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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.
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S. P., fl. 1625.
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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
the remainders of sinne in vs not to our selues but that the spots of the soule may be drawn forth by these Plague-spots on the body and the sinne-sores of the soule may runne and be cut out of these bodily sores that sin and death if it proceed so farre may be dead by that our bodily death that the head of this Goliah may be cut off by his owne sword and death by death destroyed and our soules may escape as a bird out of the snare of the Fowler and may flee to their rest not in the Tabernacle like Davids Psal 84. Luk. 16. 22. sparrow but in Gods owne bosome As Lazarus when none of Dives houshold would come at him had Angells attending him to carry his soule into Abrahams bosome so when feare and danger this is part of this chastisement prohibite others from vs he hath given his Angels a charge concerning vs to convoy our soules to heaven and meane whiles to guard Psal 91. 11. their vnregarded bodies on earth Lift vp the eyes of your faith in beleefe of Gods promises you shall see by faith that which Elisha's servant did with bodily eyes the Cittie 2 King 6. of London full of Charets and horses of fire round about every Elisha God himselfe is the refuge of his servants a house to Psal 91. 1. them in this time of grace a temple to them beyond all times in glory Come Lord Iesus to fetch and receiue me to Apoc. 21. thy selfe and come in what chariot it shall please thee if in a chariot of fire as thou didst to Elias or if in infected aire by pestilent stroke thou that triumphedst on the Crosse over death hell and the devill canst triumph over my crosses and by suffering canst make me triumph also over them all Thy cōming to me by this or any other sicknesse or death is but my passage to come to thee and to goe to Christ and see him as he is doth infinitely more then recompence Phil. 1. 21. 1 Ioh. 3. Rom. 8. 18. all the losses rubbes and whatsoever irkesomnesse in the way and passage And as for death we and ours are vaine and mortall we die daily our life is but a Candle which in shining burneth and wasteth it selfe Me thinkes it is better to haue a summons though by pestilentiall arrest then to be dead whiles we liue as many are which are giddy and drunken with full cups of prosperitie or whiles 1. Tim. 5. 6. Pro. 1. 32. Luk. 12. Heb. 6. 10. we are singing Soule take thine ease suddenly to be snatched out of the world God is not vnfaithfull to forget your free-will offerings lately to his poore members he will reward it with a new grant as to Hezekiah in his pestilence with a new Esa 38. terme of life here or which is best of all with that life where no plague nor Devill nor sicknesse nor death nor Apoc. 21. crosse nor grievance shall haue possibilitie to annoy where is fulnesse of ioy in his presence and pleasures at his right hand Psal 16. for evermore and those such as eye hath not seene nor eare heard nor heart conceived where we shall drinke of the River Psal 36. 8. of his pleasures c. But I must end though They doe not Your visitation hath not loft 〈…〉 gotten all these lines and my daily and more fervent prayer for you and yours to him who is able to keepe you that you fall not Your loving Pastour S. P. REad often Psal 119. and 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. and almost all of the Psalmes You haue I thinke the Martyr booke read the Epistles of Bradford Hooper Philpot and Carelesse with innumerable others you haue there also Read often Heb. 11. 12. 13. and the story of Christs passion Esay from the fortie Chap. to the end of that booke being full of sweete promises Also the eight to the Rom. Pray pray pray and cast all your care vpon God for he careth 1 Pet. 5. 7. for you With Peter agreeth Paul Phil. 4. 6. Be carefull for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplicatiō with thanksgiving let your request be made knowne to God and 1. Cor. 11. 32. When we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be cōdemned with the world It is a short hell which we can haue here but our heaven will last for ever and ever My poore loue will scarsly suffer me to leaue you as you see by this long writing But God is all loue he comes thus to build you that is to hew saw cut with the chissell and with all his crosse-tooles to frame you to be a dwelling for himselfe a temple for his spirit a vine branch to his sonne thus purged to bring forth more fruit Ioh. 15. FINIS