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death_n	devil_n	power_n	sin_n	9,646	5	4.8933	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90987	A ready way to prevent svdden death: being a brief and true relation of many sad misfortunes which have happened unto men, women, and children both in the citie of London, and in divers parts of the nation of England, which came through negligence, wilfulnesse, hardnesse of heart, presumption and carelesnesse. This was written and printed to the end that all people whatsoever that read or hear this little booke read, may learn to beware and prevent danger of sudden death before it comes upon them. Reader peruse this little book, and heedfully upon it look; it may preserve thy soul from strife, and through Gods blessing save thy life. / This book was written by Laurence Price, this present year 1655.	L. P. (Laurence Price), fl. 1625-1680?	1655 (1655)	Wing P3382; Thomason E1478_3; ESTC R208723	5,831	18

A ready way to prevent SVDDEN DEATH Being a brief and true Relation of many sad misfortunes which have happened unto Men Women and Children both in the Citie of London and in divers parts of the Nation of England which came through negligence wilfulnesse hardnesse of heart presumption and carelesnesse This was Written and Printed to the end that all people whatsoever that read or hear this little Booke read may learn to beware and prevent danger of Sudden Death before it comes upon them Reader peruse this little Book And heedfully upon it look It may preserve thy soul from strife And through Gods blessing save thy life This Book was written by Laurence Price this present year 1655. London printed for William Gilbertson in Gilt-spur street 1655. A ready Way to prevent SUDDEN DEATH Here beginneth the book of several sad Examples which have hapned unto the people of England for want of serving of God and taking good heed from March 1. to this present time 1655. BEloved Christians it is a saying amongst many people that there is a foreknowledge by the planets whereby the wisards and soothsayers of our times can foretell what death a man or a woman shall die and some there are that will take upon them to foretell how long the world shall endure and at what time the later day shall come but I am sure they have no warrant from the word of God for what they say and therefore to convince such Diabolical errors I refer you to the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who saith of that great and notable day knoweth no man no not the Angels which are in heaven but my Father onely Matth. 24. 26. This place of Scripture may very well serve to withdraw mens hearts from believing in false prophets fortune-tellers wisards and soothsayers and to put their whole trust and confidence in the living Lord which God give us all grace to do And now I will tell you of a sad misfortune which hapned to a Fortune-teller on the second of March last In the famous citie of Exeter there was a certaine dissembling fellow which presumed to say that he had such skill in knowledge that he could discern by the palm of the hand by the visage of the face or by the colour of the hair how long any man or woman should live what courses they should take and what deaths they should die This false fellows name was Thomas Jones who had so deluded the people that they followed him up and down which waysoever he went thinking that he had passing skill but all the skill he had was but to cozen them of their money as you shall hear At one end of the citie there was a great Barn which had nothing in it to which every day for a long time together he frequented and came into without the consent of the owner and as often as he came thither a multitude of simple people followed him but without money he would do nothing Moreover he said that if they would not believe that he could do them good and give them satisfaction for what they came for he would not meddle with them This set such an edge upon the fancy of the people that some gave him money others gave him cheese and bacon and some gave him the clothes from their backs because they had nothing else to give him But at the last some of the Magistrates of the citie finding themselves agrived at his doings they sent officers which apprehended him and brought him to prison where when he had lain there the matter of four hours the Divell appeared to him in a bodily shape and bade him to hang himselfe or cut his owne throat whereupon he cried out with such a lowd voyce insomuch that the Keeper of the prison came into the room where he was and asked him what was the matter who told him that he had given him self to the Divell some 3 years since and that he was now come for him and that he bade him cut his own throat Whereupon the Keeper looking round about and saw nothing appear told him that it was but his fancy to think so and therefore bade him serve God and repent him of his sins and he should be sure to prevent the danger of sudden death and that the Divel should have no power over him to whom he answered that he had done so many villanies and traspasses against God and the world that his sins could never be forgiven The Keeper desired him to pray he answered that his heart was so much hardned that God had forsaken him and that he had no power to pray Then the Keeper searcht his pockets and took away his knife and the garters from his legs because he should do himself no harm and so went out of the room thinking to have sent some body to keep him company till he had order from the officers to let him goe but he having a knife in the skirt of his Coat which the Keeper knew not of cut his own throat therewith before any one could come to him and there was an end of a false blasphemous dissembling hypocrite God grant that others may take example hy his death and learn to amend their sinfull lives Here followeth another sad Example which was done at Collyweston two miles from Stamford March 20. 1655. THere lived in the Parish of Collyweston a young man whose name was Francis Jarvice who fell in love with a beautiful maid that dwelt in the same parish and so between them two there was no love lost for she loved him as dearly as ever woman loved man as you shall hear this loving couple having made a match together between themselves appointed a day to be married on and when the time was near at hand the young woman all too late she being great with child made her father and mother acquainted with her mind and how she had made a promise to be married on such a day which when her father heard he became like a mad man and in his angry mood did swear that if she married with such a beggarly fellow as Francis Jarvice he would never own her for his child an said that he had rather keep the bastard when it was born then that she should marry with him whereupon she made and errand to Stamford as if she were to buy poyson to poyson the Rats but by the way coming home she poysoned her self and the infant within her and so she died a sudden and desperate death which when her sweet-heart heard of he vowed never to eat nor to drink nor to take any sustenance whilst he lived in this world and so pined himself and died Her father ran about being distracted of his wits and threw himself off from a high gallery broke his neck Her mother drowned her self in a deep Draw-well whose sudden deaths and untimely ends many thousands do lament About that very same time there was a sad