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A11561	A straunge and wonderfull example of the iudgement of almighty God shewed vpon two adulterous persons in London, in the parish of S. Brydes, in Fleetestreete, this thurde of Februarie. 1583. Set forth for a memorable example before our eyes, both to make vs remember the frailty of this life, and to call vs vnto repentance. By Samuel Saxey, student in diuinitie.; Straunge and wonderfull example of the judgement of almighty God.	Saxey, Samuel.	1583 (1583)	STC 21805; ESTC S105767	10,506	42

which happened at the burning of one Gardiner in Spaine a sparcle of whose fyre set on fire a goodly tall faire shippe of the kings lying then in the hauē as you may reade more plentifullye in Maister Foxes Ecclesiastical Hystorie With the horror of whiche strange sight was ioyned so strong and stincking a sent of the consumed flesh that those that entred y e chamber were wel nigh stifled therewith Concerning these persons you heare howe lewdly and vngratiously they missused the holy Sabaoth what a requiem god gaue them for their labour You see the guerdon of carnal concupiscence you see how the lord of heuen and earth maketh the same element to succour the good and cōsume the euil you see I beleue as significant cleere an instant against whorehunting as any age or time or place can afourde you yea thoughe you consider the fire of Sodome of Nadab and Abiahu who offered straunge incense before the Lorde of Elias whiche consumed two chiefetaines with their fifties of Ananias Azarias and Mizael whiche consumed their tyrannous persecutors in the flame And wyl you yet returne back to your beastlye and fylthie lusts as the dog doth to his vomit o yee sonnes daughters of London will you not yet leaue to foster and entertaine those tripping dames those pery wigged prickmidainties those sodomitical libertines those ruffiā baudes those curled masking roysters whyche runne like vntamed heifers thorough hedge and ditch and ouerrū other mens groundes and gardēs which liue by the spoyle and hauock of sobrietie and continency whiche care for nothing more thā their bellies things belōging to the bellie well seene in secreates and priuities of states as youre thrice excellent English poet hath truly reported of you in his Speculum Tuscanismi wherin is contained a perfect resēblance of harebrainde natures omnisidian counterfaites which runne eftsones into all regions to buy extremities to borrow new fangled qualities beare about them at once y e head of a Numidian Tuscan or wilde Irish the brest of a sauage Bear and Leopard the armes and winge of those Manucodiata whiche birdes as Cardane reporteth do flie continually in the ayre hoping at the last to make their nestes in the sunne but they are faine to buylde them in their owne backes and fall downe to the earth without feete when they haue doone Let all suche loose from among you Oh my people saith the Lorde of hostes awaye wyth them eyther bend them to vertue or breake them in theyr vices sayeth the Lorde of hostes For what agreement hathe synne wyth righteousnesse or God wyth Belial or heauen with hell know you not that youre bodies are the temples of the holye Ghoste and wyll you suffer them to bee made naye but will you your selues make them the sanctuaries of harlottes vnderstande you not that commandement whiche was sente from GOD Thou shalt not commit adulterie And againe Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures wyfe wyll you learne still and be neuer the wiser wyll you needes bee like darnell and wilde oates in the Wheate fielde of God and bee throwen into that vnquenchable lake of brimstone and endlesse misery for perswade youre selues that neyther whoremaisters nor fornicatours nor incestuous persōs shall be made partakers of the heauenly Hierusalem You see that God would haue this harlots prankes knowne for neither hir face nor the attire of hir heade was so muche as once scortched that it might the more certainlye be reported in London see how suche a mans daughter such a mās wife suche a mans concubine came to hir ende vnlesse we repent wee shall likewise all perishe euerie mothers childe of vs euerie vnhonest liuer of vs euerye dalying Dalila of vs shall come to noughte Why mighte not GOD as iustlye haue executed hys rigorous sentence vppon vs miserable sinners that we are as vpon this neybour of ours for wee are all gone out of the way wee are all become vnprofitable ther is none of vs that doth good no not one Lette vs call to minde howe the widow Barnes in Cornhil intending to defeate an orphane of his right in a rage by Gods secreate determination threw hyr self headlong out of a window cruelly ended hyr diuelish life let vs take heed by prayer fasting leaste the diuell prouoke vs to madnesse as hee didde one Berrie in the Counter of the Poultrie It was that Sathan that deuouring Lyon which incited one R. Tod to slay Maystresse Skinner at saincte Katherines and Maistresse Amye Middleton to martyre kill hir maid with ouermuch beating and wyth heauie cudgelles Let vs imprint these feareful examples in our minde and think not within your selues that they were greatest offenders vpon whom the tower of Silo fel for except we repent we shal al like wise perish Let vs not say among our selues rushe all is wel peace peace we saw whē Gods wrath tooke the wings of the winde and flew into the vttermost partes of the world for he wil come in a daie when we are not aware of him