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Seasonable thoughts in sad times being some reflections on the warre, the pestilence, and the burning of London, considered in the calamity, cause, cure / by Joh. Tabor.
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Tabor, John.
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1667
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Wing T93; ESTC R15193
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heals The wounded Spirit which compunction feels Before Gods foot-stool therefore prostrate lie Cry guilty Lord confess or else you die Judge and condemn your selves if you would save Your selves with God such only pardon have Relent repent reform and throughly purge Away your sins and God will take his scourge And Plague away with him make but your peace And he will make your VVars with men to cease Or us Victor quench but the flames of lust And he will raise the City from the dust That kindled first Gods wrath and this the flame VVhich sit'd the City of so ancient fame For this bow down before Gods Throne and kneel This fire might melt you if you were all steel Into some godly sorrow lie as low As doth your City and bemone your woe Repent in dust and ashes as that lies And God will make it Phoenix like to rise From Funeral ashes London then shall yee More glorious in its Resurrection see Might this fire be the Cities Purgatory God would restore it with far greater glory Thus if Repentance make our peace with God VVe may believe he 'l throw away his Rod VVithout Repencance Faith presumption is And finds no mercy but when mixt with this It never fails to find and sure ground hath For hope and trust and then indeed 't is faith If we repent it 's the Condition still Imply'd in every Promise that God will Prevent or take away his Judgments but Th' impenitent the door of mercy shut Against themselves and lock themselves in woe Keep then your sorrows or your sins forgoe But if we do repent we then may trust God will forgive us because he is just Then pray in faith with hearty Supplication That God would pardon this our sinful Nation Remove his heavy hand send peace and health Repair our ruines and restore our wealth Go sin no more but henceforth him obey So shall our Kingdom flourish and all they VVho seek its ruine shall confounded be And snar'd in their subtile iniquitie No force nor fraud shall hurt a righteous Cause Manag'd by such as keep th' Almighty's Laws But we oft see the juster cause o'rethrown In sinners hands who hardly God will own The stronger party to the weak a prey When they will not the Lord of Hosts obey If God be for us who can us defeat If he against us where shall we retreat For refuge If we him against us arm Whom all the creatures serve what cannot harm And ruine us The Angels take Gods pay And one of them a mighty Host can slay The Stars in their swift course do slyly fight Gods battels against sinners day and night Clouds are his Canons swift destruction fling By Thunder and their Lightnings vengeance bring By fire on sinful mortals and the wind Brings on its wings oft ruine to mankind The calmer air convey the Pestilence Whereby death steals into us without sense The Earth is iron and the Heav'ns are brass When threatned Famine God will bring to pass Earth once did open and take Rebels in Alive as if it could not bear that sin The Seas do pass their bounds and us o'reflow With mischeif when God bids them further go Frogs Locusts Caterpillars creeping things Will take the Palaces of mighty Kings When God doth arm them and their persons seise And in a Land devour all when God doth please That 's fair and fruitful Even our breath infects Our very dust turns Lice or some Insects To infest sinful men A Fly 't is spoke Ventur'd a Pope infallibly to choke Could he Souls out of Purgatory vote And yet not keep a Fly out of his throat But thus we see when God gives them Commission The feeblest Creatures give us expedition Into another world who God not fears Hath all the world in Arms about his ears While Man his Maker serves he 's Lord of these But when he sins they are his Enemies When we provoke our God where e're we go Each creature looks upon us as a foe God will protect and bless his servants but They who rebel no confidence can put In him Since to believe and not obey Self flatt'ry is no faith henceforth I pray Le ts lay the sure foundation of our trust In purposes to keep his Laws most just Then may we trust he will our Plagues remove And showr down blessings on us from above When we do purpose to endeavour and Do strive to purpose to keep his command Begin a new course then and never cease To walk in Gods ways for his ways are peace And pleasantness to bear Christs yoke delight His yoke is easie and his burthen light To sin is no light thing did it not press Legions of Angels to the bottomless Infernal pit from highest glory hath Not man by weight of sin been prest to death Look upon worldly wealth and count it dross Deny your selves take up your Saviours Cross The worlds crown hath its cross his cross a Crown Her smiles betray more safety's in her frown Give unto Caesar and to God their due Fear God honour the King to both be true Since God is one so let your heart be and Serve him with one heart after his command Think not your wit a better way can find To worship God than what is his own mind Take not his Sacred Name in vain nor swear Profanely but with reverence and fear Mention Gods holy Name in Justice Truth And Judgment when call'd to it take an Oath Observe the holy Times grudge not to spare Some time each day for holy thoughts and pray'r But on the days to worship consecrate Divide not betwixt God and Mammon hate To rob God and your Souls be wholly given To holy Service grudge not one in seven To him that made them all nor yet refuse The Churches holy days as such to use Nor count to pray scarce worth your coming there Since God doth style his House the house of Pray'r Honour your Parents of all sorts and show To Prince and Priest the rev'rence that you owe Their nakedness when spy'd lament and bide And not like Cham discover and deride Hate not your brother have no murtherous thought Remember what dire Vengeance murther brought On Cain and under no pretence be killing Religion cannot justifie blood-spilling Make clean your hearts and keep your bodies free From Fornication and Adulterie They are the Temples of the Lord be sure The holy Spirit hath a mansion pure In you That Dove likes not a cage unclean You 'l be th' unclean Spirits den if obscaene Be just and honest and do no man wrong Nor cheat and cosen with a double tongue Ill gotten goods do not increase your wealth But are the rust that wasts by secret stealth Think not you gain when you a curse do get This is a Canker and will surely fret Accuse thou no man falsely nor defame Thy neighbour tender as thine own his Name The Angel durst not on the Devil rail And shall we