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B01127	Salomon's pest-house, or tovver-royall. Newly re-edified and prepared to preserve Londoners with their families, and others, from the doubted deluge of the plague. Item, a laudable excercise [sic] for those that are departed, or shall depart out of the city into the country, to spend their time till they returne, a handfull of holy meditations usefull and requisite for Gods people, men and women, of all estates and degrees, in these doubtfull dayes, whether troubled in body or minde, and whether Gods visitation of the plague increase or decrease. / By the reverend, learned and godly divine I.D. preacher of Gods word. ; Whereunto is added Mr. Holland's admonition, and Mr. Phaer's prescription for bodily physicke. Also London looke-backe: a description or representation of the great and memorable mortality ann. 1625. in heroicke matchlesse lines,.	I. D.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650?	1636 (1636)	STC 6176.5; ESTC S91591	52,813	78

father in diuers places Psal 18.2 The Lord is my fortresse and my refuge and in the 32.7 Thou art my secret place and compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance and so Psal 94.22 This is also the confession of the sonne in this place and of all the Saints of God vnto whose confessions I referre you as they are set down by the holy Ghost in the booke of God Thirdly the word runneth implieth as much which giueth me entrance to the second point opening vnto vs the feet which we need to goe vnto this place the which if ye are desirous to know The feet to carry vs thither they are two in number Faith and Praier Faith the first for if by faith we stand 2. Cor. 1 24. by faith we may also goe to the Lord who is faithfull Now how could we goe vnto him by the feete of prayer if wee did not beleeue in him Rom. 10.14 The second is prayer a spirituall legge to beare vs thither noted by Salomon making mention of running by Ionah speaking of comming Chap. 2 ver 7. And my prayer came vnto thee in thine holy temple By the Apostle when he speaketh of going let vs therefore goe vnto the throne of grace Heb. 4.16 Lastly by the holy Ghost vsing this word Climbing Apoc. 8.4 Both the name of the place which is appointed for vs to goe vnto and the spirituall legs which the Lord hath giuen vs to carry vs thither doe preach vnto the sonnes of men the admirable goodnes mercy of the Lord toward them In this world we are as pilgrims Psal 119. hauing here no continuing Citie Heb. 13.14 and while we are at home in the body wee are absent from the Lord 2. Cor. 5.6 In which pilgrimage Many are the troubles of the righteous Psal 34. O the great goodnes of the Lord then that hee hath giuen vs feete to come vnto him and made himsefe a place of refuge for vs in all our troubles which goodnesse is comfortable vnto the faithfull for as it is a comfort vnto the pilgrim shepheard or souldier to haue in the heate of the day a place of refuge to refresh their wearied members So likewise what a comfort is it for you O afflicted soules in the heat of your afflictions to haue the name of Iehouah for a sacred Sanctuarie the Lord is not like vnto the Princes of the earth who desire not to be molested with the requests of their distressed subiects It is a ioy to the wearied student that he may sometime come home to his fathers house recreate himselfe Into this world the Lord hath sent vs as in an Vniuersitie which although it is farre off from our fathers house yet the Lord hath giuen vs spirituall feet by which in a moment wee can ascend vnto our fathers house and recreate there our wearied spirits This world is a waste desart if wee neede any thing here are the legges by which speedily we may runne to this place and prouide our selues If the Lord hath cast vs downe vpon our beds and that wee cannot vse the feet of our bodies behold he hath giuen vs other feet to vse in stead of these King Ezekiah visited with the plague could not vse the feet of the flesh but with the feet of the spirit went vnto this place known vnto him by the name of Iehouah Ionah is locked vp in a prison in the belly of the Whale the Lords prison and cannot stirre himselfe and yet by the vertue of these feet out of the depth he ascendeth to the holy temple of Iehouah The hose to put on Now that these feet may be able to beare vs thither and that they may not faile vs in our voyage they must put on the hose of faith and as the Apostle speaketh our feet must be shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace And as the feet to that Image of Daniel were part of yron Eph 6 15. part of clay which the Prophet expoundeth partly strong partly weake or broken