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A34724 A Narration of the grievous visitation and dreadfull desertion of Mr. Peacock, in his last sicknesse together with the sweet and gracious issue, in his comfortable restauration, to the joy of Gods salvation, before his most blessed end and heavenly death, Decemb. 4, 1611. I. C. 1641 (1641) Wing C65; ESTC R14609 24,472 140

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A NARRATION OF THE GRIEVOVS VISITATION AND DREADFVLL DESERtion of Mr. PEACOCK in his last sicknesse Together with the sweet and gracious issue in his comfortable restauration to the joy of Gods salvation before his most blessed end and heavenly death Decemb. 4. 1611. PSAL. 37.37 Marke the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace PSAL. 37.24 Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast downe for the Lord upheldeth him with his hand PSAL. 71.20 Thou which hast shewed me great and sore troubles shalt quicken me againe and shalt bring me up againe from the depths of the Earth PSAL. 102.18 This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. LONDON Printed by R.H. for Robert Milbourn at the signe of the holy Lambe in Little Brittaine 1641. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER THose foure leprous men at the gate of Samaria 2 Kings 7.3 When they had eaten and drunke and carried away Silver and Gold and Raiment from out of the forsaken tents of the flying Syrians and had hid the same their Conscience eftsoone gave them the checke for so engrossing to their own use and particular benefit what the God of ISRAEL had in mercy intended and by miracle provided for that whole City and Kingdome Ver. 9 Then they said one to another WEE DOE NOT WELL THIS DAY IS A DAY OF GOOD TIDINGS AND WEE HOLD OUR PEACE Even so this Narration of Mr. PEACOCKS Visitation comming happily to my hands and I upon through-reading and serious perusall thereof finding it to set forth a most singular president and rare example of GODS correcting Iustice in giving over this deare Saint his faithfull servant this MAN OF GOD for so a late reverend Divine * M. Bolton Instruct for afflicted consc p. 84. worthily enstyleth him to the buffettings of Satan terrours of hell conflicts of a selfe-accusing Conscience and likewise to hold forth the tender mercies and melting bowels of the LORDS Fatherly compassion in bringing him even to the suburbs of bell the gates of death (a) Psal 9.13 seemingly yeelding him up into the pawes and jawes of the devill himselfe and yet then plucking him as a brand (b) Zech. 3.2 out of the fire recomforting his dejected soul binding up his broken spirit pouring in a more pretious Balme than that of (c) Ier. 8.22 Gilead into his wounded and bleeding conscience I say hereupon my thoughts forthwith suggested this unto me that I SHOULD NOT DOE WELL to conceale any longer this Mirror of Gods Iustice and Mercy being as well an Antidote against DESPAIRE that dangerous whirle poole and gulfe into which FRANCIS SPIRA seemed irrecoverably to fall to sinke and perish in on the left hand and also to bee a curbe of restraint unto a warning piece and counter-poyson against PRESUMPTION on the right hand the Rocke that so many millions of men everlastingly miscarry and split themselves upon for as the women sang of Saul and David 1 Sam. 18.7 that Saul had slaine his thousands and David his ten thousands so where some few upon an awakened and rouzed conscience die despaireingly infinite is the number of presumptuous sinners who like the Fish in Jordan friske and play and take their pastime in the sweet silver-streames of this lifes comforts till they be unawares suddenly engulfed into the Dead Sea arrested by grimme death Gods Serjeant and haled by devils unto the disobedient soules (d) 1 Pet. 3.19 20. now in prison reserved in chaines under darknesse (e) Iude 6 unto the judgement of the great day without baile or mainprise Doubtlesse whosoever is wise will seriously and seasonably consider of this (f) Psal 107.43 and other like remarkable administrations of divine providence and being carefull of his owne standing in the state of grace will worke out his owne (g) Phil. 2.12 salvation with feare and trembling This surely is the use God would have men to make hereof not to be a nine-daies wonder or a naked subject of fruitlesse discourse but to learne righteousnesse (h) Isa 26.9 thereby for if these things were done in the greene tree (i) Luk. 23 31. what will become of the drie And if the righteous scarcely bee saved (k) 1 Pet. 4.18 where shall the ungodly and sinner appeare It is a fearefull thing (l) Heb. 10.31 saith the Apostle to fall into the hands of the living God That (m) Ioh. 1.29 Lamb of God our blessed Saviour himselfe when he stood in our stead upon the crosse was ready even to sinke under that unsupportable weight and burthen (n) Psal ●8 4 of our sinnes and the feeling apprehension of his Fathers fierce wrath for the same and cries out in that perplexed agonie and dereliction (o) Mat. 27.46 My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee O● the terrours and intolerablenesse of a Conscience wounded by sinne The spirit of a man may sustaine (p) Prov. 18.14 his infirmity but a wounded spirit who can beare Not only the desperate cries of Cain Iudas Latomus Bolton p. 83. and many other such miserable men of forlorne hope but also the wofull complaints even of Gods owne deare children discover the unsupportable horrours of a galled Conscience yelling and crying out with the stinging sense of the arrowes of sinne (q) Iob ● 4 the poyson whereof drinks up mens spirits Thus Hezekiah Isay 38.13 Thus Iob Iob 13.26 Iob 6.4.8 Iob 7.14 15. Thus David Psal 32.3 4. And into the like depth of spirituall distresse three worthy servants of God in these later times were plunged and pressed downe under the sense of Gods anger for sinne 1. Blessed Mistris Bretergh upon her last bed was horribly hemmed in with the sorrowes of death See the discourse of the holy life and Christian death of Mistris Katherine Bretergh the very pains of hell laid hold on her soule she said her sinnes had made her a prey to Satan she cryed out Woe woe woe A weake a wofull a wretched a forsaken woman with teares continually trickling from her eyes 2 Master Peacock that man of God in that his dreadfull visitation and desertion recounting some smaller sinnes burst out into these words And for these saith he I feele now an hell in my conscience But thou shalt reade more concerning him in the following Narration 3. What grievous pangs and sorrowfull torments what boiling heats of the fire of hell that blessed Saint of God Iohn Glover felt inwardly in his spirit saith Master Foxe no speech outwardly is able to expresse Acts Mon. in the story of Master Robert Glover pag. 1557. Being yong saith he I remember I was once or twice with him whom partly by his talke I perceived and partly by mine owne eyes saw to be so worne and consumed by the space of five yeares that neither almost any brooking of meat quietnesse of sleepe pleasure of life