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A02058	An alarum to England sounding the most fearefull and terrible example of Gods vengeance, that euer was inflicted in this world vpon mankind for sinne: seruing generally as a warning for all people to eschew sinne, lest they partake of the like vengeance. By Robert Gray, preacher of the Word of God.	Gray, Robert, 16th/17th cent.	1609 (1609)	STC 12203; ESTC S120400	50,215	146

these silly dumbe creatures it is a maruell that they doe not break their league with man and shake off the yoke of obedience toward him It is a maruell that y e earth doth not rent in sunder vnder man as he walkes vpon it séeing it is so plagued with barrennesse for the sinne of man It is a maruell that our oxen and our horses with their hornes and hooues doe not make warre against vs séeing we are such vnrighteous tyrannicall Lords ouer them not content to haue their vse and seruice except wée plague them besides into such vndeserued vengeance of GODS wrath by our sinnes and transgressions Let vs therefore forbeare and eschew sinne and flye from it as from a Serpent séeing by it wée doe not onely draw downe Gods heauy iudgements vpon our heads but also wée plague our posteritie and the very dumbe and vnreasonable creatures into the wrath of Gods vengeance by our sinnes and transgressions And let vs further learne the perfect hatred of GOD against sinne who doth not onely punish it in mā which committeth it but in all things which any way serue man in his sinfull courses and let vs estéeme no sinne small séeing the infinite maiestie of God is offended by it infinite torments are prepared for it and nothing can satisfie for it but the inestimable price of Christes blood applyed to the conscience by a true and liuely faith Now it remaines that in the last place we examine the cause why the Lord brought such a fearefull destruction vpon this land and people There must néeds be some great cause that did exasperate the Lord to execute such a fierce strange iudgemēt vpon them The cause is not hard to be found out for nothing doth separate man from God but sinne nothing doth prouoke God to punish plague and destroy man but sin nothing doth draw downe the iudgements of God vpon man but sinne and sinne it was that mooued the Lord to reuenge himselfe thus seuerely vpon this land and people as it appeares by the wordes of Almightie God to Abraham Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is exceeding grieuous I will go downe now saith the Lord. Sin brought death into the world they are twinnes bred and borne in one day sinne and destruction are Relatiues admit the one and the other followes death and destruction growes foorth of sinne as fruite from the tree and therefore if we sin we may surely expect to be punished and if we be punished we need not doubt of the cause but we may safely thinke with our selues it is for our sinnes Therefore as we haue considered the punishment of Sodom so let vs consider the sins of Sodom which were the cause of her ouerthrow and destruction The Prophet Ezechiel doth make knowne vnto vs the sinnes of this people to be foure Pride fulnesse of bread idlenesse and vnmercifulnesse towardes the poore But these were not all the sins of Sodō for the Scripture layes downe another sinne practised amongst this people which because it did either beginne amongst them or was more practise● amongst them then amongst any other people beside deriued the name from them and so holds it to this day but the Prophet doth reckō the forenamed sinnes to be the sinnes of this people because they were the principall causes of that vnnaturall sin which wi●h the cry thereof brought such a fearefull vengeance vpon them In speaking of the sinnes of Sodom I will kéepe the same order that the Prophet obserueth in the place before cited placing Pride in the first ranke as though it were the Ring-leader to the rest and the roote from whence all other vices doe follow and so it is indéed and therefore it is called the Center in the sphere of mans life from whence are drawne lines to the circumference of iniquitie If a man haue any good gifts or qualities in him pride doth expell and abandon them if a man haue none pride will not giue place for any to enter and the first thing that pride works in mā is an irrespectiue care and an incurious respect of God hee cares not for God he séekes not for God hée doth not trust and relye vpon God nay he thinkes alwayes there is no God for the obiect of his pride is his God and in it he doth trust vpon it he doth relye and he sets it vp as an Idoll not onely in