Dan 2 42. So the feet of our prayers are according to the hosen wherewith they are couered if they put on feare and distrustfulnesse they will be shiuering and sinking downeward of clay weake and impotent if they put on faith and confidence in the mercies of God they will be feet of yron strong stable and firme keeping vs vpright and will carrie vs to the very throne of grace A dirction to know the way Further as they that depart into the Countrey if they know not the way to the place whereunto they goe must haue a guide or a direction because they should not erre So in the going to this place because there are so many false guides and directions the Lord himselfe hath giuen vs a Card of direction to lead vs thereunto the witnesse of his holy word written and sealed that can neuer deceiue vs. As the fierie pillar in the desart shewed the way vnto the Israelites So this word of the Lord is a fierie pillar vnto vs in the darke desart of this world to shew vs the way to that heauenly Canaan it is the lanthorne vnto our feete and a light to our pathes Luk. 12.35 Psal 105. and therefore according to the direction of our Sauiour Let our loynes be girded and let vs beare in our hands this shining light 4 The right or interest which the faithfull haue to this place Fourthly to go to this place it is necessarie to know what right or interest we haue in it In the places whereunto men betake their selues in the time of plague either they haue some right or interest there because they are their owne or because they haue some friends or acquaintance there that will receiue them or lastly because they haue either hired or purchased a house So likewise vnto the name of Iehouah the place where we ought to goe in the time of plague as also at all other times we haue a speciall right and interest First because it is our owne for he is our God and our Lord not by nature but by gift and donation Secondly there we haue acquaintance and our bestfriends God our father Christ our brother the holy Ghost our comforter Thirdly because we haue purchased it not we our selues by corruptible gold or by our merites but Christ for vs by his precious blood hath obtained this place of refuge for vs in our troubles Dauid 1. Chro. 21.17 in his prayer sheweth vpon what right and encouragement in the time of plague he went to this place O Lord my God I beseech thee c. it was then because the Lord was his God he had a particular feeling of the loue of God toward him and knew him to be his God for hee had had some experience of deliuerance The reason why we must haue this right is because being infected with the plague of sinne we should not be receiued In the Countrie they will not receiue those

the excellencie of praier it is a remembring of our best friend whose remembrance is comfortable to our distressed soules The subiect of our memoris haue beene along time commodities pleasures riches honor triumphs therfore ô England behold another subiect to exercise the art of thy memory If then we haue forgotten him by our feruent prayer in our sin let vs now remember him by our feruent praier in our affliction Many haue practised the art of memorie according to the memoratiue Art and precepts of memorie which appoint places and their furniture for the helpe of such as are vnexperienced but let vs practise the art of this holy memorie let God be the subiect in this our afflictiō let these be our helpes First let vs remember in our praier the commandement of God Psal 50. Secondly the name of him whom we call vpon that it is Iehouah Lord our God a God not in shew but in substance and performance a strong God a towre of defence they that know this name wil trust in him Psal 9.10 Thirdly what he is by nature how sweet and amiable how rich in mercie Eph. 2. Fourthly what he is by promise how faithfull and true 2. Tim. 1.3 Lastly what he is by couenant made vnto Abrahams seed not in the blood of bulles but in the bloud of the seed of Abraham Further Dauid hath shewen his wisdome that in the choice of the place taking his marke aright and directing his petition to the true and proper periode Imitate the wisdom of king Dauid in his choice he that goeth to a place runneth aright and wisely if he be wise and not by crooked and erroneous waies Dauid sheweth vs the right way for to what place should we goe but to this when our sorrowes are multiplied shall we follow the waies of the wicked and say with them Malac. 