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A20390	Two precious and divine antidotes against the plague of pestilence; or any other judgement incident vnto vs Giving excellent instructions and comforts vnto all that well vse them in time of neede. The first prescribing holy preservatiues against this, or any other plague: written by a Christian and charitable well-willer vnto his countrey. The second, setting downe sweete consolations for such as be visited by the plague: written by a famous, learned, and faithfull pastour, vnto some of his flocke in the time of their visitations.	S. P., fl. 1625.	1625 (1625)	STC 680; ESTC S118833	14,265	22

God his messengers disdainers of equalls in thee are murtherers even Soule-murtherers contentious persons whoremongers adulterers in thee is Bribery Oppression Vsury Simony fraud and cousenage Iustice and Truth is perished from thy Land in thee is lying tale-bearing false witnesse-bearing covetousnesse pride idlenesse fulnesse of bread deepe securitie even all the sinnes of Sodome in thee are many professors that make a shew of godlinesse but deny the power of it in thee are Lukewarme Christians These are the sinnes vnder which the Land groaneth Doest thou thus requite thy God O foolish people Shall we not thinke now that the Lord hath a Controversie with England Shall I not visite for these things saith the Lord Shall not my soule be avenged on such a Nation as this Let me alone that I may destroy them at once Heare O heavens hearken O earth I haue nourished vp children Isa 1. 2. 3. and they haue rebelled against mee the Oxe knoweth his owner and the Asse his masters crib but my people haue not knowne mee sayth the Lord Ah sinfull Nation a people laden with iniquitie a seede of evill doers why should they be smitten any more they fall away more and more I take no delight to vpbraid mine own Nation or to defile mine own nest but for Sions sake I cannot hold my tongue let me perish if I see my Country perish and giue them not warning Wherefore I beseech yee my deare brethren all true hearted Englishmen in the bowells of Christ Iesus who died for vs and shed his owne heart bloud for vs as you regard your owne soules bodies and estates as yee wish and desire the peace and prosperity of this our Sion dally with the Lord no longer God will not be alwayes mocked turne now at the last vnto the Lord with all your hearts turne yee oh turne yee why will yee die seeke the Lord whilest he may be found call vpon him whilest he is neere draw neere to God and he will draw neere to you Oh that I could even weepe over this Land as our Saviour did over Ierusalem and say O England England thou that reiectest my Prophets and despisest those that are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered Luk. 13. 34. thee together as a henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wings and yee would not wherefore thy house shall be left vnto thee desolate oh that thou wert therefore now wise yet in this thy day to consider those things that belong vnto thy peace least at length they be hid from thine eyes Woe to thee O England Mat. 11. 21. if the great workes which haue beene done in thee had beene done in Tyre and Sidon in Sodome and Gomorrah they had repented in sackcloth and ashes long ere this And thou London London which art lifted vp to heaven for abundance 23. of spirituall meanes shalt be brought as low as hell except thou repent wherefore I beseech yee againe againe for Christs his sake for the Gospels sake for your Countreys sake for your owne soules sake be entreated Repent repent Search even search your selues O nation not worthy to Zeph. 2. 1. be beloved before the decree come forth and yee be as chaffe that passeth on a day looke into your liues consider your wayes goe apart and seriously aske your soules What haue we done Let your mirth be turned into mourning your feasting Dan. 9. 19. into fasting weepe and lament bitterly for your sins cry mightily for mercy even as for life and death cease to doe evill learne to doe well wash you make you cleane put away your sinnes from before God his eyes rent your hearts and not your garments amend and change your wayes bring forth fruits meete for repentance that so yee may get the sword againe into his sheath which is alreadie drawne out and will giue every one of vs our deaths wound except we repent and may quench that wrath which is already kindled and will burne hotter and hotter and never cease vntill it haue vtterly consumed vs if in time we quench it not by the teares of true repentance wherefore now prepare to meete thy God O England It is more then high time to repent deferre no longer if the last blow be once strucken that is cut it downe even vtter desolation there will then be left no place for repentance Oh that I could therefore perswade you but it is not I it is the Lord that must doe it now Lord doe thou perswade Iapheth for wee cannot Turne thou vs vnto thee O Lord of hostes make thy face to shine and wee shall be saved convert vs vnto thee and we shall be converted renew our dayes as of old Lord thou longest for our conversion thou standest waiting and crying Wash thine heart O England wilt thou not be made cleane oh when Ierem. 