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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01845	A discourse vpon the earthquake that hapned throughe this realme of Englande, and other places of Christendom, the first of Aprill. 1580. betwene the houres of fiue and six in the euening. Written by Arthur Golding, gentleman	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1580 (1580)	STC 11987; ESTC S108626	8,064	30

truthe hath bin planted groweth to bée contemned it must néedes appeare to bée the very finger of God and as a messenger of the miseries due to such deserts For firste of all whereas naturally Earthquakes are sayde to be engendred by winde gotten into the bowels of the earth or by vapors bredde and enclosed within the hollowe caues of the earth where by their stryuing and struggling of themselues to get oute or being haled outwarde by the heate and operation of the Sun they shake the earth for want of sufficient vent to issue out at If this Earthquake had rysen of such causes it coulde not haue bin so vniuersall bicause there are many places in this Realme which by reason of their substācial soūdnesse and massie firmnesse are not to bée pierced by any windes frō wythout nor haue any hollowenesse wherein to conceiue and bréede any such aboundance of vapors specially in places farre distant from the Sea or from Riuers moores marishes fennes or light open soyles Neyther coulde it haue bene in so many places vniuersally at one instant both by sea and lande For the stryuing therof within the grounde taking his beginning at some certaine place and procéeding forwarde to get a vent would haue required some space of time to haue attained to so many places so farre off or else haue broken out with great furie in some place that had bin weakest Againe wheras in Earthquakes that procéede of naturall causes certaine signes and tokens are reported to go before them as a tempestuous working and raging of the sea the wether being fair temperate and vnwindie calmenesse of the aire matched with great colde dimnesse of the Sunne for certaine dayes ●●fore long and thinne strakes of cloudes appearing after the setting of the Sun the weather being otherwise cleere the troublednesse of water euē in the déepest welles yéelding moreouer an infected and stinking sauour and lastly greate and terrible sounds in the earth like the noise of gronings or thunderings as wel afore as after the quaking We finde not that any such foretoken happened against the cōming of this Earthquake And therefore we may well conclude though there were none other reason to moue vs that this miracle procéeded not of the course of any naturall causes but of Gods only determinate purpose who maketh euen the verye foundations and pillers of the earthe to shake the mountaines to melte lyke war and the seas to dry vp and to becom as a drie field when he listeth to shewe the greatenesse of his glorious power in vttering his heauie displeasure against sinne But putte the case that some naturall causes or secrete influences had their ordinarie operations in this Earthquake whereof notwithstanding there is not any sufficient likelyhode shall we so gaze vpon the meane causes that we shal forget or let slip the chiefe principall causes Knowe we not after so long hearing and professing of the Gospel that a sparrow lighteth not on the ground with out Gods prouidence That the neglecting of his louing kindenesse and the continuing in sin without amendement prouoke his vengeance And yet that he of his owne fatherlie frée goodnesse doth euer giue warning before he stryketh Surely we can not but know it yea and sée it too vnlesse the God of this worlde haue so blynded our eyes that we will not sée it For it is daylie and almoste hourely tolde vs by the Ministers of his word and the Byble lyes alwayes open for vs to reade it our selues that as the onely originall cause and welspring of al plagues and punishmentes is sin to the plagues and punishmentes themselues and the orderlie disposing directing and guiding of all causes to their due endes effectes is the onely worke of God who to make all offendors vnexcusable as I sayde before doth often cause euen the very Elements and senselesse creatures to fore shew in most terrible maner euen by their naturall operations the approching of his iust vengeance And truly as it is sayde in the Psalme their speaking and talking vnto vs is not so softly and whysperingly as that the voyces of them can not be hearde but contrarywise they be so loud in our eares so manifest to our eyes and so sensible to oure féeling that vnlesse we bée stonie and steelie hearted or giuen ●uer to a leude minde they can not but hée gréeuous to our heartes and terrible to oure consciences Nowe then shall we thinke this rare and vnaccustomed miracle suche as no man lyuing nor none of our forefathers hath euer séene or hearde of to be a thing of no importance as hapning by chance or grounded vpon some naturall causes and not rather as a messenger and summoner of vs to the dreadful Iudgement-seate of the almightie euerliuing God Let vs enter into our selues and examine our time paste Since the sharpe tryall which GOD made of vs in the raigne of Quéene Marie at which time we vowed all obedience to GOD if he woulde voutchsafe to deliuer vs againe from the bondage of the Romishe Antichryst into the libertie of the Gospell of his sonne Iesus Chryste he hearkening effectually to our requestes hath gyuen vs a long resting and refreshing-time blessed with innumerable benefites both of body and soule For peace health and plentie of al things necessarie for the life of man we haue had a golden worlde aboue all the residue of oure neyghbours rounde aboute vs. The worde of truth hath bin preached vnto vs earely and late without lette or disturbance And bicause our prosperitie hath made vs to play the wanton childrē against God he hath chastized vs in the meane season with many fatherlie corrections Wée haue bin taught instructed exhorted encouraged allured entreated reprooued rebuked vpbrayded warned threatned nurtured and chastized To be shorte there is not that meane wherby we might be woon to the obeying and louing of oure God whether it were by fauourable mildnesse or moderate rigor but he hath ministred the same most mercifully and seasonably vnto vs. And what are we the better for all this Haue we so profited in this schole that of Couetous we bée become Liberall of Proude and Enuious méek and Lowly of Leacherous Chaste of Gluttons Measurable féeders of Drunkards Sober of Wrathfull and testie Milde and patient of Cruel and hard hearted Pitifull and gentle of Oppressors Relieuers and of Irreligious Seruisable to GOD Haue we so put off the olde man so clothed ourselues with the new in liuing sincerely according to y e doctrine we professe that neyther the enimies of Chrystes Church nor our owne consciences can reproue vs Then néed we not to be of any signes from the Heauen aboue nor of any tokens frō the earth beneath for wée haue builded our houses wysely vpon the rocke which neither wind water nor Earthquake no nor Sathan him self with al his Féends can shake downe or empaire But alas it is farre otherwise with vs we haue growen in godlinesse as the