generall are lyars
Heady aduancers of their owne desires,
Crosse, wayward spirit, prone to loosse delights,
Scripture-corrupters periur'd Hypocrites.
Detracting Satyrists, dogs, Schismaticks
Murmurers, Vultures, yea and Hereticks
Equall to th'Pharisies & Donatists,
Arrians, Ebionites, and Catharists.
Th'Florinians, Beguardins, Pepuzians
Apostolicks, and Petrobusians.
Yet if to Amsterdam he hence do saile,
Or to Geneua go, he then doth raile
At th'English Church. The Bishops are (saith he)
An Antichristian Popish ministry.
Their prescript forme of seruice wholy full
Of fond corruptions; from the masse they cull
Their new Communion-bookes, dissenting farre
From the Lord's word it neuer fayling square.
The Sacraments they wickedly prophane
Their rites and habits Antichristian.
Their ministries are neither Prou'd nor Call'd
Nor right according to the Word install'd:
The most are Monks, Friars, Drunkards, Dolts, or Boyes
They baptisme profane with childish toyes
And to conclude, they are, he yet beleeues
Soule-murd'ring Hereticks, Sacrilegious theeues.
Or to Geneua go, he then doth raile
At th'English Church. The Bishops are (saith he)
An Antichristian Popish ministry.
Their prescript forme of seruice wholy full
Of fond corruptions; from the masse they cull
Their new Communion-bookes, dissenting farre
From the Lord's word it neuer fayling square.
The Sacraments they wickedly prophane
Their rites and habits Antichristian.
Their ministries are neither Prou'd nor Call'd
Nor right according to the Word install'd:
The most are Monks, Friars, Drunkards, Dolts, or Boyes
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And to conclude, they are, he yet beleeues
Soule-murd'ring Hereticks, Sacrilegious theeues.
Nor doth he there the Lutherans respect,
Them he condemneth for a damned sect
Of willfull Hereticks; and still them call's
Drinkers of bloud, Flesh-eaters, Canniballs,
Auerse from Christian faith, Christ's murderers
Destroyers of the Creed, Idolaters,
Reiecters of Christs death, Zuenckfeldians,
Hang-men, Capernaites, Eutychians,
Localists, men prodigiously blind,
False, wicked, proud, of an ambitious mind,
Impudent Asses, more illiterate fooles
Then simple Children, that frequent the shcooles.
Them he condemneth for a damned sect
Of willfull Hereticks; and still them call's
Drinkers of bloud, Flesh-eaters, Canniballs,
Auerse from Christian faith, Christ's murderers
Destroyers of the Creed, Idolaters,
Reiecters of Christs death, Zuenckfeldians,
Hang-men, Capernaites, Eutychians,
Localists, men prodigiously blind,
False, wicked, proud, of an ambitious mind,
Impudent Asses, more illiterate fooles
Then simple Children, that frequent the shcooles.
But from these townes this Rouer scarce is got
To Wittenberg, but sing's another note;
He now auerr's, and seriously, that they
Who from the true faith do with Zuinglius stray,
And likewise such as Caluin do respect,
Are a most damn'd and execrable sect
Of conuict Hereticks; on euery part
About their body, and within their hart,
Aboue, below, behind them, and before,
Obsest with Diuells; men deseruing more
To be refelled by the aw-full swords
Of ciuill Magistrats, then force of words.
They are (he now affirmes) to be restrain'd
From holy things, their company refrain'd
By all good men, most fitting t'be expell'd
From forth the Churches bosome, yea and held
Not worthy to be pray'd for, and vnfit
That Kings should them into their leagues admit;
He vowes they are for either faith, or workes,
Nestorians, Arians, Anabaptists, Turkes.
And in a word, the worst of men, yea he
Proclaimes them damn'd for all eternity.
Yet into Frizeland if he take his flight
Then th'Anabaptists only teach aright;
There, as amongst the Caluinists againe,
He against Luther slack's his passion's rayne,
And with a quau'ring head, and half-shut eyes
As if forsooth of zeale his words did rise,
In verity he offers to detect
Infinite faultes in now false Luther's sect.
With carnall wayes, saith he, their soules they staine,
And Christ himself they crucify againe,
Blaspheme his spirit, and contemne his grace,
Affect faire houses, and a wealthy place;
They climbe the pulpit there to preach, yet none
Hath either Spirit, Word, or Mission.
There will they vtter naught that may appeare
At all distastfull to their Princes eare.
They idly liue, and to relieue their need
On Antichrist's rich spoyles through flattery feed;
And to such loosnes all their flocks allure
As Turkes and Tartars are by much more pure.
To Wittenberg, but sing's another note;
He now auerr's, and seriously, that they
Who from the true faith do with Zuinglius stray,
And likewise such as Caluin do respect,
Are a most damn'd and execrable sect
Of conuict Hereticks; on euery part
About their body, and within their hart,
Aboue, below, behind them, and before,
Obsest with Diuells; men deseruing more
To be refelled by the aw-full swords
Of ciuill Magistrats, then force of words.
They are (he now affirmes) to be restrain'd
From holy things, their company refrain'd
By all good men, most fitting t'be expell'd
From forth the Churches bosome, yea and held
Not worthy to be pray'd for, and vnfit
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He vowes they are for either faith, or workes,
Nestorians, Arians, Anabaptists, Turkes.
And in a word, the worst of men, yea he
Proclaimes them damn'd for all eternity.
Yet into Frizeland if he take his flight
Then th'Anabaptists only teach aright;
There, as amongst the Caluinists againe,
He against Luther slack's his passion's rayne,
And with a quau'ring head, and half-shut eyes
As if forsooth of zeale his words did rise,
In verity he offers to detect
Infinite faultes in now false Luther's sect.
With carnall wayes, saith he, their soules they staine,
And Christ himself they crucify againe,
Blaspheme his spirit, and contemne his grace,
Affect faire houses, and a wealthy place;
They climbe the pulpit there to preach, yet none
Hath either Spirit, Word, or Mission.
There will they vtter naught that may appeare
At all distastfull to their Princes eare.
They idly liue, and to relieue their need
On Antichrist's rich spoyles through flattery feed;
And to such loosnes all their flocks allure
As Turkes and Tartars are by much more pure.
But when this man, who with such zeale now burn's
Vnto Geneu' or Wittenberg returnes;
The Anabaptists straight, vnfit t'be nam'd,
Chimera-like of diuerse sects are fram'd,
Muntzer, and those who of his doctrine share,
No men, but meere incarnat Diuells are.
Scarce any one but still dissent's from other
And will of errour charge his purest brother.
Vnto Geneu' or Wittenberg returnes;
The Anabaptists straight, vnfit t'be nam'd,
Chimera-like of diuerse sects are fram'd,
Muntzer, and those who of his doctrine share,
No men, but meere incarnat Diuells are.
Scarce any one but still dissent's from other
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If after this he goe to Rome or Spaine
He Proteus-like transformes himself againe
Then he's a Roman Catholick, and saith,
That Rome's the Mother Church: Her only faith
Is Orthodoxall, others doctrines be
Most iusty all condemn'd for heresy.
He Proteus-like transformes himself againe
Then he's a Roman Catholick, and saith,
That Rome's the Mother Church: Her only faith
Is Orthodoxall, others doctrines be
Most iusty all condemn'd for heresy.
Yet after all these changes if he come
A new Vlisses, to his natiue home,
He layes fasthold againe where he began.
Say: Is not Vafer a Religious Man?
A new Vlisses, to his natiue home,
He layes fasthold againe where he began.
Say: Is not Vafer a Religious Man?
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