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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77323	The distressed merchant. And the prisoners comfort in distresse. When he was a prisoner in London, in chap. 49. the reader may take notice of, I. His observations of many passages in prison, during his being there. II. The severall humours and carriages of his fellow prisoners. III. His advice to them, and to some of his and their kin, and unkind friends. IV. Gods singular care and providence over all distressed prisoners, that put their trust in him in all afflictions. / Written by William Bagwell merchant.; Merchant distressed	W. B. (William Bagwell), b. 1593?	1645 (1645)	Wing B437; Thomason E265_1; ESTC R212434	98,537	136

considered there are none able to goe through the o troubles and crosses of this life with comfort p but such as utterly mistrusting q their owne assurednesse and r all worldly ayd and helpe of man s doe wholly depend upon t Gods defence But there are some which complaine of the u tediousnesse of their afflictions because they are afflicted almost x all the dayes of their lives even to the very death To such y God will testifie his holy presence another way namely by z giving the distressed parties power and strength to beare their afflictions But how can we a count our afflictions so tedious and long b seeing our lives are so short howsoever c let them be never so great and tedious they are d far inferiour to our sinnes yet every man by nature e desires Gods ready helpe in his necessities and troubles but few attain unto it because they f want faith to beleeve it g prayer to obtaine it and h patience to wait for it But on the contrary if they i endure their afflictions quietly k trust in Gods mercies firmly l and tarry his good pleasure obediently then although they seeme to bee m swallowed up in misery they shall finde n the Lord ready at hand to deliver them Now o howsoever the child of God be afflicted he shall finde p many comforts therein in regard they are like unto a q storme that commeth and goeth Let no man therefore that is afflicted r struggle under Gods hand for then it will be the worse for him for s there is no striving or wrastling with him t but by u prayer hee therefore that with x pleasure and joy endures adversity y for Christs sake may thinke he hath found the z Kingdome of Heaven here on earth a and God will delight in him a For as the fish is sweetest that lives in the saltest waters b so those c soules are most precious unto Christ who are most d exercised and e afflicted with his Crosse Thine in Christ W. B. Authors The Quotations in the Margent which serve for Proofes Reasons Examples or things pertinent to the sense of each particular are taken First out of the Bookes of the Canonicall Scripture the Old and New Testament 1. The Old Testament GEnesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomie Ioshua Iudges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Iob. Psalmes Proverbs Ecclesiastes The Song of Salomon Isaiah Ieremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Ioel. Amos. Obadiab Ionah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggal Zechariah Malachy II. The New Testament MAtthew Marke Luke Iohn Acts Romanes 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Phileman Hebrewes Iames 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 Iohn 2 Iohn 3 Iohn Iude. Revelations Secondly out of the Bookes called Apochrypha 1 ESdras 2 Esdras Tobit Iudeth The rest of Esther Wisedome Ecclesiasticus Baruch The Song of the three Children Susanna The Idol Bel and the Dragon The Prayer of Manasseh 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees The Contents of this Booke The Prisoner To his fellow-prisoners TO the comfortlesse prisoner pag. 1 To the prisoner that lay sick a bed 3 To the Sea man a prisoner 6 To the stranger a prisoner 7 To the faint-hearted prisoner 8 To the Scholler a prisoner 12 To an ancient man a prisoner exceedingly oppressed with sorrow upon sorrow 15 To the men which were prisoners in the hole 21 To the prodigall young man a prisoner 28 To the prisoners called by the name of Rats which are debauched men taken at unlawfull houres in the night by the Watch and brought into prison 31 To the Carrier a prisoner 34 To the Card player a prisoner 40 To the Papist a prisoner 43 To the Captaine a prisoner 54 To the Merchant a prisoner 60 To the merry man a prisoner 63 To an old man a prisoner 68 To the women which were prisoners in the Hole 69 To the impatient prisoner 73 To the unruly young man a prisoner 88 To the prisoners called by the name of Mice which are light huswives taken at unlawfull houres in the night and brought to prison 90 To the prisoner that was to bee discharged and set at liberty 99 To the carelesse man a prisoner 102 To the rich man a prisoner 104 To the idle man a prisoner 105 To the dissembling hypocrite a prisoner 108 To his chamber fellows and others distressed prisoners of the Knights Ward which were there shut up of the plague 112 To others not prisoners TO the cruell Creditor pag. 1 To him that betrayed the prisoner into his adversaries hands 4 To his Sonne 10 To his eldest Daughter 17 To the creditor that domineer'd over his poore debtor in prison 20 To his youngest Daughter 25 To the master of the Tap-house 39 To his Brother 51 To the mercifull Creditor 53 To the master of the prison 58 To a worthy charitable Knight 64 To an ancient Maid a true-hearted friend that was mindfull of him in his troubles 66 To his intimate friend a divine Lawyer 67 To a prisoners wife of a refractory condition 74 To his owne dejected comfortlesse wife 77 To his Maid servant 83 To his Mother 94 To those that come to visit their friends in prison 100 To the Commissioners appointed by his Majestie for the reliefe of poore prisoners 110 The prisoner at liberty his thankful remembrance of Gods great mercies towards him in his manifold deliverances out of many great dangers and troubles to this present 114 To his good friend beyond Sea that gave order to his friend to see him set at liberty 117 To a carefull friend that discharged the trust committed to him by his friend in seeing the prisoner freed out of prison 118 THE MERCHANT DISTRESSED HIS OBSERVATIONS CHAP. I. To the comfortlesse Prisoner BE not a dismay'd thou that art lodged here What need'st thou care if thy b conscience be cleer b Thy c Creditors perhaps may be unkinde What though fear not but bear an d honest minde d e Thy friends and thine acquaintaince may neglect thee e What though be f patient God will not g forget thee g h The Prison doubtlesse is a place of care What though rejoyce i for God is with thee there k Use lawfull meanes l and on God still depend m Hee 'll quickly bring thy troubles to an end CHAP. II. To the cruell Creditor WHy is thy minde so bent to a crueltie Against thy poore Debtor which here doth lie a Is it thy debt thou would'st have him to pay Alas b he can't the c prison's not the way What is 't his d flesh thou then would'st have alone The e

