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A17487	A godly and learned sermon, vpon the 91. psalme Declaring how, and to what place, a Christian man ought to flie in the daungerous time of the pestilence, for his best safetie and deliuerance. By T.C. VVher-unto are ioyned, certaine fruitfull prayers, very necessarie for the time of infection.	T. C., fl. 1603.	1603 (1603)	STC 4303; ESTC S117370	19,764	54

it that passeth away thinking it to be temporall fading at the twinckling of an eye and vanity that is in this worlde We haue here no abyding thing but must looke about for the thing to come that endureth for euer For this cause doth God draw and pull vs so from the creatures And séeing hee is our true father and bridegrome and husband he can not for hee is strong and ielous abide that we set our hope loue or trust vpon any creature This is the cause then that he doeth take vs from them and carieth vs vpon him selfe For looke on what creature wee haue most hope loue and affection that will he soonest take out of our sight if he doth loue vs. And when hee hath such ielousie vpon vs then doeth hee most chiefly declare his loue towarde vs. By this also it commeth that Christ Math. 18. forbiddeth vs to call any man father vpon earth for we haue onely one father in heauen namely GOD which will not nor can suffer vs to call or to haue any man vpon earth father that because wee should depend and hang onely vpon him looking for all good of him For he wil be the same that we may surely trust vnto séeing he cannot nor will faile vs and that because he is no earthly but an heauenly father For this cause then is that man blessed and happie that putteth his trust hope and confidence in the Lorde as the Prophet sayeth Finally if when nature fulfilleth her course man hath but continuall trauaile miserie after that this course of nature is ended and at rest man is eased of so great trauaile we séeme to hate rather then to loue them that be departed if wee would wish them to be in this wretched world againe Moreouer in making so much of our friends departed and setting so great affection vpon them wishing Gods worke not to be fulfilled vpon them wee blame God in his will and working as though he knewe not better what were best both for them and vs than we Let vs therefore set our will in Gods will and suffer him to worke at his pleasure For he knoweth best what is both our friendes and our soules health A Psalme to bee said in the time of sickenesse or any other aduersities O Come let vs humble our selues fall downe before the Lorde with reuerence and feare For he is the Lord our God and wee are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hands Come therefore let vs turne againe vnto our Lord for he hath smitten vs and he shall heale vs. Let vs repent turne from our wickednesse And our sinnes shal be forgiuen vs. Let vs turne and the Lorde will turne from his heauy wrath and wil pardon vs and wee shall not perrish For we acknowledge our faults and our sinnes be euer before vs. We haue sore prouoked thine anger O Lord thy wrath is waxed hot thy heauy displeasure is sore kindled against vs. Thou hast in thine indignatiō strickē vs with grieuoussicknes by by we haue fallen as leaues beaten downe with a vehement winde Indéede wee acknowledge that all punishments are lesse then our deseruings But yet of thy mercy Lord correct vs to amendement and plague vs not to our destruction For thy hand is not shortened that thou canst not helpe neither is thy goodnesse abated that thou wilt not heare Thou hast promised O Lorde that afore we cry thou wilt heare vs whilest we yet speake thou wilt haue mercy vpon vs. For none that trust in thee shall be confounded neither any that call vppon thee shall be despised For thou art the only Lord who woundest and doest heale againe who killest reuiuest bringest euen to hell and bringest backe againe Our father 's hoped in thee they trusted in thee and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put their trust in thée and were not consounded O Lord rebuke vs not in thine indignation neither chastē vs in thy heauy displeasure O remember not the sinnes and offences of our youth but according to thy mercie thinke thou vpon vs O Lord for thy goodnesse Haue mercy vpon vs O Lord for wee are weake O Lord heale vs for our bones are vexed And now in the vexation of our spirits and the anguish of our soules we remember thee and wee crie vnto thee heare Lord and haue mercy For thine owne sake and for thy holy names sake in cline thine eare and heare O mercifull Lord. For we doe not powre out our prayers before thy face trusting in our owne righteousnesse but in thy great and manifolde mercies Wash vs throughly from our wickednesse and clense vs from our sinnes Turne thy face from our sinnes and put out all our misdéedes Make vs cleane hearts O God and renew a right spirit within vs. Helpe vs O God of our saluation for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and be merciful vnto our sinnes for thy names sake So we that be thy people and sheepe of thy pasture shall giue thee thankes for euer and will alwaies be shewing foorth thy prayse from generation to generation Glory be to the Father and to the sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall be world without end Amen A Prayer to be vsed at the visitation of the sicke O Almightie Lorde and heauenly Father which hast promised to heare our requests and the petitions of those that aske of thee in thy Sonne our Sauiour Christes Name and hast commaunded vs to pray one for another we humblie beséech thée through his precious death and blood-shedding which is the onely attonement for our sinnes to bee mercifull to this thy sicke seruant Forgiue vnto him his sinnes O Lord and increase in him such a lyuelie Faith and féeling of thy fatherly loue towardes him that all pangues and paines of sicknes be they neuer so extreame may séeme nothing but thy mercifull and louing calling from these worldly miseries into the fellowship of thy holy ones whom the more thou louedst the more they taste of afflictions that béeing throughly purged from the rust of sinne they might shyne the more gloriouslie in the kingdom of heauen Neuerthelesse O mercifull Lord for that through our frailtie we often doubt whether in extreame paine we may féele our selues thy children or thée our angrie Judge whereby our Faith is wauering and sore displeasing vnto thée we humbly pray thée if it be thy holy will to mitigate his torments and make stedfast and perfect his Faith that he may with the more quyet minde and assured confidence cry Abba Father in this life and after ioyfullie to receaue the crown which thou hast prepared for them that continue vnto the end The Lord performe all our petitions through Iesus Christ our Sauiour Thy mightie arme O Lord be still his defender thy mercie and louing kindnesse in Iesus Christ thy deare Sonne his saluation thy grace and holy Spirit his comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end So-be-it Amen

