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A01346	A sermon intended for Paul's Crosse, but preached in the Church of St. Paul's, London, the III. of December, M.DC.XXV. Vpon the late decrease and withdrawing of Gods heauie visitation of the plague of pestilence from the said citie. By Tho: Fuller, Master of Arts in Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge	Fuller, Thomas, Master of Arts.	1626 (1626)	STC 11467; ESTC S102824	32,124	70

this Infection as sometime to the Sea hitherto shalt thou goe and no farther Diuide in one house betweene brother and brother in one bed betweene Husband and Wife in one Family betweene seruant and seruant These shalt thou absolutely take these thou shalt but touch their bodyes and spare their liues as he said to the Di●ell concerning Iob Thus long shalt thou raigne and no longer if euer we liue to forget this goodnesse this wondrous worke of God I will sooner wish we should forget to take our daily food how iustly should God forget vs when wee stand in the like need of mercy againe As the Emperour had his Boy that cryed euery morning to him Remember thou art but a man so let vs still haue something or other to put vs in minde of this great deliuerance Let euery man write it vpon the doores of his house as the Israelites in Aegipt sprinkled their posts with blood that if euer God should againe strike he againe may spare vs. I know saith God of Abraham that he will tell his children what great things I haue done Let it be our talke to our children that they that are yet vnborne may know though not by sight yet by hearesay what great things the Lord hath done for vs. Scipio Africanus the Elder hauing made the City of Rome exanguem morituram as himselfe called it ready to giue vp the ghost Lady of Affrik at length being banished into a base Country-Towne his will was that his Tombe should haue this Inscription I●grata Patria ne ossa quidem mea habes let not the God of Heauen complaine so of vs that we should haue no thought no memory of our great preseruations let him not bee exiled our thoughts and buried in obliuion but let some remnant and foot-print bee left to witnesse to the world that we haue beene deliuered Let him not haue cause to complaine as he sometime did Isa. 1. Heare O Heauens and hearken O Earth I haue brought vp and preserued children and they haue despised me Can a mother forget her child saith God no childe so deare to the mother as wee haue beene to him he hath tendred vs as the apple of his eye and preserued vs as the Signet vpon his right hand Oh then let vs obserue and respect him It is a good thing saith Dauid to praise the Lord and to sing vnto the name of the most High to declare his louing kindenesse in the morning and his truth in the night season It is good touching the act it selfe for it is better to blesse then to curse and to giue thankes then to giue out a voyce of grudging It is good because of the retribution 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 giue and thou shalt receiue and all that wee can giue to him is our thankes for can our goodnesse extend to him saith Dauid and cessat de cursus gratiarum vbi non fuerit recursus the course and descent of the graces of God ceaseth and the spring is dryed vp where there is not a recourse and tide of our thankfulnesse Wherefore let vs alwayes be thankfull to the Lord for