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B00175	Fire from heauen. Burning the body of one Iohn Hittchell of Holne-hurst, within the parish of Christ-church, in the county of South-hampton the 26. of Iune last 1613. who by the same was consumed to ashes, and no fire seene, lying therein smoaking and smothering three dayes and three nights, not to bequenched [sic] by water, nor the help of mans hand. VVith the lamentable burning of his house and one childe, and the grieuous scorching of his wife: with the birth of a monster, and many other strange things hapning about the same time: the like was neuer seene nor heard of. / Written by Iohn Hilliard Preacher of the word of life in Sopley. Reade and tremble. With the fearefull burning of the towne of Dorchester vpon friday the 6 of August last 1613.	Hilliard, John	1613 (1613)	STC 13507.3; ESTC S116587	14,244	56

his kennell without any thought either of God or Diuell Full little dost thou know what may happen to thee before it be day It may be with thee as with the first borne of Egypt with the fiue Kings with the Citty Ai with this poore though now rich man and his Child thy selfe may be dead as he is thy house on fier as his was thy goods spoyled and Children destroyed as his were and as many wofull miseries vpon thy wife and friends as there are vpon his Wherefore goe to bed with prayer awake with prayer and rise with prayer Let God and grace be in thy first thoughts and not malyce and wrath not Shéepe and Oxen not mony and mucke which all perish with thée when God is angrie We see what hath happened before our eyes God giue vs all grace to bée warned What shal we now be vnmindefull of these things vnthankefull to God and vnfaithfull to our owne soules shall we continue in lyes lusts oathes aspiring proiects or malitious trappes No we will make and obserue this vow We will not suffer our eyes to sleepe nor our eielids to slumber we will neither continue our tongue to betray our brother nor our bodies to betray our soules we will endeuour to leade a iust and holy and sober life this we desire for this we hunger and thirst this we vowe for this we pray the Lord heare and graunt vs this petition Eze. 9.4 O then let vs mourne and weepe for our offences and for all the abhominations so shall we be marked in the foreheads to be preserued from the euill to come nay so shall wee be blessed for so the mouth of truth hath pronounced we shal be comforted Mat. 7. Our sinnes are the vnfruitfull thornes that choake the good seede of vertue and grace the corrupters of Iudgement the seducers of will the betrayers of vertue the flatterers of vice the vnderminers of courage slaues to weakenes infection of youth madnes of age the curse of life and the reproach of death the least of our bosome-sinnes is fier in the hand and a Serpent in the heart a Cancer a Spider ●sa 3. an euill Spirit and the fruite thereof is death O ye then that with those Mincing dames in Ierusalem are loath that the soles of your feete should treade vpon the earth ye may be hurryed betweene Heauen and Earth but neuer will be carried as Elias vnlesse in a fiery-Chariot Ye that set more by Agar then Sara more esteeme your bodies then your soules feare and tremble at the Lords Iudgements O that blindenes of mans minde and that madde doubting of Gods diuine promises of eternall life O that hardened and flynty heart of ours which is not moued no not with these horrible threats of Gods heauie displeasure but continuing securely in all impiety neuer asketh pardon for his willfull offending and amendeth euen as though the Scripture were but lyes and the diuine Oracles prophane fables For by those things which haue come to passe and by true demonstration of Gods holy spirit it is apparant that nothing is more certaine then that the end of all thinges hangeth on our shoulders Truly great is the force of sinne and maruelous is the rage of Sathan in these latter dayes who endeuoreth by all meanes that possibly he can to bring the whole world into a desperate security of li●e that so he may haue many partakers of his torments in Hell from whence there is no redemption But how much better had it bene for vs we had either neuer béene borne or at the least beene voide of reason with beast and Serpents or béene dispatched so soone as we were horne if either we ●●i● not that place for which we were created or come not to the celestiall Paradice and to the marriage of our spouse our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ where shall be the full abundance of all delights and perfection of all pleasure Wherefore let vs cast from vs our careles security and mistrust of the promises of God Let vs renounce the deuill and all