3. It is in vaine that I haue serued him and what profit is it that I haue kept his Commandements Or shall we runne vpon the way of impatience adding griefe to griefe liuing the life of Caine or dying the death of Iudas drowning our soules in a gulfe of desperation Shall we spend the time in bannings execrations cursing the day and night the earth that beareth vs the ayre that inspireth vs Not so O Christian soules call vpon the name of the Lord with Dauid there was neuer name so worthie to be called vpon in heauen or earth so mightie for deliuerance so sure for protection so gainefull for successe so compendious to cut off vnnecessarie labours as the name of Iehouah Hauing vnderstood the Conscience Humilitie Memorie 6. The causes to mooue vs to goe to this place and Wisedome of Dauid let me open to you the reasons to mooue perswade vs to go to this place Fiue things mooue the sons of men in the time of plague to depart from contagious places vnto a purer ayre First the counsel of the Physicians Secondly the practise of others Thirdly the danger or perill which they are like to fall in Fourthly desire of health and life Fifthly the experience of successe Let the same be motiues vnto vs in this infection to perswade vs to run speedily vnto this Arke of Noah First it is prescribed by the whole Colledge of the spirituall Physicians by God the father Psal 50.15 King Dauids Physician by God the son who prescribing the remedies which men ought to vse in the last dayes in which the Trinitie of punishments Famine Warres and Pestilence should reigne giueth this counsell Luke 21.36 Watch and pray continually by Prophets Apostles wise men Iam. 5.13 Eccle. 38.9 and 17.23 Secondly the practise of the spirituall Physicians as they haue prescribed it so they haue also practised it haue fled vnto this place to this Sanctuarie went the renowmed Patriarkes the godly Princes the holy Prophets the blessed Apostles the Prince of glory the son of the immortal God the constant Martyrs whose examples ye shall find in the store-house of the Scriptures The example of the bodily Physicians of which some depart in the time of plague hath much force to make vs hasten our departure how much more ought the practise of the spiritual Physicians spurre vs forward vpon our spirituall voyage Thirdly the danger which is threefold In nobis circa nos contra nos In vs round about vs against vs. In vs the plague of sin round about vs the fire of the present plague against vs Sathan who seeketh to make vs curse the Lord and the fire of Gods wrath and anger To auoid this threefold danger run to the Towre and to this blessed Zoar. The fourth motiue is the desire of life and health we need at this time a double health the health of the soule and body let vs therefore goe boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercy and find grace to helpe in time of need Heb. 4.16 Why went that woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeares vnto Christ but that she might receiue her health Matth. 9.20 vers 12. The sicknesse of the plague is an issue of blood which being once opened will euer run and keepe a course if it be not stanched by the power and mercie of God which mercie is onely obtained by going vnto his sacred name to obtaine this double health Dauid went vnto this place 1. Chron. 21. that the plague of his soule might be healed and the bodily plague be remooued If we are as it were dead for sorrow prayer will reuiue vs for it is Vita animae the life of the soule as Chrys termeth it Est anima ipsius animae It is the soule of the soule If we goe into the Countrey which cannot saue vs how much more ought we to flie to this name which hath the power to do it this his power being accompanied with mercy and kindnesse for thou O Lord art good and gracious and of great compassion Psal 8 6. Fiftly experience of good successe is the last motiue they which haue fled to this place haue not beene stopped by the way but haue had good speede Goe vnto King Hezekiah Iob Dauid and the rest and they will preach vnto you by experience the experience of this successe This successe is grounded vpon three things as vpon three firme pillars the Power the Will and Promise the Goodnesse and mercie of God His power I haue heard it that power belongeth vnto God Psal 62.11 There was neuer affliction or sore so great but the hand of that Physician hath beene able to master it the least finger of his right hand being of more puissance then the whole arme of flesh His will and promise Psal 91.1 Ioel. 2.32 Iam. 5.15 Eccle. 31.9 Matth. 7.7 Ioh. 14.13 The King of heauen is not like vnto the Princes of the earth or vnto that Philip of Macedon who answered vnto the widow comming in his Court to him to be heard I am not at leisure vnto

