Spoilers of Church and State, condemned. [ 827]
WHen Augustus had beautified Rome, with setting up many fair buildings, he said,* 1.1 In••e•••• lateritiam, marmoream reliqui, I found it made of brick, but I leave it made of Marble: Such was the Inscription set upon the Cathedrall at Carlisle, (as relating to Dr. Robinson, then Bishop of that See) Invenit destructum, reliquit extructum, he found it ruined, but left it repaired: Here was a good ex∣change, Marble for Brick, Reparations for Ruine. But O the sad inversion of late times, as concerning both Church and State, the ruines of the one, and dilapidations, nay the extirpations of the other, where Religion was become Rebellion, Faith faction, Reformation deformation; where Temples were turn'd into Stables, Princes Palaces into guards of unruly Souldiers; Monarchy into Anarchy, and the well com∣pacted body of Government both in Church and State, into a licentious looseness of life and conversation.