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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10292	A most straunge, and true discourse, of the wonderfull iudgement of God. Of a monstrous, deformed infant, begotten by incestuous copulation, betweene the brothers sonne and the sisters daughter, being both vnmarried persons. Which childe was borne at Colwall, in the country and diocesse of Hereford, vpon the sixt day of Ianuary last, being the feast of the Epiphany, commonly called Twelfth day. A notable and most terrible example against incest and whoredome.; Most straunge, and true discourse, of the wonderfull judgement of God	I. R., fl. 1600.	1600 (1600)	STC 20575; ESTC S106049	9,301	20

of the legge but the right legge quite downe to the heele within two fingers breadth 10 The right foote almost from the midst therof bowed or turned towardes the left and with a stringe of flesh was fast ioyned to the same at the endes of the great toes which toes withall the rest of the toes were couered ouer with one entier skinne as the fingers were 11 The bodie for length and bignesse exceeded the ordinarie stature of other children When this woman was first deliuered of this monstrous burden the Midwiues being three in number then present thinking it had no life laid it by on a fewe Bents where it lay without any couering halfe an houre and then it cryed and not before And they hearing it cry tooke it vp and put clothes about it vsing it as a childe ought to be vsed thinking that it would not liue to be brought to the Church to bee baptized they sent for the Minister and Pastour of Colwall within whose charge it was borne to Christen it who being a zealous man and a learned Preacher repaired thither with all speede and finding by his owne inspection and due examination of the persons present at the birth of the saide childe that it was thus straungely formed and figured and being accompanied with competent witnesses he baptized the said child naming it What god will And after it was baptized it liued two daies and two nights and more and the third day it departed this life And during the time it liued it receiued sustenance and had euacuation of naturall superfluities both by vrine siege but in all that time it was not perceiued to sleepe and in trueth it could not bee discerned to close the eyes because it had no eyeliddes to couer them Thus haue you heard the wonderfull deformities of this monster described vnto you in all parts and according to the verie truth as it was It resteth now that we make vse of it and heare what is said in the last part of this booke which containeth in it a christian discourse against al vncleannesse and all vncleane persons that will not be reformed with an exhortation to al others that yet are not so defiled in part or in the whole and to those that haue looked that way and are desirous to repent and amende Beloued there be 7. things which as it seemeth to me are the causes of all these euills in man or woman 1 Our Ignorance that we doe not consider the end of our creation which is to glorifie God by liuing in obedience to his lawes and commaundements Thou shalt not not lust Thou shalt not commit adulterie c. 2 We forget the end of our calling to the Gospell and profession of Iesus Christ which is to liue in holinesse and righteousnesse all the dayes of our life 3 Thirdly we looke not into the fruits and effects that are required of vs in Baptisme which are that we should die to sinne and liue to righteousnesse and wherein we doe willingly binde our selues to Christ to be his faithfull souldiers and seruants to fight against sinne the world the flesh and the diuell vnder his coullors which is the Crosse and afflictions which he and we that are his must suffer of wicked wordlings in this world 4 If while we are young our parents doe not bring vs vp and keepe vs harde at our booke if we be of meete degree nor at our dayly labour and businesse if we be of meane estate but do suffer the one sort to haue too much pampering ease and delicacie the other too much Idlenesse play and libertie also * Note And sathan will worke vpon vs if we haue but any one of these for true it is that where God giueth not the gifts of cōtinencie or preuenteth by his grace euery young man after sixteen or seauenteen yeares oulde and euery mayden of fourteene or fifteene say what they will to the contrarie hath motion to lust and fleshy delights and the diuell if it be possible will blowe with the bellowse of concupiscence in vs til the heate of nature hath set both body and soule on fire I will not meddle with naturall Philosophy in this poynt nor shew you by Aristotles rule how you should know this to be true because they that will giue glorie vnto God and confesse the truth doe know and finde this true in them selues that I say vnlesse as is afore shewed God by his preuenting grace or with his blessed gifte of continency doe goe before them 5 A fift reason of all this out-rage in the flesh is this that whereas by originall sinne wee are subiect to lust and to all other actuall sinnes here taking lust for the sinnes of vncleannesse and not for all grosse sinnes in generall as the word will affoord I say whereas by originall guiltynes we are subiect to all sinne whatsoeuer so are we naturally encliued and desirous of the means that may further the sinne that we are most enclined vnto as close companying together dalyance sight touching talking lewdly of the actions of generation writing of letters making and reading of lewde and wanton bookes ballads of loue and pamphlets that tend that way day night thoughts and some things that for modesty sake I neyther can or will name all which like swine a number vse without all remorse of conscience and the feare of God 6 A sixt reason of this outrage is that wee bee not thoroughly made acquainted with Gods boke and therein exercised day and night that is to say morning and euening at the least that so we might see what God forbids what he commaunds touching chastitie puritie of body mind what punishments haue come on men and women for these sins and in what acompt God hath them that liue pure cleane of which stories Gen. 19. and 38. Iudges 20.2 Sam. 11. Rom. 1.1 Cor. 6. Gal. 5. Ephe. 5. Reue. 20. 21. are wonderfull to consider 7 Our neglect of wise graue histories in this point of reading what monstrous births God hath sent vnto many both in this Realme in other places which might make vs to tremble and quake when wee shall but reade and heare of them M. Stubbs in his booke entituled The Anatomie of Abuses doth notably handle this point so doth M. Hergeste in his booke entituled The right rule of Christian Chastity M. Batmans booke and the Theater of Gods Iudgment c. The which books I wish with all my heart were dayly heard read of our amorous yonkers lewde huswiues of the world of Courtiers Citizens Countrey people with all other good like authors Besides we should vse all the good meanes that might more fully make vs to suppresse lust sinfull pleasure as to be in good places godly cōpany the Church also to heare diuine seruice and sermons c. Wee doe not giue our selues to good exercises that might make vs forget all such matters as Actiuitie Studie