it becommeth well the iust to bee thankfull Had I the power I would doe as Dauid did begin aboue and call the Heauens the Sunne and Moone and Starres to praise the Lord for this our deliuerance then would I descend to the Ayre and call all those winged Messengers of God all Birds and feathered Fowles to beare a part with vs then would I come to the Earth and haue Mountaines and all Hills fruitfull Trees and all Cedars Beasts and Cattell to ioyne with vs then would I goe downe to the Deepe and there summon all those Sea-citizens of those brinie Regions to come with vs and magnifie his great and glorious Name In a word I would conclude as Dauid doth Let euery thing that hath breath praise the Lord. The Lord whose goodnesse is without quality whose greatnesse is without quantity infinite in both but all of vs that are the sonnes of men especially I would haue to learne the song of the blessed before hand that hereafter wee may bee able to sing it with more perfection Praise honour and glory bee vnto him that sits vpon the Throne and to the Lambe that Immaculate Lambe of God which once offered himselfe for vs and at last will assume vs to himselfe in that place where he ●its and Raignes for euer To the which place hee bring vs that onely bought vs and can saue vs IESVS CHRIST the Righteous Amen FINIS Heb. 13. 8. Iudg. 1. 6. * Lue. 5. last a Gen. 18. b Prou. 27. 12 a 1 Cor. 13. 11. b Psal. 8. 2. c 2 Kings 7. vers●● d Reuel 1. 9. e Virg Ecclog ● f Zach. 4. 10. g Act 12 h ler. 37 Verse 17. i ● Reg. 20. k Pro. 25. ●1 l Ciprian m Horace n Act. 2. 37. * Psal. 118. 23 a 〈◊〉 b Psa. 101. * Psal. 1 18. 1● q Sue● in vita Nero●is r Ez●k 18. 32. f Deu● 3● 15 t 2 Sam. 11. 29. u Luc. 15. 18. * 1 Cor. 10. 11. x Eccles. 1. 9. y Num. 5. 2. z Isa. 13. 21. * Ibid. ver 1● a 2 Sam. 24. b Ez●k 16. 3. c Isa. 5. 18. d Isa. 1. 5. e Ps●l 14. 1. f 1 King 8. 46 g Pro● 24. 16. h Luc. 6. 45. i Prou. 18. 21. k Num. 6. 13. l Exod. 32. l ● King 11. m Iosh. 9. n Col. 3. 5. o Phil. 3. 19. p Ier. 11. 18. q Luc. 16. 19. r Iob 1. s ● Sa● 24. 17. t Mark 8. 24. u M●●k 16. 43. * Luc. 15. x Rom. 5. 22. y Num. 11. z 1 Sam. 25. a Luc. 16. 19. * 1 Tim. 2. 10 a Iob 31. 24. b Mat. 4. 9. c 1 Sam. 2. d 1 Tim. 5. 6. c Iohn 20. 27. f Exod. 4. 16. g Isa. 1. h 1 Cor. 6. 19. i Ier. 5. ● k Prou. 9. 17. * Prou. 20. 14. I 1 King 21. m 1 Ioh. 2. 24. n Iosh. 7. 21. o Exod. 5. 2. p ● King 19. q Hab. 2. 6. r 1 Sam. 25. s 2 Sam. 16. 23. * 1 Kings 4. 33. z Gen. 2. 10. t 1 Cor. 1. 20. u Psal. 2. * 1 King 22. 31. a 2 King 4. 19 b Ier. 4. 19. c 1 Kings 15. ●23 d 2 Kings 20. 7. Ecelesiast 38. 15. e Luc. 21. 34. f 2 Cor. 〈◊〉 30 g Ier. 23. 10. 2 Sam 24. x Psal. 91. 5. h Exod. 8. 19. l Prou. 26. 3. 2 Chron. 33. 12. Dan. 4. m Hos. 6. 1. 2. n 2 Sam. ●0 16. o Ion. 3. p 1 Sam. 2. 9. q 2 Kings 6. 13. r Ibid 〈◊〉 27. s 1 King 15. t Eccle. 38. 1. u 2 King 20. * 2 King 5. x 1 Cor. 3. 6. Chap. 38. 9. a Iam. 5. 15. b 1 King 20. 31. c Luc. 11. 17. d 1 Kings 18. 28. e Mat. 4. f Dan. 3. 19. g Exod. 10. 16 h Ioh 1. i Num. 21. 9. k 2 Sam. 24. l 1 Tim. 5. 6. m Mat. 9. 14. n Psal. 4● ● o 1 Kings 21. p Luc. 13. 3. z 2 Sam. 18. q Luc. 12. 18. r 1 Kings 2● a 2 Sam. 12. b 2 Phisi● c Iosh. 7. 19. d 〈…〉 e Heb. 13. 15. f 1 Sam. 15. 22. g Gen. 4. h Isa. 29. 13. i 1 Sam. 2. 30. k Luc. 17. 17. l Ioh. 1. 18. * 〈◊〉 m Mat. 25. n Mat. 22. 21. o Luc. 2. 14. p Exod. 12. q Gen. 18. 19. Psal. 92. Psal. last r Reu. 5. 13.