and in a moment wil he come and finde vs beating our fellow seruants and giue vs a portion in the land of the dead My people of London is like to a childe yea euen that goodly people the people of Londō is like a dead block vpon the mountaines saith the Lord of hostes For if I beate them with my yron rod. they forgette it and when I strike they feele me not How long shall I forbeare my vengeaunce and beare with your infinite enormities whiche dayly come beefore my presence saith the Lord of hostes My house is called the house of prayer but yee haue made it a Tabernacle and inne of Gomorrheans saith the Lord of Hostes. I sent my Angell wyth a sling and two stones to scare you in my sonne Christs Church saith the Lord of hostes But if you will yet remaine like vncircumcised Philistines I will sende a two edged sword to strike of the heads of your proud and disdainful Goliahs saith the Lord of hostes And because I could not find one Phinches emong you I was constrained to be bothe iudge and tormentour my selfe and I smote Brustar and hys Concubine wyth fyre wherewith they would haue warmed themselues as sometymes I dydde choake the Israelites with quailes when they would haue slaked their hunger saieth the Lord of hostes Thus I haue tourned their mirth to mourning their ioy to annoy their pleasure to pain and wyll you not yet harken to my call saith the Lord of hostes wherefore I will yet punishe you seauen tymes more for your manifolde iniquities and treasons whiche you haue rebelliously raised againste me so that you shall fetch no more of the golde of India and Ophir you shal not haue your ships fraughted with the swete spices of Arabia any more you shal haue many losses by lande and by sea manie submersions and shipwrackes shall empouerish you and hee that escapeth the waues shal be taken of

the pestilence and he that auoideth the plague shall bee apprehended of the ennimye and one neighbour shall spoyle and endammage another one frende shall betray an other there shal raigne a great desolatiō ouer you saith the Lord of hostes But if you wil take the tokens for a faire warning and worship towarde my holye temple and lay aside your proude flesh and put of your gorgeous apparel and sende awaie youre cawles youre Moonelike tires youre perfumes bracelets muffiers bonets tablets earerings vayles wimples codpeesed dubblets crisping pinnes glasses lawnes and other allurementes and lullabies of follye and incontinencie whyche are snares of forraine nations to intrap you withall and keepe my holydayes arighte and learne my testimonies to obserue and followe them and worship my preachers as you oughte to doe nothing shall be too deare for you your houses shall bee fylled with all manner of store your oxen shall be strong to labour there shall be no decaye no leading into captiuitie nor no complayning in your boundes then aske and haue then knocke and it shall be opened I wil preuent the trecheries of vntrustie nations I wil tame the stiffe neckes of the hautie Magnifycoes the north winde shall not hurt you nor the Souldan shal doe you harme your foes rounde about you shal behold your prosperous estate they shall gnash wyth theyr teeth pine away the desire of the vngodly shal be like the grasse on the house toppe which wythereth before it is plurked vppe Themesis shall be better esteemed than Tyberis and I wil blesse hir ylande with all increase and I will satisfie hir poore with breade and hir Saintes shal dwell with me feede at mine owne Table sing Alleluia in al hir circuites and dominions saith he which is which was and is to come What saye you brethren and fathers whether hadde you rather liue with quiet consciences and to keepe house with GOD than to wast your bodies your substaunce and soules in wantonnes and repente when al is gone You know the old prouerbe Too late to spare when all is spent and who counteth not him a foole that shutteth the stable doore when the steede is stolne whiche of you hath not heard how that Ouid y e poet was bannished as farre as Moscouie by Octauius Augustus an heathen Emperoure for writing his bookes of the Arte of Loue and will you which are Christians suffer so many youthes vnder your noses to practise continuall experiments interluds of the Arte of bauderie I perceiue it is too too true which your English Homer hathe written No mā but minion stout lout plaine swaine quoth a Lording No words but valerous no workes but womanish alwayes Good God what a vile indignitie is this that Archelaus a miscreant in a graue and politike regard shold burne all bookes and Epigrams of loue which he could come by and y t you which bear the titles of christians and yet scarce haue one spark or title of christianitie will permitte sycophanticall Applesquires and brothely baskets to warme them at your fires Hee that toucheth Pitch shal be defyled with it one il sheepe infecteth the whole flock Si cum bonis viuunt boni vtrique fiunt optimi Si cum malis viuunt mali vtrique fiunt pessimi Bethinke you therfore my louing Countriemen and remember that the haughtie minde of Alcibiades marred all Athens that the fonde louetrickes of Alexander broughte Troy to an ouerthrow that for the fornication of the sonnes of Seth with the daughters of Caine welneare al mankinde was destroied by the vniuersall deluge that for the outrage of concupiscence both Sichem and the house of Emor and almoste all the tribe of Beniamin was broughte to vtter ruine and subuersion that the people of