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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

Moone doth in light when she is past the full For who sées not the emulation that remaynes stil among vs for excesse of apparell fare and building Who perceyueth not the dysdaine of superiors to their inferiors the grudge and heart-burning of inferiors towardes their superiors and the want of loue in al states one towardes another Who complayneth not of corruption in Officers yea euen in Officers of Iustice and ministers of the Lawe Is it not a common byworde but I hope not true though cōmon that as a man is frended so the lawe is ended In Youth there was neuer lyke loocenesse and vntimelie libertie nor in Age lyke vnstayednesse want of dyscretion nor the lyke carelesnesse of duety in eyther towardes other The Boye mateth the Man of aged grauity and is cōmended for that which he deserueth to be beaten for Seruants are become maysterlike fellowes with Maysters and Maysters vnable to maister their owne asfections are become seruants to other folkes seruantes yea and to their owne seruantes too Men haue taken vp the garish attire nyce behauior of Women and Women transformed from their own kinde haue gotten vp the apparell and ●●omackes of men as for honest and modest shamefastnesse the preferrer of all Uertues it is so highly mislyked that it is thoughte of some folkes scarce tollerable in children Hatred malice dysdaine and desire of reuenge for the weighte of a feather are the vertues of our yong Gentlemen in commendation of their manhoode and valiantnesse Déepe Dissimulation and Flatterie are counted Courtlie behauior Mighte ouer commeth right and Truthe is troden vnder foote Idlenesse Pride bring dayly infinite numbers to that point that they had rather rob and be shamefully hanged than labour and liue with honesty Usurie the consumer of priuate states and the confounder of Common weales is become a common and in some mens opinions cōmendable trade to liue by Faithfulnesse is fleede into exile and falshode vaunteth himself in his place til he haue gotten great summes of money into his hande that hée maye playe the Banker oute to the vndoing of such as trust him The Saboth dayes and holy dayes ordayned for the hearing of Gods word to the reformation of our lyues for the administration receyuing of the Sacramentes to our comfort for the séeking of all things behouefull for bodye or soule at Gods hande by Prayer for the mynding of his benefites and to yéelde praise and thankes vnto him for the same and finally for the speciall occupying of our selues in all spiritual exercizes is spent full heathenishly in tauerning tipling gaming playing beholding of B●arebaytings and Stageplayes to the vtter dyshonor of GOD impeachment of all godlynesse and vnnecessarie consuming of mennes substances which ought to be better employed The wante of orderly Discipline and Catechizing hath eyther sent great nūbers both olde and yong backe again into Papistrie or let them runne loose into godlesse Atheisme And wolde God that we which call others to obedience shewing them the way and rebuking their vices mighte not be iustly charged to bée as trumpets which with their sound encourage other men to the battell but fight not themselues Nay would God that in al degrées some suche as oughte to be Lanternes of light and Ringleaders to Uertue were not infecters of others by their euill example I feare me that if the Prophete Esay were héere alyue he would tell vs as hée sometime tolde the Iewes that from the croune of our head to the sole of our foot there is no whole or sounde parte in oure bodie but that al is ful of sores blaines and botches Thinke we then that such doing shal scape vnpunished or such buildings stande vnshaken Well may we deceyue our selues in so hoping but God deceyueth not neyther is deceyued It is wrytten that euery plant which our heauenlie Father hath not planted shal be plucked vp by the rootes and that euery trée which beareth not good fruite shall be cut downe and cast into the fire The Axe is layde to the roote of the trée and the longer that Gods vengeance is in comming the sorer it smyteth when it is come Terrible and moste true is this saying of his by the mouth of Salomon For as much as I haue called and you haue refuzed and I haue stretched oute my handes and you haue not regarded it but haue despized al my counsel and set my correction at nought therefore wil I also laugh at your destruction and mock yee when the thing that yee feare commeth vpon you euen whē the thing that yee be afrayde of breaketh in vpon you like a storme and your miserie like a tempest When trouble and heauynesse come vpon you on all sides then shall ye call vpon me but I wil not answere you yee shal seeke me early but yee shall not finde me euen bicause yee hated knowledge and didde not chooze the feare of the Lorde Ye would none of my counsell but hated my correction and therfore shal ye eat the fruit of your owne ways and be filled with your own inuentions Soothly it is a dreadful thing to fall into the handes of the Lorde For as he is merciful so is he also iust and in all his determinations he is vtterly vnchangeable And as the Prophet Jeremie sayeth When sentence is once gone forth of his presence it shal not retourne without performance Wherfore let vs not be as horsses and Mules whiche haue no vnderstanding neyther let vs tarrie till Iudgement be sent forth vnto victorie But let vs consider the time of our visitation and whyle we haue time let vs vse it to our benefit So long as God calleth vnto vs so lōg as he entreteth vs so long as he techeth allureth exhorteth or warneth vs yea so long as he doeth as yet but threaten vs so long the gate is stil open for vs so as he will heare vs if we call and be founde of vs if we séeke him But if he once hold his peace and begin too smite then it is too late too call backe his hande our crying wil not boote vs. Therefore while we haue respite and while it is called to daie let vs not hardē our hartes as in the prouocation and as in the day of Temptation in the wildernesse but let vs hearken to his voyce forsaking the lustes and the wicked imaginations and deuices of our own h●rts let vs turne to the Lorde our God wyth harty repentaunce and vnfeyned amendment of life least besides other meaner plagues both of bodye and minde our Candlesticke be remoued our light quēched Christs Gospel taken from vs and we for our vnthankefulnesse be caste out with our children into vtter darkenesse and in y ● terrible day of Iudgemēt heare this dreadfull sentence of the iust Iudge pronoūced against vs Depart from me yée workers of wickednesse which hardened your harts against me and made your faces as hard as brasse at such time as my long sufferaunce wayted for you prouoking you by mildenesse and patience to amendement FINIS ¶ The reporte of the said Earthquake and howe it beganne ON Easter Wednesdaye béeing the sixte of Aprill 1580. somewhat before six of the clocke in the afternoone happened thys greate Earthquake whereof this discourse treateth I meane not greate in respecte of long continuauce of time for God be thanked it continued little aboue a minute of an houre rather shaking Gods rod at vs than smiting vs according to oure desertes Nor yet in respecte of any greate hurte done by it within thys Realme For although it shooke all houses castles churches and buildings euery where as it wente and put them in danger of ruine yet within this Realme praysed be our Sauior Christe for it it ouerthrewe fewe or none that I haue yet hearde of sauing certaine stones chimneys walles and Pinacles o highe buildings bothe in this Cittie and in diuers other places Neyther doe I heare of anye Christen people that receiued bodily hurte bo it sauing two children in London a boye and a girle being at Sermon among a great number of people in Christs churche by Newgate market of whome the boy named Thomas Gray was slaine out of hand with the fall of a stone shaken downe from the roofe of the Church and the girle whose name was Mabell Euerite béeing sore hurt there at y e same present by like casualtie dyed wythin fewe dayes after But I terme it great in respecte of the vniuersalnesse thereof almoste at one instant not onelye within this Realm but also without where it was muche more violent and did far more harme and in respecte of the great terror which it then strake into al mens heartes where it came and yet still striketh into suche as duely consider howe ●●tely God maye be offended wyth all men for sinne and speciallye wyth thys Realme of England which hathe moste abundantly tasted of Gods mercy and moste vnthankfully neglected his goodnesse whyche yet stil warneth vs by thys terrible wonder what farre more terrible punishmentes are like to lighte vppon vs ere long vnlesse we amend our sinfull life and conuersation b● times Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman Anno. 1580.