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A69170	Salomons pest-house, or tovvre-royall Nevvly re-edified and prepared to preserue Londoners with their families, and others, from the doubted deluge of the plague. Item, a laudable exercise 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 vsefull and requisite for Gods people ... By the reuerend, learned, and godly diuine I.D. preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is added Mr Hollands admonition, and Mr Phaers prescription for bodily physicke. Also, London looke-backe: a description or representation of the great and memorable mortality an. 1625. in heroicke matchlesse lines, by A.H. of Tr. Colledge in Cambridge.	I. D., preacher of Gods word.; Holland, Henry, 1583-1650? Spirituall preservatives against the pestilence.; Houssemaine, Nicolas de, d. 1523. Régime contre la peste.; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626. London looke-backe.; Phayer, Thomas, 1510?-1560.	1630 (1630)	STC 6176; ESTC S117096	52,379	80

through the ayre But suffer'd Autumne in the Spring forlorne And ferall Cypresse now had cause to mourne Poppeyes themselues this time in death did sleepe And the Myrrhe-tree had reason here to weepe A funerall Perfume those gaudie flowers Which wont to make Ghirlonds for Paramours Mourn'd in their drouping brauery and spread The ground at their owne deaths as for the dead The Corne grew not as if it meant t'undoo Men not with Plague alone but Famine too Herbs Physicks 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

Christ Christians the wisedome of God it selfe in whom the Deitie dwelt bodily was content to forsake his wisedome and to be ordered and rectified by this squire of his Fathers will Father not my will but thine be fulfilled This is then the spirituall furniture which we must carry with vs if wee will goe to the name of Iehouah Prayer with these companions will returne laden with the sheaues of comfort and blisse from the plentifullest fields And by these it is manifested that the righteous onely goe to this place the name of Iehouah is not like vnto the earthly places vnto which in the time of infection resort both good and bad The vngodly may make a shew to goe into it but yet they connot come thither for there is the spirit of prayer Zach. 12. which is giuen onely to them that bring with them this spirituall furniture As for weapons to safegard our selues wee neede none for this houshold-stuffe are spirituall weapons Ephes 6. This shall suffice for the Arke of Noah A trusty friend and seruant appointed by the Magistrate of heauen to aide the sicke in the time of Plague Now because the Ciuill Magistrate appointeth in euery Parish trustie men to aide the infected and to prouide them with necessaries Giue mee also leaue to shew vnto you beloued a trustie friend and seruant to ayde the sicke appointed by the Magistrate of heauen If yee are desirous to know who it is Prayer is his name Psal 50 Call vpon mee c. Dauid hath vsed this faithfull friend in the time of the plague he hath sent it as an Embassadour into the Court of heauen to sue for peace he sent not merites distrustfulnesse impatience or blasphemies but prayer the surest and effectuallest Embassadour happy for successe Wee are all desirous if the Lord visite vs with the rod of Dauid to haue some trustie and faithfull friend or seruant to keepe and ayde vs to dispatch our businesse to send here and there and to prouide vs with necessaries and wee make much of such that will assist vs in such a fearefull sicknesse The qualities of this friend Wee can haue no better seruant then King Dauids friend who hath many good qualities we desire in the time of plague a seruant or friend 1 Faithfull in whom wee finde these good qualities First Faithfulnesse for many haue beene robd by their keepers as experience teacheth Prayer is a messenger of especiall trust it wil trauaile with vs by day awake with vs by night it will not forsake vs by land by water in weale in woe liuing or dying it is our last friend and indissolublest companion Secondly 2 Quicke wee desire one quick of speed Prayer is able in a minute to mount aboue the Eagles of the skie into the heauen of heauens and is a chariot of fire bearing vs aloft into the presence of God to seeke his assistance hee knoweth to addresse himselfe in waies vnknowne in the stillest silence of the night till he come to the secrets and chamber of the Lord King Dauids Physician Thirdly wee seeke one who is willing and is not afraid 3 Willing for they are scarce to be found prayer is such a friend he is not afraid to be with thee neither the tediousnesse of the way or difficultie of the passage can hinder him from his purpose Fourthly 4 Learned we are desirous to haue one that can speake language which the Physician can vnderstand if need were to send