obey him Not a seruant here below that will endure his Masters disgrace ais aio negas nego saith hee in the Comedy Their Masters word goes still for a lawe and hee will be more iealous of his Masters honour then his owne peace shall earthly seruants be so obseruant of their earthly Masters from whom time may release them or distance of place secure them and shall we dare to neglect our obeisance against him against whom there is no priuiledge No place nor any time can exempt vs from his Dominion The vnprofitable seruant that gaue his Master his owne Talent yet was condemned because hee did not increase it where shall they then appeare that doe not giue him what of right belongs to him When the Pharisees tempted Christ by asking him whether they should giue tribute to Caesar or no he called for a penny and seeing Cesars image and superscription vpon it iudged it his giue saith he to Cesar the things which are Cesars and to God the things which are Gods Honour and glory and praise is that which of due belongs to him and that which all the host of Heauen Angells and Saints daily sing vnto him Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heauen and Earth are full of thy glory the glorious company of Prophets praise thee the noble army of Martyrs praise thee The Holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee In the Angels song there went gloria in Excelsis before Pax in terris no peace on earth if no glory to Heauen and yeeld but that Peace shall be within our Walls plenteousnes within our dwellings Would yee yet know a farther reason wherfore yee should praise him my Text tels you For his goodnesse c. Meruailous are thy workes saith Dauid in Wisdome hast tho● made them all the earth is full of thy goodnesse so is the broad Sea also not the least creature in the Ayre or the Earth or the Water but if we rightly consider it is fearefully and wonderfully made the least part or member of them is more then the weake and shallow reach of Man is able either duly to commend or to comprehend rightly It is a true position in morality nimia familiaritas parit contemptum it is also true in Diuinity Perseuerantia consuetudi●is amisit admirationem quàm multa vsitata caleantur qua considerata stupent saith Augustine how many things doth custome make vile which consideration would make admirable Did wee but with Dauid truly consider the creation of our selues that wee are wonderfully made and that our bones were not hidden from him though they were formed in a secret place it would enforce vs to giue acclamation to the workmanship of our Maker as that sweet singer of Israell there did Meruailous are thy workes O Lord and that my soule knowes right-well Then haue the wondrous workes of God their true end when we take them for wonders when we tremble at the sight of them and feare that mighty Lord that hath wrought them God doth not miracula propter miracula but for our sakes not caring so much himselfe to doe them as that wee consider and beare them away The gratious God saith Dauid hath made his wonderfull workes to bee had in remembrance O Lord how gratious art thou thy workes are very deepe an vnwise man knoweth it not and a foole doth not vnderstand it So that all his Goodnesse is extended to vs and his Meruailous workes are done for vs which are the Children of men The last part of all O that Men c. Tantus ille tantilli nos this addes to our engagement That he should so consider vs and thinke vpon vs that neuer thinke vpon him that he should regard vs that neuer minde him for vs that haue deserued so little at his hands nay rather so much so much misery so many plagues being non prius nati quàm damnati that are not onely strangers but enemies and that the most despightfully conditioned that can bee vessells of wrath and sonnes of perdition that he should doe all these things for vs how are we honoured that he will vouchsafe to be honoured by vs so vile so vnworthy as we are All that we can doe is a thousand times lesse then a drop of raine to the Ocea● he is infinite of himselfe and nothing can bee added to him it is onely our happinesse our welfare and aduantage The wonder which Dauid here instanceth in is the recouery of vs out of sicknesse Wee little consider how daily and hourely wee stand beholding to God for our liues and healths when wee haue such enemies within the Elements wherof we are composed heate and cold moisture and drought which being brethren of one house as one called them but withall the Fathers and Founders of vs as it were of our natures if they but fall at variance within vs how will they rend and teare vs like wilde Boares how many haue beene buryed aliue in the graue of their earthly and melancholike Imaginations how many burnt in the flames of pestilent and hot diseases their bowels set on fire like an Ouen their blood dried vp their inwards withered and wasted with the violence thereof The vapours and fumes of their owne vitious stomacks like a contagious Ayre how many haue they poysoned and choaked vp and finally how many haue been glutted and ouercharged with water betweene their owne skinne and bones And therefore we must conclude and cry with the Prophet It is the wonderfull mercie of God that we are not consumed When a grape-gatherer comes will he not leaue some grapes if ought in the opening of this Scripture hath escaped me as my ignorance weaknes dare hope for no other it wil be your charity to impute it to multitude of other priuate businesse and breuitie of time in which as Agabus with the girdle of Paul I am confined these few sands are too little to expatiate my selfe in these many and various points which offer themselues to our consideration though not all of some yet somewhat I hope I haue spoken of all I would gladly conclude with some short application How many are there now in this City aliue that haue beene summoned as Hezekiah was to set their house in order for they thought no other but they must die that haue seene before them the greedy and inexorable Graue with open mouth ready to receiue them that friends and Phisitions haue all forsaken giuing them for dead yet haue escaped and are recouered and many there are also to whom God hath giuen continuance of health in this generall Deluge of infection when so many thousands haue fal●e round about vs To what shall we attribute this were we not in the same Ayre did wee not conuerse with the same men are not our bodies equally subiect to the like diseases was it not onely as our Sauiour saith that the workes of the Lord might be manifest who spake to

