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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01800	The arke of noah for the Londoners that remaine in the cittie to enter in, with their families, to be preserued from the deluge of the plague. Item, an exercise for the Londoners that are departed out of the cittie into the coutnrey, to spend their time till they returne. Whereunto is annexed an epistle sent out of the countrey, to the afflicted cittie of London. Made and written by Iames Godskall the yonger, preacher of the word.	Godskall, James.	1604 (1604)	STC 11935; ESTC S120518	49,399	68

say of this going So runne that yee may obtaine The third rule is Returne slowly that is continue where thou art a necessarie rule to bee obserued in the going to the the name of the Lord. It is the rule of the spirituall Physitians Ephe. 6. 18. Rom. 12. 1. Thes 5. Pray continually c. As it is prescribed so it hath beene practised the woman of Canaan continued in her prayer and returned not in haste They which are in the Countrey although there bee many things which might mooue them to returne yet for the safetie of their bodies they continue till the plague be ceased So continue in thy prayer by the Lord and be not wearie of wel doing Although three things might haue mooued thy Syrophenician to returne the silence of Christ her back-friends and the odious names giuen vnto her yet these discouragements her poore soule digested obtaining both a cure for her daughters infirmitie and a commendation for her faith O woman thou hast wrought a myracle by the perseuerance of thy prayer and hast giuen to thy Sauiour occasion to doo a memorable act conuenient to his nature glorious to his holy name Let vs at this time follow her perseuerance and although the Lord should seeme to be silent for a time yet let vs not draw backe that wee may receiue a cure both for our soules and bodies and deserue a commendation both by God and other nations and thereby giue occasion vnto the Lord to shew his omnipotent power in the ceasing of the plague and to doo an act in England conuenient to his nature and glorious to his holy name And as Iacob wrastled with the Angel and would not let him goe vntill hee had receiued the blessing So let vs as it were striue with the Lord by our prayers and let him not goe vntill he haue heard vs in that which we aske of him in this afflicted time Let our prayers be now as the showers of the raine if the first showre faileth of watering the earth sufficiently the second the third or the fourth wil fulfill the thirst thereof Let vs be like vnto the widow Luk. 18. and our importunitie will draw him vnto audience but yet let vs hold a better opinion of the iudge of the world then of a common vulgar friend It delighted his eares to heare our redoubled obsecrations and he suspendeth our desires in expectation that we should be importunate to craue The bodily Physitians cannot away with the importunate patient but God King Dauids Physitian loueth the importunate prayer and more acceptable is to him the ende of our prayer then the beginning I would the children of light were as wise in their generation as the wodden Priests 1. Reg. 18. who cried long to Baal yea cut themselues with kniues that they might be heard and what ought not wee then doo to obtaine our suite Let nothing then mooue vs to returne but as the King of the Philistines 1. Sam 6. though they had Calues at home yet they kept the straight way to Bethshemesh and held one path turning neither to the right nor to the left hand neither euer stood still till they came into the field of Iosuah So in our going to the name of Iehouah the affection of our soules bearing the Arke and coffer of our suites though it hath worldly allurements to draw it backe as the Kine had Calues yet let it in the way to the house of God as they to Bethshemesh hold one path of perseuerance turning neither to the right or left hand with wandring cogitations till it commeth into the field and garden of God and there let it remaine Many hauing not continued in the Countrey in their hastie returning are fallen sicke and died So many hauing not continued in this strong bulwarke haue endangered both body and soule And thus much hitherto of the second part There followeth now the third and the last which openeth vnto vs the houshold-stuffe which we must carrie with vs thither noted in the word Righteous As they which go in the country in the time of plague carie with them their houshold-stuffe their furniture those things which are necessarie for their bodies and as Noah entring the arke carried with him necessaries so likwise in our going to this place we must carrie with vs those things which are necessarie for our soules that we may be receiued by the Lord of that soyle and without which wee can not goe thither There are fiue peeces of spiritual houshold-stuffe which are necessary for vs noted in the word Righteous The first is Repentance and holines of life for he that is righteous giueth himselfe to righteousnes And this furniture carried with him Dauid 2. Sam. 24. 11. As they which goe in the countrey haue their reasons why they carrie with them such and such necessaries So giue me leaue in the opening of this furniture to shew you also the reasons which must moue vs to carie them with vs. As for this first the first reason is the prescription of the spirituall Phisitions it is the Apostles precept Let euery one that calleth on the name of Christ depart from iniquitie The second is that we may be receiued for the righteous Lord loueth righteousnesse his countenance doeth behold the iust Psal 11. 7. His eies are vpon the righteous and his eares open to their crye but his face is against them that doe euill to cut off their remembrance from the earth Psal 34. 15. 16. If I regarde wickednes in my heart saith Dauid the Lord will not heare me For as Salomon testifieth the Lord is farre off from the wicked but he heareth the prayer of the righteous Prou. 15. 29. Drawe therefore neere to God and he will drawe neere to you cleanse your handes ye sinners and purge your hearts ye wauering minded Iam. 4. 8. 9. The third is that the bodily plague may cease for how dare we approach vnto the Lord to craue that it might be remooued and yet carie with vs the inward cause thereof let the Physitions maxime heere preuaile remooue the cause that the effect may cease Let vs not as the sonnes of Iacob bring into the presence of our father the garment of Ioseph which we our selues haue beblooded As Aaron could not come before the Lord before he was washed so let vs not goe vnto him before we haue cleansed our selues from infection of the soule And as Iacob Gen. 43. exhorted his sonnes when they were going to Ioseph carrie with you the best fruites of the land and giue them him so let vs in our going to to the true Ioseph Iesus Christ carrie with vs the best fruites of our hearts to offer vp the sacrifice of our prayers our corrupt affections as Abraham left behinde him at the foote of the hill his asses I conclude this first point with the saying of Chrysostome as in a garland it is not enough that the