Soueraignes here infected die And for themselues could finde no remedie The brute Beasts now which Nature to bestow The Excellence on Man did make with low Downe-looking Postures first did feele the rage Of th' Earth-borne Plague and died before their age The long-liu'd Hart this time to die began Before it reach'd vnto the age of Man The faithfull Spaniell by his death did trie The mischiefe of his well-nos'd Facultie And ranging with quicke Sent did soonest proue Th' infectious Malice of the Dogge aboue The lustie Steed scouring in 's Game apace Lights on Deaths Gole in middle of his Race The nimble Fowle as th' ayre it flyes around Flags his sick wings and sinkes vnto the ground Not long before to the remorselesse Skie In sillie Notes haue sung his Elegie The lucklesse Night-Rauens which vs'd to grone The death of others now might Dirge their owne The Snow-plum'd Swan as it did gently ride Vpon the siluer Streame sung forth and di'de Anon the Damp dares breake into the Walls Making a way by thousand Funerals Who can expresse th' astonishment and feare Which doth at entrance of a Plague appeare Euen so the fleeced Heard doth tremble when An Aburne Lyon hungry from his Den Breakes in among 'em then you may behold The pale-look'd Shepheard gaze vpon his Fold With helpelesse pitie the poore Lam-kins creepe Vnder their Dams the sillie trembling Sheepe Stand full of cold amazement at the sight Small hope for mercy and lesse hope in flight Expecting onely which of all shall scape The readie horror of the Lyons rape Other Diseases warning giue before That we may reckon and acquit the Score Of our sinnes Prodigalitie in this We scarce can be resolued whether 't is Sicknesse or Death it selfe so quicke it tries The strength of Nature so soone poore Man dies That many to repose in th' Euening lying Haue made their sleepe true kin to Death by dying Before the Morne Ah! who would then deferre A preparation for this Messenger Of bless'd or curs'd Eternitie What man Would still presume to sinne that knowes the span Of short vncertaine Life Yee gracious Powers That measure out the minutes and the houres Of this our wandring Pilgrimage restraine These sodaine slaughter-men or good God waine Vs from our sinnes that wee may neither feare The rape of Death nor couet to be here O curbe this raging Sicknesse which with sense Bereaues vs of the meanes of Penitence When a dire Phrensie seizeth on the Braine Full of resistlesse flame and full of paine That Madnesse which no cure can well appease Is but a Symptome vnto this Disease Our bloud all fire as if it did portend We were not here to stay but soone ascend When streames of sulphur through our veins do glide And scarce the sense of sorrow doth abide This time how miserable may we guesse Where want of sense is chiefest happinesse When the distracted Soule can scarce deuise How to supply the weakest Faculties Of the disturbed Body but presents Vnto the Eye strange obiects strange portents And antique shadowes when the feuerish rage Sets vs on Iourneyes oft and Pilgrimage And entertaines our wild and wandring sight With monstrous Land-schips able to affright A man in 's wits when the deceiued Eares Doe apprehend what ere the Fancie feares The grones of Ghosts and whispering of Sprites The silken tread of Faeries in the Nights The language of an ayrie Picture howles Of funerall Dogs and warnings of sad Owles The Tast distasteth all things and the same Is sweet and bitter when the inward flame Furres the swolne tongue the quick Feeling marr'd Knoweth no difference betweene soft and hard Such a confused Error doth distract The labouring senses so is the Fancie rackt By the dire sicknesse when from place to place The Bodie rolleth and would faine embrace Some Icie cooler but alas the heat Asswaging there ensues a Marble sweat 'Twixt Death and Nature wrestling then appeare Those deadly Characters which th'Ensigne beare Before approching Fate which notice giue None spotlesse die how euer they did liue A sicknesse comfortlesse when we doe feare To see those friends whom we doe loue most deare The Ministers Deuotion here doth sticke By leauing Visitation of the sicke Making the Seruice Booke imperfect when We see a crossed Doore as 't were a Den Of Serpents or a Prodigie we shun The poore distressed Habitation The Death as comfortlesse where not appeares One friend to shed some tender funerall teares Blacke Night 's the onely Mourner No sad Verse Nor solemne flowers doe decke the drearie Herse Some few old folke perhaps for many a yeere Who haue forgot to weepe attend the Beere Such whose dry age hath made most fit to keepe Th' infected without feare but not to weepe Whose kin to death made them not feare to die Whose deafenesse made them then fit companie Vnto the sicke when they were speechlesse growne A miserable Consolation But had you look'd about you might haue seene Death in