him thither and who can prouide vs of necessaries such one is prayer for what language soeuer it speaketh the Physician of heauen can vnderstand it Fiftly one that is able to comfort vs in our distresse 5 A comforter such a comforter is praier it is the life of the soule if thou art perplexed with such griefe of heart as neither wine according to the aduice of Salomon nor strong drink can bring ease vnto thy spirit melting like waxe finding no comfort at all either in light or darkenesse pleasures or riches kinsfolkes or friends wishing with Iob 4. O that thou wouldest hide mee in the graue and keepe mee secret vntill thy wrath is past yet then this friend is our comfort hee will speake for vs vnto the Lord King Dauids Physician by this we may flie into the bosome of Gods mercies If any then be afflicted amongst you let him pray Iam. 5. The reason why we desire a friend with all these qualities is that he might both aide and prouide vs with all necessaries prayer is a friend who is able to dispatch all our businesse Desirest thou a Physitian in thy sicknes to cure thee send this friend praier to King Dauids Physician dwelling in heauen and he will bring him with him If thou needest physicke to heale thee and which is good for thy disease send prayer into heauen to fetch the hearbe of patience which groweth not in our owne garden If thou desirest necessaries for thy soule send him to the Lord he will fetch for thee all that thou wantest the bread of life that heauenly Manna the bloud of Christ the waters of mercy Needest thou a comforter send praier vnto the Lord and he wil bring with him the best comforter of the sicke the holy Ghost it is his name Iohn 14. he will not feare to come to thee as often the bodily Physician Lastly if we desire our friends to come and visite vs send prayer for them and they will come God the father God the sonne God the holy Ghost No friend then better then prayer There are some bad seruants of which we must take heed and as in the time of plague there are some bad seruants who robbe and bereaue the sick of that he hath so there are some wicked friends who will depriue vs of spirituall comforts if we be not ware of them First if we should vse the aide of merits and send them vp 1 Bad seruants Merites Ephes 6 4. the starres in heauen would disdaine it that wee which dwell at the footstoole of God dare to presume so farre when the purest creatures in heauen are impure in his sight 2 Feare Secondly if we send vp feare and distrustfulnesse the length of the way will tire them out they are as heauy and lumpish as gaddes of yron they will sinke to the ground before they come halfe way to the throne of saluation Thirdly if we send vp blasphemies and curses 3 Blasphemies all the creatures betwixt heauen and earth will band themselues against vs. The Sunne and Moone will raine downe bloud the fire hote burning coales and the ayre thunderbolts vpon our heads And therefore let vs not vse the ayde of these three bad seruants As prayer is a seruant to ayde the sicke so it is a trustie friend or seruant to keepe your housen and families O ye Londoners that are departed in the Citie yee vse the ayd and trust of others but they are not the

your Coach beloued it is as one saith as a Chariot of fire bearing vs aloft in the presence of God able to mount vs aboue the Eagles of the skie to seeke the Lords assistance In the time of plague there was heretofore appointed a Waggon or Coach to carry the sicke to the Pest-house there to bee healed there is no better Chariot to carry our soules vnto the house of heauen to bee healed by that heauenly Physician then humble prayer Some delight to goe vp and down and see their friends our best friends at this time at altimes who can do vs the most good are God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost let vs visite them therefore continually by our prayers Others in writing letters what is prayer else but as it were a letter sent to God in which wee declare our neede and as a letter is an amiable discourse and conference of one friend with another as if they were both present So is our prayer as a friendly letter or discourse of vs which are absent from home with our best friend the Lord as if wee were present with him in heauen Send this letter and letter vpon letter yee that are now exiled shew vnto the Lord your need pray vnto him that hee will bring you home againe and remooue that in his mercy which keepeth you backe Lastly some in running of Races or in Hunting but yee beloued in this afflicted time runne the way of Gods Commandements as Dauid Psal 119. runne to the name of Iehouah with the righteous Prou. 18. runne the race which is set before you and that with patience looking vnto Christ Iesus Hebr. 12.1 and so runne that yee may obtaine that which you sue for Hunt not after the pleasures