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A35684	Pelecanicidium, or, The Christian adviser against self-murder together with a guide and the pilgrims passe to the land of the living : in three books.	Denny, William, Sir, 1603 or 4-1676.; Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702.	1653 (1653)	Wing D1051; ESTC R22350	177,897	342

Blow at Heart 10. But Hark! thy Parents call thy Freinds thy Wife They bid thee Spare what 's not thine Own thy Life If Not for love yet Hold thy hand for shame Blot not Posterity nor brand thy Name Prevent not Future Issue For thy Deed As much as in thee lyes makes Mankind bleed Yea Should All into Such a Pitt be hurl'd A Suddain Fun'erall Soone would Sweep the World As Waters Fury Once did All engage Thou would'st bring Death to All by Human Rage The Diff'erence Only What was there one Floud Thou fain Would'st change to many streams of Blood 11. Thy Countrey and the Magistrate Supream Do claim thee as a Branch o' th' Common Stream For there 's a Publicke Right in Every Man That Life He neither may dispose nor can 12. Canst make a Law than Natures more to bind And null Her Statute that at first was sign'd Then didst thou make thy self If not Submit Who 's not Above that Law is Under it A Law is made to punish an Offence And not Authority for Violence A Law 's the Rule of Justice Bond whereby To knit No Force to break Societie The end of Laws is This That Men increase By Justice 'mong Themselves so that milde Peace May blesse their Fellowship Which should be so As if th'were holy and no change might know The right Lawmakers Sacred Priests appear Of Justice Each to Her 's A Minister How comes it Then that Thou do'st so assume To break what 's holy Or how dar'st presume SECT XXIV Arguments from Religion BUt Wher 's Religion all this while Yea Where Had God been in thy Thoughts th'hadst not been there There in grim darknesse out of Sight of Heaven Self durst not Self attempt Life t' have bereaven Religion is the Bank the Quickrow Bound That pens the Waters and divides the Ground By this the Vineyard's fenc't from Fox and bore That Watch to Spoil It's Beautie and It 's store Nor has the Roaring Lion there the Power To Rend with Pawes or with his Jawes devoure And though his Fury compasses about Earth Sea and Ayr yet is he there shut out Gods Church is Noah's Ark Which maugre Rage Does act yet Safely on the bill'owie Stage SECT XXV The Cause of Desperate Actions NO marvail then when Her strong Pale is down Like Ship-sprung Planks the waves break in and drown How cu'd Such Fury else such dire Events Lay hold on Christians in their Discontents This is that Black Eclipse that baneful Cause That not alone portends such Ills but drawes When holy Worship does become a crime And Weeds spring up and overgrow the Time When every Humonr Vents it's purulence And Scripture's made a Nose of wax of Sence When Poyson fills the Market sells for Food How can the People's Nourishment be good When humane Fancies for their Judgements go And down Opinion does Religion throw When All 's our own and Nothing 's due to God As if w 'had banisht Him from Our Abode When Malice out of Hearts has sulphur'd love And the fell Serpent has devour'd the Dove When there 's Delight in Evil and Men run As in Contempt with Back upon the Sun When Noughts left Christian but the only Name As if in Ashes Men wu'd seek a Flame When Christs High Ordinances Men reject And make's Commandements of none Effect When Men deny the Power of Godlinesse And dare most horrid Blasphemies expresse When Christians question Scripture War 'gainst God As if they did defie his dreadful Rod. When in such Wickednesse Men dare to boast Resist and dare deny the Holy Ghost When I must not write ought more Lest then My trembling Hand shu'd drop my sinking Pen Strook looking Backward see rais'd Babels Brick Or Forward see remov'd the Candlestick SECT XXVI Lamentation for the Church THen mourn Thou Virgin desolate in brine Bewail the Miseries that now are Thine Behold the Children dash themselves 'gainst Stones And madly strive who first shall break their Bones Sit down in mourning in thy Sackcloth Shell And let thy Groans be as each Back-rung Bell Fire Fires's within their Hearts Of Envie Hate As Wickednesse were Fuel unto Fate And each seems act so much the Wretched Elf First to destroy Another then Himself SECT XXVII Expostulation with the Atheist WHat Enyo guides What curst Erinnis drives Men to throw headlong into Hell their Lives Is there no God Say Atheist Is