each corner and the secret teene Of angry Destiny No sport dispels The mists of sorrow a sad silence dwels In all the streets and a pale terrour seizes Vpon their faces who had no Diseases So vsuall 't was before the morne to dye That when at Night two friends left company They would not say Good Night but thus alone God send 's a ioyfull Resurrection If two or three daies interpos'd betweene One friend by chance another friend had seene It was as strange and ioyfull as to some When a deare friend doth from the Indies come Throgh the nak'd town of death there was such plenty One Bell at once was faine to ring for twenty No Clocks were heard to strike vpon their Bels Cause nothing rung but death-lamenting Knels Strange that the Houres should faile to tell the Day When time to thousands ran so fast away Time was confus'd and kept at such a plight The Day to thousands now was made a Night Hundreds that neuer saw before but di'de At one same time in one same Graue abide That our weake Fancies if we did not hold It Profanation here to be too bold Might wonder what being strangers they would say To one another at the Iudgement Day Some by their feare to goe to Church debarr'd Anon are carryed dead vnto the Yard The Church-yards gron'd with too much death opprest And the Earth rests not ' cause so many rest And Churches now with too much buriall fed Fear'd they should haue no meeting but of Dead Death fell on death and men began to feare That men would want to carry forth the Beere The Bearers Keepers Sextons that remaine Surpasse in number all the towne againe Friends here kill'd friends womb-fellowes kill their Brothers Fathers their Sons and Daughters kill their Mothers By one another strange so many di'de And yet no murder here no Homicide A Mother great with Childe by the Plagues might Infects to death her childe not borne to light So killing that which yet ne're liu'd the wombe Of th'aliue Mother to th'dead Childe was tombe Where in the fleshy graue the still Babe lying Doth kill his mother by his owne first dying Her trauaile here on Earth she could not tend But finishes in heauen her Iournies end To others frolicke set vnto their meales Secure of Death slie Death vpon them steales And strikes among 'em so that thence in speed With heauy Cheere th' are borne the wormes to feed To some at worke to others at their play To thousands death makes a long Holy-day Death all conditions equally inuades Nor riches power nor beauty here perswades Old dye with young with women men the rage Of the dire Plague spares neither sex nor age Most powerfull Influence of ruling Starres Which with blinde darts kill more than bloudy Wars Resistlesse Famine greedy time or when The threatfull hand of tyrants striketh men Into pale terrour more than all diseases Ah happy he who heauen least displeases FINIS Some principall Contents THe Colledge of bodily Physicians and Galen Prince of them their prescript in time of Plague Page 1 Rules for fleeing or departing in time of Plague p. 2. The yeeres 1603 and 1625. alleadged p. ibid. The Romanists and their S. Sebastian confuted p. 7. Their execrable and blasphemous deuotion and superstition in Plague-time confuted p. 15. 16. Augustine alleadged for prayer p. 7. 13. Whereunto Dauid and his family fled in Plague-time p. 8. Obiections against moderate fleeing in time of Plague answered p. ibid. Beza alleadged for lawfulnesse of fleeing p. ibid. Touching the Magistrate and Ministers fleeing p. 9. Tertullian concerning prayer p. ibid. Dauids Conscience Humility Memory Wisedome in Plague-time and other affliction p. ibid. Famine Wars and Pestilence Gods Trinitie of punishments p. 11. Chrysostome alleadged for prayer p. 12. Philip of Macedon his answere to a Widow and her memorable reply to him p. 13. Bowing the bodily knee to Angels forbidden p. 16. Hilary cited against the Papists p. 17. Pliny cited for Locris and Crotone that neuer were infected with the Plague p. 19. Comfort for a weake Conscience of a conscious sinner visited with the Plague p. 23. King Dauids Physician in time of Plague p. 24. In time of Plague or any other affliction we must pray for others as well as our selues p. ibid. Faith in prayer like a beautifull Queene p. 30. Cyprian cited for Faith in prayer p. ibid. Seneca cited for confidence in asking p. 31. Meere vocall verball and formall prayers likened to the Prince of Saxonie and Cardinall Ascanius their Parrats the one rehearsing the Pater-noster the other the Creed and Ascanius his deuotion like to his Parrats p. 34. Gods will holy iust equitable not like earthly Princes p. 36. The high commendation of faithfull prayer p. 37. 38. 39 40. The Londoners laudable Exercise p. ibid.