our soules that they may familiarly speake with him whose loue vnto vs is better then gold or pearle If we delight to speake languages by prayer wee may speake the excellentest language which hath euer beene the language of Canaan let vs not feare to discourse with the Lord by our prayers for hee is not like vnto the spruce and finical sonnes of men feare not saith Chrysostome he seeketh not at thy hands painted eloquence an angelicall tongue filed phrases but beholdeth only the beautie of thy soule Others take their pleasure while they are in the Countrey to ride vp and downe in their Coches and Chariots being carried therein betwixt heauen and earth Let prayer bee your Coache beloued it is as one saith as a Chariot of fire bearing vs aloft in the presence of God able to mount vs aboue the Eagles of the skie to seeke the Lords assistance In the time of plague there is appointed a Waggon or Coache to carrie the sicke to the Pest-house and there to be healed there is no better Chariot to carrie our soules vnto the house of heauen to bee healed by that heauenly Physitian then humble prayer Some delight to goe vp and downe and see their friends our best friends at this time and at all times who can do vs the most good are God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost let vs visite them therefore continually by our prayers Others in writing letters what is prayer else but as it were a letter sent to God in which wee declare our neede and as a letter is an amiable discourse and conference of one friend with another as if they were both present So is our prayer as a friendly letter or discourse of vs which are absent from home with our best friend the Lord as if wee were present with him in heauen Send this letter and letter vpon letter yee that are now exiled shew vnto the Lord your neede pray vnto him that hee will bring you home againe and remooue that in his mercie which keepeth you backe Lastly some in running of Races or in Hunting but yee beloued in this afflicted time runne the way of Gods Commandements as Dauid Psal 119. runne to the name of Iehouah with the righteous Prou 18. runne the race which is set before you and that with patience looking vnto Christ Iesus Hebr. 12. 1. and so runne that yee may obtaine that which you sue for Hunt not after the pleasures of this life but after the liuing God and as the Hart brayeth for the ryuers of waters so let your soules pant after the liuing God Psal 42. 1. That the Lords Hunter Psal 91. hunt vs not but that the Lord may deliuer vs from the snare of the Hunter and from the noysome pestilence Psal 91. 3. Vse therefore this comfortable exercise the childe is neuer better but when it is in his fathers and mothers lap So shal you neuer be better but when by prayer you creepe as it were in your heauenly Fathers bosome it will kindle your loue toward him as the loue of louers is kindled the more they come together and if yee remaine there this Winter feruent prayer will bee in steade of fire to kindle in your hearts the loue of God Fourthly the profit of this exercise commendeth it much it is not onely delectable but also profitable Some which are in the Countrey at this time spend their time I doo confesse profitably riding vp and downe to buy commodities against the future but prayer is a farre profitabler exercise for this time for it is not onely profitable to our selues but also vnto others yea to the whole Realme And as the Apostle speaketh of Godlines that it is profitable for al things so I may say of prayer that it can obtaine any thing profitable for vs in two respects First to obtaine that we haue not Secondly to keepe that we haue obtained First if thou lackest knowledge and wisedome prayer is the meanes to obtaine it Iam. 1. If thy vnderstanding bee darke pray with Dauid Psal 119. Open mine eyes O Lord that I may see the mysteries of thy Law If thou lackest zeale pray with Dauid Psal 119. Lord incline my heart vnto thy law c. And because this world is a desart where we may easily erre pray with Dauid Psal 50. Leade me in thy pathes c. If our soules be infected with the plague of vanitie and couetousnesse the meanes to remooue it is prayer Psal 119. O Lord remooue farre from me vanitie and encline not my heart to couetousnesse The meanes to obtaine a contented minde is also prayer Prou 30. Pouertie nor riches giue me not c. If thou desirest to thinke vpon thy mortalitie by the subiect whic● now is presented to thee pray with Dauid Psa 90. Teach vs O Lord to number our dayes that we may applie our hearts to wisedome If yee desire to returne it is not your sports or delightes but your prayers that must bring you backe If yee desire the ceasing of the plague it is your prayer that must remooue the cause that the effect may cease As prayer obtaineth so it keepeth that you haue already obtained such are not your exercises which ye your selues haue inuented O sonnes of Adam for by them you often loose that which you had purchased ryotously which Alexander blamed in his friends wasting and consuming your whole abilitie There is another thing which ought to perswade you to this exercise which is that it is profitable to others prayer doeth more good then Almes for by our Almes we can helpe but a fewe but by our prayers wee can helpe thousands and thousands yea those which are farre off Prayers are the almes of the rich as well as of the poore for Pharao did as well begge for prayers as poore Lazarus for crummes Yee rich men that are in the Countrey bestowe these almes vpon the poore as well as the almes of your purses and in this afflicted time seeke more to profite the whole Realme by your prayers then by your commodities I ende this point with the saying of Augustine Plus profeci orando quā legendo I haue more profited by praying then by reading Fiftly this exercise is commendable because it is able to to strengthen vs. Some in the Countrey doo spend their time in exercises by which they may maintaine their health and strengthen their bodies that they may bee able to doo any thing the exercise of prayer is good to make vs recouer the health of our soules which was waxen weake as this present plague and your present exile both doo witnesse Yea it is able to make vs doo admirable things Was it euer heard that mightie Potentates as there haue beene many Alexander the great Iulius Caesar and the rest could make the Sunne or the Moone to stand still in the firmament And yet this hath done the prayer of Iosua Haue there euer beene any armies so great