there none Thy Conscience needs must tell thee There is One. The Heavens declare his Glorie Earth his Power His Wisdom All His Providence each Flower No Hearb that peeps in Woods or showes in Fields But Argument sufficient 'gainst Thee yields Who made the Universe Some Power Above From Whom comes Life By whom all Things do move And if A God Is not that Trine-One He Whom the Athenians thought unknown to be That God whom they false worshipt thou must know Thy Baptism bound thee t'own Him and Self owe. Be else Apostate Stand Stand out the Tryal And Thou at last shalt finde Him by Denyal Delude thy Self And mock at horrid Hell As 't were A Tale that Pollicie did tell There 's such a Place For of it Thou dost smell Thy Brimstone-Oaths and thy diseased Fire Thy lustful Flames in curses that expire Shew there s A Hell And likely not far off For Part of it was in thy gracelesse Scoff SECT XXVIII With the Universarian BUt worse than Atheist If there worse can be For Thou Religion makest Blasphemie Thou Universal-Grace-Man that doest place The rankest Poyson in Best Balsame Grace To purge the Sins of all the World Christ di'd A Truth And yet it ought to be deni'd As thou do'st rend the Text and wu'dst infer As if that Satan were Interpreter Mark with what Subtilty the Devil tryes With such large Spectacles t' abuse thine Eyes Mark Consequences If for All He di'd He then for All most fully satisfi'd And if he satisfi'd for All forepast to come No Debt is due And if No Debt No Doom What may'st Thou then not do in Sin abound Thou canst not fail For Scripture is thy Ground Why should'st denie a Lust Or hold thy Hand From Murder when it with thy Ends do's stand Say Naboths Death was Just Condemn his Wit For Ahab offer'd Fair. The Ground laid Fit Hold Iezabel for Wise Make good Her Fast But Mark his Curse And read her End at last Christ di'd for All. For All the World Christ di'd For whom soe're Believes he satisfi'd For whom soe're Believes in Him His Will do's do All Those the Priviledge belongeth to He would have All be sav'd But ye would not He said and wept O There O There 's the Blot What! What shall we Then say Shall Sin take Place Shall We continue still in Sin that Grace May more abound Say as S. Paul then did God forbid O tell How shall We that are Dead to Sin Abusing Grace Shall we yet live Therein Know Ye not that All All so priz'd as We Which

Tender-Conscienc't Despairer 6 13. A horrid yet true storie of one that hang'd himself upon his Knees with a Bible on a stool open before him and a paper to signifie that he had repented 7 14. One that will not plead to save his Goods 8 15. A desperate malefactor 8 16. A Wench with childe 9 17. A despairing Client 9 Instruction 18. From the Frame of Nature 10 19. From Mans Creation and Redemption 10 20. Self Preservation from Instinct 11 21. Examples of Self-preservation 12 22. Self-Homicide against Nature 12 23. Reason against Self-murder 13 1. From Iustice. 2. From comparative value 3. From Courage 4. From the Immortalitie of the Soul 5. From Experiment 14 6. From the offices of the Senses 7. From shame of the Fact 8. From Injustice 15 9. From the manner of the Duell 15 10. From particular Interest Of Parents Husbands and Wives Children Friends c. 11. From publick interest Of Countrey Supream Magistrate The Church c. 12. From the Law of Nature 16 24. Arguments from Religion 16 25. The Cause of desperate Actions 17 26. Lamentation for the Church 18 27. Expostulation with the Atheist 18 28. With the Universarian 19 29. Invitation to the Direction 21 30. The Direction 21 31. An Orthodox Divine the best Instructer 22 32. Persuasion by Assumption and Religious Reason 23 33. Comparatives in Law and Gospel 26 34. Supposition of satisfaction 27 35. Consolation 28 36. Satans Craft and Policie 29 37. Incouragement against Temptation 29 38. Advance of Resolution 30 39. Prevention 30 40. Summary Fortification 31 THE SECOND BOOK Pag. THe Manuduction 35 Canto 1. The Den of Idlenesse 36 Perspective 1. 38 Morall 1. 39 Prospect 1. 40 Consolatory Essay 1. 41 Canto 2. The Grotto of Repentance 44 Perspective 2. 47 Moral 2. 51 Prospect 2. 52 Consolatory Essay 2. 53 Canto 3. The Wildernesse of Tribulation 58 Perspective 3. 60 Moral 3. 63 Prospect 3. 66 Consolatory Essay 3. 67 Canto 4. The fruitful Vale of Tears 70 Perspective 4. 72 Moral 4 78 Prospect 4. 80 Consolatory Essay 4. 80 Canto 5. The Cell of Humility 84 Perspective 5. 86 Morall 5. 95 Prospect 5. 90 Consolatory Essay 5. 91 Canto 6. The House of Prayer 94 Perspective 6. 