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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56903	Hell open'd, or, The infernal sin of murther punished being a true relation of the poysoning of a whole family in Plymouth, whereof two died in a short time : for which horrid fact, the malefactors were condemned before the Lord Chief Justice North at Exector, the last Lent assizes, the one to be burnt, the other to be hanged : with an account of the several discourses and religious means used by divers godly ministers to bring them to repentance ... / by J.Q., Minister of the Gospel.	Quick, John, 1636-1706.	1676 (1676)	Wing Q207; ESTC R11200	63,192	112

HELL OPEN'D OR The Infernal Sin of Murther Punished BEING A True Relation of the Poysoning of a whole Family in Plymouth whereof Two died in a short time For which horrid Fact the Malefactors were Condemned before the Lord Chief Justice North at Exceter the last Lent Assizes The one to be Burnt the other to be Hanged WITH An Account of the several Discourses and Religious means used by divers godly Ministers to bring them to Repentance Published for a warning to both Young and Old to flie Iniquity and exercise themselves in the practice of Godliness By J. Q. Minister of the Gospel LONDON Printed for Francis Eglesfield at the Sign of the Marygold in St. Pauls Church-Yard 1676. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death Prov. 14.27 A Man that doth violence to the Blood of any Person shall flee to the Pit let no Man stay him Prov. 28.17 The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands Psal 9.16 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without the Gates of Heaven are the Dogs and the POYSONERS Rev. 22.15 And they became a Sign Numb 26.10 And Israel shall hear and fear and do no more such wickedness Deut. 13.11 To the Right Worshipful John Dell Major and to the Worshipful William Weeks William Jennings and John Martyn Justices of the Peace together with their Brethren the Magistrates of the Town of Plymouth And to my very Honored Friend John Harris of Manniton Esquire Sirs I Have real somewhere of an Hermite who being guided by an Angel unto two Cities saw the Gates of the first close shut and a Devil having the Keys thereof at his Girdle in a deep sleep and snorting From thence he is led unto the other which was fair and spacious and finds the Gates wide open innumerable Devils crouding and thronging in multitudes climbing over the walls and whole swarms of them in the Churches Streets Houses Shops walks and all other Avenues and places of concourse exceedingly employed busying and bestirring themselves to the utmost for the ruine of it and her Inhabitants At which wondring beyond measure the Angel told him yonder City is the worst of the Two ingulpht in all wickedness and irreligion so that Beelzebub hath no fear of loosing it and therefore there is but one Devil to guard it and his work so little that he sleeps But as for this wherein now we are here are many Souls fearing and serving God Religion is professed and Religious Worship countenanced and incouraged and the Holy Angels of God are watching over these precious Saints and their Habitations to preserve them This hath caused Hell to break loose and to endeavor by all means and arts imaginable their ruine and its destruction Sirs I think this be no unfitting Emblem of our Plymouth wherein I trust there are multitudes of Gods dear Servants as well as Sinners But I fear me multitude of Devils also that walk in Temples and Congregations in Streets and Houses in Chambers and Closets in Ships and Shops upon Keys and Exchange The over abounding of Sin among us and of late of that hainous and crying sin of Blood and Murther for which Two of the prime Actors and God knows whether there be any other have suffered condign punishment is too sad and clear an instance hereof When Hannibal was at the Gates of Rome it was more than time for the Consuls and Senate to look about them Woe Woe Unto the Inhabitants of the Earth saith an Angel from Heaven Because the Devil is come down among you having great wrath for his time is short He doth not appear in a visible shape at noon day but walks as his younger Son the Jesuite in all sorts of Masques and disguises in every habit and fashion and among Persons of every Trade Calling Quality and Condition Now Sirs God having constituted you the Angel-Guardians of our Plymouth and made you Gods unto it there is all reason you should be awake and do your utmost to prevent the Stratagems and attempts of Hell against it I know no other way or means that you have than by an exemplary Holiness in your lives than by walking with God in your respective Families and Callings than by a couragious zealous activity for God and Godliness and a vigorous suppression and impartial punishing of all Vice and Impiety Would you but continue your great respects and incouragements to your Reverend and Learned Ministers and joyn both Swords together Temporal and Spiritual I am confident the designs of Hell against you would be broken frustrated and rendered ineffectual Honored Sirs My hearts desire and Prayer for you is that you may do worthily in your Ephrata and Famously in your Bethlehem that you may glorifie God in your Station and that God may reflect rays and beams of Glory upon you For such as Honor him God will Honor them but they that despise him shall be lightly esteemed 1 Sam. 2.30 Sirs if you will suppress all prophaneness and by your Authority put out the Fire of uncleanness if you will stop the Mouth and Gag the Tongue of the Swearer that the Roaring of Oaths and Curses be not heard in our Streets if you will promote true practical Piety and persevere as you have begun in the conscientious discharge of your Magistratical Duty the God of blessings will bless your persons and Families and Plymouth shall never be a Sodom but Zion shall ever be a Jerusalem for Gospel-priviledges a Pillar and Ground of Truth rich and flourishing as Tyre for Trade and Traffick and as formerly so in after-times a Zoar for Divine safety and wonderful preservations That endeared affection I have for the Town of my Nativity where I first drew my breath and where I had my School-Education moveth me to speak and write so freely And your true goodness cannot but make a candid interpretation thereof May Plymouth her Magistrates and Government ever live before God! May this Famous Town be called Hephzibah and Beulah the Delight of God and Married unto God! Let her be called the Righteous the Holy City And may this be her name unto Posterity Jehovah Shamma The Lord is there So prayeth Right Honored Sirs From my Study in Plymouth April 7. 1676. Your most humble and unfeigned Sevant in our Lord Jesus John Quicke THE PREFACE THe Devil is stiled by our blessed Saviour A Murderer from the beginning Having destroyed himself by his willful A postacy from God and being justly banished the Glories of the celestial Paradise for his Voluntary Rebellion he turned about him seeking how and in what manner he might be revenged on his Judg. And after all his rueful thoughts and consultations could find no expedient more likely to succeed and take than the working mischief on mankind Our first Parents a Compendium of both Worlds Sublunary and Aetherial the Crown of Gods Creation but a little lower than the Angels