Israel were striken and carried into captiuitie for coupling with straunge women that greate mortalitie hapned by pestilence by famine and by sworde for the onely adulterie of king Dauid and let this example of William Brustar and hys lewde Woman be as effectuallye weighed and scanned of vs as for y e rarenes it ought to be God who hath alwaies blessed your Citie hytherto wil blesse it stil to whose gracious fatherly protectiō I cōmēd you Now if al these prodigious Euents may not moue you to turne ouer a leafe and take a newe lesson hearkē I pray what Religiō hir self speaketh vnto you from hir highe Tribunal seate Come vnto me yee children of Thamesis and Britaine my armes you see are open to entertayne you my heade is inclyned to kisse you come and you shall possesse mee in peace Oh that you woulde giue loue for loue for your good will is better than Nectar Britannia hyr name is vnto me as a most pleasāt ointment Thus it is meete that I your Lorde and Sauiours spouse shoulde be welcome vnto you wyth timbrels and flutes and cimballes a Venite exultemus The vocie of youre Osanna maketh me hartily to reioice the gladsome salutations of youre lippes sound sweeter in mine eares than anie instrumentes of Musicke in your Land As the rose is among the thornes so is my beloued Albion among al genealogies of men Lay thy right hand vnder my heade and let thy left arme holde mee for my delight is to sit vnder thy healthfull shadowes and the pomegranates which growe in thy garden are my best comfort I traueled many yeres and indictions aboute the Countreys of Bohemia and Praga I soiourned in the shoare of the Germane sea I walked through the regions about Nilus and passed by Sicilie and by Uenice and visited all the daughters of Europa Yet none is so toothesome to my mouth nor so fauourable in mine eye as the yongest syster Albion is We will buylde a siluer bulwarke vppon hyr walles wee wyll fasten hyr doores wyth bourdes of Cedar trees I haue sette my seale vppon hir heart because shee is a well locked garden and a liuely fountaine runneth from hyr I am blacke wyth iourneying in manie Kyngdomes but I am not ill fauoured O yee ofspring of Sion I come to you wyth Happinesse in one hande and Eternitie in another take not one but both of these and wee will keepe togeather for euermore Make oure foundations of Marble our playsterings of Golde and oure pyllers of Iuorie so shall the Kyng reioyce in thy beautye for he is thy Lorde from aboue and obey thou hym Buylde vppe our Gates of Brasse and lette Veritie keepe the entraunce lette Charitie bee oure Schoolemaistresse and lette Humilitie syng Hymnes and spirituall Songes lette Patience beare the burthen of the Crosse beefore vs lette Prayer be watchman in oure strong Towers and then Magnificat shall daylye bee sung of vs and hee onelye shal bee gloryfyed whyche ruleth aboue lette vs for the instruction of oure chyldren haue the Actes and Monumentes of the holye Woorthyes portrayted euen vppon oure Pallaice walles and then also the destruction of Saule wyl terrifye them from couetousnesse the magnifycence of Iosua and Dauid will also hearten them in the waye of godlinesse the blessing of Gideon wyll likewise exhort them to destroye all prophane Madianitish idolators the fortitude of Sampson wil emboulden them againste millions of ennimies the zeale of Iohn wyll teach them to hinder the encrease of the vngodly rout of Baal the courage of Ionathan wil bid them neuer to fly touche in Gods cause the fayth of Abraham will exhort them to trust in Gods promises the miracles of Moses wil make them worship the power of God the vertues of Iob of Noah of Daniel of Ioseph of Iacob of Iudas Machabeus of Debora of Iudith of Aquila and Priscilla wil enforme thē of pacient prouident manly wise and honest proceedings and teache them the feare of the Lorde which is the beginning of perfect wisdom And to withdrawe them from the footesteps of transgressours the picture of Caines autophonie of Antiochus Herodes Pthiriasy Ananias periurie Pharaohs obstinacie Simon Magus sorcerie Diues his gluttonie wyth manye other notable narrations should bee set forth before their eies So the vanitie of Sciences Magical coulde not delude them nor yet al Iulianistes al Lucianistes al heretiques shoulde once remoue them from their assured hope in Christe For hee that keepeth Israel shall not slumber nor sleepe They shoulde bee builded vpon the rocke whiche neyther stormy winds nor gret flouds neither earthquakes nor pyrotechnies may vndermine and ouercast Wee wil keepe them from gadding Dinahs from muffled Thamars from ambitious Nimrods from adulterous Absoloms frō holowharted Achitophels from trayterous Iscariots and from y e whole traine and troupe of wicked offenders And as for this example of Brustar it shal be registred in y e chronicles of Gods iust iudgemēts whiche teacheth vs to detest and abhorre the licentious excursions of the bodie and to hate that preternaturall luste of olde age and to pray against sodayne death And nowe lette vs humbly beseech our soueraigne king of heauen and earth to looke on vs wyth the eyes of his mercie not to cut vs off so shortely that al time of remembrance be denied vs to grant vs his grace in suche measure that wee may be readie with our lamps when the bridegroome commeth enter with him into eternall ioyes which God for his Christes sake accomplish in due season to whome al wisedome and power and goodnes bee ascribed for euermore Amen FINIS