13. 27. will it once be Lord cleanse thou vs and we shall be cleansed wash thou vs and we shall be whiter then snow cause vs to come vnto thee why hast thou hardened our hearts from thy feare O Lord thou art our Father we are the clay Isay 64. 8. thou art the Potter we are the worke of thine hands oh destroy not the worke of thine owne hands frame and fashion vs and make vs such as thou wouldest haue vs to be spare thy people O God spare thy people and be jealous for thine inheritance why shall the people say Where is their God O Lord heare O Lord forgiue O Lord consider and doe it deferre not for thy name sake for thy Christs his sake pittie the desolations of thy Sion of the Cittie where thy name is called vpon Wilt thou O Lord forsake for ever Why is thy wrath thus hot against the sheepe of thy pasture Our sins indeed testifie against vs that we are a rebellious stifnecked people we lye downe in our shame and confusion covereth vs thou art righteous and iust when thou iudgest but we are a perverse and froward generation we would not heare when thou calledst but stopped our eares like the deafe Adder therefore thou maist now iustly laugh at our Prov. 1. 26. 27 destruction and mocke when our feare commeth but there is mercy with thee that thou maist be feared we beseech thee in wrath remember mercy haue mercy vpon vs according to the multitude of thy compassions oh Lord saue vs or els we perish Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs Returne O Lord how long and be pacified towards thy servants Continue still to be our God and let vs be thy people remoue thy judgements which lye heavie vpon vs and destroy vs not vtterly for thy names sake Make vs all to turne to thee from the highest to the lowest by speedie and vnfeined repentance that so thou maist not vtterly cut vs off even head and taile roote and branch in one day but maist still delight to doe vs good to multiply thy blessings

TWO PRECIOVS AND DIVINE ANTIDOTES against the Plague of Pestilence or any other judgement incident vnto vs. Giving excellent Instructions and Comforts vnto all that well vse them in time of Neede The first prescribing holy Preservatiues against this or any other PLAGVE Written by a Christian and charitable well-willer vnto his Countrey The second Setting downe sweete Consolations for such as be visited by the Plague Written by a famous learned and faithfull Pastour vnto some of his flocke in the time of their visitation LONDON Printed for NATHANAEL NEVVBERY 1625. An Antidote against the Plague or any other Iudgement incident to this NATION IT is sayd of Laish that they Iudg. 18. were a secure people and dwelt carelesse poore silly soules they never dreamed of any harme till the beesome of destruction came and swept them all away It is sayd likewise of the old world that they Mat. 24. 38. eate they dranke they married and were given in marriage they gaue themselues wholly to iovialitie and mirth living so here as if they should haue lived here for ever never considering that the reioycing of the wicked is short and the ioy Iob. 20. 5. Iob. 21. 13. of hypocrites is but for a moment That they spend their dayes in mirth and iollitie and sodainly goe downe to the graue they lay in a dead sleepe drowned in a deepe securitie till a fearefull Gen. 7. and vniversall Deluge came out from the Lord and drowned them all onely waking Noah was wonderfully preserved in the Arke I would I could not say of our Nation as it was sayd of Laish wee are a secure and carelesse people I would these Scriptures were not this day fulfilled in our eares but alas it is more then manifest wee are a Nation drowned in securitie this is the fruit of our long prosperitie wee are at ease in Sion wee sit every man vnder his owne vine and vnder his fig tree therefore we sing a Requiem vnto our soules and say We shall haue peace though we walke after our owne lusts wee shall never be mooved Soule take Luk. 12. 