the workes of the flesh which are not sufferable by the word of God and let vs listen to the freindly admonition of our Sauiour Christ warning vs to be watchfull at all times Luke 21. Mat. 25. because we know not the hower when our Lord will come praying that we may escape al these things which are to come and may stand before the sonne of man For if the comming of Theiues and stealers of our earthlie goods be to be feared with how great diligence and watchefulnes should we seeke to escape those enemies which would spoile vs of our eternall riches and kingdome of Heauen Here we vse great heed and wisedome to preserue our mortall bodies from hurt and danger but to saue our soules which are immortall from eternall paines in Hell we are altogether carelesse and nothing circumspect And yet more would it beseeme the children of light to be more carefull in séeking and kéeping those things which are Celestiall then the worldlings are painefull in enriching themselues with such thinge as they are neither sure to enioy while they are aliue nor can assure them of any ioy when they are dead Yea let vs think and perswade our selues that in the sight of God it is not shamefull but abhominable that the elect or chosen people of God which should be wise and circumspect shall in this care be surpassed of wicked worldlings and the more highly we displease our God by how much the things which we so little estéeme are more excellent then that which they so hunt after betweene which so surpassing is the treasure prepared for the godlie there is no comparison This erhortation though it pertaine to all men at all times yet now speciallie in these dangerous daies in which we sée so many by sodaine and strange death to be taken out of the world and because euery man shall die though the certaine time none knoweth and shall either woefullie be sent among the Diuels to Hell or ioyfullie to be receaued into the fellowship of the faithfull in Heauen And to come a little nearer vnto our selues hath not the Lord shaken once more néere our Towne his rod of Correction sithence this lamentable accident namely by the burning of one Edward Burtons house and all his substance whilest they were in their beds it is an old saying that when our neighbours house is on fier it is high time to looke to our owne Gods Iudgements we see haue lighted on both sides of vs alreadie and shall wee be still carelesse Moreouer it is not vnworthie the noting that as on both sides of the Towne these fearefull iudgements haue happened so likewise vpon the first day of May last within the Towne was borne a Monster which may well teach vs that although these things haue hapned without the Towne yet the Monsters for whose vglie sinnes sake these iudgements haue come to passe may seeme

Fire from Heauen Burning the body of one Iohn Hittchell of Holne-hurst within the parish of Christ-church in the County of South-hampton the 26. of Iune last 1613. who by the same was consumed to ashes and no fire seene lying therein smoaking and smothering three dayes and three nights not to bequenched by water nor the help of mans hand VVith the lamentable burning of his house and one childe and the grieuous scorching of his wife with the birth of a Monster and many other strange things hapning about the same time the like was neuer seene nor heard of Written by Iohn H●lliard Preacher of the word of life in Sopley Reade and tremble With the fearefull burning of the towne of Dorchester vpon friday the 6. of August last 1613. Printed at London for Iohn Trundle and are to be sold at his shop in Barby can at the signe of Nobody 1613. To The VVorshipfull his very louing Cosen Mr. Nicholas Hillyard his Maiesties seruant in ordinary Io H. wishes all the graces of this life and the glory of the life to come VVOrshipfull and worthy Cosen my end in publishing this Pamphlet is not popular ostentation for you well know it becommeth neither the season nor the subiect The only purpose I haue is to rouse vp the sloathfull carelesse and instruct the filthy forgetfull to behold the wonderfull workes of the Lord and thereby to grow more thankefull for his great mercy in sparing them And to the end that we may all in true humility imbrace these mercifull warnings of our gracious God and speedily appeale to the Throne of mercy preparing our selues to meet the Bridegroome of our soules who commeth in maiestie to iudge both quick and dead For we must all appeare before the Iudgement Seat of Christ 2. Cor. 5.10 that euery man may receaue the things which are done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or euill For the plainenesse and rudenes of my style if you duly consider the manner of my writing I trust you