his owne heart but in the eyes and view of the world to the end all men may applaud admire honour and magnifie it as if a man be proude of his Nobilitie of his dignitie and greatnesse of his wealth and riches of his credit and estimation of his learning and wisdome of his apparel of his costly and goodly buildings or whatsoeuer else is the obiect of his pride he doth not onely set his heart vpon it himselfe séeking all meanes to vphold and maintaine it deriuing all his ioy and contentment from it depending vpon it as vpon the staffe and stay of his strength but he must haue all other men likewise to commit Idolatry with it and as the finger is alwayes where the paine is and the eye where the affectiō is so is the heart of a proud man alwayes setled fixed vpon y e thing whereof he is proud And therefore it is true that Dauid speaks of him he cares not for God he séekes not for God he thinks alwayes there is no God as he is thus careles inrespectiue of God so is he most iniurious to his neighbor in scorning disdaining despising vildly estéeming him Superbus nes●at esse socius A proud man acknowledgeth none to be his equall A proud man is alwayes contentious and by reason he is wholy possest with selfe-loue a man shall neuer haue iustice at his hāds for which cause Moses gaue warning to the Israelites not to chuse a King that should lift vp his heart aboue his brethren for when the chiefe Magistrate is proud and haughty all iustice and iudgement is peruerted he gouerns all things after the rule of his owne proud conceyts And euen as when a man winnoweth wheate the chaffe mounts aloft though it be light and vnprofitable but the wheate falls downe vnto the groūd though it be more precious and excellent then the chaffe euē so when a proud man sits in gouernment vanity is preferred but iustice and iudgement are depressed Dauid complayneth of the proud that they had him excéedingly in derision and in another place that they imagined a lye against him noting vnto vs thereby that in the first place they scorne and disdayne all men and in the second place that they wrong maligne and deale vniustly with euery man Thus is a proud man foūd impious towards God iniurious to his neighbour not capable to receyue any good gifts or graces as a certain Philosopher told Alexander perceyuing his pride God

be some end of our sinnes or if Moses and Samuel with all the holy Angels were amongst vs to bestow both their preaching and their prayers that wee might be saued they should saue but their owne soules and neither vs nor our sonnes and daughters Wee are not sinners of yesterday wee are not Nouices in the schoole of Sathan but we haue long troden the pathes of vngodlinesse wearied our selues in the wayes of wickednesse We haue wearied the tongues of y e Lords Ministers and grieued the soules of those Preachers that haue bin sent vnto vs in séeing their labour lost vpon vs they haue preacht in season out of season they haue brought out of their treasures things both new old they haue giuen vs milke and strong meat they haue come in the spirit of gentlenesse and with a rod they haue entreated threatned preached mercy preached iudgement and yet all this without successe for we haue beene like y e deafe Adder stopping our eares refusing to heare the voice of the Charmer charming swéetly vnto vs. Hearken now I pray you and bee iudges your selues O ye inhabitants of England if y e men of Sodom might haue had those meanes to haue drawne them to repentance which you haue had would they not haue broght forth fruits more worthy of repentance then you haue done Therefore shall they rise vp in y e day of Iudgement against you Let this Alarum giuen you by Sodō her Cities be a warning vnto vs all to eschew their sins lest we burn in their iudgements Let vs al frō the highest to the lowest fall downe and knéele before the Lord our maker let vs lye low before the footstoole of his Maiesty and with all submission both of body and minde acknowledge our sinnes preuent the intended wrath of God against vs by our true hearty repentance For the Lord is our God and will and must be serued of vs hée is our Lord wil and must be honoured of vs he is our Father will and must be obeyed of vs he is our Iudge and dreadfull Reuenger and will eyther bee feared of vs or else hee will reuenge himselfe vpon vs. FINIS M●r. 14.9 Gen. 22.3 Psal 119 147 148. 1. Sam. 1.19 Esay 56.9 Exod. 16 13. 