106 Morall 6. 125 Prospect 6. 126 Consolatory Essay 6. 127 THE THIRD BOOK The Encouragement Canto 7. The Mount of Faith 140 Perspective 7. 143 Morall 7. 162 Prospect 7. 163 Consolatory Essay 7. 164 Canto 8. The Camp of Resolution 168 Perspective 8. 172 Morall 8. 185 Prospect 8. 188 Consolatory Essay 8. 189 Canto 9. The Lodge of Patience 194 Perspective 9. 199 Morall 9. 218 Prospect 9. 221 Consolatory Essay 9. 222 Canto 10. The Ruines of Mortification 227 Perspective 10. 231 Morall 10. 246 Prospect 10. 247 Consolatory Essay 10 248 Canto 11. The Farm of Self-Resignation 252 Perspective 11. 256 Morall 11. 282 Prospect 11. 283 Consolatory Essay 11. 284 Canto 12. The holy Hill of Contemplation 286 Perspective 12 303 Morall 12. 311 Prospect 12. 314 Consolatory Essay 12. 315 As Cat sad despr'ate Mayde Feind tempes to Tree From Steepe to gaping deepe as Tyger Man bent see As Eagle Booke Grace Gospell puttes in Hand Instruction pulles from Fire as Angell him y t Brand. F. Barlow fecit THE CHRISTIAN ADVISER AGAINST SELF-HOMICIDE OR SELF-MURDER BOOK I. SECT I. Accoast STay Desperate Souls Let 's have a word or two Examine Well what you but Once can do Can any Fiend allure with such a Call That you must post and run into the Fall Or is your Conscience cozen'd with false Hope That Heaven is t'ane by Water Knives or Rope For no man sure seeks Hell Nor sets his Will On Purpose to bring forth the Fruits of Ill. Man was and is betray'd with specious Show And meets with Losse in seeking More to know SECT II. Induction SMooth-handed Pleasure beckens Most awry And has a Wanton Witchcraft in the Eye Unwieldy Wealth that 's stiff and pursie grown A Hoard's that He that has yet does not own Or Others vainer Breath wherewith some build Castles in Air their Names with it to gild These are Hell's usual Cordage Traps and Gins Wherewith Men twist the Cables of their Sins With which they to destruction tye so fast As if unto th' Abysse th 'ad Anchor cast SECT III. Lovers OR is' t some whining calm of Love that 's crost That has your Hearts into the Hazard tost Is there No Remedie for what you loose But Woodcock like to cure it with a Noose Is Nature plunder'd that she 'as lost her Store What canst not finde 'mongst all All to please One more Why sneak ye else alone Why sigh Why pine Why set up Idols on each sainted Shrine So tempt ye Heaven And with your frantick Fits Endanger losse of Life as well as Wits SECT IV. Great Spirits COme ye stiff Hearts that know not how to bend That All wou'd borrow but wou'd Never lend Has strong Affliction prest ye to the Ground And left ye Speechlesse as y 'had lately swoun'd Can dire Resolves help Or Stabs cure a Wound Have ye lost All Things And 'bove Those your Fame Life was before Let it out-live A Name Impatient Fingers of Mindes overhot Open not Skains but run them All a knot Unrulie Pris'ners fetter'd strive in vain And more do hurt themselves the more they strain SECT V. Melancholick BUt cloudie Natures swallow'ing stupid Follie Like Pills wrapt up in pleasing Melancholie Forbear your Dumps And let in Reasons Light Else you may hasten or forestall your Night Be sociable Creatures as First made Occasion shunn'd does Sad Events evade Be well imploy'd For Idlenesse has been Porter and Executioner to Sinne SECT VI. Iealous ANd Why so Jaundic't are ye Man or Wife Your Local Hell does wearie shorten Life Think ye that Jealousie Ill got Worse born Must have Death drive it through the Suretie-Horn Whose narrow passage is the only way For foolish Hopes to seek by Night the Day Shalt thou cause th' other happens on a Shelf Needs therefore madly cast away thy Self SECT VII The Frighted Childe WHo 's there The woful Childe of Parents Rage Whither art going to prevent thine Age What Stepmother has frighted thee to do That when thou com'st at thou wilt tremble too Beware of Haste Thy Steps do lead to Hell Where Rage where Horrour do for ever dwell Storms last not Alwayes Have a Care mad Childe Thou thinkst to scape the Worst and art beguil'd Thy Parents Wrath may sooner be appeas'd Than everlasting Torments can be eas'd SECT VIII The Debaucht Prentice WHy Prentice buy'st That Cord Thy look bewrayes There 's something in thee that thy Self betrayes Has thy lewd recklesse Youth summ'd Tavern-Scores Or hast exchang'd thy Masters Wares for Whores Do'st fear thy Parents Bond Thy Credits Losse All these And hast thou yet another Crosse Then Wrath on All sides haunts thee and the Maid Or Masters Daughter thou hast ill betray'd And wud'st thou binde up