worke withall But if it come not to passe yet is hee sure for asmuch as God dwelleth in him and he walketh and goeth in Gods commandement For certainly this promise shall not faile him Though a thousand fall at thy side ten thousand at thy right side yet shall it not touch thee But with faith must these wordes be taken holde vpon for naturall reason doth not comprehend them in asmuch as indéede it appeareth farre otherwise And no man néedeth to thinke nor iudge that they which die of this plague be all vnchristian and faithlesse but we ought not to doubt but that there die thereof many vertuous men and leaue many vngodly This is done because that death may happen to a man two manner of waies One way after the common course of nature according as euery mans death is appointed him of God and we haue consented vnto it in baptisme Of this sayth the holy man Job in the xiiii Chapter A man hath his appoynted time the number of his moneths standeth with thee thou hast appoynted him his bounds which hee shall not ouerpasse Another way may death happen to a man before the time by reason of his great grieuous sinnes As the Lord hath threatned by Moyses that if his commandement be not kept he wil cause pestilence to reigne whereout it is certain that when they be kept the plague abideth out Likewise saith he in the commandements Honor Father and mother that thou maiest liue long c. Out of the which it is certaine that his life which doeth them not shall be shortened In like manner sayeth Dauid in the 55. Psalme The bloud-thirstie shal not bring their life to the halfe nomber Whereout it is sure that they should liue much longer if they shed not innocent blood Likewise Christ saith Luk. 12. Ifye doe not repent yee shall all perish as they that the towre in Siloa fell vpon Whereby it is certaine that who so repenteth not may looke for all mis-fortune And of this vntimely death onely speaketh this Psalme and promiseth the faithfull Christian men that they shall be frée from it For from the right apointed death into the which we haue consented in Baptisme we neither can nor shall be deliuered Wherefore if a vertuous right Christian man die of this plague it is certainly his very houre appointed vnto him of God which he cannot preuent But doubtlesse there dye of it many sinners also beside which might well liue longer if they repented And though some bee taken because of their sinnes yet be they not therefore damned but if they aske forgiuenesse of sinnes and beléeue they shall be saued As Paul saith When wee be iudged we are chastened of the Lord that wee should not be condemned with the world Thus goeth it then together that iust men die their owne right death but the wicked die an vntimely death and therewith doeth God punish the world sorest of all because of their sinnes but spareth his owne for their faiths sake Therefore should they not be feareful nor faint-hearted but as the Prophet saieth they should looke and beholde how the vngodly are recompenced For whether the wicked dye before the time or the iust in the right season yet is it done both for the punishment and plague of the vngodly If vertous fathers and mothers die from wicked disobedient children then be the children plaged for they are afterward euil nurtered hanged or slaine If yong children dye from wicked fathers and mothers then be the children deliuered and the fathers and mothers punished in that they haue gathered their goods for those that they wish them not vnto If tyraunts die then bee they punished and the persecuted Christian deliuered If good rulers die which with their wisdome haue maintayned peace and good gouernance then be they in peace And so the vngodly which are left aliue rayse vp warre and sedicion and bee alway punished worse and worse Shortly who so hath eyes of faith séeth that true beleeuers die in a right season but the vngodly before the time Wherefore whether good men die or liue it is done for their wealth But whether the wicked die or liue it is done for their punishment alwaies shal they be plagued their wickednes shal be rewarded them Wherefore my most dearely beloued take ye such doctrine and comfort to hart follow the same Flye in good earnest by true repentance amendment from sinne wherewith the worlde hath deserued this horrible plague And flie by a true vpright faith vnto Gods worde wherein is the fountaine of life the light of men Then shal ye be whole safe from this and other plagues and so liue to the honour of God wealth of your neighbour til the appointed time come wherin God the father in the death of Christ that we be baptised in shal send for vs out of this miserable life to his own euerlasting kingdome which God graunt vnto vs all Amen How VVife Children and other friendes shal be comforted the Husband being dead SEeing nowe that GOD hath called your husband father or other good friend out of this miserie into euerlasting ioy therefore shal ye receiue it willingly for it is his worke Repine not therefore at his worke neither wéepe against his will but commit the cause vnto him take it at his hand as a fatherly proouing and say with Job God hath giuen vs him and hath taken him againe the name of the Lord be blessed as it was the Lords will so is it hapened God almightie will proue you as he did Iob howe yee will behaue your selfe as hee taketh out of your sight the thing that yee loue Hee will admitte well ynough that yee bee sorry For it is seldome séene but a man be hee neuer so vile or of so little reputation hath euer a sundrie gifte wherewith hee serued and profited other And the same gifts were not greatly regarded in a man while he liued for we regarde little commonly such things as are present but as soone as the man is gone so soone as the vessell is spilt then beginne wee to want the gifts that were conteined therein Therefore is it no maruaile that wee be sorry for such a gift of God if it bee taken out of our sight As long as we vse men and the giftes according as they bee ordained of God for our necessitie then doe wee well and that can God suffer well enough But that we misuse them and make an ydoll of them that cannot God suffer For when wee put our trust and comfort in man or any other creature then doe wee wrong and misuse the same and the curse commeth vpon vs whereof it is written Jeremy 17. Cursed is the man that putteth his trust in man For all mans helpe is to be suffered only when they be present and that we haue néede of them but as soone as they are gone then must we looke for other helpe namely God letting goe