mine b I was the Sergeant that in prison laid thee c Thy mother was thy Gaoler that obey'd me I no close prisoner was though I had foes d But thou wast shut up close thy mother knowes In prison I could walke and looke about But thou in prison then could'st not peepe out In prison I my sight had to my minde But thou t' is knowne in prison wast starke blinde In prison I was cold and tooke much harme But thou in prison wast kept very warme In prison I hard shift made for my diet But thou in prison hadst thy food in quiet In prison I grew leane for want of feeding In prison I know thou hadst thy first breeding e My flesh in prison did consume away But thy flesh then increased every day In prison I had alwayes company But thou alone in prison then didst lye My Keeper in prison did me neglect But thy Keeper did never thee forget My Keeper was a man that was above me Thy Keeper was a woman that did love thee My Keeper did at me oft-times repine But thy Keeper a deare friend was of thine My Keeper often saw me in the light But thy Keeper depriv'd was of thy sight My Keeper I was faine to pray and pay But thy Keeper car'd for thee night and day I was nine weekes in prison so long try'd But thou a nine months in prison did'st abide When I came out of prison glad was I When thou cam'st out of prison b thou did'st cry When I came forth I then some cloaths did lack c But thou then had'st not a rag to thy back When I came forth my friends I went to see When thou cam'st forth thy friends did visit thee Into prison againe I may adventure d But thou into thy prison shalt ne're enter Nine yeares have I my liberty enjoy'd But now in prison am againe annoy'd Five times nine yeares and upwards have I liv'd Sometimes contentedly but often griev'd Nine yeares in sorrowes hast thou liv'd with me Which with thy tender yeares could not agree But God who for his children doth provide Hath rais'd thee friends with whom thou dost abide Far distant from this naughty place and yet They love thee dearly which I 'le ne're forget Where thou good breeding hast and may'st have still With all things else according to my will And where thou willingly shunn'st that that 's naught e And also learn'st apace what thou art taught If thou continu'st as thou hast begun f I then shall have of thee much joy my Son And now to a goodnesse I heare thy minde 's bent In all my troubles I shall have content b The hope of comfort which of thee I have Makes me rejoyce in this living mens grave Wherefore c learne now whilst thou art young and tender Then thou hereafter wilt the same remember Thou then may'st be a man of good esteeme d And my lost credit may'st at last redeeme e Then thou may'st be to me a helpe and stay When I am old and ready to decay f Thou then the Lord wilt praise g and thank thy friends Endeavoring how thou may'st make them amends Now though in prison I am here a while By reason of those that did me beguile Yet still my hope is that I shall one day h See thee and all thy friends againe with joy CHAP. IX To the Scholler a Prisoner a VVHen Schollers have the truants play'd their fill They must be b whipp'd though much against their wil The truant thou hast plaid and eke c neglected Thy Book to learne for which thou art corrected This Prison is thy Schoole now for a time d Christ thy Schoolemaster is as well as mine Now seeing thou unto this Schoole art brought e In practice put that which thou hast beene taught For Christ thy Master is with thee offended f Because thy life thou hast not yet amended g And yet thou need'st not be too much afraid h Though thou the truant hast so often plaid i For if thou dost endeavour to doe well k And wilt no more against him so rebell Then he to thee I know will be as milde As any a Father can be to his Childe b He will not alwaies angry be nor chide With those that his corrections can abide c Yet thou complain'st thy punishment is great And dost with griefe the same oft-times repeat d And art disquieted here in this Schoole Yet doe not thou with others play the foole e For thou should'st rather teach then learne of those Which have no breeding though they weare good clothes Be thou the usher of this Schoole that so f Thou may'st teach others that which they don't know Here are poore Schollers that are apt to learne g Much ill but goodnesse they cannot discerne Thou may'st observe h how some are still addicted To wickednesse i though they are here afflicted Some k give their mindes to drinke others to l sweare And some m their whoring will not here forbeare Some doe delight at cards and dice to play n And thus most of them passe their time away Consider this Instruct them to be o sober That they may learne a new lease to turne over Omit no time p good counsell now to give Unto such as in ignorance here live q For some so ignorant are that they scarce know So much as little babes the Christ-crosse-row r Lead thou a godly life and vertuous be That they example may here take by thee (Å¿) Cheer up thy heart and be not now so muddy Although thy bookes thou hast not here to study It may be thou hast pawn'd or sold away Thy bookes to such t as seldome read or pray Yet be not still so u sad as thou hast been Although those bookes thou canst not yet redeeme For if thou hast one booke amongst the rest x The Bible which of all bookes is the best Thou hast enough to study thereupon a And need'st no other book but that alone He that doth b study much without all doubt In other bookes will soone be wearied out But he that in c Gods word takes great delight And therein d meditates both e day and f night g That man shall flourish and see happy dayes For God will prosper him in all his wayes h God is the Author of that holy Booke And therefore thou therein may'st boldly looke i All holy Scripture's given by inspiration And therefore is in such great k estimation l Search them alone and thou therein shalt finde Eternall life m which satisfies the minde n There wisdome thou mayst learne for thy soules health o The rich find there much joy p the poore much wealth There 's choise of spirituall food q