of this life but after the liuing God and as the Hart brayeth for the riuers of waters so let your soules pant after the liuing God Psal 42.1 That the Lords Hunter Psal 91. hunt vs not but that the Lord may deliuer vs from the snare of the Hunter and from the noysome pestilence Psalme 91.3 Vse therefore this comfortable Exercise the childe is neuer better but when it is in his fathers and mothers lap So shall you neuer be better but when by prayer you creepe as it were in your heauenly Fathers bosome it will kindle your loue toward him as the loue of louers is kindled the more they come together and if yee remaine there the next ensuing Winter feruent prayer will bee in stead of fire to kindle in your hearts the loue of God Fourthly the profit of this Exercise commendeth it much 4 Profitable it is not onely delectable but also profitable Some which are in the Countrey at this time spend their time I doe confesse profitably 1 To vs. riding vp and downe to buy commodities against the future but prayer is a farre profitabler Exercise for this time for it is not onely profitable to our selues but also vnto others yea to the whole Realme And as the Apostle speaketh of Godlinesse that it is profitable for al things so I may say of prayer that it can obtaine any thing profitable for vs in two respects First to obtaine that we haue not Secondly to keepe that we haue obtained First if thou lackest knowledge and wisedome prayer is the meanes to obtaine it Iames 1. If thy vnderstanding bee darke pray with Dauid Psalm 119. Open mine eyes O Lord that I may see the mysteries of thy Law If thou lackest zeale pray with Dauid Psal 119. Lord incline my heart vnto thy law c. And because this world is a desart where we may easily erre pray with Dauid Psal 50. Leade me in thy pathes c. If our soules be infected with the plague of vanitie and couetousnesse the meanes to remooue it is prayer Psal 119. O Lord remooue farre from me vanitie and encline not my heart to couetousnesse The meanes to obtaine a contented minde is also prayer Prou. 30. Pouertie nor riches giue mee not c. If thou desirest to thinke vpon thy mortalitie by the subiect which now is presented to thee pray with Dauid Psa 90. Teach vs O Lord to number our dayes that wee may apply our hearts to wisedome If yee desire to returne it is not your sports and delights but your praiers that must bring you backe 2 Sam. 24. If yee desire the ceasing of the begun plague it is your prayer that must remooue the cause that the effect may cease As praier obtaineth so it keepeth that you haue already obtained such are not your Exercises which ye your selues haue inuented O sonnes of Adam for by them you often loose that which you had purchased ryotously which Alexander blamed in his friends wasting and consuming your whole ability 2 The others There is another thing which ought to perswade you to this Exercise which is that it is profitable to others prayer doth more good then Almes for by our Almes we can helpe but a few but by our prayers wee can helpe thousands and thousands yea those which are farre off Prayers are the almes of the rich as well as of the poore for Pharaoh did as well begge for prayers as poore Lazarus for crummes Yee rich men that are in the Countrey bestow these almes vpon the poore as well as the almes of your purses and in this afflicted time seeke more to profite the whole Realme by your prayers then by your commodities I end this point with the saying of Augustine Plus profeci orando quā legendo 5 To strengthen vs. I haue more profited by praying than by reading Fiftly this Exercise is commendable because it is able to strengthen vs Some in the Countrey doe spend their time in Exercises by which they may maintaine their health and strengthen their bodies that they may bee able to doe any thing the Exercise of praier is good to make vs recouer the health of our soules which was waxen weake as this present begun plague and your present exile both doe witnesse Yea it is able to make vs doe admirable things Was it euer heard that mightie Potentates as there haue beene many Alexander the great Iulius Caesar and the rest could make the Sunne or the Moone to stand still in the firmament And yet this hath done the praier of Iosuah Haue there euer beene any armies so great and mightie which could make the Earth to tremble vnder their feet No beloued the mightie armie of Xerxes could not doe it and yet this hath done the praier of the Apostles Act. 4. Who hath euer heard that it hath been possible to mortall man to raise the dead and to giue life to the deceased The Physicians doe acknowledge their impotencie and yet this hath done the praier of Elizeus Heb. ●… As the Apostle then in the commendation of faith rehearseth the wonders which they haue wrought by faith So it may bee said of praier which is done in faith