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cause_n	father_n	holy_a	son_n	6,458	5	6.0598	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17452	Londons Lord have mercy vpon vs A true relation of five modern plagues or visitations in London, with the number of all the diseased that were buried: viz: the first in the yeare of Queen Elizabeth, Anno 1592, the second in the yeare 1603, the third in that (never to be forgotten yeare) 1625. The fourth in Anno 1630. The fift this now present visitation 1636, which the Lord of his mercy deliver London and England from.	H. C., fl. 1637.; Crouch, Humphrey, fl. 1635-1671, attributed name.	1637 (1637)	STC 4273; ESTC S116685	4,024	1

LONDONS LORD HAVE MERCY VPON VS A true Relation of five modern Plagues or Visitations in London with the number of all the Diseased that were buried viz The first in the yeare of Queen Elizabeth Anno 1592 the second in the yeare 1603 the third in that never to be forgotten yeare 1625. The fourth in Anno 1630. The fift this now present Visitation 1636 which the LORD of his mercy deliver London and England from Certain approved Medicines for the Plague both to prevent that contagion and to expell it after it be taken as have been approved in Anno. 1652. as also in this present Visitation 1636. A cheape Medicine to keepe from infection TAke a pinte of new milke and cut two cloves of Garlicke very small put it in the milke and drinke it mornings fasting and it preserveth from infection REader what ever thou art rich or poore Rowse up thy selfe for death stands at the dore If God sayes strike he must wil come in For death we know is the reward of sinne His very breath is so infectious growne He poysons every one he breathes upon He is the rich mans terrour makes him flye And beare away his bagges as loath to dye What shall the poore doe that behind do stay Death makes them rich by taking them away But what shall poore men do then that doe live T is surely fit the rich should comfort give And weekely meanes unto them still afford Oh such rich men shall be rich in the Lord Death startles all but more the guilt of sinne Which sinfull man long time hath lived in Doth make them fearefull of that punishment Due unto sinne for time that 's evill spent Oh why was this not thought on long agoe When God expected our repentance so When sixe yeares since a little Plague God sent He shoke his rod to move us to repent Not long before that time a dearth of corne Was sent to us to see if we would turne And the last Summer none deny it can The beasts did suffer for the sinne of man Grasse was so short and small that it was told Hey for foure pound a load was daily sold. These judgements God hath sent even to cite us Unto repentance and from sinne to fright us Oh stubborne England childish and unwise So heavy laden with iniquities Returne returne unto thy loving Father Returne I say and so much the rather Because his Sonne thy Saviour pleads thy cause Though thou hast broken all his holy lawes Say to thy selfe my sinnes are cause of all Gods judgements that upon this land doth fall And sin 's the cause that each one doth complain They have too much sometimes too little raine Say to thy selfe this Plague may be removed If I repent as plainly may be proved By Niniveh that Citie great and large For God hath given to his Angels charge To strike and to forbeare as he sees fit If it be so then learne thou so much wit To use thy best endeavour to prevent A plague which thou mayst doe if thou repent Let all infe●●●d houses be thy Text And make ●●is use that thine may be the next The red crosse still is us'd as it hath bin To shew they Christians are that are within And Lord have mercy on us on the dore Puts thee in minde to pray for them therefore The watchman that attends the house of sorrow He may attend upon thy house to morrow Oh where 's the vows we to our God have made When death sicknesse came with axe spade And hurld our brethren up in heaps a pace Even forty thousand in a little space And now againe he doth with us begin T' increase the Plague as we increase in sinne Each spectacle of death and funerall Puts thee and I in minde we must dye all A Prayer fit to be used in this time of sicknesse and mortality O Lord God strong and mighty great and fearefull which dwellest in the heavens and workest great wonders we thy miserable children here on earth doe most humbly beseech thee to be mercifull unto us to pardon our offences and forgive us all our sinnes O Lord enter not into judgement with thy servants for if thou doe there shall no flesh be saved in thy sight we confesse and acknowledge O Lord that it is our sinnes which have moved thee to wrath and to shew such fearefull tokens of thy displeasure towards us in these our dayes first by locking up the heavens that no raine should fall to succour the earth neverthelesse upon our repentance and humility it hath pleased thee of thy fatherly goodnesse to send downe some sweet comfortable showers of thy mercy upon the earth O Lord increase our thankfulnesse and give us grace to amend our lives that thou maist turne from us all those judgements which we most righteously have deserved thou hast sent thy messengers of mercy thy Ministers of thy holy Word to allure us by faire meanes to repentance thou hast sent Monsters from the Sea and cast them up upon our English shore fearefull and strange to behold to cry out against us nay thou hast suffered the tempter that old enemy of mans salvation to worke upon the weakenesse of some of our poore brethren to assume unto themselves the names of Prophets to prophecie evill against this nation but thou hast disclosed the subtilty of the Serpent unto us that as he was a lyer from the beginning so thou hast proved his Prophets to be false Prophets by sending downe these sweet and comfortable showers of raine upon the earth giving us to understand that Prophecying is ceast and that no man is worthy to know the secrets of thy will Neverthelesse though we are not Prophets nor Prophets children yet wee cannot but expect utter desolation and destruction without speedy repentance Give us O give us repentant hearts that we may be truely humbled at the sight of our sinnes and walke in newnesse of life all the dayes of our life wee bese●ch thee good Father to turne in mercy to us and remove from us this Sicknesse lately begun among us LORD command the destroying Angell to hold his hand that our brethren which are fled from us for the preservation of their lives may returne againe with ioy that we with them may praise and glorifie thy name now and for evermore Amen Written by ● C. An exact and true relation of the number of those that were buried in LONDON and the Liberties of all dieases from the 17 of March 1602. to the 22. of December 1603.   totall Pl. March 17 108 3 March 14 60 2 March 31 78 6 Aprill 7 66 4 Aprill 14 79 4 Aprill 21 9● 8 Aprill 28 109 10 May 5 90 11 May 12 112 18 May 19 122 22 May 26 122 32 June 2 114 3● June 9 131 43 June 16 144 59 June 23 182 71 June 30 267 158 July 7 445 263 July 14 612 424 The Out-parishes this Weeke were joyned with the Citie