will acknowledge that the power of the spirit is best seene in weaknes and that plaine lines doe best ans●ere a straight leuell the euidence of the spirit is best seene in plainenes Wherefore if our Gospell be hid it is hid in them that perish But I perswade my selfe better things of you euen such as accompanie saluation Yf you accept of these my paines according to mine intent you shall happily ease your selfe of the Mother and the Daughters forgetfullnesse and vnthankfulnes and burthen me willingly with greater labor for the further building you vp in Christ Iesus To whose protection I commit you Christ-church this 10. of Iuly 1613. Your louing kins-man Iohn Hilliard Fier from Heauen or A TRVMPET SOVNDING TO IVDGEMENT CALLING VS TO REPENTANCE BY THE FEAREFVL and lamentable burning of Iohn Hitchell carpenter to ashes together with his house and one child and the grieuous scorching of his wife by lightning as also by the burning of another house sithence and the birth of a Monster All within the Towne and Parish of Christ-church in Hampshire IT was the saying of Cambises that Citties would flourish well in prosperity if the Inhabitants were watchefull and still imagined their enemies to be at hand That which he said for the prosperous estate of a common-weale our Sauiour said for the happy successe of all Christians And both tend to shew that whether we respect the saftie of our bodies here on earth or the saluation of our soules in the kingdome of Christ we may not be in our callings either idle carelesse or secure But yet such is our nature we rather respect the words of Cambises for temporall prosperity then the warning of Christ for eternall felicity Whereby it comes to passe that wee haue commonly fayrs bodies but soule soules much goods but little goodnesse seeming glorious in the sight of men outwardly but odious inwardly in the sight of God According to that of the Psalmist Psal 10.6 The vngodly hath said in his heart tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shall no euill happen vnto me But the fayrest Oke is soonest cut downe the fattest Oxe is readiest for the slaughter and the felicity of fooles is their owne distruction Pro. 1. Psal 73. For how soone doe they consume perish and come to fearefull ende Yea euen as a dreame are they when one awaketh Annos 6.8.9 Though the Lord hath sworne by himselfe that he doth abhor the excellency of Iacob and hate his Pallaces and therefore will deliuer vp the Citty with all that is therein and if there remaine ten men in one house they shall all dye Yet still such is our security that we say with the vnthriftie seruant tardat Dominus Venire Our Lord doth deferre his comming thinking we may repent when we please and that we shall haue leasure inough not remembring with our selues That like as God is mercifull Eccl 5.6 so goeth wrath from him also and his indignation cometh downe vpon sinners Therefore let vs make no tarrying to turne to the Lord and not put of from day to day for sodainely doth his wrath come and in the time of vengeance he will distroy vs. Semper vigilemus bené viuendo ne nouissimus dies cuiusque nostrum inueniat nos imparatos Let vs watch and wayte for his comming in honest conuersation of life that the latter day of euery one of vs find vs not vnprepared For he is not slacke as they count slackenesse 2. Pet. 3.9 but he is patient to vs-ward because he would haue mercy of all and none to perish There is not one among vs so iust as Iacob was nor scarce one on whome the Lord will pronounce the like sentence so lamentable is our time and so detestable our iniquities Our eyes haue beheld such signes as Ierusalem did but we esteeme them as fantasies descanting whence they come but not remembring wherefore they were sent Our eares haue heard many Ionasses threatning death distruction and damnation to Niniui crying ouer vs with teares for our abhomination yet wee rather desire silkes then sackecloth and when wée should repent wée study to increase our pride We haue them which cry daylie with the prophet Esay woe is me Esay 16. woe is me the transgressors greeuously haue offended threatning that feare the Pit and the snare is vpon the inhabiters of the earth he that flyeth from the noise of the feare shall fall into the Pit and he that commeth out of the Pit shal be taken in the snare for the windowes of Heauen are open and the foundations of the earth doe shake c. Can we reade this of our selues can wée learne this of others can we see the daily proofe of these Prophesies come to effect and dare we continew still rocked in the cradell of Security like Epicures caring for nought but the belly O monstrous time full of deformity O reprobate people deleting in