2. Kings 3.20 Acts 2.15 1. Pet. 2.15 The destructiō of Sodō and Gomorrha the most fearefull example of Gods vēgeāce that euer was inflicted in this world vpon mākind for sin If we practise the sinns of Sodō we shall taste of the iudgments of Sodom Fiue causes why Sodom was destroyed The suddennes of Sodōs destruction Doctrine Vengeance shal suddenly ouertake the vnrepentant sinner Iob 34.20 Gen. 19.26 Num. 25.8 Numb 19.34 Sudden death is one degree more fearefull then death Suet. in vita Caesar Pro. 6.15 Wee ought to pray against sudden death 1. Tim. 5.8 Lam. per. tot How to iudge of those which dye suddenly 2. Chron. 35.23.24 Lam. 4.20 Who are sayd to dye suddenly Sudden death not alwayes a spiritual iudgement Amb. de obit Val. Iude. 1.7 Mat 25.10 The Author of Sodoms ouerthrow ●er● fict P●trusab Al●aco Guil. Par. Strabo Against those that ascribe strange accidents to naturall causes Gen. 1.14 Against the vanitie and incertaintie of iudiciall Astrologie In assert fidei cap. ●lt Amos 3.6 Iere· 14.22 Ps 147.4 Hierom. in Esay cap. 27. Canō 16. Deut. 4.19 Micah 6.9 Doct. God the Author of al such things as befall man Iob 1.21 Iob. 19 21. 2. Sam. 16.10 Vse 1. Iames. 5.13 Vse 2. Psal 39.9 Vse 3. The maner of Sodoms destruction Gen. 7.12 Exod. 9.23 Reasons why God brought this maner of destruction vpon Sodom and Gomorrha Reason 1. Reason 2. Gen. 14.10 Leuit 10.2 Luke 16.24 Reason 3. Gen. 19.13 Iob 7.20 Ps 23.1 Ps 18.2 Deut. 28.12 Hos 2.21 2. Sam. 16.3 2. Sam. 29.16 Exod. 1.16 The generality of Sodōs destruction The largenesse of the countrey of Sodom Gen. 14.2 Gen. 19.22 The excellency of the countrey of Sodom Ezech. 16.49 Doctrine Nothing can priuiledge either place or person from Gods vengeance against sinne Ps 107.34 Ps 50.2 Ps 87.2 Ps 132.13.14 Man woman child destroyed in Sodoms ouerthrow Psal 82.7 Ier. 22.24 1. Kings 22.31 The greatest men doe oftentimes taste first of Gods iudgements Dan. 5.30 Childrē destroyed as wel as those of elder yeeres Reason 1. Reasons why Infants were destroyed Reason 3. Reason 4 Doctrine Parents euen in regard of their childrē ought to liue conscionably Esay 57.3 20. All liuing creatures destroyed in Sodoms ouerthrow Psal 8. The cause of Sodoms destruction was sinne Gen. 18.20 Ezec. 16.49 The sins of Sodom Gen. 19.5 Pride A proud man cares not for God Ps 10.4 Ps 10.4 A proud man is iniurious to all men Deut. 17 20. Ps 119.51.69 A proud man not capable of grace Psal 36.11 Pro. 16.18 Amos 6.8 Iam. 4.6 Zeph. 2.10 Ier. 50.31 32. The second sinne of Sodom fulnes of bread Gluttony the deuils baite Amos. 6.4.6 Ier. 5.8 Psal 69.23 Pro. 23.20 Ier. 16.8 Hos 13.6 Eccle● 5.11 Meat drinke to be taken like a medicine Fiue cautions to be obserued in eating drinking Numb 11.6 Plutar. in Rom. Apoph Caution 3. 4 1. Sam. 2 13 14 15. Gen. 25.30 Sine me haurire Tr●mel Esay 22.13 14. Fulnesse of bread most displeasing vnto Almightie God Esay 22 12. The third sin of Sodom was idlenesse Luk. 13.7 Idle persons a burthen to the earth Pro. 6.6 All creatures in heauen earth hell painefull in their places but onely man Iob. 1.7 2. Pet. 5.8 Iob. 1.7 2. Pet. 5.8 Idlenesse the sinke of all lawlesse temptations Pro. 24. Idle persons corrupt both in body minde This world no place of rest Iob. 30 5. 2. Thess 3.10 A second kind of Idlenes which was in the Sodomits 2. Thess 5.3 Matt. 24.23 24. 2. Cor. 5.11 1. Pet. 1.17 Pro. 28.14 Securitie a forerunner of destructiō Iudg. 4.21 1. Sam. 30.16 17. Mat. 24.48 The fourth sinne of Sodom Iames. 2.13 God the Gardian of the poore Esay 3.15 Ps 12.5 6. Though God beare with other sins yet he will not beare with the sinne of vnmercifulnes Pro. 22.23 The prayers of the vnmercifull are abominable Pro. 21.13 Psal 104.21 Psa 147.9 Hose● 2.21 Gen 4.10 Amos. 5.11 Iob. 20.20 The sin of vnmercifulnesse prouoketh God to punish a whole land Amos 8.4 8. The vnmerciful shall haue the curse of God which is wo euerlasting The last sinne of Sodom Rom. 7.8 A comparison between the sins of Sodō and the sinnes of England The pride of England equall to the pride of Sodō Iudges 5.16 Fulnes of bread in England equall to that of Sodom Amb. Epist 82. ad Eccle. ver Suet. in vita Vitell. sect 13. Idlenes of England equall to that of Sodom Suet. in vita Clau. 33. Wāt of mercy and charity in England without comparison Pined in Iob tom 2. in cap. 31. Against Inclosers Esa 5.8 9 10. Tho. More Eutop lib. 1. Gen. 13.11 and 19.29 Against Engrossers Amos 8.5 C. de M●n lib. Iube Against vsury Against the vnmerciful dealing of work masters Sinnes of England crying sinnes The sinnes of England at the ful height The height and ripenesse of sinne prooued by foure arguments More tokens of Gods wrath against vs within fewe yeeres then of long time before There must be a turning vnto God on our parts before God will turn vnto vs.