of all comfort and God ●f all mercy to strike much more to kill Hee wills not the death of a sinner but rather their conuersion and saluation And because prosperity doth rather breed corruption then amendment as Ges●urun waxing ●at will kicke and wee see that standing waters will soone grow noysome Aduersity must then succeed as when Absolom could not draw Ioab vnto him by faire intreats he fired his Barley ●ieldes to make him come so that here is the course God blesseth they sin God strikes they pray and then He presently heares and helpes them Thus then my Text falls in sunder First as all Phisitians comming to their Patients examine the cause of the disease so here wee haue the ground and the originall of all our sorrowes our Transgressions and Iniquities 17. Foole because of their Transgressions and because of their Iniquities are afflicted Then secondly we haue the nature of the disease the new Transl●tion saith in generall they are afflicted The old hath it they are plagued which by the symptomes of it may be thought to b●e the same disease vnder which wee haue thus long groaned 18. Their soule abhorreth all meate and they drawe neere to the gates of death Vomiting I am sure is one of the certainest signes of the plague Then thirdly the seeking to the Phisi●ian 19. Then they cry vnto the Lord in their trouble F●u●●hly the cure intended in the same verse applyed in the next Hee saued them out of their distresses 20. Hee sent his Word and healed them and deliuered them from their destructions And lastly the conclusion of all the onely Fee and gratification which our Phisition expects for the cure 21. Oh that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse and for his wonderfull workes to the children of men These are the parts The cause The disease The seeking to the Phisition the Cure and the discharge or satisfaction As the Prodigall when hee returned to his Fathers house freely confessed hee had sinned against Heauen and against him and was no more worthy to be called his sonne and so reduced all his delinquencyes to these two heads God and Man So are all our sinnes wee can bee guilty of included in these two our Transgressions and our Iniquities our Transgressions as all interpreters doe agree smiting against the first Table and our Iniquities violating the second our sinnes of knowledge our sinnes of ignorance our sinnes of weaknesse our sinnes of wilfulnesse our secret our open sinnes of our thoughts of our mouthes of our hands are all here comprised whatsoeuer the diuell can suggest or to which our hearts can consent or our hands act are all here vnderstood Should I take vpon me to number the Transgressions of our Iudah and reckon vp the particular Iniquities of our Israel I might as easily call all the ●●arres by their names and giue a true and exact accompt of the sand vpon the Sea-shore not onely the ends of the world as Saint Paul saith but the ends of all goodnesse are met vpon this last and worst age of ours The sinnes which in former ages were but in their Infancy are now in ours growne to their full height and strength those which whilome were but in the Egge are now come to be fiery flying Serpents All these wee haue and more of our owne more horrid Euery new day almost brings in a new way of offending Were Salomon now aliue he would recant in that he said He saw no new thing vnder the Sun Et dictum factum quod non prius wee offend both in word and workes in such kindes such fashions as former ages were neuer guilty of the knowledge of and Non habet vlterius quod nostris moribus addat Posteritas Posterity will neuer be able to paralell our exorbitancies As in the time of the Plague wee wondred not so much at those that dyed as at those that escaped so in this generall Infection they deserue no admiration that offend but they that are found innocent vt Pueri Iunonis au●m are wondred at as a Bird of diuerse colours Should euery Leaper in this kinde be enforced as those other Leapers in the old Law were to go out of our Cities and rend their clothes and cry I am vncleane men would swarme in our fieldes like those Grashoppers in Aegypt our Townes and houses should onely be places for Zim and Iim Owles and Ostriches to inhabite in our streetes should bee left so desolate that grasse might there grow and a man should bee more pretious then the purest gold of Ophir Not a man amongst vs but may cry as Dauid did Peccaui nay Stul●è seci wee haue sinned and done very foolishly Stocke and branch Cedar and shrubbe Prince and Priest and People all of vs are digged out of one and the same pit of Adams disobedience and hewen out of that rocke of Infidelity The father of vs all was an Ammorite and our mother an Hittite in sinne haue they begotten vs and in Iniquity haue they produced vs. and we our selues sucke not the ayre faster nor Behemoth drinkes downe Iordane with more greedinesse then we hale on sinne with cart-ropes and pull it vnto vs euen by violence The whole head of man-kinde is sicke and the whole heart faint of this malady There is none that doth good no not one saith Dauid there is none that doth not cuill say I and very euill no not one Salomon at the Dedication of the Temple concluded vs all vnder sinne Omnes aliquid Nemo nullum All of vs offend in some things and some of vs offend in all things The most righteous in all the cluster of man-kinde falls in his happiest day seuen tim●s Hee hath Breuia leuiaque peccata quam●is pauca quamuis parua non tamen nulla so that omnes odit qui malos odit His sword must needs be against euery man that fights against wicked men For our skin cleaues not faster to our flesh nor our flesh to our bones then Transgressions and Iniquities to the hearts and hands of vs all But to reduce my In●ectiue into some method as Caesar comprised his Victories in three words Veni vidi vici So will I reduce all our extrauagancies to three other Corda ora opa our hearts our tongues our hands are the three weapons with which we fight against our God our neighbour and our selues with our hearts wee contemne with our tongues we defie with our hands we worke against the God of Heauen Or if you please because my Text hath but two words Transgressions and Iniquities I will confine my selfe also to two particulars our Transgressions against the first and our Iniquities against the second Table The former Table briefely containes in it foure seuerall Precepts the first whereof commands internall pietie that in our hearts we haue one and but one God alone The second externall worship of