The loue of God Here is declared, if you wyl rede that god doth loue this la[n]d in dede by felynge his rod. Samuel, William, fl. 1551-1569. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A11439 of text S110822 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 21690.4). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A11439 STC 21690.4 ESTC S110822 99846290 99846290 11250 2248515476

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A11439) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 11250) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 538:9) The loue of God Here is declared, if you wyl rede that god doth loue this la[n]d in dede by felynge his rod. Samuel, William, fl. 1551-1569. [8] p. s.n., [London : 1559?] Signed at end: Vvyllyam Samuel. In verse. Caption title. Place of publication from STC; alludes to the accession of Elizabeth I. Signatures: [A]⁴. Identified as STC 21690++ on UMI microfilm. Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800. eebo The loue of God. Here is declared, if you wyl rede that god doth loue this la[n]d in dede by felynge his rod. Samuel, William, 1559 10 1110 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.01 B The rate of 9.01 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2004-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2004-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2004-12 Sampled and proofread 2004-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-01 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE loue of God . Here is declared , if you wyl rede That god doth loue this land in dede By felynge his rod . ENgland is blest , & loued of god who can the same deny For she hath felt his louin● rod because she went awrye . Deserue she dyd , more to be whypt her faultes they were so great Who dyd not se , how far she slypt from law , and iustice seat . The word so frely taught & preacht as no land had it more When teachers truelye truth them teacht they set by it no store . They kept it not in hart and minde to lead therby theyr lyfe . If they had ben to God so kynde then had not come the stryfe . But so longe as they hard the voise full styl they were as shepe Al huste & peace , there was no noise but silence they did kepe . And streight as sermon ended was they sayd that he sayde wel But aske them how his wordes dyd passe & then they could not tel . And some there semed to be so ful that they woulde heare no more Theyr sprites & eares wer waxen dul they cared not therefore . Al knoledge had they caught & won as they had in theyr thought So that with spede theyr harts begon to set by it as nought . And fell to sekyng land and good by rape and eke vnrighte As men ful mad and worldly wood from measure flyeng quight . For glory eke and earthly prayse some soughte as they were mad Not sparing by vnlauful wayes so they in sylkes were clad . Promotion some so swiftly soughte to place theyr bloud on hie That frend or foe they spared nought tho they therfore shuld dye . To be forsworne , it was no synne the custome made it law So they a lyfe at ease might wynne of God they had no awe . Tho lawe did wyl of Idoles foyl but few with wyl them burst But al content to take the spoyles not thinkyng them a curst . Of pride , of enuye , and disdayne Whose hart was not possest Of wanton eyes and lustes so vaine Who longe from these dyd reste . So geuen to sectes and fables fond so bent to tales vntrue So geuen to lyes as any londe styl lustyng thinges of new . Who dyd not se , that had his eyes these vyces so to raygne That scourge & plague must nedes arise to bring them home agayn . Then came the rod by death to kyl the prince that was full good And let such tyrantes haue their wil as shed the giltles bloud . At large were set al wicked men and good men put to thral Ful lytle thought so soden then that they shuld haue the baul . The synnes that long had taken rote and blossomes ful dyd bear The wyllyng eare and redy fote false witnes for to heare : Was punisht then by Ipocrites and men that had no God and such as past not of .ii. mites to do the thinge forbod . By this meanes men that were withoute and loked vpon our land Did bring in question and in doute how that this gere could stande . Sayeng to God he dyd not loue the English bloud at all Because he dyd the swete remoue and sent them bitter gall To that his word did answer make and toke his cause in hande Affyrming God not to forsake the lytle Ile England . Whom God doth loue , then said his lore the same he doth correcte Least they shuld dye in hel therfore and so for aye reiecte . Also to proue and trye his vine he let that the defence Of romishe bores , and sowish swine should quight be taken thence . A forrein lande to set in foote he winked at also To proue a case by fourme of mote that sinners myght hym knowe . And whyles the word & carnal men dyd reason thus a whyle To make that eche his wyl should ken he strayght began to smyle . Hold styl he sayd , I wyl be iudge and sentence strayght he gaue quod he to death se that thou trudge and fyl thou vp a graue . A graue quod he , wher may that be and who shal therin lye & straight was sene the english quene al prone and fyt to dye . The roussed vp deth & cast his dart and cloue her hart in twayne Then lay she dead , that causde the smart that fel vpon Britayne . Death then had thought , that he had done & wold haue taken rest nay nay sayd God , thou hast begon therfore I thinke it best : That thou do kyl more of my foes that would my wil withstand Then found he out , as tumor goes some captaynes of the band . He made them shrink for al theyr brags and burst their bandes in twayne He pluckt them quite out of their iags thus by him were they slayne . Lo lo sayd God , now haue I tolde my sentence and my wyl And I my self haue ben so bold my foes by death to kyll . For this let vs geue thankes to him and praise his holy name And nowe let vs with hartes begin a better life to frame . Let al confesse the mercy of God the cause to be alone Why he hath cast away his rod And is with vs at one . prayeng to him , that he wyll geue vnto this ruler sent A wylling mind while she doth lyue as alwayes she was bent . To set vp God , and godlynes the truth for to restore To banyshe out pope holines by law for euermore . Let al degrees vpon theyr knees thus pray with one consent That he which sees our miseries may better be content . Now to conclude my metre rude but matter true and iust se you repent your lyfe mysspent Or els be sure and trust : That God wyl strike , & strike again a sharper stroke then this That you shal fele with greater payne be sure he wyl not mysse . Finis . ꝙ Wyllyam Samuel . God saue the Quene .