Alterations of Kingdoms

Anon

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AltK14999.5
2008
STC 14999.5
Ringler 14999.5 and TP 1715. Single sheet folio, trimmed along upper, lower and right margins.

... Alteracions of Kingdoms, for despising of god
London: [R. Grafton],c. 1550.



Composition Date: c. 1550.

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	[¶...] 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[.......]
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165	And send him a pro[......]
	With long contin[...........]
	Gods glory to a[.......]
	And the we[lth .........]
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