19 20 thy rest thou hast much goods layd vp for many yeares eate drinke and take thy pleasure let thy heart cheare thee be ioviall and merry but alas poore soules they never consider that this night their soules shall be taken away from them That for all these things the Lord will bring them to iudgement they Eccles 11. 9. put farre from them the evill day But in this sleepie and drowsie age I doubt not but there be some waking Noahs who if they cannot prevaile for others yet at least build an Arke for the safety of their owne soules in this cold and frozen age doubtlesse there be some zealous Moysesses who stand in the gap between God and his people and hold Gods hand from smiting by their vncessant prayers though Aegypt be full of darkenesse yet there is some light in Goshen some that shine as lights though the whole world lye in darkenesse though the world be full of folly and the most part runne on as fooles and are punished yet questionlesse there be some prudent men that learne to foresee the evill to come and hide themselues Prov. 22. 3. God hath given to this Nation of ours many a faire warning as loath to smite till needs he must he hath sent his Ministers early and late to thunder in our eares yet except we doe repent we shall all likewise perish judgement will come he hath set our neighbours house on fire as a beacon to giue vs warning I meane the judgements that haue befallen our brethren beyond the Seas he hath sent many small judgements before as forerunners of that great one to come as little gunshots before the great murthering peece It hath beene told vs before that if we repented not God would doe such a thing in England that whosoever should heare thereof both his eares should tingle thus the Cockes crowed before the storme but we regarded it not God hath now sent a fearefull plague amongst vs as another warning more heavie then the former and if this cannot moue vs to repent we may still looke for heavier for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it I will yet punish them Levit. 26. seven times more and if that will not doe seven times more the Lord will not cease to smite so long as wee cease not to sinne he hath more scourges then one if the present Plague will not doe famine shall if famine will not doe the sword shall vtterly cut vs off from being a Nation I beseech yee my brethren consider it even with teares I beseech yee what a woefull spectacle will it be to see our streetes swim with the bloud of vs all to see our women ravished and their little infants dashed against the stones to see the cursed and abominable Masse set vp in our Churches to see all turned topsie turvie vpside downe whose heart doth not yearne and even melt within him to thinke on these things oh consider the fearefull desolation that befell Ierusalem Lamentatiō the whole Booke and the grievous calamities comne vpon our brethren beyond the Seas they were God his people as well as we oh that we could be warned by other mens harmes Quest But what haue I done sayth England that such things as these should befall mee Answ Behold thou hast requited the Lord evill for good God hath given thee the glorious light of his blessed Gospell to be Preached plentifully for threescore yeare together he dispelled the mists and clouds of Popery and superstition and caused this cleare light to shine he hath committed to thee his statutes and his covenants he hath not dealt so with every Nation he hath given thee many great and glorious deliverances the like never heard of especially those of the Gunpowder-Treason and Eighty-eight then thou didest promise better obedience he hath given thee long peace and quietnesse no noise of Warre hath beene heard in thy streetes he hath given thee plentie and prosperitie a land flowing with milke and hony even all that heart can wish he hath made thee even a Mirrour and a Wonderment to the whole world for his manifold blessings But how hast thou now requited thy God O England 1. with ignorance not onely compelled but affected Light is come into the world but men loue darkenesse rather then light 2. with contempt of the Gospell a crying bloudy sinne a sinne never heard of among the Iewes 3. with Blasphemy of all sorts swearing forswearing taking God his great and dreadfull name in vaine nothing more rife even in the mouthes of children that can but newly speake 4. with prophanation of the Sabbath spending it in sports and idle pastimes In thee is secretly cōmitted that cursed sin of Idolatry in thee is Atheisme drunkennesse rioting feasting when the Lord calls for fasting in thee are disobedient to parents contemners of authoritie despisers of